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Wallflower at the Orgy

The Burlesque The Musical train will hit the wall

Burlesque The Musical: naked capitalism and fraud *allegedly

Burlesque the Musical producers spin “postponement” while freelancers pay the price

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Wallflower at the Orgy

The Burlesque The Musical train will hit the wall

Burlesque The Musical: naked capitalism and fraud *allegedly

Burlesque the Musical producers spin “postponement” while freelancers pay the price

This week, I had to laugh stumbling on Cher’s ambivalence about the movie musical Burlesque: “I drove all of them crazy,” she told the Irish Independent in 2010, admitting the character she played “wasn’t exactly who she turned out to be on screen.” Writer-director...

Look Ahead

Wallflower at the Orgy

The Burlesque The Musical train will hit the wall

Inside the photo shoot for The Constant Wife UK tour 2026

The Constant Wife to tour the UK starring Kara Tointon, prior to the West End 🎭

Must-See Autumn Theatre 🎭

Let’s see what this is all about — in London and beyond.

Top Shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2025

I have pulled together a list of very good shows– and others that should be good.

Spotlight

Wallflower at the Orgy

The Burlesque The Musical train will hit the wall

Here’s Your Definitive Guide to Edinburgh Fringe 2026 (you’re welcome)

The finest shows at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Allegedly.

’All The World’s A Stage…’ National Youth Theatre Win Praemium Imperiale Grant For Young Artists

God bless NYT 🇯🇵

Indhu Rubasingham’s National Theatre

Rooted in the past, the National Theatre’s future must be grounded firmly in the present.

Reviews

Hamlet at the National Theatre

The play is the thing

Evita at the London Palladium – review

How do you solve a problem like Evita?

The Years

LAST night, I saw The Years. I didn’t faint. The 115-minute show (no interval), now transferred from The Almeida to the West End, has reportedly been paused repeatedly due to audience members (men) fainting and requiring removal. There is, of course, a...