Nelle Cross

10 years ago, the team of Nell Benjamin, Laurence O’Keefe and Heather Hach collaborated together to adapt the 2001 film, Legally Blonde into an all-singing, all-dancing musical extravaganza. Having enjoyed extended time on Broadway and the West End, the show is now doing the rounds in the amateur circuit. However, LWMS’s production of this brilliant show was far from amateur. The vast stage at the Royal Spa Centre was filled with an exuberant cast, in a performance packed f

If further proof were needed that Warwickshire local theatre has its own stage musical superstar, this is it. Her name is Nikki Claire Cross

Omigod you guys, Legally Blonde is a dazzling and effervescent triumph on Leamington stage Omigod you guys – you’ve only gone and set an extraordinarily high new standard for local musical theatre. This is a show that explodes onto the stage and rarely lets up. It’s a remarkably ambitious production – but rather than being daunted, the cast reach hitherto unscaled heights. I’ve not seen a better show at the Spa Centre in my 15 years of reviewing. Legally Blonde tells the stor