These are a few of my favourite fringe
I went up to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at the beginning of August for a week and since I’ve been back in London I’ve barely had a moment to think! But now I’ve found a quiet few moments, I wanted to tell you about some of the best shows I saw at the festival, so […]
Could Frozen the Musical possibly fail at the box office?
The next big musical to hit the stage is undoubtedly Frozen which is set to open on Broadway in February 2018 following a try out run in Denver, which has just begun. It is set to be a huge success, following the box office smash film which opened in cinemas in 2013. So will the […]
Cast announced for the UK Tour of Spamalot
Funnier than the black death! Spamalot is back in a brand-new production from Selladoor Productions and Mercury Theatre Colchester. Spamalot transfers from its critically acclaimed run in Colchester and will open on 11 September 2017 at Blackpool Opera House before embarking on a UK tour for 2017/2018 also visiting Korea in June as part of […]
Less than a month left to see Andrew Scott in Hamlet
Audiences have under a month left to enjoy the multi award-winning Robert Icke’s (Mary Stuart, The Red Barn, Uncle Vanya, Oresteia, Mr Burns and 1984) innovative production of Hamlet, starring Andrew Scott (Sherlock, Denial, Spectre, Pride and Cock) live on stage, which must end on 2 September 2017 at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Buy tickets […]
Check out these new Jesus Christ Superstar pictures!
Following its overwhelming sell-out success in 2016, Jesus Christ Superstar returns this summer (11 August – 16 September), giving audiences one final chance to see the production in its original home. With direction by Timothy Sheader, design by Tom Scutt, choreography by Drew McOnie, musical direction by Tom Deering, lighting design by Lee Curran and […]
BLOG: Should critics be given free press tickets to review shows?
I sat down and wrote the following blog this morning and then, as sometimes happens, decided not to publish it. I felt it could lead to giving the wrong impression and end up sounding like I was having a bit of a moan when I have no right to. However, having seen an article online […]
Musical revue In Gay Company to make its West End debut
In Gay Company, the stylish musical revue by Fred Silver, makes its West End debut at the Jermyn Street Theatre later this month for a limited run. First opened off Broadway in 1974, the original production was nominated for “Best Score” by the New York Drama Critic Circle in 1975. It combines witty cabaret songs […]
The Exorcist set to open in London’s West End
INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS “I’m telling you that ‘thing’ upstairs isn’t my daughter…” Forty-five years after William Peter Blatty’s best-selling novel terrified an entire generation, The Exorcist will be unleashed onto the West End stage for the very first time in a uniquely theatrical experience directed by Sean Mathias and adapted for the stage by […]
Willy Wonka’s Jonathan Slinger to star in Trouble In Mind at the Print Room
Today, Print Room at the Coronet announce the full cast for the London transfer of Alice Childress’ Trouble in Mind. Following a critically acclaimed run at in the Ustinov Studio in November 2016, Trouble in Mind will run in Notting Hill from 14th September to 14th October 2017, directed by Laurence Boswell with Tanya Moodie […]
EastEnders’ Aaron Sidwell set to dance through life on the WICKED UK&I Tour
WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is delighted to announce that EastEnders star Aaron Sidwell will play Fiyero on the forthcoming return engagement of the spectacular, critically acclaimed and multi record-breaking UK & Ireland Tour in 2018. Aaron Sidwell is currently playing […]