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Musical Theatre Review sponsors Mousetrap Award

Layton Williams, currently starring in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, will kick-start proceedings at this year’s Mousetrap Awards with an inspiring opening speech. Williams collected the Mousetrap Award for Best Male Performer in 2018, so is only too thrilled to be returning to address the crowd of young theatre-lovers at the ceremony this year. Presented by […]

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Guest stars including Adrian Lester and Beverley Knight to share role of Daddy Brubeck in Donmar Warehouse’s Sweet Charity

A host of guest stars have been lined up to play the role of Daddy Brubeck in director Josie Rourke’s Donmar Warehouse production of Sweet Charity. Shaq Taylor, Adrian Lester, Le Gateau Chocolat, Beverley Knight and Clive Rowe will be among the actors taking on the role for multiple performances, as the Donmar’s artistic director […]

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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole musical heads for the West End

Leicester Curve and Menier Chocolate Factory’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ – The Musical transfers to Ambassadors Theatre this summer.

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Where Is Peter Rabbit? – Theatre Royal Haymarket

Where Is Peter Rabbit? continues at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London until 28 April 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

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Feast your eyes on all our exclusive images & video footage from the Olivier Awards 2019

What a night our Red Carpet team had at the Olivier Awards. Reporter Andy Olivier and cameraman Sam Dickinson spoke to several of the nominees and guests.

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Made Out of Stars – Anne Steele – Live at Zédel

Altogether, Anne Steele’ show Made Out of Stars was an uplifting evening with rather more raw emotion than is usually found at Live at Zédel.

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Christie Prades is cast as Gloria Estefan in the UK premiere of On Your Feet

Cuban American singer/actress Christie Prades will play Gloria Estefan when On Your Feet has its UK debut at Leicester Curve ahead of a London Coliseum run.

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Cast announced for landmark revival of Hired Man

Full casting has been announced for the revival of the The Hired Man by Hornchurch’s Queen’s Theatre and Hull Truck Theatre with the Oldham Coliseum.

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Come From Away and Company each go home with four Olivier Awards

Come From Away and Company each took home four awards at the Olivier Awards 2019 with Mastercard which were announced at a ceremony hosted by Jason Manford.

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The Cradle Will Rock – Classic Stage Company, New York

The Cradle Will Rock continues at Classic Stage Company, New York until 19 May 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story – Hope Theatre

Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story continues at the Hope Theatre, London until 20 April 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩

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Liza Pulman Sings Streisand – Lyric Theatre and Touring

Liza Pulman Sings Streisand continues at the Lyric Theatre, London on 8 and 15 April 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

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Shit-faced Showtime: Oliver with a Twist – Leicester Square Theatre

Shit-faced Showtime: Oliver with a Twist continues at the Leicester Square Theatre, London until 12 April 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩

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Bianca Del Rio to be new Loco Chanelle in the West End’s Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

RuPaul’s Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio will step into the role of Loco Chanelle/Hugo in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie in the West End.

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Full cast for UK professional premiere of Amour plus watch brand new video

Gary Tushaw will take centrestage in the UK professional premiere of multi award-winning composer Michel Legrand’s musical fantasy Amour at London’s Charing Cross Theatre next month. Featuring music by Legrand with English Lyrics by Jeremy Sams (from the original French by Didier Van Cauwelaert), Tushaw (Ragtime, Charing Cross Theatre, Allegro, Southwark Playhouse) will star as […]

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An American in Paris returns to refurbished Theatre du Chatelet

The Theatre du Chatelet, or Broadway-on-Seine as it became known after bringing a classic American musical to Paris every year under the stewardship of Jean-Luc Choplin, reopens in September after more than two years of refurbishment. And even though Choplin has gone, the new regime of British artistic director Ruth Mackenzie and Choplin’s right-hand man […]

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‘It’s fun, upbeat, exciting & then very moving’ – Charles Aitken reflects on Billy Bishop Goes to War at the Southwark Playhouse

As the run of Billy Bishop Goes to War at the Southwark Playhouse comes to the end, we reflect on the time actor Charkes Aitken spoke to MTR’s Tal Fox.

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Testing out GalaPro at School of Rock in the West End

GalaPro leads the way in theatre tech by opening up accessibility. The company’s app helps introduce theatre lovers to shows in UK, US and Canada.

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Nathan Gunn – Wigmore Hall

Nathan Gunn performed at the Wigmore Hall, London with Julie Gunn on piano. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩

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Little Miss Sunshine – Arcola Theatre and Touring

Little Miss Sunshine continues at the Arcola Theatre, London until 11 May 2019, before touring. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩

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Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations – Imperial Theatre, New York

Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations continues at the Imperial Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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Maggie May – Finborough Theatre

Maggie May continues at the Finborough Theatre, London until 20 April 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

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Mamma Mia! marks 20th anniversary with ticket lottery

Mamma Mia! will celebrate its 20th birthday with a special ticket lottery next month and by opening a new booking period at London’s Novello Theatre.

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Big The Musical to make West End debut starring Jay McGuiness

The musical based on the hit body swap movie Big will finally arrive in London this autumn for a strictly limited nine-week season at the Dominion Theatre.

