Crowd funding campaign launched to pay for my sandwich. Donate now!

Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it? But with the amount of crowd funding campaigns I’m seeing at the moment, I don’t think we are too far away from seeing silly things like this happen. The Network of Independent Critics has been set up to ‘champion quality arts writing outside the mainstream press’. Or in other words ‘to […]

Cast announced for the International Tour of WICKED

WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is delighted to announce that Jacqueline Hughes (Elphaba), Carly Anderson (Glinda), Bradley Jaden (Fiyero), Steven Pinder (The Wizard and Doctor Dillamond), Kim Ismay (Madame Morrible), Iddon Jones (Boq), Emily Shaw (Nessarose) and Jodie Steele (Standby for […]

SHOW BOAT announces early closure after just two weeks in the West End

The Sheffield Crucible production of Show Boat has announced early closure and will now play its final West End performance on 27 August 2016. Show Boat, which only began West End previews at the New London Theatre on 9 April 2016 was originally booking until January 2017 but even at press night performances the theatre […]

Full casting announced for Bugsy Malone at the Lyric Hammersmith

The Lyric Hammersmith today announces full casting for Sir Alan Parker’s Bugsy Malone, which returns to the Lyric for a limited 12 week run following the critically acclaimed, Olivier-nominated 2015 production. Starring a diverse range of talented young performers aged 9 and over, the lead roles will be performed by three different casts in rotation. […]

New cast members announced for LES MISERABLES

Now in its record breaking 31st year, Cameron Mackintosh is delighted to announce cast changes for “LES MISÉRABLES” at the Queen’s Theatre. From Monday 13 June 2016 David Langham will play ‘Thénardier’ and Chris Cowley will play ‘Enjolras’. They join Peter Lockyer as ‘Jean Valjean’, Jeremy Secomb as ‘Javert’; Craig Mather as ‘Marius’; Rachelle Ann […]

BLOG: Is the way we read reviews changing in the age of social media?

Is the way we read reviews changing in the age of social media? I think it is. One of the main reasons I started blogging about theatre was because I didn’t want to be googling every second word to find out its meaning (as many of the major critics like to use big words)! I […]