REVIEW: PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT (Curve)
Get ready to shake your groove thing, because Priscilla Queen of the Desert has opened at Curve in Leicester. It’s loud, it’s colourful, it’s energetic and you’ll find yourself wondering how on earth they manage to find the space backstage to keep all those fabulous costumes. The tale is of three drag queens (Nick Hayes, […]
PRIVATE LIVES (Hordern Ciani – Swanage Rep 2021)
What an incredibly enjoyable night I had at the theatre, attending the third and final offering in the season for Swanage Repertory Company. The Noel Coward classic Private Lives has stood the test of time since its first performance at the King’s Theatre, Edinburgh in 1930- entertaining audiences for nearly a century. This incarnation did […]
Why is EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE ‘pausing’ its West End run?
Back in July, it was announced that the West End production of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie will temporarily ‘pause’ from 26 September, and return to the West End in 2022. Many people have been questioning why this is happening when the show seems to be doing very well and with the major film production (starring Max […]
Cast announced for the UK & Ireland Tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON
The Book of Mormon tour will resume on 12 October 2021, opening at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff before dates in Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow, Norwich, Southampton, Amsterdam, Leeds, Aberdeen, Newcastle, Liverpool, Nottingham and Edinburgh. The cast of The Book of Mormon on tour is led by Robert Colvin as ‘Elder Price’, Conner Peirson as ‘Elder Cunningham’, Aviva Tulley […]
THE BOOK OF MORMON at the Prince of Wales Theatre
Avenue Q writer, Robert Lopez, and South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone joined forces to create a musical – The Book of Mormon playing at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The smash-hit musical and winner of four Olivier Awards® including Best New Musical, The Book of Mormon, is still as popular as ever at the Prince of […]
INTERVIEW: Jonathan Sayer – The Play That Goes Wrong
Mischief’s Olivier award-winning box office hit, The Play That Goes Wrong, has fast become a global phenomenon with productions across every continent (aside from Antarctica!). Now the West End’s longest-running comedy, enjoying its seventh year at the Duchess Theatre, returns for its fourth major UK tour. We spoke to one of the co-writers Jonathan Sayer: […]
Celebrate the festive season with LUCIE JONES AT CHRISTMAS
Singing sensation Lucie Jones will be celebrating the festive season in style – with a very special headline show at London’s Her Majesty’s Theatre – showcasing hits from her stage career. The musical theatre star, who recently appeared as Fantine in Les Misérables: The Staged Concert in the West End, will present Lucie Jones at […]
Line up announced for THE LONDON HORROR FESTIVAL 2021
The UK’s largest festival of live horror performance is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, taking place at two accessible venues, The Pleasance Theatre in Islington, and The Space on the Isle of Dogs. The festival presents 28 productions and over 60 performances across two weeks, including both in-person and online events, finishing on the […]
RUMI: THE MUSICAL comes to the London Coliseum this November
Dana Al Fardan, one of the Middle East’s leading contemporary composers, and West End star Nadim Naaman will bring their second major stage musical, ‘Rumi: The Musical’ to the London Coliseum in November 2021. ‘Rumi’, based on a story about the 13th century philosopher and poet Rumi by Evren Sharma, follows Al Fardan and Naaman’s […]
REVIEW: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (Curve)
You could hear a pin drop in the auditorium last night, as the curtains opened at Curve on the bold and fresh revival of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. It’s not a groundbreaking story with a complicated plot. It centres primarily around relationships, providing a snapshot into a day of one American […]