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Ensemble in the Book of Mormon - Photo: Johan Persson

REVIEW: The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre (2013) Back 15th November

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:12 April 2021
Post category:Currently Running Musical Review West End
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Hotly anticipated is the transfer to London of the Broadway hit musical, The Book of Mormon. After Jerry Springer, the Opera raised Christian protest for both the BBC and the provincial theatres the tour was due to go to, it is refreshing to see the Mormon Church has taken out several full page advertisements in the theatre programme. Well done Mormons! What a PR coup and a very intelligent reaction to what could have been damaging! We had heard that Trey Parker and Matt Stone's musical was blisteringly funny but very naughty as well.

Brendan Cowell as John and Billie Piper as Her (Photo: Johan Persson)

REVIEW: Yerma with Billie Piper at the Young Vic (2017) NT at Home Screening now

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:11 April 2021
Post category:Off West End Play Review
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Reviewed at the Young Vic is Australian director Simon Stone's adaptation and direction of Federico Garcia Lorca's Yerma, the story of a woman obsessed with becoming pregnant, which ends tragically. The main attraction here is not purely the admirable script but the acting of Billie Piper in the lead role. Her performance scooped the best actress awards at the Critics Circle, Evening Standard and Olivier Awards this year. Those who haven't managed to buy a ticket at the sold out Young Vic may secure one for the National Theatre Live broadcast to cinemas worldwide, to be recorded on 31st August, and shown then in the UK or thereafter in other countries.

Cast of Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Photo: Alistair Muir)

REVIEW: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Apollo Theatre (2018)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:11 April 2021
Post category:Musical Review West End
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Very rarely am I able to use expressions like heartwarming and unmissable about musicals with the sincerity and integrity that I apply to my critical reviews. Maybe because Everybody's Talking About Jamie is based on the true story of Jamie Campbell, a boy from County Durham (think the brutal, uncompromising North, not far from the scene of Billy Elliot) whose ambition is to be a drag queen.