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REVIEW: The Wizard of Oz
“So much of this production relies on digital projection, both visual and audio, when it should have the courage and the brain to simply rely on its heart...”
INTERVIEW: Pete Waterman
“In this show there’s a couple of songs that really hit me hard about why we wrote them, because they’re done in a different way to how we did them, and it’s just beautiful.”
REVIEW: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Everybody should not only talk about this musical but go and see it too…
REVIEW: Jesus Christ Superstar
Choreography the real Superstar of this production…
REVIEW: Wicked
Laura Pick blows the roof off the Hippodrome with her Defying Gravity…
REVIEW: Life of Pi
This story doesn’t translate to the stage as well as it did the big screen, although there is much to admire…
REVIEW: The Drifters Girl
Wednesday nights at the theatre rarely get better than this…
REVIEW: Peter Pan at Bristol Hippodrome
A joyous panto at Bristol Hippodrome this Christmas…
REVIEW: Annie
The enduring memory for me from this show, is 2000 or so people singing ‘Tomorrow’ at the top of their voices at Bristol Hippodrome for the curtain call with the wonderful UK touring cast of the musical Annie…
REVIEW: Pretty Woman
Despite a very strong cast, this show doesn’t hit the sweet spot achieved by the film made in the last century…
REVIEW: Greatest Days
A jukebox musical where the story is as strong as the songs…
INTERVIEW: Nkenna Akunna - cheeky little brown
“I hope they laugh, and come away feeling some way fuller. Or hungry.”
REVIEW: Blood Brothers
One of the greatest musicals of all time at Bristol Hippodrome…
REVIEW: Shrek - The Musical
Enjoyable moments… forgettable score…
REVIEW: The Mousetrap - Bristol Hippodrome
More mirth than mystery, but still an enjoyable night at the theatre…
INTERVIEW: Barbara and Kathleen Marshall - Pretty Woman The Musical
“Had someone told him it would be such a hit around the world he wouldn’t have believed it…”
REVIEW: Strictly Ballroom - Bristol Hippodrome
A show that surprises with some serious sequinned pedigree…
INTERVIEW: Melody Thornton - The Bodyguard
What a Doll! Melody Thornton talks to Theatre-Jam about stepping into Whitney’s shoes at Bristol Hippodrome next week…
INTERVIEW: Joanne Clifton - Shrek The Musical
Joanne Clifton chats to Theatre-Jam and her co-star in Shrek The Musical, Antony Lawrence, before their visit to Bristol Hippodrome this summer…
INTERVIEW: Faye Tozer - 42nd Street
“If I could have told my 18-year-old self anything, I’d have said to enjoy life a bit more and not take it so seriously…”
