REVIEW: WAITRESS (Adelphi Theatre) ★★★★
This week, the new cast of the West End transfer of smash hit Broadway musical Waitress started performances at London’s Adelphi Theatre. The show is now starring Lucie Jones as Jenna, Ashley Roberts as Dawn and Blake Harrison as Ogie. Continuing in their roles are Marisha Wallace as Becky, Peter Hannah as Earl, David Hunter […]
MAMMA MIA! at the Novello Theatre
Mamma Mia! – the hit jukebox musical, based on the songs of Abba, has been delighting audiences in London’s West End for twenty years! But unlike many long running shows, the new cast (who started performances last week) breathe new life into the show and make it the strongest production I’ve ever seen of the […]
Why are there no Sundays in the park with George?
It was announced yesterday that Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford will reprise their roles in the Broadway transfer of Stephen Sondheim‘s musical Sunday In The Park With George, which comes to London’s West End in June 2020 at the Savoy Theatre. Sondheim and Lapine’s masterpiece Sunday In The Park With George follows painter Georges Seurat (Jake […]
Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford to star in SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at London’s Savoy Theatre
Sunday in the Park with George starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford and directed by Sarna Lapine, will transfer from Broadway to London’s Savoy Theatre. Preview performances will begin on 11th June 2020. Sondheim and Lapine’s masterpiece follows painter Georges Seurat (Jake Gyllenhaal) in the months leading up to the completion of his most famous […]
ONCE the Musical set to tour the UK
One of the most celebrated musicals of all time, Once will embark on its first major UK tour from January 2020. Following a run at Fairfield Halls, Croydon from Thursday 19 December 2019 – Saturday 11 January 2020, the tour will visit Southend, Liverpool, York, Woking, Milton Keynes, Bath, Coventry, Stoke, Malvern, Aberdeen, Nottingham, Oxford, […]
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN returns to London
Michael Harrison and Jonathan Church are today delighted to announce that Chichester Festival Theatre’s Olivier Award-nominated production of Singin’ in the Rain will play a strictly limited five-week season at Sadler’s Wells in Summer 2020. The star of that production, Adam Cooper, will return as Don Lockwood, having earned critical acclaim for his performance at […]
Cast announced for FALSETTOS at The Other Palace
LOVE CAN TELL A MILLION STORIES Natasha J Barnes (Cordelia), Daniel Boys (Marvin), Matt Cardle (Mendel), Gemma Knight-Jones (Charlotte), Laura Pitt-Pulford (Trina) and Oliver Savile (Whizzer) will star in the eagerly awaited European premiere of the multi award-winning musical, Falsettos. The musical, by William Finn (Music, Lyrics & Book) and James Lapine (Book), opens at […]
John Partridge to star in the UK tour of CABARET
Bill Kenwright presents Rufus Norris’ multi award-winning production of Kander and Ebb’s landmark musical Cabaret, which embarks on an extensive 2019 UK tour, opening at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre from 28 August. Starring as the enigmatic Emcee is John Partridge, winner of Celebrity MasterChef in 2018, well known to TV audiences as EastEnders’ Christian Clarke, and […]
DEATH OF A SALESMAN transfers to the West End starring Sharon D. Clarke
The sold-out Young Vic production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman will transfer to the Piccadilly Theatre from 24 October 2019 to 4 January 2020. Following her recent award-winning successes on Company and Angels in America, Marianne Elliott co-directs Death of a Salesman with Miranda Cromwell, who worked as Associate Director on both shows. […]
REVIEW: THE WOMAN IN BLACK (Fortune Theatre, 2019)
Susan Hill’s 1983 classic ghost story The Woman In Black was first adapted into a play in 1987, playing the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough before transferring to The West End and landing in its current home at the Fortune Theatre. This Wednesday marked the 30th Anniversary at The Fortune Theatre and PW Productions hosted […]