Film Review: Cats (2019)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 23 December 2019 Despite being the fourth longest running Broadway musical of all time, most people will agree…
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Film Review: See You Up There (2017)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 15 July 2018 It’s hard to know what to feel when emerging from See You Up There, the…
Film Review: The Greatest Showman (2017)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 23 December 2017 “Ladies and gents, this is the moment you’ve waited for”. And so begins this year’s…
Film Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 20 March 2017 It’s finally here. The live Disney musical we’ve all been waiting for. Twenty-six years after…
Review: National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera (2016)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 11 November 2016 Such a display of cynicism has rarely been seen on stage as that in Rufus…
Film Review: The Danish Girl (2015)
byWritten by Claire Robson Originally published 19 January 2016 Something smells like Oscar bait. Or maybe it’s just Tom Hooper. The Danish Girl has…
Film Review: London Road (2015)
byWritten by Simon Storey Originally published 21 September 2015 London Road can make the claim that it’s unlike any musical you’ve ever seen before….
Film Review: Great Expectations (2012)
byAs the 19th Century’s most accomplished writer of soap fiction, one of the keys to Charles Dickens’ longevity has been his ability to create a likeable hero. More impressively, he also possessed an uncanny ability to weave almost every aspect of society into a coherent storyline, gentlemen’s clubs, gaolers, average Joes and all.
AFFFF Review: The Man Who Laughs (2012)
byThose who are familiar with Les Miserables will know that Victor Hugo was not the most cheerful of chaps. The Man Who Laughs, one of his less well known works, might sound merry but where pre-revolutionary France is concerned, there is not a great deal to laugh about.
Film Review: Les Misérables (2012)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 20 December 2012 It seems strange to write that actors singing in a musical is revolutionary, but in…