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Tag Archives: Southwark Playhouse
Grand Hotel at the Southwark Playhouse: somebody check us out of here
Saturday 1st August 2015, matinée Seeing Maury Yeston’s name on the advert for Grand Hotel, the latest production at the Southwark Playhouse, piqued our interest, even though in this case he was providing additional music and lyrics to supplement George … Continue reading
Carrie on at the Southwark Playhouse
Saturday 9th May 2015, matinée It was with ghoulish anticipation that we approached the Southwark Playhouse on Saturday afternoon to see ‘Carrie the Musical’, making a mental note not to sit anywhere near the front row (quite difficult in that … Continue reading
Off the scent? Dogfight at the Southwark Playhouse
Saturday 9th August, 2014, matinée Southwark Playhouse have built a solid reputation on bringing some unusual musicals to their intimate theatre and breathing new life into them – the highlight of last Summer being an amazing chamber production of ‘Titanic’. A … Continue reading
Looking for Directions? The A-Z of Mrs P loses its way at the Southwark Playhouse
Saturday 22nd February 2014, matinée (preview) We had no trouble deciding to book for the latest production at the Southwark Playhouse, ‘The A-Z of Mrs P’, a new musical with book by Diane Samuels and Music and Lyrics by Gwyneth … Continue reading
Maury Yeston’s Ship of Dreams: Titanic the Musical gets a refit at the Southwark Playhouse
Saturday 10th August 2013, matinée When we told people we were going to see a musical version of the Titanic story, the usual response was that it must be a parody in the style of ‘Springtime for Hitler’, as though … Continue reading
A foot in both camp: Victor/Victoria at the Southwark Playhouse
Saturday 27th October 2012, evening Having queued extra early to get good seats for Victor/Victoria at the Southwark Playhouse, we were rather dismayed to find that the seating layout was traverse. No point trying to find the best seat – … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Francolini, Frank Wildhorn, Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse, review, Richard Dempsey, Southwark Playhouse, Victor/Victoria
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Illusion of Grandeur at the Southwark Playhouse?
Saturday 8th September, matinée Rather like the central character in the Southwark Playhouse production of ‘The Illusion’, a world-weary father who wants to know about his estranged son, we soon found ourselves becoming rather world weary ourselves, with some questions of … Continue reading
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Tagged James Clyde, Pierre Corneille, RADA, review, Shanaya Rafaat, Southwark Playhouse, The Illusion, Tony Kushner
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A two-reel tragedy: Jerry Herman’s Mack and Mabel at the Southwark Playhouse
We have been devout Hermanites ever since attending a Jerry Herman gala in 2007 with the distinctly luxury casting of John Barrowman, Maria Friedman, Clarke Peters and Debbie Gravitte. Since then we’ve clocked up ‘La Cage Aux Folles’ and ‘Hello Dolly’. Would Mack and … Continue reading
Buried Treasure: The Vault @ Southwark Playhouse revive Floyd Collins
Saturday 25th February 2012, matinée We’re always on the lookout for something a bit different, so when we heard that Southwark Playhouse were putting on a revival of ‘Floyd Collins’ we were intrigued. It’s a musical based on the true story … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Guettel, Floyd Collins, Glenn Carter, Robyn North, Ryan Sampson, Southwark Playhouse, the vault, Tina Landau
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In Good ‘Company’ at the Southwark Playhouse
Running until the 12th March 2011 We were glad to see this revival of a Sondheim classic – advertised as the first major revival in 15 years. Having only heard some of the songs in isolation and with a vague … Continue reading
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Tagged Company, Katie Brayben, Laura Main, Rupert Young, Southwark Playhouse, Stephen Sondheim
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