REVIEW: 110 IN THE SHADE (Ye Olde Rose & Crown) ★★★
What better way to spend an evening following a muggy day in London, than a little saunter to Walthamstow to see the humid 110 in The Shade, produced by All Star Productions, who are the theatre company-in-residence at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Pub Theatre. Their mission is to champion unusual and rarely-performed works, which […]
REVIEW: MY LAND’S SHORE (Ye Olde Rose and Crown) ★★★★★
Passionate, relevant and heartbreaking. My Land’s Shore’s professional world premiere is a roaring success. Christopher J Orton’s score is gorgeous, and it is most definitely written for a Welsh voice, the sound pouring over the entire audience and blending beautifully. Although there were lots of standout solo performances, there is no doubting that the show […]
Cast announced for MY LAND’S SHORE at Ye Olde Rose and Crown
The passionate new musical from Wales is a tale of conflict, social injustice, moral dilemmas, guilt, love and heartbreak, with Music and Lyrics by Christopher J Orton and Book and Lyrics by Robert Gould. The show tells the story of Dic Penderyn a Welsh labourer and coal miner who lived in Merthyr Tydfil who was […]
MY LAND’S SHORE to receive its world premiere in Walthomstow
MY LAND’S SHORE – the passionate new musical from Wales is a tale of conflict, social injustice, moral dilemmas, guilt, love and heartbreak, with Music and Lyrics by Christopher J Orton (who recently played Tom Jones on the UK Tour of TOM: A STORY OF TOM JONES) and Book and Lyrics by Robert Gould. The show tells the […]
Tim McArthur has Tea With Wilma chatting about his upcoming St James Theatre show

On Saturday 1 October 2016 you are presenting your brand new one-man show Mountains – A Musical Journey at the St James Studio. What is the concept of the show and what can people except if they come along on the night? I have not performed a one man show for over a year in […]
WONDERFUL TOWN to play at Ye Olde Rose and Crown
To conclude our 2016 season, All Star Productions are delighted to present a new chamber production of Leonard Bernstein’s 1953 musical WONDERFUL TOWN. Based on the play, MY SISTER EILEEN by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, the Tony award winning WONDERFUL TOWN is a bright and cheery love letter to the colorful experience of living […]
REVIEW: OUT OF THIS WORLD (Ye Olde Rose and Crown)
As a fan of the greats such as Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern, I was more than a little excited to be seeing Cole Porter’s Out of this World. Created by All Star Productions and performed at Ye Olde Rose & Crown Theatre above a (very reasonably priced) pub in Walthenstow, the show follows some […]