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5 Best Shows I Have Seen

Hey Guys

Hope everyone is ok. Lately I have been in a very theatre mood so I thought I would list the best 5 shows I have seen on stage both play and musical.

1. Aladdin

I only saw this show in June of this year as it only opened in May, and it was absolutely amazing. This is one of my favourite Disney movies and to see it on stage was magical, I have a whole blog post review on it which you can see here. I urge you to go and see it as it'll make you laugh and cry and the music is just fantastic.

2. Kenneth Branagh's Romeo and Juliet

Once again I only saw this recently and it was really worth the wait it was amazing translation of the Shakespeare tragedy which is my personal favourite play. I recently saw this in cinema as well as unfortunately there was no Richard Madden when I saw it at the theatre. Again I have a review here so can read my in-depth thoughts on it but it was so good, the acting was flawless.

3. Wicked



I feel like this is a musical that everybody who has seen it loves and I am no different, this was the first musical I ever saw both generally and in the West End back in 2009. However I don't feel like I appreciated it fully so luckily got to see the UK tour in 2014 which was absolutely amazing I could watch this over and over again. For those of you who don't know what this story is it is a musical about the Wicked Witch of the West and how she became that before all the drama of the Wizard of Oz. I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it, it's currently on at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London.

4. Les Miserables

I saw this last November so luckily got to see the amazing 30th anniversary cast which included Carrie Hope Fletcher and Rob Houchen as Eponine and Marius. This is amazingly done on stage and million times better than the film. Once again I feel like this is musical everyone who has seen has loved. The acting is phenomenal and the music is one of the best there is. I recommend you see it, it is currently playing at the Queen's Theatre in London.

5. Phantom of the Opera

I saw this a few years ago when it went on it's UK tour and even though I cannot remember it with a lot of detail I can say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. The costumes, staging and music was just amazing. Especially when we were sat underneath the chandelier when it smashed so we got covered in rubber bits from where it "smashed". I would love to go and see this in the West End because I think it would be a completely different experience to seeing it on a tour. It is currently on at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.

I hope you enjoyed this, next time I will do the Top 5 shows I want to see.

Stacey xx


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