Wilton's Music Hall Archives

Philip Lee, Matthew Kellett, Catrine Kirkman (Photo: Bill Knight)

REVIEW: Essential G&S, Wilton’s Music Hall (2023)

Post author:Francis Beckett
Post published:18 August 2023
Post category:London but not West End Musical Review
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A Gilbert and Sullivan tribute show “I'm really very sorry for you all, but it's an unjust world, and virtue is triumphant only in theatrical performances.” The Mikado Matthew Kellett…

Justin Butcher as Scaramouche (Photo: Josh Pulman)

REVIEW: Scaramouche Jones or the Seven White Masks, Wilton’s Music Hall (2021)

Post author:Lizzie Loveridge
Post published:18 June 2021
Post category:Off West End Play
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We start not with the economical "I am born" but towards his death at aged 100 years old on December 31st 1999, where he describes his visceral birth in Port O' Spain Trinidad a century earlier. This "little oyster" is a pale skinned baby born to a "swarthy" Gypsy whore in a place that is "a fishmonger's by day and knocking shop by night". Crinkle your noses now!