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If you like slapstick and you like Rob Brydon, this play is for you. For a limited time only The Painkiller runs at The Garrick Theatre as part of their Kenneth Brannagh season. The basic storyline: contract killer meets suicidal divorcee. Sounds funny? It is! The set is split into two hotel rooms and the…
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Oh this is definitely one of my favorite musicals so far. I love The Kinks, and the 60s in general. You can’t listen to Sunny Afternoon or Waterloo Sunset and not want to sing along or dance. The musical is all about the back story of the brothers from London. How The Kinks became such…
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Dallas Green, aka City and Colour, creates a rainbow of feelings at East London art-deco venue Troxy with his powerful live show. A great way to spend your Friday night is definitely at a City and Colour show. The room is buzzing with punters still in awe of support act Lucy Rose as Dallas Green and…
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Luck be a lady tonight, luck be a lady tonight, luck if you ever were a lady to begin with… la la la. In all seriousness though, Guys n Dolls at the Savoy Theatre will leave you humming all the way home. The story line is classic, Nathan Detroit is in need of money for…
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Comedy is a funny thing, literally and figuratively. You never know if someone else will find the same thing as hilarious as you do, especially when you cross cultural boundaries. I have learned from living in different countries, humor can be very different and it can be difficult to explain a joke that’s laugh-out-loud funny…
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It’s a homecoming treat for The Maccabees with three sold out shows at O2 Academy Brixton after their fourth studio album ‘Marks To Prove It’ was released just after their smashing main stage performance at Reading Festival last year. Having formed over 12 years ago in their hometown of London, the indie band have slowly…
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Earlier this month London’s own Libertines returned to finish off their huge arena tour in support of their new album Anthems For Doomed Youth. And what a phenomenal return to the music stage it was. One thing can be said for sure: the band as well as the fans were equally excited for this last…
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Can we all agree that the 2002 movie with Keira Knightley is one of the best things to come out of the naughties besides Britney Spears? Even 15 years later I very much enjoy watching it. So how bad could a musical version really be? I honestly did not know what to expect. Let me…
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I will happily admit I don’t know as much about acting as I might do about music but I can without a doubt say that Red Velvet at the Garrick Theatre is truly triumphant. The story is inspiring as much as it is based on a true story. In 1833 Ira Aldridge is brought to…
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For those of you that don’t know who Will Young is – think Pop Idol ca. 2002. Will won the first series of the British version of American Idol. His latest album 85% Proof has hit Number 1 in the UK charts and even 13 years after his first big success, his fans still love…
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High Fives & Stage Dives 