Check out these images from 27: The Rock Musical at the Cockpit Theatre
Directed by world renowned director/choreographer Arlene Phillips,“27” is an intoxicating modern fable of our time, a dark interpretation of one of humanity’s oldest stories. It has music, book and lyrics and is co-directed by Sam Cassidy. Ryan Molloy holds the record as the longest-running star of a West End musical as Frankie Vallie in “Jersey […]
Check out these rehearsal images of Freddie Fox and the cast of TRAVESTIES
Tom Stoppard’s Travesties – the first London revival in over 20 years is set to open at the Menier Chocolate Factory on 22 September 2016. Patrick Marber directs Clare Foster (Cecily), Freddie Fox (Tristan Tzara), Tom Hollander (Henry Carr), Forbes Masson (Lenin), Peter McDonald (James Joyce), Amy Morgan (Gwendolen), Sarah Quist (Nadya) and Tim Wallers […]
Tom Chambers to star in the 2017 UK Tour of CRAZY FOR YOU
Following rave reviews and a successful season at the Watermill Theatre, Jamie Wilson, Gavin Kalin and the Watermill Theatre are delighted to announce a national tour of the musical “CRAZY FOR YOU”, starring Tom Chambers as ‘Bobby’. The tour will open at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth on 17 August 2017. Tour listings below with further […]
REVIEW: SHOSHANA BEAN (The Singers Lounge) ★★★
Shoshana Bean is most famously known for being the first actress to play the role of Elphaba in Wicked the Musical on Broadway, after the characters creator Idina Menzel left the show in 2004. In 2006 she reprised the role on the 1st National Tour of America. Since then, Shoshana has released several albums and […]
Check out these pictures of the UK première of punkplay at Southwark Playhouse
Gregory S. Moss’s punkplay is a riot of a play told at breakneck pace with a killer soundtrack, a coming-of-age story about subcultures, friendship and not-fitting-in – all on rollerskates! Staged in the US by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, punkplay, directed in the UK by Tom Hughes, punkplay will open for a 4-week season at Southwark […]
Full cast announced for 20th Anniversary production of RENT
Robert Mackintosh and Idili Theatricals Limited, in association with Theatr Clwyd, are delighted to announce the addition of further dates to the tour schedule for the new 20th Anniversary production of Jonathan Larson’s ground-breaking Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical RENT. Rehearsals start today, Monday 12 September, under the direction of Bruce Guthrie. The tour […]
REVIEW: BUMBLESCRATCH (Adelphi Theatre) ★★★★
Some of the best loved musicals of all time have come from the Shermans. They are true classics, and I think Robert J. Sherman’s Bumblescratch could be on its way to being just that. It is refreshing to see a new classic musical, as even though musicals have developed and changed in style over the […]
REVIEW: PARTY (Above The Stag) ★★★★★
There is one word that springs to mind to describe the thrilling experience that was watching ‘Party’ – FAB-U-LOUS! It’s not often that a comedy is this effective in producing consistent laugh-out-loud reactions from an audience, but there was no shortage here. It was rather like watching a saucy version of ‘Friends’, except with seven […]
REVIEW: THE MGM STORY (Upstairs at the Gatehouse) ★★★★
Judy Garland saunters through an empty film studio of Hollywood institution MGM, browsing through the unused costumes and camera equipment, while some stagehands sweep the premises. Or so it seems – the snappy start of the narration soon breaks the spell, and all cast burst into song. Less a musical or play than an educational […]