Top 10 Longest Running West End Shows In London Today
Most people know that Agatha Christie’s murder mystery play The Mousetrap is the West End’s longest running theatre show, having been running for over sixty five years! Most of us will also know that both The Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables are the two longest running musicals. But what are the rest? I […]
Cast announced for London production of ALL OR NOTHING – THE MOD MUSICAL
Full casting is announced for the West End season of the critically acclaimed ALL OR NOTHING – THE MOD MUSICAL, based on the story of the Small Faces. Joining the previously announced Carol Harrison as Kay Marriott and Chris Simmons as Steve Marriott, will be Samuel Pope as Young Steve Marriott, Stefan Edwards as Kenney […]
MOTOWN THE MUSICAL to tour the UK&Ireland
Motown the Musical will embark on a major UK and Ireland tour opening at the Birmingham New Alexandra Theatre on 11 October 2018. The London production of Motown the Musical continues to play to standing ovations at the Shaftesbury Theatre where it is about to enter its third year and is currently booking until 5 […]
London Playwrights’ Workshop launches Women’s Musical Theatre Initiative
London Playwrights’ Workshop is partnering with musical theatre writing team Barlow & Smith to create the Women’s Musical Theatre Initiative (WMTI), a new development programme for female musical theatre writers. The WMTI will launch with a cabaret ‘Celebrating Female Songwriters’ at The Pheasantry on 12 February 2018. The evening will be hosted by songwriters Barlow […]
One woman show HOW TO SURVIVE A POST-TRUTH APOCALYPSE to tour the UK
Following a sell-out performance at London’s Roundhouse, Francesca Beard’s one-woman show How To Survive A Post-Truth Apocalypse returns for an exciting UK tour. Beard mixes storytelling, verse, spoken word, audience interaction and a game of ‘Whose Lie Is It Anyway’ as she leads audiences on a journey to explore lies in all their forms and […]
Comedy about female friendship comes to VAULT Festival
Award-winning writer Tamar Broadbent and Emma Pritchard’s debut play Split runs 28 February – 04 March. Written and performed by this multi-talented duo and directed by Sara Joyce (Old Vic 12), Split is a story about teenage friendship, growing up and finding out who you are through the eyes of someone else. It’s 2002. Charlotte […]
REVIEW: The Claim (Shoreditch Town Hall) ★★★★
The Claim is written by Tom Cowbury and directed by Mark Maughan, it’s currently on a tour of the UK until 2 February, telling the tale of a single asylum claim. Serge wants to claim asylum in the UK. To do this, he needs to tell his story, but the people he needs to tell […]