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Legally Blonde, WOW - Witham Public Hall
Guest Reviewer - Christine Adams Davidson ‘Legally Blonde’ is an award winning musical with lyrics and music by Neil Benjamin and...

TheatreLife
Feb 18, 20203 min read


Abigails Party, The Reject Theatre Company - Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford
Guest Reviewer: Christine Adams-Davidson Written in 1976 and first produced as a BBC1 Play for Today in 1977, this cult classic...

TheatreLife
Feb 13, 20203 min read


The Importance of Being Earnest – CTW, Old Court Theatre
Known as probably Oscar Wildes finest work, the popularity of this play rarely seems to have dwindled. It has been re-imagined in many...

TheatreLife
Feb 5, 20202 min read


The Producers - Shenfield Operatic Society, Queens Theatre, Hornchurch
The Producers is a musical based on the film by Mel Brooks with much of the Lyrics and book written by Brooks and with a film version...

TheatreLife
Jan 31, 20202 min read


Cinderella, Blackmore Players - Blackmore Village Hall
This was our last panto of this season and as always, we were made to feel extremely welcome by the Blackmore Players as we arrived at...

TheatreLife
Jan 18, 20202 min read


Flint Street Nativity, CTW - Old Court Theatre, Chelmsford
Guest Reviewer : Michelle Jacobs Who doesn’t love a traditional school nativity play at Christmas? Chelmsford Theatre Workshop certainly...

TheatreLife
Dec 17, 20193 min read


Dick Whittington, KYDS - Thurstable School, Tiptree
Guest Reviewer: Philip Spurgeon Dick Whittington is the only pantomime based on a true subject - oh yes it is! Richard Whittington...

TheatreLife
Dec 10, 20193 min read


Cinderella - Mercury Theatre, Colchester
The Mercury always gives a first class pantomime but this year in a tent, we really weren’t sure that they would be able to pull it off....

TheatreLife
Dec 10, 20193 min read


Robin Hood - Queens Theatre, Hornchurch
Photography by Mark Sepple On entering the auditorium at the start of the evening we were immediately impressed by the Lincoln green set...

TheatreLife
Dec 1, 20192 min read


RENT, SODS - Palace Theatre, Southend
Guest Reviewer - Corrina Wilson Rent, a 90’s rock musical loosely based on Puccini’s opera La Boheme, by Jonathan Larson tells the story...

TheatreLife
Nov 30, 20195 min read


Flint Street Nativity, CADS - Westcliff Theatre, Clacton
Tim Firth's 2006 stage version of the Flint Street Nativity is based up on the 1999 television comedy and this was a very appropriate...

TheatreLife
Nov 24, 20193 min read


Bonnie & Clyde, Springers AOD - Cramphorn Theatre, Chelmsford
Bonnie and Clyde comes from the world of modern musicals and debuted on Broadway in December 2011 – so in Musical Theatre history – still...

TheatreLife
Nov 13, 20193 min read


Cinderella, LODS - Palace Theatre, Southend
Guest Reviewer : Gerald Hines “Cinderella” is a lesser known musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Derived from a tv film which originally...

TheatreLife
Nov 6, 20193 min read


42nd Street – CYGAMS, Civic Theatre, Chelmsford.
What an exuberant and energetic performance we saw tonight at the opening night of Chelmsford Young Generations production of 42nd...

TheatreLife
Nov 5, 20193 min read


Disco Inferno – Brentwood Operatic Society, Brentwood Theatre.
Disco Inferno is a jukebox musical which is based loosely upon the tale of Faust. It's an opportunity to relish the retro and dive right...

TheatreLife
Oct 25, 20192 min read


Sister Act, WAOS - Witham Public Hall
Guest Reviewer: Christine Davidson In these difficult times it so good to be able to go and see such an uplifting show as Sister Act....

TheatreLife
Oct 23, 20193 min read


Little Shop of Horrors, IMOG
Guest Reviewer - Michelle Jacobs From the moment one enters the auditorium, bedecked in trailing ivy leaves, bathed in a verdant light...

TheatreLife
Oct 12, 20192 min read


One Man, Two Guv'nors - The Queens Theatre, Hornchurch
Guest Reviewer: Michelle Jacobs Hornchurch and Derby Theatre co-production of One Man, Two Guvnors is for the cast and audience to appear...

TheatreLife
Oct 5, 20192 min read


One Man, Two Guv'nors - The Reject Theatre Company, The Brentwood Theatre
This Richard Bean comedy is a firm favourite with amateur and professional groups alike. With a large cast of characters and a huge part...

TheatreLife
Oct 4, 20192 min read


Oliver – Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Photo by Pamela Raith This latest Made in Colchester production as a community theatre performance in association with Colchester...

TheatreLife
Oct 3, 20192 min read
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