THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13 ¾ – THE MUSICAL opens at the MENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY
The Menier Chocolate Factory today announces a brand new production of Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ – The Musical which opens in Adrian’s 50th birthday year. Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary’s musical of Leicester’s favourite teen has undergone a period of further development since its original production at Curve […]
Kerry Ellis and Jessie Wallace set to give an ICONIC history of drag
After a sell out run in the St James Studio last year join West End star IAN STROUGHAIR, the man behind the makeup of the sensational Velma Celli, on a passionate pilgrimage through the most iconic drag moments of film, stage and popular culture. With special guests KERRY ELLIS and JESSIE WALLACE. A wonderfully colourful […]
Final cast announced for the UK&I Tour of MISS SAIGON
Final casting has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical MISS SAIGON. Ryan O’Gorman will play ‘John’, and Marsha Songcome will play ‘Gigi’ until 1 August when Na-Young Jeon will take over the role. They join the previously announced Red Concepcion as ‘The Engineer’, Sooha Kim as ‘Kim’, […]
Unique theatrical experience SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW returns to the UK
Enter a joyous dream-like world, unlike anything you have seen before. A world in which a cobweb envelops the audience and one tiny piece of paper begins a heart-stopping blizzard of snow… The multi-award winning international sensation SLAVA’S SNOWSHOW returns to the UK this autumn commencing its 2017 journey at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff […]
REVIEW: BALLROOM (Waterloo East Theatre) ★★
It’s perhaps a clue to the success of a musical when the most notable thing about it is that it came after a big hit: Ballroom is one such show. Opening three years after original director and choreographer Micheal Bennett’s hit ‘Chorus Line’ in 1978, the show is similarly dance focused, but it’s there that […]
ARTHUR DARVILL to star in HIR at BUSH THEATRE
Casting is announced today for the UK premiere of Hir, written by Taylor Mac (24-Decade History of Popular Music) and directed by Nadia Fall (Disgraced). Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who, Broadchurch, Once) will play Isaac, Griffyn Gilligan (Teddy Ferrara) plays younger sibling Max, Ashley McGuire (Shopping and F***ing, The Suicide) will play their mom Paige and […]
WEST END BARES returns to the NOVELLO THEATRE this October
After last year’s two sold-out shows, WEST END BARES, theatre’s hottest annual fundraiser, is returning on Sunday 29 October 2017 to The Novello Theatre at 7pm and 9.30pm in aid of the Make A Difference Trust. Tickets are now on sale with an Early Bird offer of 20% off the top three ticket prices available […]
Pre-order THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Original Cast Recording
Producer Jamie Hendry and Sony Masterworks Broadway are pleased to announce the release of the original cast recording of new musical The Wind in the Willows with book by Julian Fellowes, music by George Stiles and lyrics by Anthony Drewe. The cast of the new West End musical, which begins previews on 16 June prior […]
HAMPSTEAD THEATRE announces full casting for the UK premiere of GLORIA
‘Aren’t you turning thirty any day now? I will die before I turn thirty in a cubicle.’ Hampstead Theatre presents the UK premiere of Branden Jacobs Jenkins’ Gloria, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2016, directed by Michael Longhurst. Colin Morgan and Ellie Kendrick will make their Hampstead Theatre debuts in this […]
Wicked star Willemijn Verkaik chats about her upcoming concert
International star of Wicked, Willemijn Verkaik is currently back in London playing the role of Elphaba in the 10th anniversary production of Wicked. Willemijn is performing a special concert on 31 July 2017 at the Cambridge Theatre and I caught up with her backstage at Wicked to chat about the upcoming show and to play […]