Book: Marshall Brickman & Rick EliceMusic & Lyrics: Andrew LippaDirector: Matthew White Based upon the original Charles Addams cartoons — having spawned various film and television versions including the hit 1991 film — The Addams Family: The Musical Comedy has a new temporary home at the New Wimbledon Theatre through to Saturday 19th February. The …
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Adaptation & Lyrics: James MeteyardComposition: Jasmine MorrisDirector: James Meteyard Architects of the Edinburgh Fringe’s critically acclaimed ‘Electrolyte’, Wildcard Theatre takes on an adaptation of the bard himself in TEMPEST. Thought to be one of the last of Shakespeare’s plays, The Tempest tells the tale of Prospero (Kate Littlewood), once Duke of Milan, who, having been …
Adapted for stage by Robert Stigwood in collaboration with Bill Oakes, with songs by the Bee Gees Featuring a young John Travolta, Saturday Night Fever was the film of late 1977. Facing the tough realities of early adulthood, Tony Manero is a disillusioned Italian-American youth that finds release from the tedious grind of his dead-end job, turbulent …
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Writer: Bren GoslingDirector: Marlie Haco Expansively titled, Proud is a piece that attempts to wrangle identity, nationality, sexuality, and queerness in the multicultural epicentre of the capital, often biting off more than it can chew. Following Roland (Taofique Folarin) as he navigates life as a newly-out-of-the-closet gay single father; sparks a spontaneous romance with street-sweeper …
Writer: Federico García LorcaDirector: Jorge de Juan Federico García Lorca’s final completed work before his murder by nationalist troops in the Spanish Civil War, La Casa de Bernada Alba is a tale of repression and oppression that still feels vividly necessary eighty-six years since its completion. Set in an unnamed Andalusian provincial town, a family …
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Director: Jess Haygarth Ushered into the auditorium by slate-grey clad middle managers Marlene and Shellie (Angela Jones & Sarah Farrell) and confronted with a contract to be signed in a near-illegible font, the audience of I Hate It Here waive their employment rights to ‘Big Boss’ within the first few seconds of I Hate It …
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Writer: Holly Stars, based on an original idea by Christopher D. CleggDirector: Jesse Jones It is 1991, and five colourful characters are summoned to Tuck Island for a celebration of the 10th Wedding Anniversary of Charles and Diana by a mysterious unmet host. Trapped by the sudden onset of a storm, the invitees grow ever …
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Book & Lyrics: Bill Augustin Music: Andrew AbramsDirector: Tania Azevedo Of musical adaptations, this is by no means the first to draw its source text from a nostalgic cult hit in the hope to replicate its original success and acquire a loyal fan base. Heathers, Legally Blonde, and Mean Girls are but a few screen-to-stage …
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From Six director Lucy Moss, Legally Blonde is revived at The Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, bursting with pretty-pink aesthetics in its re-wrought (and re-thought) take on this musical adaptation of the hit film title starring Reese Witherspoon. Newly spurned fashion-merchandising graduate Elle Woods (Courtney Bowman) seeks to rekindle her romance with former sweetheart Warner …
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