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Mill at Sonning’s Gypsy – full cast confirmed

The full cast has been unveiled for The Mill at Sonning’s new production of the classic musical Gypsy in the summer. As previously announced, Rebecca Thornhill will take on the role of the ultimate domineering stage mother Mama Rose alongside Evelyn Hoskins as the neglected daughter who becomes a burlesque sensation from 24 May until 15 July 2023.

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West End debut for Off-Broadway hit Emojiland

Off-Broadway hit Emojiland will make its West End debut for a one night only concert performance at the Garrick Theatre later this month. Featuring music by Keith Harrison Dworkin, and a book and lyrics by Dworkin and Laura Schein, the award-winning new musical will arrive in London on 31 October. The new production of the […]

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Tom Ratcliffe and Gigi Zahir’s comedy Fame Whore premieres at the King’s Head

The premiere run of Tom Ratcliffe and Gigi Zahir’s outrageous, fast-paced dark comedy Fame Whore, laced with irreverent humour and cabaret songs, continues at London’s King’s Head Theatre until 29 October 2022 (press night is 11 October). Presented by Sarah Allen Productions, it’s a really fun piece, but it’s also pretty hard-hitting – covering our […]

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Six: Teen Edition now available for licensing to amateur school groups in the UK and Ireland

Concord Theatricals has announced that the Six: Teen Edition is now available for licensing to amateur school groups in the UK and Ireland. Six: Teen Edition is a full-length adaptation of Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ international phenomenon Six, modified for performance by teen actors for family audiences. Marlow and Moss said: “This feels like […]

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Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Leeds Playhouse

Hedwig and the Angry Inch continues at Leeds Playhouse until 23 April 2022, before transferring to HOME Manchester from 27 April to 11 May 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The first revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch in the UK for 15 years sees the piece going back to […]

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Oscars Preview: Will West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose walk away a winner?

The red carpet rolls out for Hollywood’s big night on Sunday when all will be revealed at the 94th Oscars and the good news for lovers of musicals is that the fat lady is ready to sing for West Side Story’s Ariana DeBose. She’s the hottest of favourites in the Best Supporting Actress category for […]

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Our Girls, Our Game – British Youth Music Theatre

Our Girls, Our Game was performed by British Youth Music Theatre at The Studio Venue, Bradford Theatres. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ British Youth Music Theatre is coming to the close of its 2021 summer season. As a national performing arts charity that specialises in producing new music theatre, the company […]

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Special show planned for 21st annual WhatsOnStage Awards

The organisers of the WhatsOnStage Awards have unveiled details of a new look ceremony reflecting current times as the industry waits and hopes for a return to live theatre following the Covid-crisis. Co-produced by Paul Taylor-Mills and presented in partnership with stream.theatre, the 21st WhatsOnStage Awards ceremony will be broadcast on 14 March at 7pm […]

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Oklahoma! – Circle in the Square, New York

Oklahoma! continues at Circle in the Square, New York until 1 September 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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Soap favourite Kelvin Fletcher to join Blackpool’s Wizard of Oz

Emmerdale’s Kelvin Fletcher will make his musical theatre debut as the Tin Man in the Blackpool Opera House’s eagerly-anticipated Christmas production of The Wizard of Oz. The actor who played the ITV soap’s Andy Sugden for 20 years will ‘follow the yellow brick road’ alongside the previously announced 2017 X Factor finalist Holly Tandy who […]

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The Essential Nina Simone: Natalie Douglas – The Pheasantry

The Essential Nina Simone: Natalie Douglas at The Pheasantry, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ They don’t come any better than Natalie Douglas, a giant of New York cabaret whose infectious girly giggle, wonderfully warm presence and voice to die for make even a chilly February evening feel sunny. This was […]

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Jersey Boys UK and Ireland tour extended into 2019

A dozen extra dates have been added to the second UK and Ireland tour of the hit show Jersey Boys which is due to begin at Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre on 16 December. Following on from the success of the show’s debut tour which ended in March last year, the second batch of extra venues […]

