FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL steps out on tour in 2017 and comes to London’s Peacock Theatre for a limited run
Following a smash-hit 2016 tour which saw over 160,000 people cut loose across the UK, Footloose: The Musical will burst back onto the stage in 2017 when an International Tour launches from New Wimbledon Theatre on Friday 21 April. The tour will include a strictly limited West End season at the Peacock Theatre, playing for […]
Hannah Grover and Marc Pickering join Julie Atherton in JANUARY: THE MUSICAL REVUE
Julie Atherton is one of the West End’s most versatile entertainers, with a distinctive voice and unmatched comic timing.The Preston-born star is well known as a supporter of new writing in musical theatre. She’s always done the same in her recordings, and that continues in her latest album. ‘Rush of Life’. Best known for creating […]
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE makes its London premiere at The Vaults
In an exhilarating first time collaboration between Pinter Commission winning Brad Birch and BAFTA-nominated Kenneth Emson, This Must Be The Place makes its London premiere at Vault following an acclaimed debut performance at Latitude Festival 2016. The production is staged by Poleroid Theatre – the company behind triple Off West End Award nominated Free Fall […]
New production of Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy HENCEFORWARD… heads out on tour
A BRAND NEW production of Alan Ayckbourn’s classic comedy Henceforward… comes to Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre where it will play from Thursday, January 19 to Saturday, January 28. All alone, high up in an isolated, derelict suburban tower block, avant-garde composer Jerome struggles vainly to complete his life’s masterwork about love. With the help of […]
REVIEW: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Lyceum Theatre) ★★★★★
For one night only, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future invaded the Lyceum Theatre – on the exact day that Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” was originally published in 1843. The London Musical Theatre Orchestra brought Alan Menken’s and Lynn Ahrens’ musical to the UK for the first time and aligned a stellar cast […]
REVIEW: JOE STILGOE (Lyric Hammersmith) ★★★★
The Chance to see one of the country’s foremost big band leaders performing at one of London’s most prestigious venues was an opportunity I seized upon with gusto and despite a ticket mix up almost scuppering the perfectly Christmassy event, Joe Stilgoe and his band were able to leave me with a feeling of joy, […]