REVIEW: GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS (London Palladium) ★★★★
Returning for the third year, the London Palladium Pantomime delivers exactly what its audience wants. More TV stars than you can shake a stick at, huge colourful costumes, singing and dancing. It’s big budget Panto and for many people in the audience, their one theatre trip of the year. Dame Betty Barnum and her daughter […]
Evelyn Hoskins set to join the West End cast of WAITRESS
Waitress the musical will welcome West End Wilma Award Winner (Rising Star, 2015) Evelyn Hoskins (Assassins, Spring Awakening) to the role of Dawn in the New Year while original London cast member Marisha Wallace (Dreamgirls, Aladdin) is also announced to return to the West End production. Last month Marisha won the West End Wilma Award […]
REVIEW: MARY POPPINS (Prince Edward Theatre) ★★★★★
I wanted to hate Mary Poppins. I don’t know why but I remember seeing it on Broadway many moons ago and not thinking much of it. So I didn’t plan to go and see the new West End production at the Prince Edward Theatre but boy am I glad I did. At just under three […]
Sophie Isaacs to join the West End cast of SIX
SIX today announce that West End Wilma Award Winner (Rising Star, 2018) Sophie Isaacs will be crowned the new Katherine Howard in the West End cast. She will join the production at the Arts Theatre on Tuesday 21 January. Sophie starred as Heather McNamara in the cult West End hit musical ‘Heathers’, she was Annette […]
REVIEW: HADESTOWN (Walter Kerr Theatre) ★★★★★
Hadestown, an acclaimed new musical by celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and innovative director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) is a love story for today… and always. The show has opened on Broadway after a run at Londons National Theatre – bringing with it most of the cast including West End […]
2020 tour dates announced for Sasha Regan’s All-male H.M.S. Pinafore
Sasha Regan’s critically acclaimed All-male version of W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore or “The Lass That Loved a Sailor” sails into 5 ports throughout the spring and summer with more dates likely to be announced. The production follows hot on the heels of the critically acclaimed, award-winning All-male The Pirates of Penzance which […]
Aimie Atkinson and Danny Mac take on lead roles in PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL
Aimie Atkinson will play ‘Vivian’ and Danny Mac will play ‘Edward’ in the smash hit PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL at the Piccadilly Theatre from 13 February 2020 where it will play for a strictly limited engagement of 46 weeks. Full casting to be announced soon. Aimie Atkinson was in the original West End cast of […]
Strictly Come Dancing star Kevin Clifton joins the London production of THE WEDDING SINGER
THE WEDDING SINGER starring Kevin Clifton will play a strictly limited season at the newly opened Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre from Thursday 30 January until Sunday 1 March 2020. Further casting to be announced. REVIEW: THE WEDDING SINGER (Liverpool Empire 2017) ★★★ Based on the 1998 Hollywood Blockbuster film of the same name starring Adam […]
Should theatre shows be limited to how long they can run for?
The Lion King, Thriller, Wicked, Mamma Mia, Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera are just some of the shows in the West End that have been running for over ten years and let’s not even start talking about The Mousetrap which has been playing longer than my parents have been alive! To see shows […]
Cast announced for the 2020 UK & Ireland tour of THE SOUND OF MUSIC
The Sound of Music returns to the UK and Ireland in 2020. This musical masterpiece tells the true story of the world-famous Trapp family, from their romantic beginnings and search for happiness, to their thrilling escape to freedom as their beloved Austria becomes part of the Third Reich at the start of the Second World […]