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Hair the Musical – The Vaults

Hair the Musical continues at The Vaults, London until 14 January 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When the Age of Aquarius arrives, it will be sheathed in a sheen of perspiration. At least, if the 50th anniversary revival of Hair is anything to go by. Staged in one of the […]

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Fiddler On the Roof – Chichester Festival Theatre

Fiddler On the Roof continues at the Chichester Festival Theatre until 2 September. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Who would have thought that a musical set in an Ukrainian Shtetl, that tells of the persecution and eviction of Jews from their homeland, would prove to be such a durable success. Such […]

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Miss Nightingale – The Vaults

Miss Nightingale continues at The Vaults, London until 20 May. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Written and directed by Matthew Bugg, Miss Nightingale is a showcase of enormous talent and a fantastic display of new writing. The show follows the story of witty nurse Maggie Brown (played by Tamar Broadbent) who […]

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Hamilton in London – on sale dates confirmed

As previously announced, Hamilton, the critically acclaimed and multi award-winning Broadway musical will open at the end of 2017 at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London which is currently undergoing an extensive multi-million-pound refurbishment. Tickets for the London production will go on sale in January 2017. Previews commence in November 2017. Full details of prices, booking […]

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Tamar Broadbent – Get Ugly – Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Tamar Broadbent – Get Ugly at the Laughing Horse @ Espionage (Venue 185), until 28 August. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ PLEASE – someone – spot this amazing young woman and give her a venue that is somewhere on a par with her talent! Firstly – a head’s up…  It’s better to enter Espionage from the Grassmarket/Cowgate – it looks […]

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That’s Life – Barb Jungr and John McDaniel – Crazy Coqs

That’s Life – Barb Jungr and John McDaniel at Crazy Coqs, London until 2 July. Rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The much-travelled Barb Jungr takes the Crazy Coqs into its final month with her unique spin on classic pop before the lovely Piccadilly nightspot changes its name (to Tonight at Zedel), management and scope. She […]

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The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – Union Theatre

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice continues at the Union Theatre, London until 26 June. Rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Since it opened in 1998, Southwark’s Union Theatre has played to innumerable plays and musicals, gained awards for its theatrical space and significantly less praise for its toilet facilities. Now, this engaging […]

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The Buskers Opera – Park Theatre

The Buskers Opera continues at the Park Theatre, London until 4 June. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ In 1728, John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera debuted. A satirical sideswipe at the political figures of the day, it was one of the nascent breed of operas that dropped the sung recitative between arias, […]

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An American in Paris opens at the Dominion in spring 2017

An American in Paris arrives on the West End stage for the first time when Christopher Wheeldon’s multi award-winning new Broadway musical comes to London’s Dominion Theatre next spring. Inspired by the Oscar-winning film and featuring the music and lyrics of George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin with book by Craig Lucas, An American in Paris has preview performances from Saturday 4 March 2017 with […]

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Feminine Persuasion – Ann Hampton Callaway Celebrates Women Songwriters – Crazy Coqs

Feminine Persuasion – Ann Hampton Callaway Celebrates Women Songwriters continues at Crazy Coqs, London until 24 April, as part of the London Festival of Cabaret. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There aren’t enough stars in the galaxy adequately to convey the extraordinary pleasure of spending 90 minutes in the company of this […]

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Stay Awake, Jake – Vault Festival

Stay Awake, Jake continues at the Vault Festival, London until 7 February. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Composer/lyricist Tim Gilvin has developed and honed his one-act, one-man musical into a captivating journey that, with the help of a top-class performer (and some uncomfortable seating) keeps you on the edge of your seat. Stay Awake, […]

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The Color Purple – Bernard B Jacobs Theatre, New York

  The Color Purple continues at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Director John Doyle’s wondrous redo of The Color Purple may be minimalist, but it’s drenched in emotion. At the same time, he has gloriously amped up this Broadway musical’s power as a feminist […]

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