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Avenue Q

They’ve done it again – only this time it’s even better!  The New Wimbledon Theatre has a habit of putting on great shows, but I thought there must be...
Underbelly Soap Circus
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SOAP

This has been the most jam-packed hour and ten minutes in your reviewer’s career. As he walked across the footbridge over the Thames to the Southbank ...
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Sunset Boulevard

The plaudits had already been showered on this production of Sunset Boulevard long before your reviewer put finger to keyboard.  Of the two protagonis...
Jack and the Beanstalk New Wimbledon Theatre, London
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Jack and the Beanstalk

Pantomime Paradise! That must be the accolade for yet another triumphant Christmas production at the New Wimbledon Theatre, that grand old edifice bui...
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Flashdance – The Musical

Wow!!  This old reviewer, a crotchety curmudgeon, entertained serious doubts that he would enjoy the spectacle of nubile (and scantily clad) young lad...
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Tenderly

Your reviewer is old enough to remember when Rosemary Clooney had songs in the ‘Hit Parade’, as we used to call it, songs which were frequently heard ...
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The Blues Brothers

Who has not seen The Blues Brothers movie?  Released in 1980, it was shown continuously for years at the Screen on Baker Street, and is a cult classic...
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Lynched

Having read the novel Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd, your reviewer was a little apprehensive on descending into the undercroft of St George’s Church in B...
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Lorna Dallas – Home Again

When a uniformed flunkey opened the door to the Brasserie Zedel, just round the corner from Piccadilly Circus, your reviewer was glad to get out of th...
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James Bonney MP

The White Bear is an old pub in Kennington, a part of London best known for its proximity to The Oval cricket ground. But nestling above the pub is a ...