Drag Race’s BAGA CHIPZ and Britain’s Got Talent’s SHEILA SIMMONDS to star in all-drag production of CINDERELLA
Drag stars BAGA CHIPZ – currently on screen as one of the contestants in BBC Three’s RuPaul’s Drag Race UK – and SHEILA SIMMONDS – best known from her outrageous performance that wowed the judges in Britain’s Got Talent 2019 – will star in a fierce and funny drag makeover of classic pantomime CINDERELLA this […]
Audience member gives boyfriends a “hand” during BIG THE MUSICAL performance
Back in 2015 I wrote a blog about a very strange experience I had, sitting in the front of of the show Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown. It was more a case of ‘woman on the verge of an orgasm’ for me as the very drunk man and woman sitting next to […]
Casting call for Whitney – Queen Of The Night and What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Auditions have been announced to find the next stars for two international touring productions. What’s Love Got To Do With It?, a celebration of the music of Tina Turner, and Whitney – Queen of the Night, celebrating Whitney Houston, is casting for the leading role in both productions. The casting follows the phenomenal success of […]
MAMMA MIA! announce a collaboration to raise awareness for Ovarian Cancer
MAMMA MIA! is delighted to announce a collaboration with Target Ovarian Cancer to raise much-needed funds to transform the future for women with ovarian cancer. 11 women die every day in the UK from this disease and ovarian cancer faces chronic underfunding compared with other cancers. MAMMA MIA! was created by three women, is all […]
REVIEW: ANNIE (Sunderland Empire) ★★★★
It was seeing Annie in the early 80’s that instilled in me a lifelong love of theatre, so I was very excited to be seeing the show at Sunderland Empire this week. It’s 1933, America is in the midst of a depression and little orphan Annie (Kiana Dumbuya, Mia Lakha and Ava Smith sharing […]
Actress Seyi Omooba breaks silence on alleged homophobia saying “I don’t see why what I said was offensive”
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. Seyi’s theatre credits include Hadestown (National Theatre); Crystal in Little Shop of Horrors (Regent’s Park); Martha in Spring Awakening (Hope Mill Theatre) and Tilly in Junkyard […]
HEATHERS THE MUSICAL announces UK Tour
Following two record-breaking seasons at London’s The Other Palace and West End transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2018, Heathers the Musical will embark on a highly anticipated UK tour from 2020. Produced by Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills, this high octane, black comedy, rock musical based on one of the greatest cult teen […]
Sally Dexter to star as the first ever female Scrooge in CHRISTMAS CAROL
Christmas Carol – a fairy tale, the magical new production running at Wilton’s Music Hall this festive season today announces its stellar cast, with Olivier Award-winning Sally Dexter starring as the first ever female Scrooge to appear on a London stage. Musical theatre legend and soap opera superstar Sally Dexter takes on the role of […]
A night of West End Stars comes to Proud Cabaret Embankment in aid of performer Audrey Jones
Live at Proud Cabaret Embankment – A night of West End Stars and is on Sunday 20th October at Proud Cabaret, Embankment. Doors open at 6pm and the show begins at 7.30pm. The Cabaret is in memory of musical theatre performer Daisy Steere’s late Grandmother, Audrey Jones, who sadly recently passed away after suffering for […]
Cast announced for Sandy Wilson’s THE BOY FRIEND at Menier Chocolate Factory
Menier Chocolate Factory has announced initial casting for their major revival of Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend running at the theatre over Christmas. Matthew White directs a cast including Jack Butterworth (Bobby van Husen), Janie Dee (Mme Dubonnet), Adrian Edmondson (Lord Brockhurst), Tiffany Graves (Hortense), Dylan Mason (Tony), Amara Okereke (Polly) and Issy van Randwyck […]