Entries now open for the seventh year of WICKED YOUNG WRITER AWARDS
THE WICKED YOUNG WRITER AWARDS, created and sponsored by the award- winning musical Wicked in association with the National Literacy Trust (www.literacytrust.org.uk), is pleased to announce that the acclaimed author and illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon books, Cressida Cowell, will return as Head Judge for the awards for the third consecutive year. […]
Cast announced for the twisted fairytale PRINCESS at LOST Theatre
Stuart Saint’s ground-breaking interdisciplinary Princess, which opens at the LOST Theatre in November, is proud to announce their cast. This new piece is inspired by our twisted relationship with the “princess” – shattering the illusion of happily-ever-afters, banishing the storybook fairytale and finding the feminism in Disney. The cast includes Jennie Dickie (London Olympics Opening […]
Martin Kemp to star in MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET this Christmas at Royal Festival Hall
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET – the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical and West End hit today reveals casting for the red-hot rock ‘n’ roll extravaganza which appears at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall as part of Southbank Centre’s Winter Festival supported by NatWest. Million Dollar Quartet plays a limited season starring Martin Kemp from Saturday 17th December […]
REVIEW: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD (Courtyard Theatre) ★★★★
Songs for a New World is City Academy’s first performance from their Concert Company, and what an impressive debut it is. Originally written and composed by Jason Robert Brown in 1995, Songs for a New World has been described as an ‘abstract musical’, due to its song cycle structure. Reconfigured for The Courtyard Theatre by […]
REVIEW: KRISTIN CHENOWETH – THE ART OF ELEGANCE ★★★★
Whether it’s storming around as ‘Sally’ in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, coming and going by bubble as the formerly known “Ga-linda” in Wicked, belting Hopelessly Devoted To You to a pie maker in Pushing Daisies, playing Nicole Kidman’s best friend in the film Bewitched or joyously singing P!NK’s Raise Your Glass in international […]