Category: Musical
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4 stars – honest and powerful storytelling Gabriel Bird, class 1995, tells the story of the years he spent in Colorado in his original musical storytelling piece. From the first song, we already have a grasp of his dark humour, when with an accelerated, jolly rhythm he describes the setting of his attempted suicide.
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4 stars – powerful and honest musical comedy. Ah, the power of women…! Women falling on the ground, bouncing back up, falling more, bouncing back again and then some. Such is Riki Lindhome’s story, her infertility journey, as she calls it with apparent irony, standing somewhere between theatrical storytelling and comedy.
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4 stars – pretty funny Gianna Milici has a lot of energy and talent – this is the first thing to be said about this show. Part stand-up comedy, part musical show, Pretty Delusional is a solid creation and a showcase of the young performer’s multiple abilities.
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5 stars – Awesome In the famous opening scene, Wendla begs her mother to tell her how children are made, but all explanation she receives sticks to the word ‘love’, with no further detail. The community of teenagers of the village is thirsty for freedom at the start of the love season.
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5 stars – fierce and intense musical thriller It’s 1974 and Skye aims to be the new rock music (white) icon. She is recording with the keyboard player Baron, when the producer Clarke brings a new collaborator, the music arranger and singer Matilda. Including traits of Black music, he claims, will boost the sales. Not…
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5 stars – queering Shakespeare After spending all his money to conquer the love of Bassanio, Antonio becomes a pirate and sails from Venice to London, where he meets the most famous poet of the time. They fall in love, and Shakespeare uses Antonio’s stories in his plays. Antonio is not so happy about it…
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3 stars – 60s rollercoaster Chickie is a mother, a wife who tries her best to keep her husband close to her and her children, but first of all a courageous woman in search for happiness and freedom.
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Ria has a new life in front of her: moving to London, making music, starting anew. Meeting Daniel is part of the fun, their dating unexpectedly growing into a relationship. Despite his nightmares, despite his restlessness and his hardly comprehensible reactions, Ria falls in love with him.
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