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Hair – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring

Hair at New Wimbledon Theatre, then on tour until 10 August 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩

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I Married an Angel – Encores! – New York City Center

Married an Angel, an Encores! production, played New York City Center. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

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Wise Children – Richmond Theatre and Touring

Wise Children continues at Richmond Theatre, London until 30 March 2019, then on tour until 6 April.Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

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Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre

Fiddler on the Roof continues at the Playhouse Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

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Be More Chill – Lyceum Theatre, New York

Be More Chill continues at the Lyceum Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Be More Chill has made it to Broadway with all its teenage angst pumping away and all the folks who helped the show prove its mettle Off-Broadway on board. The show, whose history has become pretty much the […]

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International star-studded presenting line-up for Olivier Awards 2019 plus all nominated musicals perform

Kesley Grammer and Gloria Estefan will be among the famous faces taking to the stage to present this year’s Olivier Awards on Sunday 7 April 2019.

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Whitney: Queen of the Night – Savoy Theatre and Touring

Whitney: Queen of the Night, reviewed at the Savoy Theatre, London, continues to tour. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

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Showcase for new musical version of Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince

Phil Daniels and Janie Dee will feature in the cast for three showcase performances of a new musical based on Oscar Wilde’s haunting story of The Happy Prince.

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Faye Tozer to join West End cast of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Steps singer Faye Tozer will follow her audience-pleasing run in Strictly Come Dancing by joining the cast of the award-winning musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie in the West End.

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Curve’s White Christmas transfers to the Dominion Theatre for London run

Leicester Curve’s critically-acclaimed 2018 production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas will return for a festive season at London’s Dominion Theatre.

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Local Hero – Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

Local Hero continues at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh until 20 April 2019.Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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Kiss Me, Kate – Roundabout Theatre Company’s Studio 54, New York

Kiss Me, Kate continues at Roundabout Theatre Company’s Studio 54, New York until 30 June 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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Company cast album is released on CD

The London cast recording of Marianne Elliott’s critically-acclaimed gender-swapped version of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company is released on CD today (Friday 22 March).

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Vulvarine – Vault Festival and Touring

Vulvarine was reviewed at the Vault Festival, London. The tour continues until 12 July 2019.Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

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Standing At the Sky’s Edge – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Standing At The Sky’s Edge continues at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until 6 April 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

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NEWS: ArtsEd graduate Jac Yarrow makes professional debut as Joseph in the new West End production

Newcomer Jac Yarrow has won the coveted title role in the eagerly-anticipated new London Palladium production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat this summer.

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Second single release from Tina cast album (plus five-star review for first track!)

The West End’s Ike Turner, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith features on ‘The Hunter’, the second single release from the Tina – The Tina Turner Musical cast recording.

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Billy Bishop Goes to War – Southwark Playhouse

Billy Bishop Goes to War continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 6 April 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

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Frozen set for West End debut at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 2020

Disney Theatrical Productions has confirmed plans to bring Tony-nominated musical Frozen to the newly-refurbished Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane next autumn.

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Musical Theatre Academy – Something Old Something New

Something Old, Something New was presented by students from the Musical Theatre Academy (MTA) at the Bridewell Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, the MTA (Musical Theatre Academy) was founded in 2009 by composer/musician Annemarie Lewis Thomas. And it’s a success story. The school is the only organisation […]

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‘Doing a musical has always been on my wish list’: Mark Ravenhill chats about adapting The Boy in the Dress for the RSC (and watch a new video!)

In February this year, it was announced that playwright MARK RAVENHILL, along with Robbie Williams and his songwriting partner Guy Chambers, will collaborate on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s musical theatre version of David Walliams’ best selling The Boy in the Dress, debuting in Stratford-upon-Avon later this year. Directed by the RSC’s artistic director Gregory Doran, the musical […]

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Danny Mac to join tour of Amelie

British actor Danny Mac will star opposite French-Canadian stage and screen star Audrey Brisson in the UK tour of the critically-acclaimed musical version of hit French film Amélie. The former Hollyoaks star whose theatre credits include On the Town at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, and an award-winning performance in the UK touring production of […]

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David Baddiel’s AniMalcolm The Musical – Worthing and Touring

David Baddiel’s AniMalcolm The Musical was reviewed at the Connaught Theatre, Worthing. The tour continues. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Following in the footsteps of David Walliams, David Baddiel’s own children’s book AniMalcolm now finds itself adapted for the stage (by Adam Fletcher-Forde). This musical version utilises only a small cast of six, but […]

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Peter Polycarpou joins ENO’s Man Of La Mancha

Stage and screen star Peter Polycarpou will play squire Sancho Panza opposite Kelsey Grammer’s Don Quixote in the eagerly-anticipated London Coliseum production of Man Of La Mancha.

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Petula Clark and Joseph Millson join the cast of West End’s Mary Poppins

Veteran singing star Petula Clark will return to the West End stage for the first time in decades when she joins the cast of the eagerly-awaited West End return of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins. A multi award-winning recording artist, Clark who famously starred as Maria in The Sound Of Music in the West […]

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‘The piece doesn’t shy away from asking difficult questions’: Alex Young on her role in new musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge at Sheffield Crucible

It’s a busy time for the multi-talented ALEX YOUNG who follows up glowing reviews for Me and My Girl at Chichester and Follies at the National by taking a leading role in a new musical, Standing at the Sky’s Edge. 

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