TAKE THAT Musical THE BAND to open in Manchester this September
David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Take That have announced that the UK Tour of Tim Firth’s new musical, THE BAND, with the music of Take That, will have a major UK Tour, beginning at Manchester Opera House on 8 September, with a national press night on Tuesday 26 September 2017. The producers made the […]
Roald Dahl’s GEORGE’S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE comes to CURVE this Christmas
Following the success of Fantastic Mr Fox, The Twits and The Witches, Curve is delighted to announce a new Made At Curve co-production of Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine for Christmas 2017. This frothbugglingly fun show will run in Curve’s 300-seat Studio from Sat 9 Dec – Sun 14 Jan, opposite the already announced Scrooge […]
Edinburgh Fringe smash hit MARGARET THATCHER – QUEEN OF GAME SHOWS comes to the Underbelly Festival
DING DONG THE WITCH IS BACK! In a world of referendums, Brexit, Trump and overall turmoil, the multi – award winning Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho returns to the Underbelly Festival in 2017 to provide relief with the most fabulous game show of all! Fresh from a total sell-out Edinburgh Festival Fringe run in August […]
How does the Broadway version of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY compare to London?
I’ve just returned from New York where I decided to extend my stay by three days so that I could catch the first preview of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I had heard stories about how much it had been changed from the London production and so, although I wasn’t massively keen on the original […]
Should theatre’s have better security in place?
As the lights went down at Sam Bailey‘s concert last night at the Orchard Theatre in her hometown of Dartford, a group of paralytic women took their seats near the back of the auditorium, two rows behind where I was sitting. An announcement from Sam Bailey herself came over the tannoy, saying that she was […]
ASMERET GHEBREMICHAEL joins the cast of DREAMGIRLS
Asmeret Ghebremichael joins the company of Dreamgirls to perform the role of Lorrell Robinson. Asmeret began performances this week. Ghebremichael is best known for her performances in The Book of Mormon (West End and Broadway), Legally Blonde, Elf The Musical, Spamalot and Wicked(Broadway). She also appeared in the US television production The Wiz Live!. The critically acclaimed, hit […]
New Production of FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE to Open in New Pop Up Theatre in Marble Arch
Underbelly Productions have confirmed that a brand new production of Clarke Peters’ Olivier Award-winning and Tony-Award nominated musical, Five Guys Named Moe, will open in September 2017 in a brand new pop-up theatre for London in Marble Arch. First seen at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in 1990, it transferred to the West End and […]
HAMLET starring ANDREW SCOTT transfers to The HAROLD PINTER THEATRE
Olivier Award-winning director, Robert Icke’s (Mary Stuart, The Red Barn, Uncle Vanya, Oresteia, Mr Burns and 1984), ground-breaking and electrifying production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, starring BAFTA award-winner Andrew Scott (Moriarty in BBC’s Sherlock, Denial, Spectre, Design For Living and Cock) in the title role, will transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre, following a critically […]
Full cast announced for THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS at London Palladium
Denise Welch, Gary Wilmot, Craig Mather and Simon Lipkin will join Rufus Hound and Neil McDermott in the major new musical THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, which will open at the world-famous London Palladium from 16 June 2017. As previously confirmed actor, comedian and presenter Rufus Hound will reprise his Manchester Theatre Award-winning performance as […]
More venues announced for the UK&I tour of SHREK THE MUSICAL
Producers have today announced further venues for the 2017/18 tour of SHREK THE MUSICAL®, with new dates in Sheffield, Cardiff, Woking, Liverpool, Canterbury, Milton Keynes, Bristol, Llandudno and Leeds. Priority booking opens from 10am on Thursday 30 March, with general on-sale on Monday 10 April. As previously announced, the larger-than-life production opens at the Edinburgh […]