835 stories by "Paul Vale"
Gate Theatre, London: Originally produced by The Public Theatre in New York, No Place to Go is the story of modern redundancy set to a jazz/blues score. Our hero, Ethan Lipton and his band a…
St James Studio/Crazy Coqs/St James Studio/Palace/Crazy Coqs/Pheasantry: The London Festival of Cabaret, curated by Neil Marcus, celebrates the resurgence of the art form with a mix of inter…
The Duke New End, London: In the early 1920s two men meet up in an act of remembrance of their comrades who died in Europe. Adapted and devised for the stage by director Stuart Clarke, Voice…
Hope Theatre, London: The Hope Theatre has been founded by artistic director Adam Spreadbury-Maher and the team at the King's Head Theatre to promote new work including plays, operas an…
Millfield Arts Centre, London: One of the many interesting things about Doris Day is that, in the early 1970s, she chose retirement from a career that had seen her established as one of the …
Union Theatre, London: In 1878 WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's satire on the British class system viewed through the prism of the Royal Navy was to become their breakaway success, ceme…
Jack Studio, London: Cut short from its initial West End run after a much lauded premiere in Chichester, this adaptation of Erich Segal's novel suffers from a brevity that even Howard G…
New Wimbledon, London: Based loosely on Plutarch's Rape of the Sabine Women, the 1954 MGM movie Seven Brides for Seven Brothers became a showpiece of the studio's musical output. N…
Union, London: Based on The Comedy of Errors, The Boys From Syracuse reinterprets the plot as a musical vaudeville. This style and Shakespeare's farcical comedy make fairly happy bed-fe…
The Albany, London: Here, we see the action shifted from Norway to a fictional community on the coast of Cornwall, where a co-operative is on the verge of launching a spa. Dr Stockmann is pi…
Playhouse, London: Based on the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot originally opened in the UK at the Palace in 2006, where it ran for four years before embarking on a successfu…
Crazy Coqs, London: Although this new show is running as part of the London Festival of Cabaret, the opening of Out Of This World actually marks 15 months of Miss Hope Springs as resident pe…
Fairfield Halls, Croydon: Aside from the glorious and occasionally bawdy humour of this, one of Shakespeare's most accessible comedies, the play is original in that its characters are d…
Crazy Coqs, London: One might be mistaken into thinking that the much-loved comedy actor, Celia Imrie, is a veteran of the cabaret stage. Known for her performances alongside Victoria Wood, …
Cockpit Theatre, London: This new musical is the quirky but heart-warming tale of six Londoners and their aspirations. The central focus is initially on Bart Edwards as Toby and Aiden Crawfo…
Tabard, London: This new play by Richard Harris aspires to tell the story of Liza Minnelli from her own perspective. In a neat coup de theatre, Harris uses three actors to play the multi-awa…
Richmond Theatre: Now in its fourth incarnation, this is a compilation of popular musical theatre numbers performed by a company of six talented and seasoned performers. The revue-style form…
Queen's, Hornchurch: Based on Wycherley's The Country Wife, this musical by the writing team who gave us A Slice Of Saturday Night attempts to marry the bawdiness of the Restoration rom…
Hackney Empire, London: The highest paid entertainer of his era, Wigan-born George Formby was a household name from the 1930s until his death in 1961. Born in Wigan, he took to the stage aft…
Crazy Coqs, London: It seems remarkable that Right Here/Right Now is Karen Mason's debut on the London cabaret scene. A regular on the Broadway stage for 30 years, Mason originated the …
"A fascinating musical that delivers a witty script by HUNTER BELL and an engaging score by JEFF BOWEN that sheds a lovely light on the trials of writing a Broadway musical!"
Broadway Studios, London: Basking in the success of last year's Barbarians, the Tooting Arts Club have changed their tack somewhat to produce one of Shakespeare's most accessible c…
Landor Theatre, London: On the surface, this is most definitely a niche musical. Its narrative details its own creation from tentative idea structure through to fully-fledged Broadway transf…
Sadler's Wells, London: A ground-breaking musical of its time, West Side Story possibly represents the zenith of the musical theatre genre. A triumphant combination of music, dance and conte…
Crazy Coqs, London: Perhaps best known in the UK for playing Salvatore Romano in AMC's Mad Men, Bryan Batt had previously nurtured a healthy career in musical theatre on Broadway. Born …
