Musicals and Stage

• Seven Brides For Seven Brothers | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £7.52   |  Saving you £6.47 (86.04%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, starring MGM soprano Jane Powell and handsome baritone Howard Keel, has retained a remarkably loyal following among fans of the musical film ever since its release in 1954. Although it was filmed in state-of-the-art CinemaScope, Stanley Donen was obliged to direct much of the film on Metro's sound stages, where the artificial sets and painted backdrops don't inevitably live up to the scenes shot on location in Oregon. Viewers coming fresh to the picture may find this visual discrepancy jarring and some too may find Miss Powell's singing a shade plummy. The screenplay, by husband and wife team Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich with Dorothy Kingsley, tells the story of seven brothers living in the Oregon hills and their adventures to find themselves wives. The casting of each brother with his rugged, masculine looks and ability to dance with grace and athleticism, presided over by an authoritative Howard Keel, gives the film a dynamic impetus second to none in an MGM musical. The lengthy barn-raising episode under choreographer Michael Kidd's intrepid direction, where the music and the incredibly agile and energetic male and female dance ensemble unite as one, produces a square dance without parallel. The music and lyrics by Gene De Paul and Johnny Mercer--including the mating chorus, "Spring, Spring, Spring", the rollicking "Bless You're Beautiful Hide", the rousing "Sobbin' Women" and the visually enchanting "June Bride"--are both tuneful and mindful of the plot's exposition. Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin won the Academy Award in 1954 for their arrangements and conducting. On the DVD: The digital remastering has created a clearer picture of what had been a faintly muddy Ansco colour system on the original print while the polish and attack with which the MGM Studio Orchestra play the music on this full-bodied stereophonic soundtrack remains a thing of wonder. Howard Keel, standing tall and erect in his 80s, hosts the "making of" documentary. Director Donen, choreographer Kidd, Jane Powell and several of the dancers recall how the film was considered a "sleeper" during production and wasn't expected to do as well as Brigadoon, in production at the same time. The documentary also highlights the care taken over the casting of the brothers, two of whom including Keel were not dancers and their often brave and brilliant feats of acrobatic dancing executed on precarious planks and other props. When Howard Keel takes his farewell walk down the main street lot at MGM, breaking into a few brief dance steps, it's impossible not to feel a moment of regret that the curtain had to come down on MGM's most treasured possession. --Adrian Edwards

• Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker | DVD | (27/11/2020) from £19.73   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Finders Keepers (1966) UK DVD | DVD | (09/03/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Cliff Richard and the Shadows turn up at a Spanish hotel where they are to play a gig but they find it completely deserted. The local population have fled in terror after news that the US Army have lost a powerful bomb. Cliff and the band join the US Government foreign spies unscrupulous crooks and a local woman in a madcap chase to locate the missing piece of weaponry.

• Heathers: The Musical | DVD | (05/06/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Get ready for big fun - experience the smash hit, West End stage show Heathers: the Musical, filmed live at its original London home, The Other Palace! Based on the 1989 cult classic film starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, this rebellious, award-winning production follows Westerberg High student Veronica Sawyer, whose dreams of popularity finally start to come true when she's taken under the wings of the three beautiful, yet impossibly cruel Heathers. But when mysterious new kid, teen rebel J.D arrives in town, Veronica realises that whilst it might kill to be a nobody, it's murder being a somebody... Wickedly funny, with dazzling book, music and lyrics by Tony Award-nominated, Legally Blonde composer, Laurence O'Keefe, and Emmy-winning Reefer Madness author Kevin Murphy, Heathers: the Musical is directed by acclaimed screen and stage director Andy Fickman, with electrifying choreography by Thriller Live's Gary Lloyd.br/

