Ramin Karimloo and Victoria Hamilton-Barritt join Kerry Ellis in MURDER BALLAD
Fresh from his recent success on Broadway, where he was nominated for a Tony Award in 2015 for Best Actor in Les Misérables, Ramin Karimloo returns to the West End to play the lead role of Tom in ‘Murder Ballad’ opposite Kerry Ellis. Considered by many to be the biggest Musical Theatre star of his […]
MOBY DICK THE MUSICAL to open at The Union Theatre
Not seen in the UK since 1992, saucy cult hit Moby Dick! The Musical is back. Originally produced by Cameron Mackintosh, Moby Dick! The Musical has a book by Robert Longden and music and lyrics by Longden and Hereward Kaye. Cameron Mackintosh comments, When I first put on Robert Longdon and Hereward Kaye’s irrepressible version […]
Finalists announced for the WICKED YOUNG WRITER AWARDS
The 2016 WICKED YOUNG WRITER AWARDS today, Friday 17 June, announced the names of the 109 finalists in the running for the annual creative writing prizes. Click here to see all the finalists The winners will be announced on Friday 24 June at the award ceremony and celebration at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre, home of […]
After two sunny years in London, Kinks Musical SUNNY AFTERNOON will close in October
The multi-Olivier award-winning hit British musical SUNNY AFTERNOON will conclude its London run at the end of its current booking period on 29 October this year, after more than two years in the West End. The production will begin a national tour on 19 August at the Manchester Opera House. To mark the 50th anniversary […]
TV’s Mr Tumble Joins THE RAILWAY CHILDREN – Must Close 8 January 2017
BAFTA award–winning presenter, actor and voice-over artist, Justin Fletcher will transform from the much-loved children’s character Mr Tumble into the equally loved Mr Perks for two months only, from 31 August to 30 October 2016. The Olivier Award-winning production of Mike Kenny’s stage adaptation of E. Nesbit’s novel The Railway Children – Live on Stage […]
1984 opens in the West End and extends booking period to 29 October 2016
Following the return of 1984 to the Playhouse Theatre, the booking period for the West End run has been extended until 29 October 2016. Directed by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan with Daniel Raggett, this year will see an entirely new cast take to the stage in George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece. After a sell-out international […]
New cast announced for THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
The Play That Goes Wrong has announced that there will be a new and doubly incompetent bunch of ‘would be’ thespians taking to the stage at the Duchess Theatre from Wednesday 29 June 2016. Mischief Theatre founder and writer Henry Lewis said, ‘We are disappointed to have found an even more terrible set of actors to […]
First image of Rebel Wilson as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls released
A week ago, news surfaced online that Simon Lipkin will be joining the West End cast of Guys and Dolls for a limited time at the Phoenix Theatre to play the part of Nathan Detroit from Tuesday 28 June until Sunday 21 August 2016. This news has now been officially announced. He will play opposite […]
Winner of Britain’s Got Talent Richard Jones joins the line up of IMPOSSIBLE at the Noel Coward Theatre
Magic sensation Richard Jones will guest star in the return of smash hit West End show Lance Corporal Richard Jones, stole the hearts of the nation when he was crowned the first ever magician to win Britain’s Got Talent last month. He is now set to will guest star in the return of West End […]
How good is Theatre security in the UK?
It’s hard not to be affected by the terrible news about a mass killing in an American nightclub which took place on Saturday night and has seen more than fifty people shot dead. Questions are flying around about how the killer managed to get into the club with a machine gun in the first place and this […]