REVIEW: SUNSET BOULEVARD (New Victoria Theatre) ★★★★★
Yesterday, I was lucky enough to catch Andrew Lloyd Webber’s touring version of Sunset Boulevard on its opening night at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking. For those of you not familiar with this show it is based on the Billy Wilder film of the same name about faded Silent Screen star Norma Desmond and […]
Sam Bailey talks about starring in FAT FRIENDS – THE MUSICAL
How did you first encounter Fat Friends the Musical? Did you watch Fat Friends when it was on TV? I did briefly watch the television show! Obviously, I knew of Fat Friends and have always been a big fan Ruth Jones and James Corden. Fat Friends started the career of both of those actors and […]
Samuel Holmes chats about playing Lord Farquaad in SHREK
After an extremely successful first UK and Ireland tour, Shrek the Musical is back again, touring until 6th January 2019. How does it feel to be a part of it? I’m absolutely delighted to be a part of this tour as I was so keen to do the last tour and I think the show […]
More cast announced for the London production of THE KING AND I
Ruthie Ann Miles will reprise her Tony Award winning and critically acclaimed Broadway role of Lady Thiang in the West End production of THE KING AND I, which opens at the London Palladium on 21 June (Press Night 3 July). She will join fellow Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara (Anna) and Tony and Oscar nominee […]
Full cast for The Union Theatre’s production of CARMEN
A New Musical Theatre Adaptation of Carmen, based on the Opera Score by George Bizet, Libretto by Ludovic Halévy & Henri Meilhac and the Original Novel by Prosper Mérimée will play at The Union Theatre February 7th – March 10th, adapted & Directed by Phil Willmott. Bizet’s unforgettable tunes, re-conceived as musical theatre, stirringly bring […]
REVIEW: EDWARD II (Greenwich Theatre) ★★★★
After the success of Lazarus Theatre’s production of Edward II at the Tristan Bates Theatre last year, the company decided to kick off their yearlong residency at the Greenwich Theatre with the Marlowe epic. The classic play, adapted by Ricky Dukes, lends itself to the larger playing area well and although you lose some of […]
All-black cast announced for OTHELLO at the Unicorn Theatre
IS BEING YOURSELF ENOUGH? Ian Nicholson directs an all-black cast in Ignace Cornelissen’s cleverly distilled new version of Shakespeare’s great tragedy, Othello in a translation by Purni Morell. The full cast is Okorie Chukwu as Othello, Lawrence Walker as Iago, Ricky Fearon as Brabantio, Ronald Nsubuga as Cassio and Ayoola Smart as Desdemona. Othello, the […]
Cast announced for UK Tour of TURN OF THE SCREW
This spring sees the world premiere of a dynamic new adaptation of Turn of the Screw embark on a UK tour, starring Carli Norris (Pygmalion, Albery Theatre; EastEnders, BBC; Hollyoaks, Channel 4) and Maggie McCarthy (Children of the Sun, Cocktail Sticks and Mother Clap’s Molly House, National Theatre; Doctors, BBC; Call the Midwife, BBC/Neal Street […]
Cast announced for the London return of TRAINSPOTTING LIVE
The final cast is announced for the 2018 UK tour and London season of Trainspotting Live, the acclaimed no-holds-barred immersive, in-ye-face theatre staging of Irvine Welsh’s classic novel. Direct from a world tour, Trainspotting Live will return to London for an 8-week season at The Vaults from 27 March – 20 May. New to the […]
Check out these photos of Kerry Ellis in rehearsals for THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Rehearsal images have been released for the UK tour of Oscar Wilde’s THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, which will open at Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre on 24 January, starring West End leading lady Kerry Ellis. Kerry Ellis will star as Gwendolen, her first non-singing role, in the 2018 UK tour of Oscar Wilde’s THE IMPORTANCE […]
