Tickets on sale for the UK & Ireland Tour of Hairspray
The UK Tour of Hairspray the Musical is currently booking at the below venues for the dates shown. Welcome to the 60s, where everyone’s grooving to a brand-new sound! Enter our vivacious heroine Tracy Turnblad, who has big hair, a big heart, and big dreams to dance her way onto national TV, and into the […]
Is social distancing being removed in theatres from May?
I am so confused about when theatre may or may not return to some kind of normality. And producers aren’t really helping us to understand their thought processes on the new government roadmap – they are just putting tickets on sale from various dates and leaving the general public scratching their heads wondering what on […]
The authorised biography of Tommy Steele to be released this May
‘Tommy Steele: A Life in the Spotlight. The Authorised Biography’ will be published on May 20th by Fonthill Media and be available to buy online and in bookstores – now the news has confirmed they’ll reopen soon! (Available to pre-order online now). Coming in at over 400 pages with over 80 rare photographs, this is […]
Online concert series ‘Leave a Light On’ returns with over 70 live performances
The online concert series ‘Leave a Light On’ returns with 70 performances from across the two series. Shows will be re-streamed, every day at 5pm and 8pm from 15 March – 24 April 2021. Tickets can be booked here. Leave a Light On, was launched in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and consequent national lockdowns. […]
West End stars perform ‘The Classics of Broadway’ for The Theatre Channel
The fifth episode of The Theatre Channel series – The Classics of Broadway – was released last week and with a line up including Bonnie Langford, Mazz Murray, Gary Wilmot and Marisha Wallace, I couldn’t resist taking a peek. Opening the show is Freddie Fox singing an arrangement of ‘Willkommen’ and ‘Money’ from Cabaret. It’s […]
BKLYN – The Musical to stream online next month
The filmed release of BKLYN – The Musical, filmed at the Ugly Duck space, will be available 22 March – 4 April at www.stream.theatre. Dean Johnson directs Sejal Keshwala (Faith), Emma Kingston (Brooklyn), Newtion Matthews (Street Singer), Jamie Muscato (Taylor) and Marisha Wallace (Paradice), with musical direction from Leo Munby and video editing by Sam […]
‘The Color Purple’ at Curve Leicester
On the same day as the Seyi Omooba employment tribunal ruled she was not unfairly dismissed from her role in the 2019 production of The Color Purple (because of homophobic comments she had made), a virtual press night was held for the latest incarnation of the show, filmed at Curve Leicester and now streaming until […]
Seyi Omooba’s claims against Curve have been rejected by an employment tribunal
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, having previously played the role of Nettie in the Cadogan Hall production. A week later, Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome released this statement: “On Friday 15 March a […]
‘Fiver’ Live Concert Recording to be released in March 2021
The producers of FIVER, the sell-out hit musical are releasing a cast album in March. The album, titled Fiver (Live Concert Recording), is the product of three special, live-streamed concert versions of the show, which played to a global audience in 2020. FIVER follows the story of a humble £5 note as it passes through […]
‘Hamilton’ actor Giles Terera to star in new self penned song cycle ‘Back Matter’
The world premiere of ‘Black Matter’, a new song cycle composed by and starring Giles Terera will be streamed globally on demand from March 24 – 31. The Hamilton star said: “I live in Soho, London. I was there throughout last summer. I saw Soho shift from deserted tranquillity, where the only sounds were birds and church […]