BLOG: Is celebrity casting ever a good thing?
Celebrities mean more people buy tickets, ticket sales mean a successful run of a show, a successful show keeps actors employed. This week saw the announcement that former England cricket captain, Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff will swap the cricket pitch to tread the boards in the world premiere of Kay Mellor’s Fat Friends – the Musical on […]
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Musical EVITA set to return to the West End
The current touring version of EVITA is set to return to the West End this summer, replacing Gary Barlow’s Musical The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre from 28 July 2017. The story of an ordinary woman’s meteoric rise to power at a time of extraordinary political unrest, Evita is set to captivate West End audiences […]
Downton Abbey actress to star in APOLOGIA at TRAFALGAR STUDIOS
Final casting has been announced for Apologia, which will begin previews on 29th July at Trafalgar Studios. Laura Carmichael will join previously announced Tony and Emmy award winner Stockard Channing, Freema Agyeman, Joseph Millson and Olivier Award winner Desmond Barrit in a new production of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s darkly funny and haunting play about family […]
JOANNE CLIFTON and BEN ADAMS to star in the UK Tour of FLASHDANCE – THE MUSICAL
Flashdance – The Musical returns to the UK for the first time since 2011 starring Strictly favourite Joanne Clifton and singer-songwriter Ben Adams, and will arrive at Glasgow King’s Theatre on 05 August 2017 prior to an extensive UK tour. For full details of tour venues and dates, visit www.flashdanceuktour.co.uk Strictly Come Dancing Champion Joanne […]
ANDREW ‘FREDDIE’ FLINTOFF joins the UK Tour of FAT FRIENDS – THE MUSICAL
Former England cricket captain, and star of SKY’s League of Their Own, Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff will swap the cricket pitch to tread the boards as he joins an all star cast for the world premiere of Kay Mellor’s Fat Friends – the Musical. Freddie will play Kevin Chadwick opposite the previously announced, Jodie Prenger as […]
MARY STUART transfers from the ALMEIDA into the West End
Two queens. One in power. One in prison. It’s all in the execution. Following a critically acclaimed, sold-out season at the Almeida in 2016-17, Robert Icke’s new adaptation of Mary Stuart transfers to the Duke of York’s Theatre in London’s West End from Saturday 13 January for a limited run. The production will then visit […]
A CHORUS LINE dances its way back in to London
Geoids Musical Theatre have announced a new production of the iconic musical A Chorus Line which comes to London for a limited run at the Bridewell Theatre from 18 to 23 July 2017. Set in a Broadway theatre during auditions for a musical, A Chorus Line focuses on the performers hoping to make the cut. […]
BAT OUT OF HELL extends London run by two weeks
With wonderful reactions from audiences, standing ovations every night and audiences singing their hearts out at the end of each performance, the producers of Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical are delighted to announce a further extension to the run at the London Coliseum this summer. The production officially opened in London’s […]
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE transfers to the West End
Once upon a time there was a 16-year-old boy who had a secret he wanted to tell… So, he approached a documentary film maker as you do, and asked if they would help him tell it. The resulting documentary was seen by a theatre director and it inspired him to create a musical. A producing […]
Full cast announced for FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE
Underbelly Productions have today announced full casting for a brand new production of Clarke Peters’ Olivier Award-winning and Tony-Award nominated musical, Five Guys Named Moe. The production will open on 14 September 2017 in a new temporary theatre in Marble Arch, London. Edward Baruwa will play Nomax and the ‘Moes’ will be played by: Ian […]