Big, at the Dominion Theatre in London, is based on the 1988 American film starring Tom Hanks. Oftentimes adapting a musical from a film can lead to less convincing scores and a feeling of shoehorning a plot into a musical setting.
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Showstopper!: The Improvised Musical – The Other Palace
Spontaneity has always been a core principle of theatre, but Showstopper!: the Improvised Musical takes it to another level. Every night, the showstoppers (as the revolving cast affectionately call themselves) […]
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Coming Clean – Trafalgar Studios
Coming Clean is one of those rare and wonderful theatre experiences where all the different elements have aligned just right, and the product is this gem of a show. The […]
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BEHIND THE MAGIC: “there’s a lot of care about the hair”
This week Claudia Graham was fortunate enough to speak with Rick Strickland, Hair and Make-up Head of Department at ‘MAMMA MIA!’, about the world of backstage beauty.
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BEHIND THE MAGIC: “Stage management tend to be the fairies of production”
~An Interview with Stage Manager, Jen Raith [Bat Out of Hell]~ On a cold and rainy Saturday morning, I show up wet-haired at the stage door of the Dominion Theatre, […]
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The Mousetrap review
Joanna Ellis reviews Agatha Christie’s Mousetrap, the longest running show in Britain, currently being performed at the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh.
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