• My Fair Lady | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £8.96   |  Saving you £8.03 (89.62%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Hollywood's legendary "woman's director", George Cukor (The Women, The Philadelphia Story), transformed Audrey Hepburn into street-urchin-turned-proper-lady Eliza Doolittle in this film version of the Lerner and Loewe musical. Based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady stars Rex Harrison as linguist Henry Higgins (Harrison also played the role, opposite Julie Andrews, on stage), who draws Eliza into a social experiment that works almost too well. The letterbox edition of this film on video certainly pays tribute to the pageantry of Cukor's set, but it also underscores a certain visual stiffness that can slow viewer enthusiasm just a tad. But it's really star wattage that keeps My Fair Lady exciting--that and such great songs as "On the Street Where You Live" and "I Could Have Danced All Night". Actor Jeremy Brett, who gained a huge following later in life portraying Sherlock Holmes, is quite electric as Eliza's determined suitor. --Tom Keogh

• Gilbert And Sullivan Collection | DVD | (30/11/2014) from £61.86   |  Saving you £5.13 (8.29%)   |  RRP £66.99

  From the popular BBC series this comprehensive collection includes 12 classics from the immortal partnership of lyricist W.S.Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. For more than 100 years these comic colourful operas have been consistently entertaining audiences around the world. Music by the London Symphony Orchestra The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and a cast of award-winning international stars including Peter Allen William Conrad Frank Gorshin Joel Grey Frankie Howard Peter Marshall Keith Mitchell Vincent Price Clive Revill In: Cox & Box The Gondoliers HMS Pinafore Iolanthe The Mikado Patience The Pirates of Penzance Princess Ida Ruddigore The Sorcerer Trial by Jury The Yeoman of the Guard.

• Double Trouble | DVD | (19/06/2006) from £9.32   |  Saving you £4.67 (50.11%)   |  RRP £13.99

  A case of mistaken identity has Elvis and a beautiful girl enmeshed in a smuggler's plot and an attempted murder in Europe.

• West Side Story 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (07/03/2022) from £19.91   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From producer and director Steven Spielberg, with a script by screenwriter and playwright Tony Kushner, comes West Side Story. An adaptation of the 1957 musical, the film tells the tale of forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. Product Features Over 90 minutes of behind-the scenes bonus extras including the stories of west side story & the songs.

• The Elvis Collection | DVD | (08/04/2013) from £36.99   |  Saving you £-24.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A collection of seven films starring Elvis Presley. Elvis made his acting debut in Love Me Tender (1956), starring as a young Texan farmer who, upon hearing of his older brother (Richard Egan)'s death in the Civil War, marries his sweetheart (Debra Paget). When the older brother returns from the war alive and well, a bitter feud between the siblings begins. In Flaming Star (1960), Presley plays the son of a white rancher (John McIntire) and a Kiowa Indian (Dolores del Rio) who finds himself caught between the settlers and the Kiowas when his mother's people go on the warpath. Attempting to act as peacemaker, he only becomes embroiled in the violence. In Wild in the Country (1961), country delinquent Glenn Tyler (Presley) is paroled into his uncle's care on the condition that he pays weekly visits to widowed psychiatrist Irene Sperry (Hope Lange). She discovers that Glenn is a talented writer and encourages him to attend college. Meanwhile, Glenn is simultaneously dating the pushy Noreen (Tuesday Weld) and the more reserved Betty Lee Parsons (Millie Perkins). In Follow That Dream (1961), Toby Kwimper (Presley) and his wandering family set up home in Florida but find themselves menaced by local hoods. Toby also has to escape the advances of a tenacious social worker, who has more on her mind than just his health and welfare. In Kid Galahad (1962), a remake of the 1937 feature film, Walter Gulick (Presley) is a garage mechanic who is inadvertently drawn into the world of professional boxing. He has to free himself from the clutches of a gambler (Gig Young) who is attempting to manipulate him. In 'Frankie and Johnny' (1966), Frankie (Donna Douglas) is a riverboat entertainer who despairs of her gambling singing partner Johnny (Presley) but is too much in love with him to end their relationship. Finally, in Clambake (1967), Scott Heywood (Presley), an heir to millions, switches places with a ski instructor to learn about everyday life and competes with a wealthy playboy (Bill Bixby) to attract a beautiful co-ed (Shelley Fabares).

