Entries from Londonist tagged with 'michaelball'
March 10, 2008
Last night London's Luvvieland came together for their annual award ceremony, the Oliviers. Having received 11 nominations across 10 categories, it looked like being Hairspray's night. And Londonist is happy to confirm what we already knew: the show is a deserved winner of the Best New Musical accolade. In addition, Leanne Jones (Best Actress in a Musical) rocks as the optimistic teen, Tracy Turnblad; Tracie Bennett (Best Supporting Role in a Musical) is similarly......
Continue Reading "Hairspray a Hit at Theatreland's Oscars"January 22, 2008
Be there first: After all the brouhaha over the From Russia paintings, this is surely the show to see in its opening week. Stunning, inspirational works by the likes of Renoir, Cézanne, Gauguin, Matisse, Kandinsky, Tatlin and Malevich come to the Royal Academy from Saturday. This is jaw-dropping art you'd normally only get to see with a deep, heavy, carbon-footprint inducing flight to Russia, we're lucky enough to have it on our doorsteps until......
Continue Reading "Arts Ahead"June 28, 2007
The English National Opera are closing their season with what's advertised as a 'lavish new production of the legendary Broadway musical', Kismet. This strange, hybrid stage musical (heavy Russian score mixes with a book filled with light Edwardian exotic melodrama, harems, beggars and murderers from 1071 AD mixing with 1950s lyrics) hasn't been performed on the West End stage for nearly 30 years. With its setting in Baghdad, and an entire song dedicated to......
Continue Reading "Review: Kismet, ENO At The London Coliseum"April 26, 2006
A very very quick heads up here, because if we're not quick it will totally sell out. Unfortunately it's pretty sold out already, with 3 £100 tickets, and some £350 tickets left. If you're a Rocky Horror Show fan though then this is your dream come true and money is probably no object. Joining together for one special Rocky Horror performance in aid of Amnesty international will be a cast including Gary Amers, Michael Ball,......
Continue Reading "A Night Out You'll Remember For A Very Long Time"