Miss Saigon
Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil’s follow up to the 1985 West End hit Les Miserables (which is still running almost 30 years later) was the 1989 production of Miss Saigon. Based on the Puccini Opera Madame Butterfly, the musical opened at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1989 where it played for just over 10 […]
Emma Williams & Norman Pace have Tea With Wilma
Emma Williams and Norman Pace have just started the UK Tour of Annie Get Your Gun. I caught up with them for a cup of tea and a chat about what we can expect to see! Can you tell me about yourself and some of your career highlights? NORMAN: My name is Norman Pace […]
David Hunter has Tea With Wilma
For those who may not be familiar with your work, can you tell me about yourself and some of your career highlights? My name’s David Hunter, I’m a nice, friendly, northern chap. I like autumn walks, cups of tea, sitting down and Match of the Day. Work wise, I trained at LIPA as an […]
RENT In Concert
Eight young people in New York. One year. Love, loss and life. Loosely based on Puccini’s La Boheme and challenging all manner of stereotypes, Rent is a musical with a strong cult following and it’s almost impossible to believe that it’s now 20 years old. In this concert performance, directed by Daniel Wood, the […]
Ushers transfers to the Charing Cross Theatre
USHERS: The Front of House musical is transferring to Charing CrossTheatre for six weeks after its premiere at The Hope Theatre in Islington last year. The new British musical will play at 10.15pm on Thursdays – Saturdays from Friday 7 March to Saturday 19 April. Set in a West End theatre, USHERS: The […]
Merman’s Apprentice to play at the Landor Theatre
Merman’s Apprentice to play at the Landor Theatre Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 February as part of the 2014 From Page To Stage Festival A new musical with Book and Lyrics by Stephen Cole and Music by David Evans West End and Broadway actress Kim Criswell will play Ethel Merman. Kim spent many […]
A World Elsewhere
Think about the swinging sixties. The era of student protest and copious amounts of drugs being smoked in ratty college dorm rooms. Ladies liberated sexually and students punching the air in protest. It was also the era of half-baked ideas wrapped up in whiny folk music and falseness. Alan Franks new play A World […]
Pam Ann has Tea With Wilma
Pam Ann is the foul mouthed Australian comedian who has been offending Airlines and the people that work on them for years. She is bringing her hilarious act to London’s Leicester Square Theatre from March 26th for a month long run. I caught up with her for a cup of tea and a chat about […]
A Spoonful of Sherman
Family, and the wealth of inspiration found therein, is the clear theme in Robert J. Sherman’s musical tribute to his late father Robert B. Sherman. Son of the genius behind the hugely celebrated Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Sherman stirs his audience into a flurry of romantic nostalgia as he charmingly adorns the studio of the […]
Kerry Ellis
Kerry Ellis one of the West Ends leading ladies, having starred in pretty much everything! We Will Rock You, Wicked (both London and Broadway), My Fair Lady, Miss Saigon and Les Miserables (to name but a few). Kerry is in the middle of writing a new album, preparing for a UK tour with Brian May […]
