Naomi McDonald talks about bringing celebrity impressions and spoof songs to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Naomi McDonald Name of Edinburgh show: Stardumb Venue: Arch III, Fireside, 20 East Market St, EH8 8BE (Venue 75) Performance time: 15:45 Show length: 60 mins Ticket price: Free Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I’ve just featured in Radio 2’s Celebrity Lip Service. I was talent […]
I’m sorry – I just don’t like Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar was the first big musical production I remember seeing as a kid. I was at school and we had all been taken to see the touring production. I remember not being blown away by it then and despite seeing it since then (the 2012 arena tour which starred ITV Superstar winner Ben […]
Isabel Palmstierna talks about bringing her political dark comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Isabel Palmstierna Name of Edinburgh show: A Beginner’s Guide To Populism Venue: The Space Triplex (Venue 38) Times and dates: August 13-18, 12:35, August 20-25, 17:35 Duration: 50 mins Ticket prices: £9 (£7 concessions) Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I’m originally from Stockholm, Sweden where I […]
Broadway’s 9/11 musical COME FROM AWAY is coming to London!
The Tony Award-winning new musical COME FROM AWAY tells the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded air passengers during the wake of 9/11, and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed them. It will land in London for its long-awaited UK premiere at the Phoenix Theatre next year with performances from 30 January 2019 and […]
Janie Dee, Danielle Hope, Ria Jones and Claire Sweeney head to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Janie Dee, Danielle Hope, Ria Jones and Claire Sweeney are announced to star in Don’t Tell Me Not To Fly, which will play at newly refurbished McEwan Hall, Bristo Square at Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Each day a celebrated West End star will take centre stage to perform songs from smash hit West End and Broadway […]
Jonathan Blakeley talks about bringing his enchanting little play IN PURSUIT OF ANDROMEDA to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Jonathan Blakeley Name of Edinburgh show: In Pursuit of Andromeda Venue: Greenside Venues – Lime Studio Performance time: 8:45pm Show length: 1 hour Ticket price: Mon – Wed (£9 full / £7 concession) Thu – Sat (£10 full / £8 concession) Can you tell me a little about yourself and your performing background? Originally […]
REVIEW: Sh*t Faced Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (Leicester Square Theatre) ★★★★
It turns out that if a group of young classically trained actors get sh*t faced and do Shakespeare, they make it infinitely funnier, pacier and more feminist without insulting the original. The Sh*t Faced Shakespeare gang have been a fringe hit for years with their improvised retellings of Shakespeare’s most well-known works before making it […]
Grace Chapman talks about bringing her show IT’S NOT A SPRINT to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: Grace Chapman Name of Edinburgh show: It’s Not A Sprint Venue: Jackdome Performance time: 13:30 Show length: 50 mins Ticket price: £10 / £8.50 Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? I have been working in theatre for almost 10 years during which time I have written, performed […]
David Fenne talks about bringing his gay love story FORGET ME NOTS to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Name: David Fenne Name of Edinburgh show: Forget Me Nots Venue: Army @ The Fringe in association with Summerhall (Drill Hall) Performance time: 1:00PM Show length: 50 minutes Ticket price: £10/£8 Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your performing background? Sure! I am a country lad from Dorset, but I’ve been […]
West End Wilma award winner Mazz Murray to join the London cast of CHICAGO
West End Wilma award winner Mazz Murray will join the West End cast of CHICAGO at the Phoenix Theatre, playing the title role of Mama Morton from Monday 2 July alongside Martin Kemp as Billy Flynn. They will join Sarah Soetaert, Josefina Gabrielle and Paul Rider as Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly and Amos Hart respectively. Martin […]