Bye Bye Birdie to play at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre
All Star Productions is delighted to present a rare professional staging of the Classic Broadway Musical BYE BYE BIRDIE. First presented on Broadway in 1960 (for 607 performances) it was a Tony Award winning success, winning the award for Best Musical. It spawned a London Production, was made into a Major Motion Picture, a TV adaptation and most recently a Broadway […]
Chef – Soho Theatre
This was my first visit to the Soho theatre and I was really impressed with the atmosphere and ambience. Tonight’s play was to be performed in the upstairs theatre which, although small doesn’t feel at all cramped and has a really quite decadent air. Chef is a one woman, one act play and centres […]
Full casting is announced for Green Day’s explosive award-winning Broadway musical American Idiot
Full casting is announced for Green Day’s explosive award-winning Broadway musical American Idiot as it blasts into the UK from 17 July, at The Arts Theatre, Leicester Square. The full cast are Luke Baker (Theo), Natasha Barnes (Heather), Alexis Gerred (Tunny), Llandyll Gove (Gerard), Raquel Jones (Extraordinary girl), Natasha Karp (Alysha) Robyn Mellor (Libby), Lucas […]
Thoroughly Modern Millie comes to the Landor Theatre this August
This new production of Thoroughly Modern Millie, presented by SDWC Productions, marks the show’s triumphant return to London 12 years after it was first seen at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Originally presented on Broadway in 2002, Thoroughly Modern Millie won six Tony Awards (including Best New Musical) and five Drama Desk Awards; the West End production […]
Forecast Academy to stage A Concert for Alice in memory of former student Alice Gross
Award-winning singer-songwriter Laura Mvula, Britain’s Got Talent stars Escala, X-Factor finalists Lloyd Daniels and Niki Evans along with leading West End performer Julie Atherton, will come together with a host of other established artists including ZooNation and London Contemporary Voices for an evening of music and dance in aid of Alice’s Youth Music Memorial Fund. […]
Ceili O’Connor – The Understudy – Waiting in the Wings plays at the Arts Theatre
Understudy [uhn-der-stuhd-ee] verb (used with object), understudied, understudying. to learn (a role) in order to replace the regular actor or actress when necessary. This is a role Ceili knows and loves. She has had the opportunity to understudy a couple of the most iconic roles in the West End and on UK tours. However, […]
1984 – Playhouse Theatre
1984 is a play based on the 1949 book by George Orwell, telling the story of a political system that controls society. Anyone found to not be believing the information they are fed, is punished and destroyed. It has similar conotations to the Queen inspired musical We Will Rock You, set in a futuristic world […]
X Factor winner, Sam Bailey, announces one-off concert, Sam Bailey: Live in the West End
Sam Bailey, who won ITV’s The X Factor in 2013, will take the stage in London’s West End for the first time in her career for a one-off concert at the Lyric Theatre. Sam and a plethora of special guests will perform an evening of musical theatre on 12th October 2015. Tickets for Sam Bailey […]
Zizi Strallen and Matt Lee to star in Mary Poppins UK Tour
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh are delighted to announce that ZIZI STRALLEN will play ‘Mary Poppins’ and MATT LEE will play ‘Bert’ in the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of their multi award-winning musical MARY POPPINS, opening at Leicester Curve on 12 October 2015. Full casting will be announced shortly. Tour schedule below. ZIZI STRALLEN is […]
Pop Up Opera – Brunel Thames Tunnels
Pop Up Opera have a knack of finding interesting and strange locations to stage the works of Mozart, Bizet and this time Rossini, but their current performance of l’italiana in Algeri really does take the biscuit. Hidden away in Rotherithe are the Brunel Thames Tunnels; a deep vertical tunnel which for a few nights only […]