Natalie O'Donoghue - Page 112

Christmas mayhem is afoot in everyone's favourite department store - T J Confuse - because Santa's shown up and he's a little bit different-- he's a SHE! Not only that but she's claiming to be the real bona fide Santa Claus; and that she's here to bring the true meaning of Christmas back to the pantosphere as well as prove to little Snoozy that her mum Doris will get all she wants for Christmas and more…

Winner of three Olivier awards for Best New Musical, Best Choreography, Best Costumes and the Evening Standard Award for Best Night Out, this spectacular West End production is now touring the UK, wowing audiences and sweeping the board with 5 star reviews. Top Hat brings the glamour of Hollywood's golden age and the glorious, tap-dancing magic of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to the stage in one of the greatest dance musicals of all time.

West End leading ladies Kerry Ellis (Wicked/We Will Rock You), Joanna Ampil (Miss Saigon/Cats) and Ria Jones (Les Miserables/Evita) join forces to celebrate their critically acclaimed careers.

BWW reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue picks her best and worst theatre of 2014.

Aled Jones discusses his West End run in White Christmas with BWW:UK.

The hit West End comedy is now on tour, starring James Lance (Teachers, The Book Group, I'm Alan Partridge) as charmingly incompetent aristocrat Bertie Wooster and John Gordon Sinclair (Gregory's Girl, The Producers, The Ladykillers - West End) as his unflappable and ever well-informed valet Jeeves.

'Bond and Beyond' celebrates the world's most famous secret agent with a concert of iconic music and songs. The most memorable of movie music from over five decades will include: 'From Russia With Love', 'Goldfinger', 'Thunderball', 'Diamonds Are Forever', 'Live And Let Die', 'The Spy Who Loved Me', 'Moonraker', 'For Your Eyes Only', 'Licence To Kill', 'Tomorrow Never Dies' and 'Skyfall'.

Matthew Bourne's magical dance production of Edward Scissorhands has carved a place in the hearts of thousands across the world since its premiere. Presenting its first major revival, Bourne takes a fresh new look at this modern fairytale, which will be revitalised for a whole new generation of dance lovers and theatregoers.

Blood Brothers has triumphed across the globe. Scooping up no less than four awards for best musical in London and seven Tony Award nominations on Broadway, Blood Brothers is simply unmissable and unbeatable. This epic tale of Liverpool life ran in London's West End for 24 years and has been touring the UK since 1995.

Marking a hundred years since the start of the First World War, Sell a Door Theatre Company and the Beacon Arts Centre revive Alastair Cording's faithful adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's classic Sunset Song, recently voted Scotland's most popular novel of all time.

In May 2013 Kerry Ellis performed a one-woman show at the London Palladium, a year later and with a new solo album behind her, she embarks on a intimate tour to recreate that concert.

Whingeing Women is a no-holds-barred expose of the modern British woman - with frank, funny, moving and risque commentaries on their trials, tribulations and taboos about life, love, death and even sex.

Reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue chooses her picks for the 2014 BWW awards.

Natalie O'Donoghue reports on her experience of a preview performance of David Mamet's Speed The Plow.

In 1997, a British film about six out of work Sheffield steelworkers with nothing to lose, took the world by storm! Now, they're back and this time they really have to go The Full Monty…live on stage. Simon Beaufoy, the Oscar winning writer of the film, has gone all the way with this hilarious and heartfelt adaptation that's getting standing ovations every night.

The Mousetrap is famous around the world as being the longest running show of any kind in the history of theatre and now it's back by popular demand following a record breaking sell out week in 2012.

When Buffalo Bill's Wild West show comes to town, it only takes one glance for sharp-shooting country girl Annie Oakley to fall head over heels for its star marksman, Frank Butler. Both have truly met their match, revealing their competitive natures as they vie for best shot - and each other's hearts.

Seen by millions across the globe this worldwide smash-hit tells the classic story of Baby and Johnny, two fiercely independent young spirits from different worlds, who come together in what will be the most challenging and triumphant summer of their lives.

Al and Bet's relationship is on the rocks. He has recently lost his job, she works in a shoe shop and can only dream of a better life, but things are about to change...

The Metropolitan Police call him a 'domestic extremist'. The NHS described him as 'highly disturbed' and labelled him with Borderline Personality Disorder. 'A real and present threat to our business' is how E.ON described him in the court. He prefers the term Mental.