Could ‘Friday’ become the new West End ‘matinee day’?
Next week I’m going to see Pretty Woman – the new West End musical, which is transferring from Broadway after a short run there. I’ve booked for a matinee performance but it isn’t on a Wednesday or a Thursday (the standard matinee days in London) but a Friday! Who’s ever heard of a Friday matinee?! […]
Lesley Joseph to star as Mother Superior in the UK & Ireland tour of SISTER ACT
Lesley Joseph (best known for playing ‘Dorien Green’ in “Birds of a Feather”) will play the role of ‘Mother Superior’ alongside the previously announced Brenda Edwards as ‘Deloris Van Cartier’. They will both perform all dates on the UK and Ireland tour. They are joined by Clive Rowe who will play ‘Eddie Souther’ in Leicester, […]
Samantha Womack and Cameron Blakely re-cast in new tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY (but who will play Wednesday?)
It was announced this week that Samantha Womack and Cameron Blakely will revive their much loved roles as Morticia and Gomez Addams in the new UK & Ireland Tour of the West End Wilma Award winning musical THE ADDAMS FAMILY. Wednesday Addams is a young woman and has fallen in love with a boy called […]
New cast announced for the London production of ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES THE MUSICAL
Only Fools and Horses The Musical at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket have just announced a new cast to take it in to its forth extended booking period (now to 27 June 2020). Oscar Conlon-Morrey will take over the role of Danny Driscoll from Monday 10 February in addition to his other current roles in the […]
Everyone is welcome at this upcoming inclusive sing-a-long performance of & JULIET
& Juliet – the jukebox musical featuring the hit songs of Max Martin from the past thirty years (including Baby One More Time, Everybody (Backstreet’s Back), Love Me Like You Do, Confident, It’s My Life, Can’t Feel My Face and the roof-raising Roar) has announced a sing-a-long performance of the show at the Shaftesbury Theatre […]
SECRET STAR – disguised West End stars sing live, but can you identify the voice?
Six disguised celebrities and West End stars sing live, but can you identify the voice? Well known faces step onto the stage and compete to remain anonymous. Your job is to work out who the hidden talent is! Join us at SingEasy for a night like no other, where your detective skills will be put […]
Louise Dearman to perform her biggest solo show to date in London
West End star Louise Dearman will perform in concert at Cadogan Hall on Sunday 31 May at 6.30pm, her biggest solo concert to date. Louise is best known for playing the roles of Glinda and Elphaba in the West End production of Wicked. She is the only actress to have played both starring roles in […]
BID NOW for items in the West End Wilma Charity Theatre Auction
Given the awful way climate change is affecting Australia right now, West End Wilma are raising money for WIRES Wildlife Rescue who work to save endangered wildlife animals affected by fires in Australia. The wonderful people of West End theatre have pulled out all the stops and ever so generously donated a whole host of different items […]
Kerry Ellis to star in new musical LEGENDS OF ARAHMA
A new musical named ‘Legends Of Arahma’ will be taken to the London stage for the very first time. This epic adventure tale will be staged at St. Paul’s Church, Covent Garden on March 30th. Venture to a new world full of peril, deception, love and sorcery. West End phenomenon Kerry Ellis stars in this […]
REVIEW: WAITRESS (Adelphi Theatre) ★★★★
Waitress recently finished a successful, four year run on Broadway. The West End production (which has been running for a year at the Adelphi Theatre) has done well, with several cast changes every few months to keep things different and entice fans of the show back for another trip to the diner. Waitress tells the story […]