A SHOW WITH A SOUL

All my Christmases came at once on Monday night when I was fortunate enough to be invited to see the most talked about music on the planet. Hot from award-winning, sell-out success in America and starring a multi-racial cast – previously almost as rare as a snow leopard on a West End stage - Hamilton charts the story of Alexander Hamilton, America’s least-known founding father, with young black, Asian, Latino and mixed-race actors portraying the usually white characters. It’s a riot of hip-hop, rap, traditional theatre songs, humour and pathos. It’s the biggest show in town. Form an orderly queue.