60 Hour Shakespeare to perform Richard II to raise money for theatre workers affected by COVID-19
This August Bank Holiday, 60 Hour Shakespeare invites audiences through the looking-glass, to this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, where the Plantagenet King, Richard II, sits upon the ground and asks this sceptre’d isle to yield stinging nettles to his enemies. The King has returned from Ireland to find the formerly banished […]
Broadway production of ‘Diana – A New Musical’ to be filmed and released on Netflix in controversial move for live theatre
Diana – A New Musical, telling the story if the life of Princess Diana, opened on Broadway on 2 March 2020 and played for just ten days before all New York theatres were closed down due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The production is currently suspended until September 6, 2020 but as we have seen in […]
West End ‘Christine’ Kelly Mathieson says Phantom show closure came as a ‘massive shock’
150 days since the last performance of The Phantom of the Opera in the West End, the most recent actor to play Christine, Kelly Mathieson, has said it came as a massive shock when the cast, crew and orchestra were released from their contracts with the news that the show would be overhauled with a […]
UK Theatres told they can reopen from tomorrow
On 17 July 2020, the UK Government announced that theatre’s would be allowed to reopen (with socially distanced audiences) from 1 August 2020. But the day before this was due to happen, Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced this was to be delayed with concerns it may not be safe to do so. Now, two weeks […]
David Hunter and Caroline Kay release The Space Between cast recording
Following a flurry of five star reviews for their Musical Short, The Space Between, West End star David Hunter (Waitress, Kinky Boots) and actor/singer-songwriter Caroline Kay have released a cast recording of the show’s music. The pair wrote the Musical entirely in lockdown, having never met in person. They communicated exclusively through WhatsApp messages and […]
The Bridge Theatre in London announce plans to re-open in September 2020
Plans to re-open the Bridge Theatre in London during September and October have been announced, assuming that the Government gives the go ahead for indoor performances with socially distanced audiences. Eight of the actors (Monica Dolan, Tamsin Greig, Lesley Manville, Lucian Msamati, Maxine Peake, Rochenda Sandall, Kristin Scott Thomas and Imelda Staunton) from the series […]
New British Musical SNOWFLAKE Premieres with innovative Visual EP
A brand new musical from actor/writer Lewis Cornay has just launched with an innovative visual EP. Snowflake is a fast paced, kaleidoscopic musical which explores the tricky nature of sexual identity in a world obsessed with labels. The piece follows a group of twenty-somethings navigating the complexities of millennial life from open relationships to monogamy, […]
Watch Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh singing from SLEEPLESS, A Musical Romance
Watch Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh singing ‘Outta My Hands’ from new musical SLEEPLESS, A Musical Romance, which will begin socially distanced indoor performances at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre from 25 August. Kimberley stars as Annie, alongside Jay McGuiness as Sam, Daniel Casey as Walter, Harriet Thorpe as Eleanor, Tania Mathurin as Becky and […]
The Addams Family rescheduled 2021 UK & Ireland tour dates announced
Following the UK Government shutdown of theatres in March, the producers of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a musical comedy, have rescheduled the new UK & Ireland Tour to dates in 2021. The Tour will now open in Cardiff on 26 January 2021. Samantha Womack and Cameron Blakely will revive their much loved roles as Morticia and Gomez […]
Six The Musical cast members to headline West End Musical Drive-In
Divorced. Beheaded. Live at the drive-in! Eleven past and current Six The Musical cast members will be headlining the West End Musical Drive-In on Saturday 12th September. For the first time, Courtney Bowman, Maddie Bulleyment, Collette Guitart, Sophie Isaacs, Vicki Manser, Shekinah McFarlane, Grace Mouat, Natalie Paris, Jarneia Richard-Noel, Courtney Stapleton and Jodie Steele will […]