(pic credit: Sean Ebsworth Barnes) Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s Review by John Murray That iconic title already conjures up the imagery of the era, the fashion and industry that surrounded it. Years away from the stage play, book and definitive movie a forgettable band called Deep Blue Something (honest) scored their only hit with an unrelated song where they ‘remembered the film and both kinds liked it’. So that embedded phrase should be enough for a revival – and

With several stage productions and two movies previously most of us have heard aspects of Annie and at least two of the big production songs therein. The story of little orphan Annie as a stage musical is pure Broadway and every production since has reflected this. Set in New York in the first place the minimal sets reflect the great depression of the 1930’s following the Wall Street Crash. So we can expect conmen, unemployment, brushes with the law and a workhouse that dou

Photo Credit: David Munn Photography Many will ask is this just another Beatles tribute? After all in our area we see many touring bands and annually the Bootleg Beatles bring their show and well loved by Beatles fans. So what is this show that warrants a national tour and an impressive run in the West End? Well the scale for starters as the production quality shows investment and creativity. Let It Be celebrates all aspects of The Beatles music and is presented chronolog

Tom Jones is a legend in music terms. From humble Welsh roots to the biggest stages his career spans the decades and still does. Elvis would come and see his shows in Las Vegas in order to check out the new sensation and the hits just kept on coming. But was this an overnight success? The story can now be told as Cardiff writer Mike James saw this as a musical drama. So the action starts in 1955 with a young Tommy Woodward occasionally singing in the pubs and clubs of Pon

I can only image a terrific challenge ensues when a company takes on The Sound of Music and here we have a touring company setting themselves up. After all everyone knows the story. Aside from the movie the musical has been released for am dram, we have West End versions, a peak TV casting series as well as movie revivals and sing –a- longs. So high expectations when the production came to Edinburgh Playhouse for the best part of a week in a cold wet January. Not that dire

Looking at the description for this musical it seems to have everything and if the music era matches the age group then it becomes even more attractive. Additionally, and it’s a big draw – the star is former teen heart throb Jason Donovan. It was he who first came to prominence in the daily TV soap Neighbours which subsequently launched his pop career resulting in two multi-platinum albums and the biggest selling artist of 1989. When the music started to fade his theatre c