{"id":43611,"date":"2023-01-03T02:54:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T02:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/03\/the-etties-shortlists-best-musical\/"},"modified":"2023-01-03T02:54:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T02:54:15","slug":"the-etties-shortlists-best-musical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/03\/the-etties-shortlists-best-musical\/","title":{"rendered":"The Etties Shortlists: Best Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Everything Theatre Fringe Theatre Awards<\/strong>, or Etties<\/strong> for brief, are merely our enjoyable spherical up of the previous yr. Previously, come the top of the yr we\u2019ve requested our reviewers to choose some highlights which we’d publish as a spherical up of the very best of the yr. But in 2022 we determined we must always do issues a bit in a different way. And that’s the Etties.<\/p>\n

Obviously we don\u2019t have a group of assessors to go and watch each present, so we aren\u2019t going to fake these are something greater than a enjoyable strategy to spotlight a number of the reveals our group have liked prior to now yr. The shortlists have been put collectively by wanting again at our 4- and 5-star opinions, after which discussing throughout the group which really feel are the easiest of the bunch. It\u2019s not essentially the most scientific method however what awards ever are?<\/p>\n

We purpose to publish all our shortlists through the w\/c 2 January, after which we\u2019ll be asserting the winners on Wednesday 18 January.<\/p>\n

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Anyone Can Whistle<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Southwark Playhouse \u2013 April 2022<\/h4>\n
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it’s two hours of full escapism and enjoyable. Never have I seen such a bonkers present, and one the place though not all the pieces was comprehensible, I couldn\u2019t assist however smile!<\/p>\n

Lucy Vail<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Zorro The Musical<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Charing Cross Theatre \u2013 April 2022<\/h4>\n
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This tongue-in-cheek manufacturing has previous jokes and a predictable storyline, that are all good issues\u2026 a humorous, toe-tapping and joyful couple of hours. Great enjoyable.<\/p>\n

Irene Lloyd<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lift<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Photo credit score @ Mark Senior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Southwark Playhouse \u2013 May 2022<\/h4>\n
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From the second the primary quantity is sung by the ensemble the vocal high quality takes your breath away. Musically, each single performer is excellent and the orchestra, positioned above the tech desk barely above the heads of the viewers, enhances that excellence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sara West<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Diva: Live From Hell!<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Turbine Theatre \u2013 August 2022<\/h4>\n
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It\u2019s a brilliantly humorous, camp, darkish story that demonstrates the performing, singing, faucet dancing and all-round brilliance of Luke Bayer and the entire artistic group<\/p>\n

Lucy Boardman<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Gig For Ghosts<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Soho Theatre \u2013 October 2022<\/h4>\n
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The music is solely however skilfully offered. It by no means oversteps its boundary into feeling like we’re watching a full-on-musical, however is rigorously woven into the natural expertise of the \u2018gig\u2019.<\/p>\n

Dean Wood<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

La Maupin<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Lion and Unicorn Theatre \u2013 November 2022<\/h4>\n
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If solely all musicals have been this completely bonkers, possibly I might rethink my perception that they need to be banished from existence.<\/p>\n

Rob Warren<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The winner will probably be introduced Wednesday 18 January<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n