Franco Milazzo

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Franco Milazzo

Swapping out ballet for circus is a bold move but maybe that’s just what the Southbank Centre’s Multitudes festival is all about as it sets off on a mission to present orchestral music in a new light. Its initial show - a statement pairing of London Philharmonic Orchestra playing Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé and La Valse behind a display of high-flying acrobatics courtesy of Circa - certainly does that, though perhaps not in the way it was intended.

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Franco Milazzo

It’s difficult to say at which exact point during Susie Wang’s Burnt Toast I noticed that my jaw had dropped and stayed dropped. If Sarah Kane’s Blasted had been set in Fawlty Towers, it may have turned out something like this. It starts off with a slight sense of foreboding. Danny Iwas arrives at a hotel reception to check in, his right hand handcuffed to a steel briefcase.

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Franco Milazzo

Walking into the dimly lit room in a black suit and glittery top, David Rhodes somewhat resembles a funereal mirrorball. The playwright, actor and singer is not here, though, to bury the classics of the mid-twentieth century but to praise them and their creators. “Much of the greatest music of the 40s, 50s and 60s was first presented and developed around the piano at the private parties of New York and London’s social elite,” says Rhodes in the show’s blurb.

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Franco Milazzo

“Fasten your seatbelts!” cries Salty Brine at the top of the show, “it’s going to be a bumpy ride!” He’s not wrong: watching him at work is like standing in the middle of a four-way road junction and being smashed over and over by cars from every direction. In a good way. With lungs to spare, an ocean of creativity and an infectious smile that just won’t quit, this drag artiste from New York is up there with other cabaret geniuses like Reuben Kaye and Meow Meow (who returns to London next month).

1 month ago | broadwayworld.com | Franco Milazzo

Get Access To Every Broadway StoryUnlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Email:Existing user? Just click login. Would you spend over seven hours with a hundred other people in the same room playing and watching a video game where donkeys attempt to overthrow their employers?