CALIGULA . A REVIEW.   CHAPTER ARTS APRIL 12TH                              

In the 1st century AD Emperor Gaius Caligula struck fear into the hearts of his Roman subjects. His cruelty, extravagances and sexual perversity were legend as he descended into insanity and he was eventually assassinated:

 Fast forward 2000 years and there have been…

HIGH SOCIETY

Is the chorus right?  Has this musical ‘Got that thing’?  High Society, which is running all week at the WMC, is a saunter back in history to a pre-war period when the idle rich could squander their time on the vagaries of love and marriage.  Such an outdated plot needs something special to lift the interest level and this version of the musical has found ‘that charm’ to do just this.  The difficult to please…