Sam Graham chats about starring in THE COUNTRY WIFE at Southwark Playhouse
Sam Graham has just finished playing Sir Jasper Fidget in The Country Wife at London’s Southwark Playhouse. His theatre credits include Our Country’s Good (Out of Joint), The Winter’s Tale (Sheffield Crucible), A Christmas Carol (Royal & Derngate), Love The Sinner (National Theatre), Gagarin Way (Theatre Royal, Bath), O Go My Man (Out of Joint, […]
Killian Donnelly set to take Jean Valjean around the UK&I in the LES MISERABLES musical tour
It has been announced that Killian Donnelly will play Jean Valjean in the upcoming UK & Ireland tour of the hit musical Les Miserables. The show opens at Curve Lesicester on 3 November 2018 and then heads to Dublin, Edinburgh, Manchester and more venues around the UK&I. For full tour dates see below. Killian is […]
REVIEW: The Significant Other Festival (The Vaults) ★★
As a concept, this festival celebrating the works of ten different writers under the umbrella of a unanimous theme and location to create one fluid piece of theatre is an interesting one- but unfortunately not entirely successful in it’s actualisation. I applaud new ideas and new approaches to theatre, however, for me the disjointed vignettes […]
140,000 new tickets on sale for TINA – The Tina Turner Musical
TINA, a new musical based on the life of legendary artist Tina Turner, have released 140,000 new tickets on sale taking the booking period up to 16 February 2019. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Katori Hall with Frank Ketelaar and Kees Prins, choreography is by Anthony van Laast, with set and costume designs […]
REVIEW: AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN (Curve Leicester) ★★★★★
It was the world premiere of a brand-new musical, An Officer and a Gentleman, at Curve Leicester last night, and what a triumph it was. Based on the hit 80’s film starring Richard Gere, we follow the story of Zack Mayo (Jonny Fines) as he enters training to become a US Navy Pilot. A little […]
REVIEW: BAT OUT OF HELL at the Dominion Theatre ★★★★★
Jim Steinman doesn’t do anything by halves. He’s worked with legends Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, Air Supply, Barbra Streisand, Cher and Def Leppard so when he penned Bat Out Of Hell the musical it should be no surprise he created a larger than life sceptical. Using many of the songs he wrote for from Meat […]
James Byng talks about starring in The Woman In Black
Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost story comes dramatically alive in Stephen Mallatratt’s ingenious stage adaptation. Now celebrating 29 terrifying years in the West End, Robin Herford’s gripping production is a brilliantly successful study in atmosphere, illusion and controlled horror. A lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family […]
REVIEW: CHICAGO (Phoenix Theatre) ★★★
Kander & Ebb’s Chicago is a theatrical institution. One of the heavy-weight champions of American musical theatre, the shows accolades are many including holding the records for the longest running musical revival and second longest running musical on Broadway and the longest running American musical in both America and The West End. Having been seen […]
Extra WICKED shows announced over Christmas and New Year
WICKED, the “spellbinding smash hit” (Time Out London) that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is pleased to announce its 2018/19 Christmas performance schedule, with extra matinee shows added on Monday 24 December 2018, Thursday 27 December 2018, Friday 28 December 2018, Sunday 30 December 2018 and Thursday 3 January 2019, […]
Further DUSTY casting released on Dusty Springfield’s Birthday
To celebrate the birthday of Dusty Springfield (born 16 April 1939) further casting has been announced today for DUSTY, the landmark new musical about her life which will have its world premiere at Theatre Royal Bath in June 2018 before dates at The Lyceum in Sheffield, Newcastle Theatre Royal, and The Lowry in Salford. Joining […]