REVIEW: Heathers The Musical (Theatre Royal Haymarket) ★★★★
Based on the 1989 black comedy film starring a young Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and Shannen Doherty, Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy’s Heathers The Musical premiered in Los Angeles in 2013. After selling out this initial run, the production transferred Off-Broadway in 2014 and received several Drama Desk Award nominations and cult following. In 2017 […]
Zizi Strallen and Charlie Stemp set to bring MARY POPPINS back to the West End
Daily Mail reporter and king of theatre news announcements Baz Bamigboye has given us the news that we have been hearing on the rumour mill for a while now. Mary Poppins is set to return to the West End in 2019 at the Prince Edward Theatre. Reprising her role of Mary Poppins from the recent […]
Dolly Parton’s musical 9 TO 5 clocks in to the West End in January 2019
Dolly Parton, the most honoured female country performer of all time presents 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL at the Savoy Theatre, London for a strictly limited season from 28 January – 31 August 2019 starring Louise Redknapp as ‘Violet Newstead’, Amber Davies as ‘Judy Bernly’, Natalie McQueen as ‘Doralee Rhodes’ and Brian Conley as ‘Franklin Hart’. Book […]
Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham given ‘Autism Friendly’ Award
The Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham are delighted to have had their Autism Friendly Award renewed for 2018 by The National Autistic Society The Autism Friendly Award rewards organisations and businesses who make themselves as accessible as possible to autistic people and their families. Chris Pike, Autism Access Specialist for The National Autistic […]
REVIEW: Hamilton (Lewis) (Kings Head Theatre) ★★★
A rather clever but very silly musical parody of the hit show Hamilton, tracing the rise of Lewis Hamilton has come to the Kings Head Theatre. The company of four actors introduce us to the show, advising us it is good for Hamilton fans and good for Formula 1 fans and questioning why anyone would […]
Danny Mac and Emma Williams to star in WHITE CHRISTMAS at Curve
Full casting has been announced for the upcoming festive Made at Curve production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster, who directed the award-winning Curve productions of Sunset Boulevard and Legally Blonde, will reunite with two-time Olivier Award-winning choreographer Stephen Mear to bring a host of new and familiar faces to Curve’s […]
Check out the line up for Underbelly’s Christmas in Leicester Square (including Briefs, Showstoppers & Gals Aloud)
Underbelly have announced their third season of festive events in the very heart of London: Christmas in Leicester Square 2018-19. Briefs the legendary godfathers of ‘Boylesque’ are this year’s headliners with their first ever UK Christmas show: adding tinsel and jingle bells to the glitter-and-neon anarchy of their unique drag-cabaret-circus extravaganza Close Encounters. (9 Nov […]
Kevin Clifton and Antony Costa join the cast of ROCK OF AGES
Kevin Clifton and Antony Costa join the cast of the award-winning smash-hit musical “ROCK OF AGES” in the role of ‘Stacee Jaxx’. Kevin Clifton will play the role from 22 January until 6 April 2019 and from 11 June until 27 July 2019. Antony Costa will join the production for eight weeks from 8 April […]
Hugh Dennis, Lesley Garrett & John Marquez to star in THE MESSIAH at The Other Palace the Christmas
Three towering talents play a cast of thousands in this new comedy by the writer of the Olivier Award-winning West End hit The 39 Steps as Patrick Barlow’s The Messiah tours the UK this Autumn, before transferring to London’s The Other Palace from Monday 3rd December – Saturday 5th January 2018. Hugh Dennis makes a […]
REVIEW: WICKED (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★
My return visit to Wicked was made all the more enjoyable by attending with a friend who had never seen the show before. Seeing it through different eyes renewed and refreshed my enjoyment of this show. Based on the best-selling novel by Gregory Maguire Wicked’s success has a lot to do with originality and playfulness; […]