“Spadulorum!”
Be amongst the first to see Charles Schwing’s latest musical blockbuster, Spadulorum!
Four children from Hackney buy a faulty kettle, and are catapulted into the fantasy world of Spadulorum! where the evil ruler Wazguard has banned camping, except with caravans. Together with their new-found companions, Miffo the talking stoat, Lupinia the Wonderbra, and a prawn-sandwich called Patrick, the four must do battle with Wazguard’s Pillow-Men to bring justice to the people of Spadulorum who can’t afford to invest in a motor-home.
“Some of the songs are quite good” (Evening Standard)
“I liked the bit near the middle” (The Times)
“Evocative, powerful, deeply tragic and immensely moving; the finest Les Mis yet. Sorry, I went to the wrong theatre. What’s ‘Spadulorum’ then? (The Daily Telegraph)
Spadulorum! is showing at the Children’s Theatre, Stoke Newington, until 3rd June.
Wazguard revokes Daisy Poppet’s HGV licence, in a scene from Spadulorum!
“The Secret Life Of Rosie May”
David Yemming brings Anne Spudly’s wartime romance vividly to the stage, in this exuberant production.
Rosie May is an orphaned eighteen year-old, living in the slums of Whitechapel in 1943. But her life changes for the better when she is adopted by Lord Malory St. Simon, and taken to live in his country seat in deepest Worcestershire. There, she begins a romance with the Lord, whilst at the same time being wooed by his youngest son, Tristram. But her life is complicated by the arrival of Sir. Sydney Duckington, and his elder brother, Everett, with the latter’s butler, Mr. Puffington also taking a shine to the inexperienced young girl. Rosie’s misadventures ultimately lead her to her true love, Captain Alistair Ransom, via the gardener, the stable-boy, the milkman, the parish priest, the local PC, the cook, the gamekeeper and Lord St Simon’s sister, Brenda. But just as she finds true happiness with Captain Ransom, he reveals a terrible secret…
“Bloody hell. I never thought I’d see that sort of thing on the stage” (The Guardian)
“Brave isn’t the word for Yemming’s production; even ‘raunchy’ doesn’t cover it” (The Independent on Sunday)
“See this before it gets banned!” (The Observer)
“Flipping ‘eck” (Evening Standard)
“Absolute filth; I’m going again tonight” (The Daily Telegraph)
“Me too, but don’t tell the wife” (The Times)
“Wa-hey!” (The FT)
“Vulgar and rude” (Woman’s Own)
The Secret Life of Rosie May is showing at The Peephole, under Holborn viaduct, until probably sometime tomorrow afternoon.
