Full cast announced for the UK Tour of GREASE
Grease is the word! Full casting is announced for the hit 70s musical, which returns this year for a UK tour. Casting for the tour includes Tom Parker (The Wanted) who makes his musical theatre debut playing Danny Zuko, Danielle Hope (Over the Rainbow winner) who plays Sandy, Louisa Lytton (Strictly Come Dancing, EastEnders) who […]
REVIEW: EVITA (Liverpool Empire) ★★★★
It is hard to believe that Evita was first released as a concept album in 1976. Over forty years later and Bill Kenwright’s current touring production feels eerily relevant in a world where the news is dominated by politics and unlikely ascensions to power. Tim Rice’s lyrics, such as political leaders opposing “Foreign domination of […]
Trevor Nunn returns to the Menier Chocolate Factory to direct LOVE IN IDLENESS and LETTICE AND LOVAGE
With She Loves Me currently running at its home base, Travesties and David Baddiel: My Family Not the Sitcom to open shortly in the West End, and Funny Girl in rehearsals ahead of a major national tour, the Menier Chocolate Factory announces today that Trevor Nunn returns to direct major works from the two of […]
Rachel Tucker flies out of Wicked and into Live At Zedel
After two sell-out one-woman shows, Rachel Tucker is back with her first intimate solo show for three shows only in March. Following a triumphant run as Elphaba in Wicked the Musical on Broadway, for which she was the recipient of the Best Female Replacement Award at the 2016 Broadway.com Audience Awards, Rachel is currently reprising […]
Billie Piper returns to her award winning role in YERMA at the Young Vic
Billie Piper returns in Simon Stone’s highly-acclaimed production for a strictly limited run. Billie Piper plays a woman whose inability to have a child tears her life apart. Simon Stone’s contemporary version of Lorca’s tragedy of yearning and loss won plaudits from audiences and critics alike when it premiered in the Young Vic’s Main House […]
Gender swapping at ALADDIN
Based on the 1992 Disney film and featuring a mixture of new music and classic songs, Aladdin tells the story of a down on his luck boy called Aladdin who lives on the streets. When he bumps into a beautiful girl called Jasmine he falls immediately for her, unaware that she is a Princess who […]