EDINBURGH 2023: IrrePRESSible Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jul 31, 2023
BWW catches up with writer Gillian Lacey Solymar to chat about bringing IrrePRESSible to the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
HERE COME THE BOYS Will Transfer to the West End
by Stephi Wild - Oct 8, 2020
Following a sold-out UK national tour, 'Here Come The Boys', featuring four superstar Kings of Dance, a brand new supporting cast and a dazzling new production, is to transfer to the West End for a 16-week season at the Garrick Theatre from 27 January, 2021.
BWW Review: NETFLIX & CHILL, Drayton Arms Theatre
by Jonathan Marshall - Feb 29, 2020
Ben is a working class chef whose life spirals out of control when he attempts to rekindle his relationship with his mother. His friendships, career and love life are all tested as his week goes from bad to worse. Written by Tom Stocks and with the support of the Mental Health Foundation, Netflix & Chill is a pertinent and timely study of the effects of toxic masculinity. Suicide is the biggest killer of men under the age of 45 and although society has finally begun to acknowledge and address male mental health, the fast-paced social media saturated world we're a part of can be extremely debilitating to those who are fragile.
BWW Review: CRAZY FOR YOU, New Wimbledon Theatre
by Marianka Swain - Mar 8, 2018
The UK tour of Gershwin musical Crazy for You has reached its London leg, and is still in fine, energetic form. Originally a Depression-era work, it joins retro pleasures like 42nd Street in providing much-needed Brexit escapism: a world in which all our problems can be solved with tap and jazz hands.
BWW Review: CRAZY FOR YOU, King's Theatre, Glasgow
by Adam Robinson - Oct 18, 2017
A frustrated New York thespian finds himself in the dusty hills of Nevada with two choices, follow instructions and foreclose the town's rundown theatre, or follow his heart and save it with a spectacular show.
BWW Review: CRAZY FOR YOU, Bristol Hippodrome
by Tim Wright - Oct 11, 2017
There's always a place for upbeat escapism in musical theatre. When times are tough, a few numbers that wriggle their way into your consciousness is a welcome thing.