I know it’s been a while since I last posted a musical of the week blog, but things happen. It’s now 2021 and we are back in Lockdown. With little else to do but watch screens and listen to music, I’ve been revisiting some soundtracks and musical of the week is back on track. This…
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‘Oh, it’s a jolly holiday with Mary’ – Mary Poppins Review
No matter how old you get, there is always one thing that has the power to remind you of the wonder of being a child, and that one thing is Disney. Magic, music and merriment combined in wonderful packages that transport you away from the real world for a couple of hours. And as magical…
‘Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance’ – The Lion King Review
It’s perhaps one of the most famous Disney screen to stage adaptations ever made, and perhaps one of the most popular. The Lion King is celebrating it’s twenty first year at the Lyceum Theatre in London’s west end this year and it’s still as popular as when it first opened with the 2,200 seat theatre…
Musical of the Week – Mary Poppins (Movie)
Now back on London’s West End, Mary Poppins is still as popular as ever. The magical nanny was involved in the childhood’s of many. I personally spent hours watching the film and have fallen head over heels in love with the stage adaptation. I saw it a few weeks ago and already have two more…
Musical Of The Week : Beauty And The Beast (Live Action)
With the new live action version of Aladdin out in cinemas this week, I’ve been thinking about the other Disney remakes that have come out over the last few years. Perhaps one of the most popular of these remakes was Beauty Of The Beast which was released back in 2017 starring Emma Watson as the…
Oh, The Music That Plays As You Move Through A Maze, In The Haze Of Your Pure Delight : Aladdin Live Action Review
If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it, I hear you cry! Yet another Disney remake that we didn’t really ask for, but here it is. Disney’s live action Aladdin opened in cinemas this week and people up and down the country are rediscovering this classic story of a street rat, a princess and a magical…
Stop On By, Hop A Carpet And Fly To Another Arabian Night!
The sand in the glass is running out for Aladdin the Musical, with the magical flying carpet due to take it’s final soar through the stars in the summer next year. Having first taken a trip to Agrabah way back in 2016 when the show was first in previews, I just had to make another…
Musical of The Week: Aladdin
Hands up if you grew up listening to Disney songs? Music from our favourite Disney films became the soundtracks to our childhoods, but do they ever really leave us? Seeing a Disney musical live on stage reminds you of being a child, of being swept away to magical lands where anything could happen. And all…
Musical Theatre Lives In Me 