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West End star David Burt talks about starring in A Christmas Carol

West End star and Olivier Award nominated David Burt (Les Misérables; Evita; Cats; Jesus Christ Superstar) recreating his critically-acclaimed performance in the lead role of Ebenezer Scrooge in Antic Disposition’s much-loved musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ festive classic A Christmas Carol. How does it feel to be returning to the iconic role of Ebenezer Scrooge? […]

Robyn Grant talks about Fat Rascal Theatre’s Beauty and the Beast

Kara Alberts sat down with Artistic Director of Fat Rascal Theatre (pronounced Fat Ra-scal not Fat Rah-scal – it is important, she is Northern) to talk about their pantomime, Beauty and the Beast at the Kings Head Theatre. What is your role in Beauty and the Beast? Fat Rascal is my company, so alongside writing […]

The Muppet’s Christmas Carol star Meredith Braun has Tea With Wilma

From The Muppet’s Christmas Carol to The Phantom of the Opera, you have starred in some defining productions – what is your personal favourite? Tricky question. Les Mis. for being a University. It was incredibly looked after as a production at that time and taught me so much over the two and a half years. […]

In rehearsals with London Music Theatre Orchestra’s A Christmas Carol

After the sell-out five-star production of their spectacular concert version of A Christmas Carol last year, the London Musical Theatre Orchestra returns by overwhelming popular demand to the Lyceum Theatre in London. With two performances of the festive favourite at 7.30pm on 11th and 18th December and starring critically acclaimed and award-winning actor Robert Lindsay […]

WICKED star Sophie Evans has Tea With Wilma

“The gravity-defying Wizard of Oz prequel” (Time Out London) is already the 15th longest running show in West End’s theatre history and now in its 12th year at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre where the “hugely popular show” (The Times) has now been seen by over 8.5 million theatregoers. Around the world, WICKED has now been […]

Anna O’Byrne talks about starring in THE WOMAN IN WHITE

Anna O’Byrne is about to open in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman In White at the Charing Cross Theatre. We caught up with her for a chat about the show… You have previously appeared in Love Never Dies and Phantom of the Opera playing Christine Daae in both. What do you enjoy about Lloyd Webber’s […]

INTERVIEW: Jodie Jacobs chats all things bananas

You have starred in some great shows over the years so far, including Rock of Ages in the West End and more recently Lizzie at the Greenwich Theatre which earned you a nomination at the 2017 Wilma Awards for Best Performer in an Off-West End Show. What have been some of your career highlights so […]

INTERVIEW: Charlotte Hamblin chats about MISS JULIE at Jermyn Street Theatre

Miss Julie is a ground-breaking masterpiece that still provokes and shocks audiences today. Award-winning playwright Howard Brenton brings Strindberg’s genius to life in this brilliant new adaptation – the first staging of Miss Julie in the West End since 2000, playing at Jermyn Street Theatre until 2 December 2o17. In a recent interview you mentioned that you first […]