Every Stagey Persons Favourite Show JEST END Returns!
Jest End is Back !!! The hit comedy musical show that exposes the latest gossip and celebrates the hits and flops of Theatreland is back for a limited run at Waterloo East Theatre Nov 24 – Dec 6 Jest End is London’s answer to Forbidden Broadway and has been going from strength to strength since the birth of the […]
Wilma Awards 2015 Photos
Check out all the action from the 2015 West End Wilma Awards which took place on Friday 30 October 2015 at the Hippodrome Casino (Matcham Room) Click here to see the full list of winners All photos courtesy of Ollie Boito Photography The Awards Beverley Knight with West End Wilma West End Wilma with […]
REVIEW: Cats (London Palladium, REVIEW, 2015)
As a theatre-kid, growing up on the other side of the world in New Zealand was tough. I never got to discover shows by seeing a live performance. Instead I would use dial-up internet (when my parents didn’t want to use the telephone) to research the composers and musicals of the day. Early on I […]
2015 Wilma Awards Winners
The second annual West End Wilma Awards took place on Friday 30 October 2015, at The Hippodrome Casino. https://youtu.be/l7nPUZW0pOs Best West End Show Sponsored by eStage GypsyMemphisThe Nether _____________________ Best Off-West End Show CarrieThe Clockmakers DaughterReturn of the Soldier _____________________ Best Touring Show WickedCalamity JaneJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat _____________________ Most Underrated West End Show […]
BLOG: To TweetSeat Or Not To TweetSeat: That Is The Question
Last night I was invited along to the Richmond Theatre to review Avenue Q and to try out the latest theatre blogging initiative #TweetSeats. Tweet Seats are usually allocated in the back row of the Stalls or Dress Circle so that there is no distraction to the people sitting behind you. Bloggers are invited in […]
Emma Hatton leads the London production of Wicked (2015)
Wicked has been playing in London for the last nine years and recently celebrated its seven millionth audience member. Having just completed a tour of the UK and Ireland, the show is still going strong and has just celebrated its latest cast change. If you’re one of the few who hasn’t seen this spellbinding stage […]
Everything you need to know about the new Harry Potter play
Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a new play by Jack Thorne will receive its world premiere in London’s West End at the Palace Theatre in the summer of 2016. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in […]
First Look at UK and Ireland Tour of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s MARY POPPINS
Mary Poppins plays at the Bristol Hippodrome from Thursday 29 October, before flying on to Dublin, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Southampton, Norwich, Plymouth and Newcastle throughout 2015/16. Starring ZIZI STRALLEN as Mary Poppins and MATT LEE as Bert, the magical story of the world’s favourite Nanny arriving on Cherry Tree Lane has been triumphantly and spectacularly brought […]
New cast production images released for Matilda The Musical
New production images of the cast of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda The Musical are here! Evie Hone and Lizzie Wells have joined Anna-Louise Knight and Lara McDonnell in the title role, alongside Michael Begley (Mr Wormwood), Miria Parvin (Miss Honey) and Rebecca Thornhill (Mrs Wormwood). Craige Els will continue in the role of Miss Trunchbull. Matilda The Musical, which celebrates its 4th birthday on Sunday 25 October, is now booking at […]
Gareth Gates to star in the UK tour of FOOTLOOSE: The Musical
17 years to the day since it first opened on Broadway, it is announced that worldwide smash hit musical Footloose: The Musical will burst back onto the stage in 2016, touring the UK from January. Full tour schedule attached. Based on the 1984 screen sensation starring Kevin Bacon, Footloose: The Musical tells the story of city […]