REVIEW: Pete Townshend’s QUADROPHENIA, Sadler’s Wells (2025)
Brilliantly Conceived Ballet of Mods and Rockers "My jacket's gonna be cut and slim and checkedMaybe a touch of seersucker, with an open neckI ride a G.S. scooter with my…
Brilliantly Conceived Ballet of Mods and Rockers "My jacket's gonna be cut and slim and checkedMaybe a touch of seersucker, with an open neckI ride a G.S. scooter with my…
In Bring Up the Bodies we see that Henry's marriage to Anne is already in difficulties as she fails to deliver alive the longed for son. Henry, without the male heir, starts to speculate that he has been influenced by witchcraft and in this world of shifting power, Thomas Cromwell remarkably detaches himself from Anne Boleyn and survives. As he says, "Our requirements have changed and the facts must change with them." Anne loses her head after, along with a number of men, she is accused of adultery and therefore treason, although historians are largely convinced that Anne was innocent of these charges.
How refreshing to have a Disney film that doesn't end with a marriage! There is much to entertain and please adults in this show but your six year olds may need the stamina for a two and a half hour spectacle with brilliant singing and performances. However many will be pleased that the scary Marshmallow monster does not figure in the UK musical. Casting Samantha Barks and Stephanie McKeon with their acting ability and contrasting singing voices is a master stroke.