Casting announcement for all new West End Switched Off!
REBECCA TREHEARN & SOPHIE LINDER-LEE RETURN WITH JODIE STEELE FOR ALL NEW WEST END SWITCHED OFF AFTER LAST YEAR’S SELL-OUT SUCCESS. West End Switched Off is back! The trio of leading ladies announced for the second in the intimate concert series are Rebecca Trehearn (City of Angels, Dogfight, Ghost), Sophie Linder-Lee (Wicked, Mamma Mia) and […]
Mark Shenton and Terri Paddock rival WhatsonStage Awards with new ‘Also Recognised’ Awards
I have a lot of respect for Mark Shenton and Terri Paddock and am delighted to hear they are launching a new audience-voted, industry awards show of their own. The ‘Also Recognised’ Awards celebrate lesser- known but equally worthy talent in fields overlooked by the Oliviers and other award bodies. Last week, Terri Paddock won a 15-month […]
Daniel Boys – Proud Cabaret
West End On Sea originated in Brighton and have recently started performing in their new venue, Proud Cabaret. Proud Cabaret City is modelled on a 1920’s speakeasy and offers an evening of fine dining and entertainment of unrivalled prestige. The menu at Proud Cabaret offers a selection of beautifully cooked, gorgeously presented and deliciously tasting […]
Two new Matilda’s join the hit musical from 17 March 2015
Anna-Louise Knight and Lara McDonnell will join Matilda Shapland and Violet Tucker, in the title role the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical from 17 March 2015. Book tickets to see Matilda the Musical here New cast members joining Anna-Louise and Lara in the three teams who play the roles of Bruce, Lavender, Amanda and the rest […]
Watch the cast of Bend It Like Beckham perform the shows opening song UB2
Before rehearsals begin, the West End cast of Bend It Like Beckham spent the day in Southall, West London, where the story of the musical is set. London previews begin for the new British musical Bend It Like Beckham on 15 May 2015 with opening night on 24 June 2015. In January a further 200,000 tickets […]
In Conversation With… Elaine Paige
To celebrate Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts’ 70th anniversary Elaine Paige, the first lady of British musical theatre, will be talking about her career at the London Hospital Club on Thursday 30 April 2015. First winning a Laurence Olivier Award for her role as Eva Peron in Evita in 1978 Elaine went on to create the roles […]
Let It Be – Garrick Theatre
I had seen Let It Be back in 2013 when it was playing in the West End at the Savoy Theatre, and was excited to refresh my memory with what I remembered being a good time all around. As a massive Beatles fan, I am always looking forward anything that involves the Fab Four, so […]
Pop-up Opera: Mozart’s Die Entfuhrung
Given the huge variety of art forms that we Londoners can partake in on a daily basis, it seems fair that there will always be one genre that you consider before shrugging and thinking, ‘maybe later’. For me that art form is opera. I can appreciate it takes an insane amount of skill and training […]
Alice: A New Musical – St James Studio
We all know Lewis Carrol’s classic 1865 story of Alice In Wonderland. Alice, a girl, falls into a fantastical imaginary world of wonder and possibility. On her journey she meets a plethora of weird and wonderful characters like the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts. More than twenty different […]
WhatsOnStage founder wins unfair dismissal claim against the company’s new American owners
After a 15-month legal battle, leading theatre industry figure Terri Paddock has won her unfair dismissal claim against WhatsOnStage.com, the media company she co-founded, and its new American owners, TheaterMania.com, Inc. The London Central Employment Tribunal ruled that WhatsOnStage Ltd had no reasonable grounds to dismiss Ms Paddock and had not followed a fair procedure […]