Best Selling Shows - Reviewed
Often found in the Green Room (or at the bar) our London thespian has kindly reviewed these top West End Musicals, Plays and show performances exclusively for us.
Billy ElliotBilly Elliot the Musical is a show that takes its inspiration from the 2000 film Billy Elliot. Young Billy bereft of his mother, who takes to the ballet, finds himself mocked by his mates and the plot develops round his struggle as a working class boy in North East England where coal is king...
Blood BrothersThe musical, Blood Brothers, owes much to Alexandre Dumas the Elder, who wrote The Corsican Brothers in 1844. Willy Russell of Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita fame adapted the novella and wrote Blood Brothers which debuted in 1983 at Liverpool before transferring to The Phoenix in 1991...
ChicagoChicago may be Barack Obama’s home base but it has had a pretty lurid past, not a little of which associated with the Prohibition Era, in which this classy musical is immersed. The story makes a major...
Legally blondeIn that haven of male posture, the Strand, I find it kind of ironic (in a nice sort of way) that the Savoy Theatre should be presenting a musical based on one woman’s throwing down of the gauntlet. So...
Les MiserablesThis musical originally opened in London in October 1985 and in some ways is as much a part of the world’s greatest capital city as jellied eels, this legendary production of a tale of love and injustice retains its pull with all the vigour of a young amour...
Lion KingNo surprise then that this aptly named animation, launched in 1994, should revolve round the African jungle, where the Lion rules. King of the Lions, Mufasa, tells his son, Prince Simba, that he will take over as King of the Pride Lands when Mufasa dies...
Mamma MiaIt is said that over 50 million people worldwide have fallen for this wonderful show which has so much going for it. The quality of the music has stood the test of time and there can be few who do not recognise at least some of those distinctive and life-giving songs...
Phantom of the OperaAt the outset I have to confess an undying affection for this outstanding piece of opera, one of the finest and most moving of its kind. So don’t trust me, but do believe that many millions round the world agree with me...
Rock of AgesBuilt round the world of classical rock in the heady ‘80s, the production focuses on the well-remembered glam metal bands whose members not infrequently enjoyed a lifestyle that was both controversial and seemingly glamorous...
Shrek The MusicalAn animated and chillingly contemporary story in which manipulation and self-interest feature heavily, so very much a tale of our times. A smelly green ogre, name of Shrek is having his swampish kingdom...