I was intrigued when the Orchard announced this new comedy play, Jumping the Shark. I had no idea what to expect, but as it was written by David Cantor and Michael Kingsbury – the writers of one of my favourite BBC comedies, My Family – I was ready for some laughs. Taken from the Orchard’s website: Comedy’s no […]
Having caught this musical a fair few times, I felt it was time to have a fresh set of eyes and views on this cult classic! So give a read of Guest Rose Reviewer, Harri Douglas’s views: I have loved the Rocky Horror Show ever since I saw the film as a teenager, but I […]
Its like they can’t keep me away, as it was back to the Orchard Theatre for this weeks opening night of The Osmonds, a New Musical. The Musical focuses on the five Osmond brothers rise to fame from their childhood quartet, up until their reunion in 2008 with Jay Osmond narrating from his point of […]
New to the UK, I was very excited to be seeing tonights current tour – having heard amazing feed back, along with the reviews from its run on Broadway. The Cher Show, is a fresh take on a Jukebox musical the meteoric rise to fame story of music Icon Cher. We follow not one but […]
Last night it was back to the Orchard for the Opening night of this weeks show School Of Rock! Based on the 2003 comedy cult film of the same name, School of Rock tells the story of down ‘n’ out, Dewey Finn who from his love of rock finds himself substituting a bunch of A […]
Harriette Douglas steps in as guest Rose Reviewer: It was great to be back at the Orchard again just a week after my last visit. This week to see Beautiful, the Carole King musical, which was completely new to me. Taken from the Beautiful tour website: Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, was an ordinary […]
Guest Reviewer Harriette Douglas took a trip to the Orchard for this weeks current run! Tonight’s treat was a trip down to the Orchard Theatre in Dartford to see Chicago, and oh my, isn’t it grand! I was really looking forward to this one; Chicago is one of my favourites, but it’d been about ten […]
It was time to go to my other local theatre in Dartford for tonights opening night of The Addams Family. The Addams Family is based on the cult family film of the same name, as many would be led to believe however this is not a staged version of the film but tells a brand new […]
It was 5 years today that I caught this production in London and was very excited to see it would be making its rounds nearby on its current uk tour. The first press night of 2022 goes to Jersey Boys! Jersey Boys is a Jukebox Musical, which tells the story of the Jersey Band The Four […]
Oh what a joy it was to be back starting Christmas with a pantomime, having been postponed from last years restrictions Jack and the Beanstalks brightens up the Orchard Theatre Stage to spread some joy at the end of again a very difficult year. Jack and the Beanstalk is the classic children’s tale, Jack, brother […]