• The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan | DVD | (22/02/2021) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  British drama starring Robert Morley as dramatist W.S. Gilbert and Maurice Evans as composer Arthur Sullivan. Together the pair form a duo and begin writing comic operas. Meanwhile, Sullivan's efforts to marry Grace Marston (Dinah Sheridan) are not met with the approval he anticipated. As their popularity grows Sullivan is conflicted by their success as he is eager to be viewed as a serious composer and tensions also brew between the pair as they vie for their own personal artistic credibility.

• ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NES | DVD | (25/09/1998) from £7.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Fred And Ginger Collection | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £34.99   |  Saving you £1.00 (2.86%)   |  RRP £35.99

  Contains the film titles: Top Hat: A musical comedy full of high style romance mistaken identity... and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing and singing 11 of Irving Berlin's best songs. When Jerry Travers meets lovely Dale Tremont it's love at first sight for him. Unfortunately Dale's affections chill when she mistakenly believes he's her best friend's new husband. Now she's engaged to someone else... Will she find out Jerry's real identity before she goes ahead and mak

• Billy Elliot The Musical | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £8.65   |  Saving you £11.34 (131.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Seen by over 10 Million people with a global theatre box office of over $720 Million and winner of over 80 theatre awards worldwide comes the one-off spectacular production from London’s West End! This amazing one-off staging of Billy Elliot is a celebration of one of the most popular and successful stage shows and has never been available to own on DVD or Blu-ray until now! ‘Based on the Academy Award® nominated film Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End and has gone on to captivate audiences around the world winning over 80 theatre awards along the way including Tony Awards® and 5 Olivier Awards. Set in a northern mining town against the background of the 1984/’85 miners’ strike Billy’s journey takes him out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and whole community and changes his life forever. The original creative team behind the film including writer Lee Hall (book & lyrics) director Stephen Daldry and choreographer Peter Darling are joined by music legend Elton John (music) to produce a funny uplifting and spectacular theatrical experience that will stay with you forever! .…breathtaking choreography…’ ‘…remains the best musical in London.’ ‘Billy Elliot….is still terrific’ Baz Bamigboye Daily Mail April 2013 ‘A fantastic inspiring and uplifting night!’ BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans ‘Still the Musical of the Decade’ Radio 2 18 May 2009 Great Paul Gambaccini ‘Not only the best musical in London now possibly the best British musical ever – It’s simply tremendous’ Paul Callan 21 August 2009 Daily Express ‘A Definitive British Musical’ Time Out 3 November 2009

• Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet | Blu Ray | (29/09/2009) from £18.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-40.30%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet The sequel to the highly successful Spartacus Music DVD, ballet star Carlos Acosta takes part in a recreation of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.

• The Snowman Live Stage Show | DVD | (08/11/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The theatre production of The Snowman based on Raymond Briggs' classic picture book and the animated film which followed has been delighting audiences across the UK since 1993. Filmed in HD this DVD documents the full length show which includes a blend of dance breathtaking flying sequences along with plenty of fun and seasonal magic! The performance is accompanied by a live orchestra and includes the classic song 'Walking In The Air'.

• Better Man - die Robbie Williams Story | DVD | (04/04/2025) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The United States VS. Billie Holiday | DVD | (07/06/2021) from £7.38   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The United States vs. Billie Holiday follows the legendary Holiday (Andra Day), one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, who spent much of her career being adored by fans across the globe. However, beginning in the 1940s in New York City, the federal government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to escalate and racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial and heart-wrenching ballad, Strange Fruit . Special Features: Behind the Scenes Featurette

• Chicago (Special Edition) | DVD | (12/09/2005) from £6.03   |  Saving you £13.22 (277.15%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Rene Zellweger, Catherine Zeta Jones and Richard Gere star in the big screen version of the hit musical about a nighclub star who finds herself on Chicago's death row and recruits the town's slickest lawyer.

• Pavarotti: The Lost Concert - Live at Llangollen 1995 | Blu Ray | (21/11/2025) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• South Pacific | DVD | (20/03/2006) from £4.19   |  Saving you £8.80 (210.02%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Blessed with a treasure of timeless songs South Pacific combines the passionate heartwarming romance of a naive young Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) and an older French plantation owner (Rossano Brazzi) with South Seas splendour and a world at war while the breathtaking score is highlighted by some of the most romantic songs ever written.