Cast announced for the first London revival of Lionel Bart’s hit musical MAGGIE MAY
Cast announced for the first London revival of the hit British musical, Maggie May coming to the Finborough Theatre, 27th March – 20th April 2019. With music and lyrics by Lionel Bart and book by renowned dramatist Alun Owen, Maggie May has not been seen on the professional stage in London since its 1964 premiere at the […]
Nominations announced for The Great British Pantomime Awards 2019
The Great British Pantomime Awards 2019 in association with Vocalzone. The winners will announced at the New Wimbledon Theatre on Sunday 28th April 2019. Christopher Biggins will be once again hosting the event. Tickets are available from £10 at www.pantomimeawards.co.uk/tickets. The Great British Pantomime Awards have gone from strength to strength and are now a […]
REVIEW: Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (Young Vic) ★★★
Stephen Adly Guirgis’ 2000 play, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train follows Angel Cruz and God-lover Lucius Jenkins, as they navigate life in a prison on Rikers Island in New York. Puetro-Rican, Angel, played with refined commitment by Ukweli Roach, shot a religious cult leader in the behind, landing him with potential murder charges. Packed densely […]
Love Island’s Amber Davies hits back at online hater for suggesting she is “not a real West End performer”
Last week, 9 To 5 the Musical performer Rhiane Drummond tweeted about how she was the Understudy to Love Island’s Amber Davies and the first person of colour to perform this role. She said “for two performances on Thursday 21st Feb I played the role of Judy Bernly in the Original West End Cast of 9 […]
Release your inner queen with a royal sing-long performance of SIX
Fans of SIX, the concert-style hit musical featuring the six wives of Henry VIII as a girl group, are to get the chance to be Queen for a night at the show’s first Sing Along show in the West End on June 6, 2019. SIX has built up a large and enthusiastic fanbase who have […]
Stars come together in THE BEST OF… ROCK MUSICALS to support mental health
On Sunday 12 May 2019 at London’s Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, there will be two concerts of The Best of… Rock Musicals for the benefit of The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust. It will be the 20th Anniversary production from the same team who for the last 19 years have presented The Night of 1000 Voices at […]
Jennifer Saunders to star in Noel Coward’s BLITHE SPIRIT
According to Chortle, Absolutely Fabulous star Jennifer Saunders will star in Noel Coward‘s comedy play Blithe Spirit, opening at the Theatre Royal Bath on 13 June 2019. Jennifer Saunders is set to play clairvoyant Madame Arcati, the kooky medium who is summonsed to the home of a writer to conduct a seance to help get ideas […]
Mischief Theatre to create THE GOES WRONG SHOW for six-part BBC series
According to Variety magazine, the BBC have commissioned British Comedy writers Mischief Theatre to create a six-part comedy series, The Gone Wrong Show, to be filmed in front of a live audience and televised. Topics covered are to include courtroom dramas and spy thrillers with disastrous outcomes. Mischief Theatre launched their first play, The Play […]
The brilliant NOISES OFF returns to London this Summer
Long before Mischief Theatre brought the backstage comedy The Play That Goes Wrong to the West End, making the genre incredibly popular, was the brilliant Noises Off. Noises Off makes a welcome return to the Lyric Hammersmith this summer, thirty six years since it premiered to great acclaim at the theatre in 1982 and instantly […]
Cast announced for SWEET CHARITY at the Donmar Warehouse
The Donmar Warehouse announces further casting for Artistic Director Josie Rourke’s farewell production, Sweet Charity. Joining previously announced cast members Anne-Marie Duff as Charity and Arthur Darvill as Oscar will be Lizzy Connolly, Lauren Drew, Jo Eaton-Kent, Will Haswell, Charlotte Jaconelli, Stephen Kennedy, Debbie Kurup, Martin Marquez, Ryan Reid, Amy Ellen Richardson, Danielle Steers and […]