Just heard Loserville's closing on Januray 5th which will have only have run in the West End for 5 months! I could tell from the start that show would be rubbish and it's just a rip off of a show like Glee, The Big Bang Theory and Grease! Reviews haven't exactly given any justice for the show's promotion and it's use of Lil Chris just bugs the hell out of me!

Book of Mormon London cast!

Congrats to the cast of the Book of Mormon, which includes Gavin Creel, Jared Gertner (who's reprising his role from the Broadway production!), Alexia Khadime (who most recently finished her run in Les Miz and is the first black actress to be the principal Elphaba EVER, who I must say, is amazing!), Stephen Ashfield, Gile Terera and Chris Jarman!











The musical is created by the creators of South Park and co-creator of Avenue Q and is coming to London on 25th February 2013 at the Prince of Wales Theatre (that's where Mamma Mia used to be!)

New Les Miz trailer!

I love it! This can't come soon enough! Quite surprised with Russell Crowe, Samantha's amazing as always. The only thing that confuses me is the different version of I Dreamed a Dream Anne sings, but she's good! Glad there's more of Helena and Sacha and Eddie and Amanda sound good! So happy they showed off more of the amazing music from this musical!

New Les Miz Cast!

From January 15th, this will be the new cast (I'm sad Sierra's leaving but I knew from the start and I'll be heading to New York to see her in Phantom on Broadway!)
Fantine: German actress Celinde Schoenmaker! She does have a pretty voice and I can definitely see her as Fantine! If you don't believe me, listen to this!

Marius: Australian actor, Jamie Ward! Not sure about his looks, but he sounds much better than Craig Mather in this video of him singing Empty Chairs at Empty Tables!

Enjolras: Christopher Jacobsen, who's definitely no stranger to Les Miserables over the past few years!

Madame Thenardier: Corrie star Vicki Entwistle (my mother knows who she is cos she watches Corrie)! Quite surprised they've got a TV star to be in most likely one of the greatest musicals of all time! Then again, it worked with Matt Lucas! By the way, I couldn't find any video or audio clips of her singing!  

Well  it could've been worse, could've been Miley Cyrus as Eponine! OK, I know that sounds strange, but at least Danielle's still in the show!

Rocky Horror Review!

Starring: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell and Meat Loaf
Rating: *****
Plot: Spoofing classic horror films, Brad Majors (Bostwick) and his fiancée Janet Weiss (Sarandon) come across eccentric people called Transylvanians after their car broke down on their way to meet Dr. Scott to announce their engagement. Among the Transylvanians is Riff Raff (O'Brien), a spoof of Igor and the master's assistant, his sister Magenta (Quinn) with whom Riff Raff is having an incestuous relationship, swinger Columbia who's love is Eddie (Meat Loaf) and Frank N' Furter (Curry), the master and mad scientist who creates a tanned and blonde Frankenstein-like creature, Rocky. As Frank N' Furter's seduces both Brad and Janet and kills Eddie, their lives change during the bizarre events that come out to their strange adventure.

I must start with the songs for this film, which are incredible and unforgettable, with my personal favourites being Dammit Janet, Whatever Happened to Saturday Night? and of course, Time Warp and Sweet Transvestite! I love that a majority of the original cast from the stage show of Rocky Horror reprised their roles, which benefited everyone and helped Tim Curry become a household name in the acting industry. And I'm not afraid to say this: I am attracted to Frank N' Furter in a bizarre way (I think it's because of his legs and his costume)! Tim Curry is my personal highlight as the strangely seductive transvestite Frank N' Furter clad in lingerie and drag queen make-up! Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon are also interesting as the naive and uptight loved up couple, with Janet's transition from the latter, to sexually opening up with Rocky. Richard O'Brien, the creator of the show is hilarious as Riff Raff, accompanied with Patricia Quinn, who is also the iconic dismantled lips which sing the opening song Science Fiction Double feature which O'Brien provides the vocals for.

The plot is hilarious and strange, which the audience can either fully understand, not understand at all, or in-between like me, since I did not understand the purpose of the floor routine at all, as much as I love the songs and the eccentricity of the scene. One other thing confuses me: how did Frank put the costumes on if they were all completely frozen and unable to move?! Also, there's an array of continuity errors, but one may ask if they were put in on purpose just to show the quality of 30's B-rated movies? One example, Christopher Biggins (yes, the same one who won I'm a Celebrity!) clearly breaks the head off the Michaelangelo's David statue while moving away from Eddie on his motorcycle during Whatever Happened to Saturday Night? and clearly tries to put it back together. However, none of this stops me from enjoying the film and its hilarity and, is it OK to say charm or uniqueness? Anyway, the setting with the castle is perfect for the creepiness and Gothic style of the film.

Now, I think it's unfair of the rating being 18 (I'm 17 and got the DVD when I was 15!) here in the UK because the sex isn't explicit, only seen in silhouettes, there's no full frontal nudity except for statues and the violence isn't even seen and the killings of Frank and Nell and Eddie's dead body are clearly fake and are used for comedy, not horror! Still, it's an amazing film and is perfect for Halloween, as well as the film version of Sweeney Todd, Little Shop of Horrors, The Nightmare Before Christmas (I prefer to watch it at Christmas) and Repo: The Genetic Opera, of course!