REVIEW: Staying Alive (Pleasance Theatre)
Having missed press night for new play ‘Staying Alive’ due to a pesky illness, I was glad to be out and about again and finally seeing this production. As winner of Blackshaw Theatre Showcase Award 2014, I am pleased to see the show is doing well a week into its first run. ‘Staying Alive’ is […]
HAND TO GOD transfers to the West End from Broadway
After its phenomenal run on and off Broadway, the critically acclaimed five times Tony award nominated play ‘Hand to God’ (including Best New Play and Best Director) is making its way to London’s West End and will open at the Vaudeville Theatre in early 2016. Previews start on 5 February, press night is 15 February. […]
INTERVIEW: Amy Lennox gets kinky over Tea With Wilma
Amy Lennox is currently playing Lauren in Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre. I caught up with her backstage to talk about the show…. For those who may not be familiar with your work, can you give me a little run down of some of your career highlights so far? I started my career […]
REVIEW: S&S Award Gala 2015 (St James Theatre)
First things first, the S&S Award is an award given for the best new yet-to-be-produced musical of the year as judged by a panel of industry experts. The winners are awarded a professional mentorship for the coming year as well as a retreat during which their musical will be heavily workshopped and rigorously prepared […]
Phoenix Artist Club wins Time Out’s Best Bar & Pub in Love London Awards 2015
‘At a glittering awards ceremony in London last night (16th Nov 15), the Phoenix Artist Club was announced the winner of the ‘best bar & pub in Covent Garden’ category in Time Out’s Love London Awards 2015. As one of the last truly independent private members clubs in central London, the award is testament to the hard […]
John Partridge, Hayley Tamaddon and Sam Bailey to star in UK tour of Chicago!!!
“Murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery and treachery… all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts”… so begins the international award-winning musical CHICAGO, which opens a national tour at the New Theatre Oxford on Friday 12 February 2016 starring John Partridge as Billy Flynn, Hayley Tamaddon as Roxie Hart and Sam Bailey as […]
Howard Goodall’s THE KISSING DANCE to open at Ye Olde Rose and Crown
Continuing our commitment to producing revivals of rarely produced Musicals, we are proud to announce that our first show of 2016 will be THE KISSING DANCE. This is also our fourth show with music by Howard Goodall having produced the first ever London revival of GIRLFRIENDS in 2011, a new revue of his Musical Theatre works LOVE […]
SEASONS OF LARSON: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JONATHAN LARSON to play The Lyric Theatre 25 January 2016
The life and music of legendary Broadway composer Jonathan Larson will be celebrated in a special one-off concert on Monday 25 January 2016, when Seasons of Larson will play for one night only at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. On 25 January 1996, the day of the first preview of RENT Off-Broadway, its composer […]
New cast members announced for BILLY ELLIOT
Billy Elliot the Musical today (16 November 2015) welcomes Euan Garrett, 12 years old from East Lothian, Scotland, who will make his West End stage debut at the Victoria Palace Theatre as the forty-second boy to play the title role in the iconic British musical in London. Also joining the cast today is Matthew Seadon-Young […]
BEN FORSTER has Tea With Wilma talking about ELF the Musical
Ben Forster, winner of ITV’s Superstar played the role of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar around the world. In 2016 he will take on the role of Phantom in Phantom of the Opera but before then, this christmas he is playing Buddy the Elf in Elf the Musical. I caught up with Ben backstage to […]