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West End Best Friend

West End Best Friend is your companion for all things West end and beyond. Our aim is to champion musical theatre performers and shows from around the United Kingdom.

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > johannes-radebe-finally-home-extra-show-london-palladium

JOHANNES RADEBE: FINALLY HOME adds extra show at London Palladium

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (202+ words) westendbestfriend.co.uk JOHANNES RADEBE: FINALLY HOME adds extra show at London Palladium Producers ROYO have announced an additional performance of Strictly Come Dancing host and West End star Johannes Radebe’s solo show and UK & Ireland tour, JOHANNES RADEBE: FINALLY…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-you-and-me-and-whoever-comes-next-old-lab-at-summerhall

Fringe Review: YOU AND ME (AND WHOEVER COMES NEXT), Old Lab at Summerhall

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (434+ words) West End Best Friend Fringe Review: YOU AND ME (AND WHOEVER COMES NEXT), Old Lab at Summerhall Uplifting and funny, You and Me (and Whoever Comes Next) is a show about care and how humans rely on one another. The…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-youth-in-flames-bunker-one-at-pleasance-courtyard

Fringe Review: YOUTH IN FLAMES, Bunker One at Pleasance Courtyard

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (148+ words) A powerful call to arms, Youth in Flames is set in 2019, when the government of China introduced extradition laws in Hong Kong. Through multimedia and a blaring soundscape, Mimi Martin performs her chilling one-woman show in Bunker One at the…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-little-animals-studio-theatre-at-traverse-the-lyceum-studio

Fringe Review: LITTLE ANIMALS, Studio Theatre at Traverse @ The Lyceum Studio

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (161+ words) It's the simplicity of Little Animals that allows these ideas the space to breathe. The lights are up, all is laid out bare, only Ready is on the stage. It is this space that becomes cavernous or shrinks to nothing,…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-buggers-upstairs-at-pleasance-courtyard

Fringe Review: BUGGERS, Upstairs at Pleasance Courtyard

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (409+ words) West End Best Friend Fringe Review: BUGGERS, Upstairs at Pleasance Courtyard Buggers is a soaring, volatile piece of theatre. Charting the troubled relationship of artist Francis Bacon (Alistair Hall) and his lover and muse George Dyer (Peter Clements) in the…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-a-foot-is-not-an-appropriate-prize-for-a-tombola-attic-at-pleasance-courtyard

Fringe Review: A FOOT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE PRIZE FOR A TOMBOLA, Attic at Pleasance Courtyard

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (400+ words) West End Best Friend Fringe Review: A FOOT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE PRIZE FOR A TOMBOLA, Attic at Pleasance Courtyard Lydia (Daniel McVey) clutches her clipboard - the cornerstone of civilised society - and ushers us into the Attic at the Pleasance…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-olivia-raine-atwood-oops-gilded-balloon

Fringe Review: OLIVIA RAINE ATWOOD: OOPS, Billiard Room at Gilded Balloon Teviot

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (190+ words) Olivia Raine Atwood radiates energy. She leaps onto the stage grinning and you can’t help but fall for her fizzy American charm. Atwood’s show Oops is the perfect fit for the mid-afternoon slot (2:30pm, Gilded Balloon) where she is cheerful, self-deprecating,…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-manfest-the-drag-boyband-musical-the-green-at-pleasance-courtyard

Fringe Review: MAN!FEST: THE DRAG BOYBAND MUSICAL, The Green at Pleasance Courtyard

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (268+ words) There are (at least) two drag-king boyband shows at the Fringe this year, so we wanted to make sure we caught at least one. We headed to Pleasance Courtyard to see MAN!FEST and we're very glad we did. The story…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-fly-you-fools-beyond-at-pleasance-courtyard

Fringe Review: FLY, YOU FOOLS!, Beyond at Pleasance Courtyard

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (317+ words) Besties, in the last year we have become big fans of Recent Cutbacks and their brilliantly ridiculous way of turning some of cinema's biggest films into tiny pieces of live theatre. Their formula is simple but incredibly clever: take a…...

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westendbestfriend.co.uk > news > fringe-review-wench-bluebell-at-underbelly-george-square

Fringe Review: WENCH, Bluebell at Underbelly, George Square

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (346+ words) Besties, shows at the Fringe go on until the early hours of the morning, but this particular reviewer simply cannot be trusted to be seeing anything past midnight! Our latest late-night venture was the 10:45pm Wench, performed by Drag Idol winner…...