London’s Queen’s Theatre to be renamed the Sondheim Theatre
To honour Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday next March, the Queen’s Theatre is to be renamed the Sondheim Theatre. This makes him the only living artist to have a theatre named in his honour both in the West End and on Broadway. Following the renovation of wartime bomb damage and a major restoration of the auditorium […]
See the first ever female Scrooge on an English stage at Wilton’s Music Hall this Christmas
Wilton’s Music Hall has announced its Autumn season, welcoming some of the UK’s most prestigious theatre companies into the wonderfully intimate surroundings of the oldest working music hall in the world. Christmas at Wilton’s has become somewhat of a London institution, and this year is no different as Scrooge takes up residence on stage, with […]
REVIEW: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ – The Musical (Ambassadors Theatre) ★★★★★
Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ was originally published by Methuen in 1982. Selling over 20 million copies worldwide, it is now published by Penguin Books, has been translated into 30 languages and spawned seven sequel Adrian Mole novels. The novels have been adapted for the stage, radio and television and […]
Alex Lodge announces his cabaret debut ‘Pints, Pals and Diabetes’
Zero-time Olivier award nominee, Type 1 Diabetic and dad-joke enthusiast Alex Lodge (The Book Of Mormon, Titanic, Saturday Night Fever) makes his solo cabaret debut at SingEasy, West End, celebrating three of his favourite things – ‘Pints, Pals and Diabetes’. With Musical Director extraordinaire Kris Rawlinson tinkling the ivories along with some very special guests, […]
Joe Pasquale to tour again in SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM
After a highly acclaimed and previously sold-out tour in 2018, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em is back by popular demand and will tour the UK in 2020. Joe Pasquale returns as the loveable but accident-prone Frank Spencer in the stage production of the classic 1970s TV comedy, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em. Sarah Earnshaw is […]
Last Minute Musicals announce casting for charity production of RENT as part of Shaw Theatre’s Pride Celebrations
New production company Last Minute Musicals are pleased to announce the cast for their one night only performance of Jonathan Larson’s RENT as part of the Shaw Theatre’s Pride celebrations. The performance will be in aid of Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK’s leading HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health charity. The cast includes Alex Sawyer (Get Shorty, […]
£70,000 raised for the Gillian Lynne and Peter Land Foundation at special event ‘To Gillie, With Love’
On Tuesday evening, the great and good of the dance, theatre, film and TV industry came out in force to enjoy an unforgettable evening of stellar performances in celebration of the prolific and dearly-loved director choreographer, Gillian Lynne DBE at The Gillian Lynne Theatre, Drury Lane in London. A year and a day after Gillian […]
Jason Donovan reveals he was originally offered the part of ‘Joseph’ in the new London Palladium production
Yesterday, Jason Donovan appeared on ITV’s This Morning to talk about returning to the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium, more than twenty five years after he played the role of ‘Joseph’ at the same theatre. This time around however he is playing the role of ‘Pharaoh’, alongside Sheridan Smith […]
A MAD Drag Night ‘Beat for the Gods’ – A Dragulicious Night of Extravaganza Eleganza
Since the inception of A MAD Drag Night in 2015, audiences have been treated to some of the West End’s finest performers, but as you’ve never seen them before. Our audiences have witnessed Queen Bey bringing Coachella to London, Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep dueling till the un-death, he-who-shall-not-be-named casting the unforgivable curse or Melania […]
EXCLUSIVE: Cast announced for I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL
West End performers prepare to pull back the curtain on their world of backstabbing, divas and feuds – plus the moments of absolute magic The cast has been unveiled for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe production of Alexander S. Bermange’s comedic musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical. The illustrious four, who will […]