Moulin Rouge! The Musical to open in London, March 2021
Moulin Rouge! The Musical, has announced that the first UK production of the acclaimed show will open at the Piccadilly Theatre in London in March 2021. Enter a world of splendour and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Pop […]
CORTEO, one of the best-loved Cirque du Soleil productions is coming to the UK in June 2020
Corteo, the most enchanting of Cirque du Soleil’s arena productions is set to charm UK audiences for the very first time. A welcome addition to Cirque du Soleil’s 30th anniversary in the UK, the show will visit Leeds from 18 to 21 June and London from 24 June to 5 July 2020. This unique production, […]
LIFE OF PI sails into the West End next summer
Simon Friend, the producer of the acclaimed Life of Pi, is thrilled to announce that the celebrated Sheffield Theatres production will transfer to London in 2020. Life of Pi – Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling adaptation of Yann Martel’s extraordinary, award-winning book – was awarded a string of five-star reviews when it opened in Sheffield earlier this […]
COME FROM AWAY extends London run to May 2020
As hit musical Come From Away celebrates its 300th performance and 300,000th visitor in the UK, the Olivier Award-winning “Best New Musical” announces that it will further extend its hugely successful run in the West End until 23 May 2020. Come From Away is nominated for four awards at the 2019 West End Wilma Awards, […]
REVIEW: FAST (Park Theatre) ★★
I always enjoy a visit to the Park Theatre in Finsbury Park. It has a lovely atmosphere and presents a great range of productions which always have interesting staging. There are two theatres – the main Park200 downstairs and Park90 (a tiny space upstairs that is often used for new or experimental writing). As one […]
Harriet Thorpe talks about starring in MAME at the Hope Mill Theatre
Harriet, you’re best known for your roles as Carole on BBC’s The Brittas Empire, Fleur in Absolutely Fabulous and your extensive work with French and Saunders, what do you love about comedic roles? I love that laughter cures everything. We’ve needed it throughout history. I’ve never played anybody ‘normal’ so why would I start now? […]
Sandra Marvin to take over from Marisha Wallace as Becky in WAITRESS
Waitress is delighted to welcome Sandra Marvin (Emmerdale, Committee) to the company of the hit West End musical as waitress Becky with her first performance taking place on 17 October. She takes on the role from Marisha Wallace who has starred with the original London cast. Sandra Marvin will join lead cast members Lucie Jones […]
Drag Race’s BAGA CHIPZ and Britain’s Got Talent’s SHEILA SIMMONDS to star in all-drag production of CINDERELLA
Drag stars BAGA CHIPZ – currently on screen as one of the contestants in BBC Three’s RuPaul’s Drag Race UK – and SHEILA SIMMONDS – best known from her outrageous performance that wowed the judges in Britain’s Got Talent 2019 – will star in a fierce and funny drag makeover of classic pantomime CINDERELLA this […]
REVIEW: HAUNTED (Asylum Chapel) ★★★★
We are sat in the chilled air of the Asylum Chapel, bathed in darkness with our heads aloft, admiring the spectacular stained-glass windows and distressed interiors (this is certainly an apt location for a haunting) when in stumbles a terrified-looking man (Steve Fitzgerald) in search of his sister. He discloses that his family has been […]
Audience member gives boyfriends a “hand” during BIG THE MUSICAL performance
Back in 2015 I wrote a blog about a very strange experience I had, sitting in the front of of the show Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown. It was more a case of ‘woman on the verge of an orgasm’ for me as the very drunk man and woman sitting next to […]