Tonight’s the Night was reviewed at the Liverpool Empire and continues its tour until 2 August, 2014. On paper Tonight’s the Night has everything going for it, a strong cast headlined by ex-Sugababe Jade Ewen, the powerhouse Jenna Lee-James and the energetic Ben Heathcote, and a back catalogue of more than 25 Rod Stewart classics, all […]
Dirty Dancing – five new tour dates added
Five new venues have been added to the UK and Ireland tour of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage. The additional dates for the show include the Eastbourne Congress Theatre (13–24 January 2015), Sunderland Empire (27 January–14 February 2015), the Edinburgh Playhouse (24 February–14 March 2015), the Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff (17–28 March […]
Tomorrow Morning – Kottingbrunn
Tomorrow Morning/Nur Noch Bis Morgen, continues at the Kulturszene Kottingbrunn, outside Vienna, until 23 February. After successes all over the world including a run Off-Broadway in 2011 as well as in Korea and Japan, the musical Tomorrow Morning has finally made it to the German-speaking world. Following last year’s hit production of I Love You, You’re […]
Shrek the Musical tour – casting revealed
Casting has been revealed for the first ever UK and Ireland tour of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane production of Shrek the Musical. Dean Chisnall will play the beloved swamp-dwelling ogre Shrek, the role he previously played in the West End, Faye Brookes is damsel in distress Princess Fiona, Idriss Kargbo is Shrek’s wisecracking sidekick Donkey and […]
From Page to Stage season – West End performers onboard
Aria Entertainment has announced first casting for the second annual From Page to Stage festival, a season of new musical theatre at the Landor Theatre from 10 February–9 March 2014 – West End names onboard include Jon Robyns, Niamh Perry, Jodie Jacobs, Kim Criswell, Sophia Ragavelas and David Burt. Full casting is now confirmed for the […]
Back to the Future musical heads to West End
Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the creators of the film Back to the Future, are developing a stage musical version, with plans to open the production in the West End in the movie’s 30th anniversary year. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, the new musical will have a book by Zemeckis, Gale and Lloyd, and new music […]
Janie Dee and Jason Carr – The Pheasantry
Janie Dee and Jason Carr performed their shows at The Pheasantry, London. It was little wonder that the divine Janie Dee chose the old Liza Minnelli number ‘Yes’ for her late-show cabaret at The Pheasantry as the Kander & Ebb classic encapsulates exactly the sort of trip this extraordinary actress-singer is on right now. You […]
Liz Callaway – Crazy Coqs
An Evening with Liz Callaway at the Crazy Coqs, London, continues until 1 February. Just when everybody thought the evening was going like clockwork, Broadway star Liz Callaway ‘forgot’ her lines in the ridiculously fast ‘Another 100 People’ and had the first night Crazy Coqs audience gasping in surprise and sympathy as the Sondheim classic […]
Jersey Boys to tour UK for first time
The Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys, which has been playing in London for six years, will be touring the UK for the first time from September 2014 (kicking off at the Palace Theatre, Manchester from 4 September–4 October), while the production also continues at its new home, the Piccadilly Theatre, from March […]
Olivier Awards 2014 – first details revealed
ITV will be the official television broadcast partner for the 38th Olivier Awards which take place on Sunday 13 April 2014 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The channel will be screening an Olivier Awards ceremony highlights programme, to be broadcast on the night shortly after the ceremony. The Olivier Awards and Society of London Theatre have […]
The Scottsboro Boys is Best Musical at Critics’ Circle Awards
The Young Vic’s production of The Scottsboro Boys has been named as best musical at the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards 2013. Young Vic artistic director David Lan and producer Catherine Schreiber received the Peter Hepple Award for Best Musical from reviewer Heather Neill at the ceremony, held at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The trophy […]
