Billed as a family friendly musical, you’d be surprised to know that it was none other than the great Andrew Lloyd Webber who penned the score, along with lyrics by longtime collaborator Tim Rice, who also wrote lyrics for musicals like The Lion King and Chess. As one of their earlier works, Joseph is nothing too complicated, more or less faithfully retelling the Biblical tale of Joseph and … Continue reading Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat by Bill Kenwright (UK Tour)

Southwark Playhouse has yet to disappoint us with its keen curatorial sense for musicals, and producing the Tony Award nominated Promises Promises was certainly a good choice. Promises Promises is set in 60s New York, where ambitious, but overlooked employee Chuck Baxter is lucky enough to own a one room apart. This draws the attention of his higher ups, who routinely request to borrow his room to entertain … Continue reading Review: Promises Promises at Southwark Playhouse

Transferring to London from a sold-out season in New York, Nice Fish sets a high precedent for itself. Written by Academy Award winner and ex-artistic director of the Globe Mark Rylance alongside Minnesotan contemporary prose poet Louis Jenkins, Nice Fish is based off Rylance’s life growing up in the freezing American Midwest, and for the most part, features two friends out on an ice-fishing trip musing about … Continue reading Review: Nice Fish at the Harold Pinter Theatre