HEATHERS THE MUSICAL announces UK Tour
Following two record-breaking seasons at London’s The Other Palace and West End transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2018, Heathers the Musical will embark on a highly anticipated UK tour from 2020. Produced by Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills, this high octane, black comedy, rock musical based on one of the greatest cult teen […]
REVIEW: Calendar Girls The Musical (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★★
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s Calendar Girls The Musical began life at the Grand Theatre in Leeds at the end of 2015 before transferring to The Lowry, Salford in January of 2016. This production entitled simply The Girls then transferred to West End opening at the Phoenix Theatre in January of 2017 and ran until […]
REVIEW: KINKY BOOTS (Blackpool Winter Gardens) ★★★★
I had a vague knowledge of the real- life story behind Kinky Boots, from watching a BBC documentary ‘Trouble at the Top’ many years ago. Now a hit musical with book by Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, the show sashayed into Blackpool Winter Gardens this week. As the show opens, we learn […]
Sally Dexter to star as the first ever female Scrooge in CHRISTMAS CAROL
Christmas Carol – a fairy tale, the magical new production running at Wilton’s Music Hall this festive season today announces its stellar cast, with Olivier Award-winning Sally Dexter starring as the first ever female Scrooge to appear on a London stage. Musical theatre legend and soap opera superstar Sally Dexter takes on the role of […]
A night of West End Stars comes to Proud Cabaret Embankment in aid of performer Audrey Jones
Live at Proud Cabaret Embankment – A night of West End Stars and is on Sunday 20th October at Proud Cabaret, Embankment. Doors open at 6pm and the show begins at 7.30pm. The Cabaret is in memory of musical theatre performer Daisy Steere’s late Grandmother, Audrey Jones, who sadly recently passed away after suffering for […]
Cast announced for Sandy Wilson’s THE BOY FRIEND at Menier Chocolate Factory
Menier Chocolate Factory has announced initial casting for their major revival of Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend running at the theatre over Christmas. Matthew White directs a cast including Jack Butterworth (Bobby van Husen), Janie Dee (Mme Dubonnet), Adrian Edmondson (Lord Brockhurst), Tiffany Graves (Hortense), Dylan Mason (Tony), Amara Okereke (Polly) and Issy van Randwyck […]
Smash hit Broadway musical BE MORE CHILL heads to London
Be More Chill, the mind-bendingly fun, smash hit Broadway musical, is to transfer to London to make its UK premiere at The Other Palace on Wednesday 12 February 2020. Be More Chill is based on the groundbreaking novel of the same name by Ned Vizzini. With original music and lyrics by Joe Iconis and a […]
Cast announced for SOHO CINDERS at Charing Cross Theatre
West End stars Luke Bayer and Millie O’Connell have been announced to head the cast of Soho Cinders at Charing Cross Theatre. Soho Cinders will run nine weeks from Thursday 24 October to Saturday 21 December. Luke was alternate Jamie in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo theatre and Millie ends her Olivier Award-nominated reign as […]
REVIEW: The Elixir of Love (Kings Head Theatre) ★★★★★
Brilliant, beautiful and bloody funny – the King’s Head theatre have delivered a fantastic production, which rates as one of the best things I have seen this year. Donizetti’s comic opera L’Elisir D’Amore is transported from 18th century northern Spain to 1980s Barry Island and is delivered here as the Elixir of Love. I am […]
REVIEW: Macbeth (Chichester Festival Theatre) ★★★
A stark production of the Scottish Play that will please aficionados but could leave Shakespeare novices scratching their heads. Director Paul Miller has teamed up with John Simm, ten years on from their production of Hamlet at the Sheffield Crucible. Simm has said that they have a three-play-plan and will team up again in the […]