Cast announced for KISS ME, KATE at the London Coliseum
Opera North’s award-winning production of Cole Porter’s classic musical comedy, Kiss Me, Kate, opens at Leeds Grand Theatre in May, then touring to the Ravenna Festival, to the London Coliseum for a two-week run in June, and moving to the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh in July. Cole Porter’s riotously inventive homage to the sparkling wit of […]
The Muppets announce their most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, muppetational, full-length live show
Inspired by their hit 1980s variety TV show The Muppet Show, this magical event will be headlined by Kermit The Frog, leading an all-star cast of pigs, bears and whatevers in…. The Muppets Take The O2! Live on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 July, The Muppets will be lighting up The O2 for 2 evenings […]
60’s pop star Lulu joins the London cast of 42ND STREET
Lulu returns to the West End after 30 years to join the cast of 42nd Street, the dazzling and romantic homage to the world of musical theatre in the iconic role of ‘Dorothy Brock’ from 19 March 2018. Lulu made her acting debut at the age of 16, starring with Sidney Poitier in the unforgettable […]
Cast announced for the UK&I Tour of AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
The full cast for the World Premiere of AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN – THE MUSICAL is officially announced. Emma Williams will play ‘Paula Pokrifiki’, Jonny Fines is ‘Zack Mayo’, Ray Shell as ‘Foley’, Ian Macintosh as ‘Sid Worley’ and Jessica Daley as ‘Lynette Pomeroy’. The production will open at Curve on Friday 6 April 2018 […]
EastEnders’ Harry Reid joins new cast of WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION at London County Hall
A new cast for Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie, starring Eastenders actor Harry Reid as the accused, Leonard Vole. Reid is best known for most recently playing character Ben Mitchell for nearly four years on BBC1’s EastEnders. Reid will be joined by Lucy Phelps (Call the Midwife, Anthony & Cleopatra, King Charles III) […]
REVIEW: FLASHDANCE (New Victoria Theatre) ★★★★
Being a child of the 70’s, I fondly remember listening to the Soundtrack of Flashdance on my cassette recorder and then queuing up at my local cinema to watch Jennifer Beales strut her stuff in a leotard and leg warmers. For those of you too young to remember the 1983 film Flashdance, it tells the […]
REVIEW: THE TROTH (Curve Leicester) ★★★
Curve Leicester plays host to the UK premiere of Akademi’s powerful production The Troth this week. The story was born out of a desire to simultaneously celebrate the centenary of the Great War, and to pay homage to the 60,000 Indian soldiers killed, whilst acknowledging 70 years since India’s independence from the British Empire. A […]
Ray Quinn to star in UK Tour of SUMMER HOLIDAY
Brand new stage musical Summer Holiday is set to tour the UK from May 2018, with the famous red double-decker bus making its first stop at the Liverpool Empire on Tuesday 8th May. Based on the iconic 1960’s film of the same name, starring Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Summer Holiday will include all of […]
ALL OR NOTHING – THE MOD MUSICAL to transfer to the Ambassadors Theatre
Due to overwhelming public demand, ALL OR NOTHING – THE MOD MUSICAL, with book by Carol Harrison and music and lyrics by the Small Faces, will transfer to the Ambassadors Theatre in London’s West End following a five-week sell-out season at the Arts Theatre. The 10-week run at the Ambassadors Theatre will begin on Wednesday […]
REVIEW: LE BODYGUARD (Palais des Sports) ★★★
Based on the 1992 film starring Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard Musical opened in London in 2012 where it played for eighteen months before heading out on tour around the UK. The French production of the show has just opened in Paris for a six week run before it tours around France with songs performed in […]