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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman In White come to Charing Cross Theatre

Acclaimed rising star director Thom Southerland (Titanic, Grey Gardens, Grand Hotel) is to direct the first ever revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony and Olivier Award-nominated musical The Woman in White. A tempestuous tale of love, betrayal and greed, adapted from Wilkie Collins’ haunting Victorian thriller, this is the premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber and […]

REVIEW: THE WILD PARTY (The Other Palace) ★★★★

Based on the 1928 Joseph Moncure March poem of the same name, Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe’s The Wild Party makes its UK premiere at The Other Palace. Formerly the St James Theatre, The Wild Party also marks the first production at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Other Palace. When the poem was first […]

Ria Jones to star as Norma Desmond in Curve Leicester’s production of SUNSET BOULEVARD

Curve Theatre have today announced a brand new Made at Curve production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award winning (Best Musical, Best Original Score & Best Book of a Musical) masterpiece Sunset Boulevard directed by Curve Artistic Director Nikolai Foster and starring Ria Jones as Norma Desmond from 16 – 30 September 2017. The production will […]

REVIEW: SCHOOL OF ROCK (New London Theatre) ★★★★

Based on the 2003 film starring Jack Black, SCHOOL OF ROCK is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first rock musical since the 1971 smash hit Jesus Christ Superstar. The show premiered on Broadway in 2015 and this week made its UK premiere at the New London Theatre. So does the show live up to the hype from […]

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA celebrates 30 years in London’s West End

On Monday 10 October 2016, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA celebrated thirty years playing in London’s West End. Stars and special guests attended the charity gala performance in aid of The Music in Secondary Schools Trust. Tickets were appropriately priced at just £19.86 for some seats, giving a tip to the hat to the year the […]

EVITA set to trot around the country again in 2017 with new UK Tour

Following its smash hit run at London’s Dominion Theatre, Bill Kenwright’s production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita is set to thrill audiences once again across the UK. The tour will open in Bromley on Thursday 12 January and is set to visit Southampton, Liverpool, Stoke-On-Trent, Edinburgh, Bristol, Wimbledon, Oxford, Salford Quays, Cardiff, […]

REVIEW: TELL ME ON A SUNDAY (New Wimbledon Theatre)

Tell Me On A Sunday is one of those peculiar shows that seems to change a little every time it is staged. Originally recorded as a television special in 1980, starring Marti Webb, the show spawned a number 2 album in the charts and opened in London’s West End in 1982 as a two part […]

Final cast announced for SUNSET BOULEVARD at the English National Opera

Today (22 February 2016) rehearsals for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard begin at the English National Opera Rehearsal Studios as the full cast is announced. Joining Glenn Close, Michael Xavier, Siobhan Dillon and Fred Johanson in Sunset Boulevard, are Anna Woodside as Hedda Hopper and Emily Bull as Hedy Lamarr who will work alongside the […]