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Q&A podcast and photos: How new British one-man musical Superhero took flight

By |2020-03-27T17:47:50+00:0012 July 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

How many creatives does it take to make a one-man musical? The answer can be "quite a few". And that it is in the case of SUPERHERO, the British one-man - or rather "one-dad" - musical now receiving its world premiere at London's Southwark Playhouse.

Q&A photos and podcast: Why has James Shirley’s The Cardinal been overlooked since the 17th century?

By |2020-03-27T18:31:24+00:003 May 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

James Shirley's 1641 tragic masterpiece The Cardinal, one of the last plays staged in England before Oliver Cromwell's ban on theatre, this month receives its first major production since the 17th century.

What if The Life characters met their peers in Guys & Dolls & 42nd Street?

By |2020-03-27T12:48:22+00:0016 April 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The Life at Southwark Playhouse until 29 April 2017 One little postcode in

My theatre diary: Off-West End plays Diary of a Teenage Girl, In Other Words and La Ronde

By |2020-03-27T12:49:27+00:008 March 2017|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Clockwise: In Other Words, Diary of a Teenaged Girl and La Ronde Two

Quirky musicals on my doorstep: Side Show and Moby Dick

By |2020-03-27T13:31:17+00:002 November 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Musicals on my doorstep: Moby Dick at the Union Theatre and Side Show at

My musicals (and market) diary: Groundhog Day, Allegro, Children of Eden

By |2020-03-27T13:36:05+00:007 September 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Clockwise from top: Groundhog Day, Children of Eden and Allegro. This instalment of

Photos and podcast: Going Through the Q&A Mill with three Judy Garlands

By |2020-03-28T22:14:39+00:0014 July 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , |

I first saw - and adored - Through the Mill when it premiered at the London Theatre Workshop (then above a pub in Fulham) last year. I was delighted when the show, which revolves around three pivotal periods in the life of Judy Garland, announced its transfer to Southwark Playhouse.

Composing Grey Gardens: “It’s very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present”

By |2020-03-27T12:57:04+00:0011 January 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Jenna Russell and Sheila Hancock in Grey Gardens at Southwark Playhouse. © Scott Rylander

Press pass: All the reviews and more from Grey Gardens’ European premiere

By |2020-03-27T12:57:13+00:0010 January 2016|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Grey Gardens at Southwark Playhouse. Clockwise from top left to right: Jenna Russell, Sheila

1976 and 5 other things Bugsy Malone and Carrie have in common

By |2020-03-27T13:06:48+00:0026 May 2015|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Stick 'em up, hoodlums: The splurge guns are out at Bugsy Malone at London's

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