Our whole family loves everything about the theatre and as soon as our children were old enough to sit still for long enough, they were dragged there too! Luckily the kids love it as much as we do, so much so that our daughter is now a qualified Make-up artist for tv & film and our six year old belongs to a drama school and has been desperate to be the next Stephen Mulhern since he was two! - (Actually, slight fib, he was obsessed with Bradley Walsh at two, but since Three its all about the Mulhern!) … So we get to see many a variety of performances from Murder Mysteries to Comedies, from Julia Donaldson to Katherine Ryan, from Ballet to Musicals and it’s not just us, we go with the Grandparents and friends most school holidays too, so we are thrilled at the opportunity to carry out reviews, but please remember this is totally our own opinion, every mind thinks differently, especially when it comes to Theatre Darhling!
Whatever show you go to see, we would love to hear about it. After all, there are many shows you just wouldn’t be interested in going to see until someone else recommends it, so please feel free to let us know your thoughts. More importantly though …. Enjoy!
Peter Pan Pantomime Review, at The Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone, Kent - I really don’t know where to start with this review, except for two words … ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!! … The Hazlitt Theatre’s pantomime for 2023 is their lovely adaptation of Peter Pan and we were honored to be invited to their PR night, which doubled up as the launch of their wonderful panto season and you can find out everything we thought about it right here >>>
Read MoreHeather The Musical Review , Theatre Review from The Orchard Theatre in Kent - ‘Heathers The Musical’ is a perfect blend of dark humor, incisive commentary, and killer tunes. Despite some controversial themes and sexual references, the show is a must-see for anyone who is a fan of musical theatre and would like to show their older teens it is very much more than ok to always be yourself!
Read MoreWilly Russell’s Blood Brothers Review at The Orchard Theatre, Dartford, Kent - Blood Brothers is a story of a family growing up through tough times in Liverpool, with seven children and twins on the way, the father upped and left, leaving Mrs Johnstone, a young single Mother barely being able to afford decent meals or toys for the kids and struggling to make ends meet.
Read MoreTelling the tale of the Murder at Haversham Manor, brings many twists, but only because the actors can’t quite keep up … sometimes because they are juggling the props, sometimes due to losing consciousness! But the audience does not care, they are away from real life, laughing their heads off throughout. This is one very clever, incredibly amusing, piece of theatre that EVERYONE should go and see!
Read MoreAndrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock The Musical Review at The Orchard Theatre, Dartford, Kent. If you don't already know, 'School of Rock' is a story about a middle-aged, failed rock star, Dewey Finn, who takes it upon himself to fake his way into being a supply teacher for a bit of cash to help pay his rent, by fooling everyone into thinking his name is that of his only friend’s, Ned Schneebly and soon realises his talents are best suited to a being a music teacher in order to survive the lie and soon goes about dragging the kids into the con. Theatre Review.
Read MoreHairspray The Musical - Review at The Orchard Theatre in Dartford, Kent. Teenage Tracy Turnblad is on a mission to become a star on the Corny Collins Show, meet the boy of her dreams, create a life of peace and change the world - Not bad for a young girl who doesn’t quite ft in, thanks to the shallowness (and jealousy) of her peers …
Read MoreThe Addams Family Musical Comedy, Show Review - We went along to The Orchard Theatre in Dartford last night, to see the fantastic Broadway Hit Musical Comedy ‘The Addams Family’ and what an amazing show this is! For anyone that is a fan of these Kooky characters, you will love seeing them be brought to life in front of your very eyes! Morticia, Gomez, Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandma and even Thing … the Casting Director could not have been more spot on with this lot!
Read MoreWe were thrilled to be invited down to The Orchard Theatre in Dartford, Kent last night to the press night of their amazing Pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk and what can I say, it was every bit of awesome you could imagine a Panto to be … Oh yes it was!
Read MoreReview: For those of you not old enough to remember, the story is about the Rawlins, three orphaned children, who were evacuated from London during the wartime and were very lucky to end up living in a home belonging to the very magical, but mysterious and ever so lovely Eglantine Price … and soon became owners of an actual, magical flying bed!!
Read MoreThe Hazlitt Theatre’s 2019 Pantomime - Beauty and the Beast! We were really honoured to be invited to not only the press event earlier in the year, for Maidstone's, The Hazlitt Theatre's Panto of 2019, Beauty and the Beast, but also to the launch itself last night and wow what a wonderful production it is.
Read MoreReview: David Walliams Billionaire Boy at The Orchard Theatre, Dartford, Kent. - This endearing David Walliams Story is brought to life right before your very eyes in this wonderful family stage production. The story is about a boy who has everything, except for a true pal. His Dad has worked hard all his life and suddenly has come up with a huge money-making business … by making your bottom fresh!
Read MoreReview: We Love Little Mix at The Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone, Kent: We went to The Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone, to see the 'We Love Little Mix' Tribute show and had a brilliant evening. As you have probably worked out by now, we love going to the theatre, but we also love going to concerts, so when we heard our boy's favourite pop group, Little Mix's tribute act were coming to town we were thrilled to be invited to be there too!
Read MoreReview: We went to The Hazlitt Theatre in Maidstone, Kent to see Jay Foreman's 'Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children' and boy were the songs disgusting!!!.... And really flipping funny! We enjoyed an hour of hilarious songs and ditties like - ‘Spirograph’, ‘Trousers’, ‘The Bear’, ‘Angry Birds’, ‘Martin the Monkey’ and more, including the very gross song ‘Skin Sofa’.
Read MoreThings for kids in Kent Theatre Review: Ministry of Science Live on Stage at The Hazlitt Theatre in Maidsone, Kent. This brilliant family show was engaging, informative, educational and fun and all three of us loved it! Our six year old was completely engrossed, learning about elements, explosions and even how to catch your shadow! We took our six year old to see the show and this is what we thought …
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