REVIEW: DEAR EVAN HANSEN (Noel Coward Theatre) ★★★★
During a snowy blizzard in 2017, I went to see Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway, with the original cast including Ben Platt and it was so emotional and wonderful that I couldn’t wait for it to come to the West End. And now, finally it is here at the Noel Coward Theatre. Dear Evan Hansen […]
Joel Montague to take over from Joe Sugg in WAITRESS
Joel Montague (Falsettos, School of Rock and Funny Girl) will join the company of the hit West End musical Waitress as Ogie with his first performance taking place on 2 December. He takes on the role from Joe Sugg who has performed the role of Ogie since 9 September. Joel Montague will join lead cast […]
Showcasing some of the most impressive female voices of the West End LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE GIRLS
Come along and hear a stellar line up on Sunday 12th January (3pm and 7pm) featuring some of musical theatre’s finest leading ladies including Emma Hatton, Christina Bennington, Jodie Jacobs, Sejal Keshwala, Nicole Raquel Dennis and many more. Prepare for an evening of serious girl power as they take to the stage celebrating some of […]
Full casting announced for UK Tour of award-winning musical ONCE
Full casting is announced today for Once, which embarks on its first major UK tour from January 2020, following a run at Fairfield Halls, Croydon from Thursday 19 December to Saturday 11 January. Joining the previously announced Daniel Healy as Guy and Emma Lucia as Girl are Dan Bottomley as Billy, Matthew Burns as Eamon, […]
REVIEW: STRAY DOGS (Park Theatre) ★★★★
Producers Dead Letter Perfect say they want to produce “good stories, well told” and that character “lies at the heart of good stories”. Their latest offering at Park 90, Stray Dogs, certainly fits that description with three very strong conflicting characters battling it out over the power of language. The story is set in Leningrad, around […]
REVIEW: The Bodyguard (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★
The Bodyguard quite literally arrived in Sunderland with a bang!!! Based on the 1992 film, starring the late Whitney Houston, The Bodyguard tells the story of Rachel Marron, a famous singer who has uncompromising ex-secret service agent, Frank Farmer, hired for her to protect her from an obsessed stalker. Unlike the film, this is a […]
All-star Premiere League cast fielded for FOOTBALLERS’ WIVES – THE MUSICAL
Producers of ‘Footballers’ Wives – The Musical’ are fielding a Premiere League cast of West End stars this week for a workshop presentation as the new musical based on the iconic TV series, featuring 23 original songs, moves towards a full production. A musical comedy noir, with book by Maureen Chadwick, co-creator of the original […]
Powerful and evocative new play about the Glasgow bin lorry collision of 2014 comes to London
Impact is a powerful and evocative new play by Sally Lewis that takes a tragic public event – the Glasgow bin lorry collision of 2014 – as the inspiration to examine how tragedies implode on the minds and souls of the people caught up in it. Neil Gwynne plays four men who were there on […]
Full cast announced for the UK & Ireland tour of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Full casting has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of the brilliant original production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA opening at Curve, Leicester on 22 February 2020. Killian Donnelly will play ‘The Phantom’, Holly-Anne Hull ‘Christine Daaé’, Rhys Whitfield ‘Raoul’, Saori Oda ‘Carlotta Giudicelli’, Adam Linstead ‘Monsieur André’, Matt Harrop ‘Monsieur Firmin’, […]
Laura Wade’s THE WATSONS transfers to the West End
Following sold-out runs at both Chichester Festival Theatre and the Menier Chocolate Factory, Laura Wade’s The Watsons transfers to the West End in 2020. The production opens at the Harold Pinter Theatre on 19 May, with previews from 8 May, and runs until 26 September. Directed by Samuel West, The Watsons played to critical acclaim […]
