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5 Star Review of 2 Become 1 at the King’s Head Theatre

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https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/170476/review-2-become-1-kings-head-theatre/ 2 Become 1 (c) The Other Richard Everyone has their favourite musical age. For me, as a child of the sixties and being a bit of a late starter, popular music reached its zenith in 1984 and has been going downhill ever since. For the newer generation then the nineties were where the music happened and, if you fancy learning about love, girl power and the music of the nineties then I would heartily recommend you get yourself along to the King’s Head Theatre and see  2 Becomes 1 Jess (Natasha Granger) is in her old dressing gown and crying like there is no tomorrow. In fact, for Jess, it feels like there really will be no tomorrow as she has just split from her boyfriend. Luckily, rather like Bridget Jones, Jess has a strong support network round her and after leaving countless supportive messages on her answerphone, the gang decide it’s time to do something about her situation. Jess’ friends make a...

Thriller Live is an ‘artistic and energetic celebration’ of Michael Jackson’s work

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https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/166066/thriller-live-is-an-artistic-and-energetic-celebration-of-michael-jacksons-work/ Thriller Live Celebrations – Lead singer Dajiow On the 25th June 2009, the world lost an icon. Now, that word is used a lot but what does it mean? Well according to the internet, an icon is “a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol or as worthy of veneration” and although the word is used a lot, in this particular case, as we mention the death of American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor, and philanthropist Michael Jackson, it is definitely apt. When he died, he left behind a huge backlog of some of the best music ever produced and in  Thriller Live  at London’s  Lyric Theatre  you can have the chance to experience them in a way that would make Michael proud. Although advertised as a musical,  Thriller Live  is not a traditional show in that respect. It is more of a wonderful concert taking the au...

3 Star Review of Princess The Good Girl’s Gone Bad at the Lost Theatre

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https://www.londontheatre1.com/news/152905/review-princess-the-good-girls-gone-bad-lost-theatre/ Without straying too far into gender stereotyping, lots of young girls (and one or two boys as well) dream of one day being a Disney-style princess. Of course, that’s not a realistic career goal and most people do grow out of it. However, Disney princesses have also grown up and are no longer the weak young innocents hoping a handsome prince on a white charger will pop up and save them from whatever vile thing is trying to hurt them. Today’s princess is more likely to be some Xena type ready to defend herself against all comers. All this talk is merely a way to tell you that I recently saw Stuart Saint’s new production  Princess – The Good Girl’s Gone Bad  at the Lost Theatre. Using a combination of dance, music, video and mime, Stuart’s piece tells the story of a girl (Jennie Dickie) who wants to be a fairytale princess and then one day is taken by her trusted rabbit (Morgan...