Sunday, October 11

Tag: Shannon Rewcroft

The Pleasures of Fanny: A Murder Mystery Musical – Brick Lane Music Hall
London

The Pleasures of Fanny: A Murder Mystery Musical – Brick Lane Music Hall

Nestled in a Grade II-listed church in Silvertown, the Brick Lane Music Hall prides itself on being the “world's only permanent home for music hall”. Having never visited the venue before, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but the spectacle truly wowed me from the moment I walked through the door. Colourful decorations adorn every nook and cranny, with hand-painted signage and more than a touch of old-school British camp. You truly feel like you’ve stepped into another time, and the attention to detail is superb. As is tradition in music hall, all of Brick Lane Music Hall’s performances include a full meal within the very reasonable ticket price, making it great value for a light-hearted night out. The food was tasty, the bar well stocked, and the staff were great, although it would have be...
Riddles and Romance – Underbelly Boulevard
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Riddles and Romance – Underbelly Boulevard

For one night only, a cast of musical theatre and singing stars presented a concert of works by composer, Clive Richard Davis.  Davis debuted his work, At Last, It's Summer, at the London Palladium in 2023 and this new concert included songs from that show, a musical comedy set in July 1920 on an English country estate, telling the tale of young love, as Alice falls for a handsome stranger. He, it turns out, is a nobleman fleeing the upheaval of the Russian Civil War. Alice has to persuade her father to allow the unlikely match.  Her father then too succumbs to love at first sight.  Woven in between these songs of romance, the performance showcases compositions from Davis's new musical theatre project, currently in development, The Three Riddles, in which a young man must solve thr...