Immersive Musical production of THE LORD OF THE RINGS announced for this Summer

One ring to rule them all, One ring to find them, One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them… Artistic Director Paul Hart, Executive Director Claire Murray and the team at Newbury’s The Watermill Theatre are thrilled to announce details of their epic summer musical; a brand-new production of THE LORD […]

THE WOMAN IN BLACK closes in the West End and announces UK Tour

Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black (which closed in the West End last night) will embark on a UK Tour, opening at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre on Wednesday 6 September 2023, following the production’s final performance in the West End at The Fortune Theatre tomorrow, Saturday 4 March. Following Wolverhampton, the tour will visit Cardiff, […]

42ND STREET at Sadlers Wells

Olivier Award-winning actress Ruthie Henshall will star as Dorothy Brock, alongside Olivier-nominee Adam Garcia as Julian Marsh, stage and TV personality Les Dennis as Bert Barry and Nicole-Lily Baisden as Peggy Sawyer in 42nd STREET at Curve, Leicester and Sadler’s Wells. They will be joined by Sam Lips as Billy Lawlor, with Erica-Jayne Alden, George […]

WE WILL ROCK YOU at the London Coliseum

West End leading lady and Loose Women panelist Brenda Edwards will star alongside musical theatre stalwart Lee Mead this summer, in Queen and Ben Elton’s sensational smash-hit show ‘We Will Rock You’ at the London Coliseum. Brenda Edwards will star in the role of Killer Queen. She previously played the part in both the UK […]

REVIEW: OKLAHOMA! at Wyndham’s Theatre ★★★

Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s 1943 Broadway musical Oklahoma! was the first fully-integrated musical play and defined the format of musicals that we still see today. After a hugely successful revival on Broadway in 2019, a brand new production transferred to London where it enjoyed a successful run at the Young Vic. Now, the production has transferred […]

EVITA to take the stage of Curve Leicester this Christmas

Leicester’s Curve theatre will stage a brand-new production of Evita, running 27 November 2023 to 13 January 2024. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s iconic musical will be directed by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster, whose recent acclaimed productions include Billy Elliot the Musical (winner of Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards), The […]

First casting announced for ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre have announced principal casting for their forthcoming production of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Once On This Island (10 May-10 June). Gabrielle Brooks (Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical, Olivier Award Nomination) will play the central role of Ti Moune with Stephenson Ardern-Sodje (Hamilton) as Daniel. Full […]

Titanic The Musical to set sail around the UK for its 10th Anniversary

Titanic The Musical is to embark on a tour of the UK from 16 March 2023, opening at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley, 10 years since it made its critically acclaimed debut at Southwark Playhouse in London. The cast is: Martin Allanson (J. Bruce Ismay), Valda Akiks (Ida Straus), Graham Bickley (Captain Edward Smith), Sam […]

Cast announced for the smash hit PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL UK and Ireland tour

PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL will star Amber Davies as Vivian Ward, Ore Oduba as Happy Man/ Mr Thompson, Oliver Savile as Edward Lewis and Natalie Paris as Kit De Luca. They are joined by Becky Anderson, Rebekah Bryant, Josh Damer-Jennings, Ben Darcy, Andrew Davison, Lila Falce-Bass, Noah Harrison, Sydnie Hocknell, Elly Jay, Rachael Kendall Brown, […]

Save VAULT Festival and help it find a new home

Following its triumphant return for the first time since the pandemic, VAULT Festival, the UK’s leading festival of live performance, has been advised by its venue-landlord, The Vaults, that it must find a new home for future festivals. VAULT Festival, run by not-for-profit charity VAULT Creative Arts, had repeatedly sought a long-term commitment from The […]