Casting call for Whitney – Queen Of The Night and What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Auditions have been announced to find the next stars for two international touring productions. What’s Love Got To Do With It?, a celebration of the music of Tina Turner, and Whitney – Queen of the Night, celebrating Whitney Houston, is casting for the leading role in both productions. The casting follows the phenomenal success of […]
MAMMA MIA! announce a collaboration to raise awareness for Ovarian Cancer
MAMMA MIA! is delighted to announce a collaboration with Target Ovarian Cancer to raise much-needed funds to transform the future for women with ovarian cancer. 11 women die every day in the UK from this disease and ovarian cancer faces chronic underfunding compared with other cancers. MAMMA MIA! was created by three women, is all […]
REVIEW: ANNIE (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★
It was seeing Annie in the early 80’s that instilled in me a lifelong love of theatre, so I was very excited to be seeing the show at Sunderland Empire this week. It’s 1933, America is in the midst of a depression and little orphan Annie (Kiana Dumbuya, Mia Lakha and Ava Smith sharing the […]
REVIEW: PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★★★
The iconic musical, Priscilla Queen of the Desert opened at the New Wimbledon Theatre this week bringing sassiness, vibrance and colour. With strong performances and smiles throughout the audience, this show is definitely not a drag. Although many people will remember the 2009 West End show, this is a brand-new production by Mark Goucher in […]
REVIEW: GHOST STORIES (Ambassadors Theatre) ★★★★
Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s Ghost Stories opened at the Liverpool Playhouse in 2010 before transferring to the Lyric Hammersmith and Duke of York’s Theatre in London’s West End, where it ran for over a year. The play was so successful, it was re-mounted at the Arts Theatre in February of 2014 running until January […]
REVIEW: WE ANCHOR IN HOPE (The Bunker) ★★
Pubs used to be the centre of communities all around the country. A place of refuge, a place to forget your troubles and drown your sorrows and a place where regulars formed bonds. All over the country, pubs are closing as the economics have deteriorated from drinking and smoking laws, conversion to upmarket gastro pubs […]
REVIEW: A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG (Trafalgar Studios) ★★★★
Have you ever met someone who seems to have endless wit and a tongue as sharp as a gazelle, who never seems to run out of jokes but simultaneously appears to be hiding behind them? In ‘A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg‘, We meet Bri, the dark-humoured teacher who is father to disabled […]
REVIEW: NOISES OFF (Garrick Theatre) ★★★★★
After watching a performance of his 1970 farce ‘The Two of Us’ from backstage at the Garrick Theatre, celebrated playwright Michael Frayn commented “It was funnier from behind than in front and I thought that one day I must write a farce from behind.” His “farce from behind” started as the short one-act play ‘Exits’ […]
REVIEW: THE NICETIES (Finborough Theatre) ★★★★
The Niceties is an interesting, cleverly written, layered story that looks at race, racism and white privilege in America. Set in the final year of Obama’s presidency, this two hander stars Janie Dee as Janine, a successful college professor and author, and Moronke Akinola as Zoe, one of her students. Zoe has brought her final […]
Actress Seyi Omooba breaks silence on alleged homophobia saying “I don’t see why what I said was offensive”
In March 2019, it was announced that actress Seyi Omooba would play the lead role of Celie in the Curve Leicester and Birmingham Hippodrome production of The Color Purple. Seyi’s theatre credits include Hadestown (National Theatre); Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors (Regent’s Park); Martha in Spring Awakening (Hope Mill Theatre) and Tilly in Junkyard […]