New musicals Archives - Terri Paddock

Flowers for Mrs Harris post-show video and photos: What’s your version of Ada’s Christian Dior dress?
Flowers for Mrs Harris post-show video and photos: What’s your version of Ada’s Christian Dior dress?

Flowers for Mrs Harris post-show video and photos: What’s your version of Ada’s Christian Dior dress?

By Terri Paddock|2023-10-12T19:42:06+01:009 October 2023|Tags: Charlotte Kennedy, Flowers for Mrs Harris, Hal Fowler, Jenna Russell, Nate Campbell, New musicals, Pippa Winslow, Post-show Q&As, Riverside Studios, Terri Paddock events|

What do you covet so much that you would work yourself, save and sacrifice for years, just for the chance of making the prized possession yours?

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Indecent Proposal post-show video and photos: Hands up if you’d sleep with a stranger for $1 million
Indecent Proposal post-show video and photos: Hands up if you’d sleep with a stranger for $1 million

Indecent Proposal post-show video and photos: Hands up if you’d sleep with a stranger for $1 million

By Terri Paddock|2021-11-07T09:58:33+00:0029 October 2021|Tags: Ako Mitchell, Charlotte Westenra, Connor Going, Dylan Schlosberg, Indecent Proposal, Jacqui Dankworth, John Reddel, Lizzy Connolly, Michael Conley, Neil Marcus, New musicals, Norman Bowman, Screen-to-stage|

The big moral question at the heart of Indecent Proposal is: what are you willing to do for $1 million? More specifically: would you have sex for a stranger if they paid you $1 million?

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Indecent Proposal
Indecent Proposal

Indecent Proposal

By Terri Paddock|2021-10-02T17:33:28+01:0028 October 2021|Tags: Indecent Proposal, Musicals, New musicals, Southwark Playhouse|

Nineties gender-politics thriller Indecent Proposal gets a modern #MeToo makeover in a brand-new British musical - with book and lyrics by Michael Conley, music by Dylan Schlosberg - at London's Southwark Playhouse.

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The Pleasure Garden post-show video and photos: Exploring Vauxhall’s hedonistic history
The Pleasure Garden post-show video and photos: Exploring Vauxhall’s hedonistic history

The Pleasure Garden post-show video and photos: Exploring Vauxhall’s hedonistic history

By Terri Paddock|2021-10-02T14:46:05+01:0030 September 2021|Tags: Above the Stag Theatre, Charles Miller, Fenton Gray, Glenn Chandler, Kids Play, New musicals, The Good Scout, The Pleasure Garden|

Apart from it being a charming public park and one of my dog's favourite destinations for our daily walks, I have always been fascinated by history of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, near my home in south London.

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Cases Zoom Q&A: Sending a lockdown love letter to the arts
Cases Zoom Q&A: Sending a lockdown love letter to the arts

Cases Zoom Q&A: Sending a lockdown love letter to the arts

By Terri Paddock|2021-06-02T11:30:53+01:0016 February 2021|Tags: CASES, New musicals, New writing, The Other Palace, Zoom Q&As|

In April 2020, I was due to chair a post-show Q&A at The Other Palace for new British musical CASES. Of course, that run was cancelled due to Covid, but when composer-lyricist Dominic Powell decided to give CASES a new lease of life by recording a studio album, he asked me back to chair a discussion via Zoom.

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Indecent Proposal (postponed)
Indecent Proposal (postponed)

Indecent Proposal (postponed)

By Terri Paddock|2020-03-27T12:20:48+00:0015 June 2020|Tags: Indecent Proposal, New musicals, Southwark Playhouse, StageFaves|

Nineties gender-politics thriller Indecent Proposal gets a modern #MeToo makeover in a brand-new British musical - with book and lyrics by Michael Conley, music by Dylan Schlosberg - at London's Southwark Playhouse in June.

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Fanatical Q&A video and photos: How & when did sci-fi geekery became so cool?
Fanatical Q&A video and photos: How & when did sci-fi geekery became so cool?

Fanatical Q&A video and photos: How & when did sci-fi geekery became so cool?

By Terri Paddock|2020-01-26T22:11:08+00:0021 November 2018|Tags: Fanatical, Grace Taylor, Matt Board, Neil Marcus, New musicals, Perry O'Bree, PJ McEvoy, Playground Theatre, Reina Hardy, Sophie Powles, StageFaves, Stephen Frost, Suanne Braun, Terri Paddock events, The Stable|

One of my favourite reviews of Fanatical, the new British musical currently receiving its world premiere season at London's Playground Theatre, opines: "It will remind you why you love whatever it is that you're a fan of".

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Midnight Q&A video and photos: What would you do if the secret police knocked on your door?
Midnight Q&A video and photos: What would you do if the secret police knocked on your door?

Midnight Q&A video and photos: What would you do if the secret police knocked on your door?

By Terri Paddock|2020-02-01T21:50:56+00:0021 September 2018|Tags: Chris Cuming, Debunk Theatre, Fridthjofur Thorsteinsson, Kate Golledge, Laurence Mark Wythe, Midnight, New musicals, StageFaves, Terri Paddock events, Timothy Knapman|

So often with the news these days, parallels are drawn with our turbulent political times and the fascism that swept across Europe in the 1930s, and the question is asked: what would you do if...?

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Unexpected Joy Q&A video and photos: How can we find common ground through musical theatre?
Unexpected Joy Q&A video and photos: How can we find common ground through musical theatre?

Unexpected Joy Q&A video and photos: How can we find common ground through musical theatre?

By Terri Paddock|2020-02-01T21:57:11+00:0014 September 2018|Tags: Amy Anders Corcoran, Aria Entertainment, From Page to Stage, Gareth Bretherton, Janet Fullerlove, Jodie Jacobs, Katy Lipson, Kelly Sweeney, Melanie Marshall, New musicals, Post-show Q&As, Six, Southwark Playhouse, Terri Paddock events, Unexpected Joy|

Can musical theatre help us find common ground with those with whom we disagree? If so, Unexpected Joy is undoubtedly the musical to do it.

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It Happened in Key West Q&A video and photos: But did it ACTUALLY happen? (Yes)
It Happened in Key West Q&A video and photos: But did it ACTUALLY happen? (Yes)

It Happened in Key West Q&A video and photos: But did it ACTUALLY happen? (Yes)

By Terri Paddock|2020-02-01T22:34:48+00:0012 July 2018|Tags: Alyssa Martyn, Charing Cross Theatre, Featured Show, It Happened in Key West, Jeremiah James, Jill Santoriello, Marylou Rothfuss, New musicals, Post-show Q&As, StageFaves, Terri Paddock events, Wade McCollum|

Andrew Lloyd Webber came up twice in conversation at last night's post-show for It Happened in Key West. The second pertained to the title of the show when, many years ago, Jeremiah James was first inspired by a late-night television documentary about Carl von Cosel.

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