War Horse at the New London Theatre

Nice review of War Horse at the New London Theatre

War Horse at the New London Theatre

New Season Theatre Breaks In London

New Season Theatre Breaks In London: "

The first of a new season of plays and musicals for theatre breaks in London opened last night at the Noel Coward theatre in London’s St Martin’s Lane. The play is called “Deathtrap” and it’s a revival of a comedy thriller that was hugely successful on Broadway in the 1970s and 1980s. Later in the autumn there will quite a few new plays being staged in and around London’s West End and there are some remarkable events on the musicals scene as well. For example, you may have heard that Whoopi Goldberg was sadly forced to abandon Sister Act recently due ultimately to a bereavement. Well she’s back for five nights later in October, so if you’ve always fancied seeing Whoopi live on the West End Stage then you could organise theatre breaks in London around those dates. Hang on, I’ll go get them for you …   “Goldberg, who left the musical after learning that her mother had fallen ill in the US, will star in five shows between October 22 and October 25 at the London Palladium. After those dates, the theatre will be dark in preparation for The Wizard of Oz.

The Noel Coward Theatre in London

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Deathtrap Comedy Thriller!

Comedy Thriller!
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Another Saturday and another trip to the theatre. This weekend I was off to see Deathtrap at the Noel Coward Theatre. Brilliant play - some good jumps and laughs throughout!

Love Never Dies

Love Never Dies Musical CD Q & A

Q For all us singers out there, are there any good backing track CDs with all the songs from Love Never Dies we can sing along to? Having seen the fantastic musical theatre show in London I came away just buzzing with al the music and songs and I'd love to be able to add my own vocals with a little bit of guidance.

A With love never dies to re-record the love never dies CD with all the changes and a DVD of the show made with the original cast. it would mean that a lot of work needed to be done again. So I don't think we are likely to see a Love Never Dies the musical original cast CD any time soon.

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Sister Act

Musical culture
Originally uploaded by jainaj

One of the Flickr group members went to see Sister Act at the London Palladium, hoping to see Whoopi Goldberg as the Mother Superior, however she had to cancel, which was all very sad, but it was still a very good show.

We Will Rock You theatre breaks

We Will Rock You
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Good time to book We Will Rock You theatre breaks in London for the main show while the touring production is also out and about. We don't know how long exactly the Dominion Theatre in Tottenham Court Road is going to carry on as the home venue for We Will Rock You but it's a big theatre and the Queen rock musical has been playing there for over ten years already. That's a heck of a long run for a West End musical. I like the way different stars come and go but the show goes on forever. For example, we saw Rachel Tucker as Meat and she was great in that role, and according to the forum she was brilliant in We Will Rock You on the nights she got to play Scaramouche as well, and then went on to play Elphaba in Wicked where she's a huge hit. If you see the touring version of WWRY by the way, you get to see Jenny one of the Dorothy contenders from Over The Rainbow. And the best of luck to her too.

We Will Rock You Theatre Breaks

Love Never Dies Reviews

There are plenty of Love Never Dies reviews out there, and more than a few are tainted by the negativity of the "phans" who just can't let go of their ove for teh original Phantom Of The Opera enough to cope with a sequel. It's a shame, and rather silly in my opinion.  One writer recently explained that they nearly passed up an opportunity to see the new production by Andrew Lloyd Webber's continuation of the Phantom of the Opera, called Love Never Dies. 

I allowed my cynisicm to get the better of me, thinking that there is no way that you can continue the magic of a classic. How wrong I was.

So luckily this person had an open enough mind to at least see the show, and allow themselves to be captivated by it. But how many others have missed the chance to appreciate Raol, Christine and The Phantom in a new setting?

As it turned out, it has been one of the best productions for a long time.  It is so refreshing to hear a new totally new original musical score that isn't a rehashing of something else. Well OK, there are some tunes of Webber's that may have had an outing in one or two of his less popular shows before , but that is the artist's privelidge. And he includes a classic rock opera signature into his musical composition which some may roll their eyes at, but it is something that is uniquely Webber that I adore.  He has been credited with bringing Opera to the masses.

Love Never Dies isn't one of the cheapest tickets in London's West End but you can definitely see the money up there on the stage. There are at least 30 cast members, with lots of costumes and special effects to keep you impressed.

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