BWW Review: CINDERELLA, King's Theatre, GlasgowDecember 9, 2016This Christmas we welcome back the magic of the Fairy Godmother, the sparkle of a pair of glass slippers and of course the beautiful (oh no they're not!) Ugly Sisters as Cinderella, the Godmother of all pantos, makes a welcome return to the King's Theatre.
BWW PANTO Q&A: Natasha J BarnesDecember 12, 2016BWW speaks to Natasha Barnes about her title role in the first pantomime to be staged at the London Palladium in 29 years.
BWW PANTO Q&A: The Chuckle BrothersNovember 24, 2016Children's television favourites The Chuckle Brothers speak to BWW ahead of their pantomime run at Nottingham's Theatre Royal.
BWW Review: THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 21 November 2016November 22, 2016Despite protests of his innocence, Andy Dufresne is handed a double life sentence for the brutal murder of his wife and her lover. Incarcerated at the notorious Shawshank facility, he quickly learns that no one can survive alone. Andy strikes up an unlikely friendship with the prison fixer Red, and things take a slight turn for the better. However, when Warden Stammas decides to bully Andy into subservience, a desperate plan is quietly hatched.
BWW Review: THE BROONS, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 7 November 2016November 8, 2016Award-winning Scottish playwright Rob Drummond brings the infamous characters Granpaw, Paw and Maw Broon, Hen and Joe, Daphne, Maggie, Horace, the twins and the bairn to life for a Scottish audience in a production filled with laughs, love and comic-strip visuals, all set to a Scottish soundtrack.
BWW Review: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, King's Theatre, Glasgow, 19 October 2016October 20, 2016Can the loveable but whacky inventor, Potts, along with his two children and the gorgeous Truly Scrumptious outwit the bombastic Baron Bomburst who has decreed that all children be banished from his kingdom? What happens when the children are caught and imprisoned with the other youngsters by the evil Childcatcher? Will it all end happily-ever-after? Well, of course it will!
BWW Review: SUNNY AFTERNOON, King's Theatre, Glasgow, 11 October 2016October 12, 2016Winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, Sunny Afternoon is an irresistible musical with slick theatricality and ingenious storytelling at its heart. It tells the captivating tale of how one of Britain's greatest bands, The Kinks, rose to stardom.
BWW Review: FAVOURITE SINS EPOctober 3, 2016BWW reviews 'Favourite Sins' - a 4 track EP of songs with music by Brighton actor/singer/songwriter Alex James Ellison and lyricists Robert Gould and Jimmy Granstrom.
BWW Review: CHICAGO, King's Theatre, Glasgow, 19 September 2016September 20, 2016Based on real life events back in the roaring 1920s, nightclub singer Roxie Hart shoots her lover and along with cell block rival, double-murderess Velma Kelly, fights to keep from death row with the help of smooth talking lawyer, Billy Flynn.