Originally written for and published on redbrick.me Everything’s coming up Roxie as Chicago hits the next stop of their UK tour at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre. Pulling Strictly Come Dancing lovers to the see Janette Manrara as Roxie Hart as the infamous murderess in the 1920s-set musical written by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb. There was hesitation going into this production, as casting managers will often forgo talent for a big name. Of course, there was no doubt about Manrara

Originally written for and published on redbrick.me Dear Evan Hansen, today is going to be an amazing day and here’s why… because after months of debating if I should buy tickets or not, I finally got to catch the UK tour as it hit the Wolverhampton Grand. Dear Evan Hansen, written by the immensely talented Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, is a musical theatre production based on a book of the same name. It may be best known to you for being the show that made Ben Platt big again

Originally written for and published on redbrick.me It has been a dream of mine to see Diversity on tour since I was a measly five-year-old kid watching them dance on Britain’s Got Talent. It was their Supernova Tour at The Wolverhampton Halls that finally brought that dream to a reality. If you are unfamiliar with Diversity, they are an Essex-based street dance group who won BGT in 2009 and have only gotten bigger since. I’ll be honest back in 2009 they were probably best kn

Originally written for and published on redbrick.me I will be honest I was apprehensive going into this. As someone who really doesn’t like getting scared, seeing a show based on that prospect was unnerving for me. However, 2:22 A Ghost Story was one of those things so many famous people had been in, and I had seen so often on social media, the first chance I got I had to snatch it up. 2:22 A Ghost Story centres around relatively new mother Jenny (Fiona Wade) and her husban

Anyone who knows me will know my three joys in life, in no particular order, are: cinema, books and musicals. Obviously, books and cinema are much more accessible than musicals nowadays, and 300x more affordable. I mean I have access to the soundtracks but writing reviews about soundtracks doesn’t sound particularly substantial. Anyway, end of May or early June this picture-perfect afternoon (it actually was) my friend Georgia and I were sat in my bedroom trying to revise for