Musicals 2008 Archives - One4Review
Celebration Africa
August 8, 2008 | adminThere is a feeling of attending a religious gathering in the songs selected in this show. Josephine Amankwah, looking stunning in African dress, has a strong confident mezzo-soprano singing voice. She is backed by a three piece group with … Read More
Only The Brave
August 8, 2008 | adminThe Edinburgh Fringe Festival is often used as a tryout for new musicals or musicals in development. One of the high profile ones this year is ‘Only the Brave’. Inspired by true events we start at the beaches of … Read More
Departure Lounge’ By Dougal Irvine
August 8, 2008 | adminLast years musical hit of the Fringe for me was ‘Eurobeat – Almost Eurovision’ a big budget production now touring the UK prior to a season in London’s West End. So far this Fringe I have been totally wowed … Read More
Return To The Forbidden Planet
August 8, 2008 | adminSince I first saw the musical in London I have loved ‘Return to the Forbidden Planet’ and seeing it on offer by Hartshorn-Hook Productions I wondered what they could do with it in one hour? Actually unless you know … Read More
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
August 8, 2008 | admin‘Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens’ is a musical, which despite being around for some time is neither often performed nor well known. Part of the problem is the lack of any catchy refrains but the subject matter … Read More
The Riot Showgrrrls Club
August 8, 2008 | adminMadam Magdalene and Mistress Lilith open their doors and our minds to their ‘Academy for Higher Consciousness’. Encouraging us females and the lesser males in the audience into seeing that Feminists really do have better sex! Filled with humour … Read More
A Slice of Saturday Night
August 8, 2008 | adminViva Youth Theatre present their adaptation of the musical ‘A Slice of Saturday Night’, the worry with youth theatre productions of this show is that you tend to find that cast members are either too old or worse still … Read More
Greyfriars Twisted Tale
August 8, 2008 | adminNormally the name of the theatre company has no bearing on the show but I love ‘The Bridewell Theatre Company in association with City of the Dead Walking Tours presents The Martians’ who present "Greyfriars Twisted Tales"! As it … Read More
The Spitfire Grill
August 8, 2008 | adminAs the third of four musicals presented this Fringe by The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) I was looking forward to seeing ‘The Spitfire Grill’, this is the UK Premiere of this musical. Having already seen … Read More
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