Alex Gaumond, who delighted audiences as Emmett Forrest in Legally Blonde and rocked it as Galileo in We Will Rock You, has returned to the West End stage. He is now starring as Alberto Beddini in the very popular musical Top Hat. Alex was happy to have a chat with me about his latest projects and his current…
“Dream Believe Achieve is my motto!” Many young boys who have been to see the hit musical Billy Elliot in London would love to play the role of the miner’s dancing son. For most of them, however, this will remain a dream, for only the most talented young dancers and actors are chosen to appear…
A bit sketchy I hate to begin with a weather metaphor (again) but truly in this gloomy British rain there is surely NOTHING more likely to slap a smile on your face than The Sunshine Boys at The Savoy Theatre. Not only is it an absolute gem of a play, written by the award-winning Neil…
The rain may be falling but it’s all about Summer in the Aldwych Theatre this year. On arriving, it’s the name I hear the most and when leaving it’s the voice I can’t get out of my head. I’ve heard of ‘stealing the show’ but Summer Strallen has taken the phrase to a new level….
Nothing could finish off a beautiful, sunny day better than a trip to the theatre. With an air of love about our bright bustling city, no show is more perfect than Ghost the Musical. The heart-wrenching story that defines romance and, above all, defines love. Everyone has seen the classic 1990 film Ghost starring the…
Are you ready, London? Last night, sat in the Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre, I was nervous for two reasons. One, because I was on a third date, and two – because I adore magic. When a show is titled ‘The Houdini Experience’ you are, naturally, filled with high expectations. Houdini is still considered the greatest….
A Noel Coward play in the Noel Coward Theatre Sitting in the buzzing auditorium of the renamed Noel Coward Theatre last night, I couldn’t help but get an overwhelming rush of joy. Here we are, on a rainy Wednesday evening in a theatre that is packed. Not an empty seat seen. With the success of…
First time I’ve ever been to a Sunday matinee… and The Palace Theatre on Manchester’s Oxford Road is a suitably impressive place to start. This is the venue for the current leg of the Oliver! UK Tour, and there seems to be a real sense of excitement and anticipation in the packed foyer pre-show. It’s…