Ushers: The Front of House Musical continues at the Hope Theatre, London until 31 December. The 50-seat, intimate performance space at the Hope Theatre is currently home to Yiannis Koutsakos, James Rottger and James Oban’s new musical, Ushers: The Front of House Musical. The satirical piece is a good-humoured look at life as a Front of […]
Ruth Brauer-Kvam – Die Unschuld vom Lande
Ruth Brauer-Kvam in Die Unschuld vom Lande at the Kammerspiele der Josefstadt, Vienna. The renowned actress and singer Ruth Brauer-Kvam (Cabaret, Nunsense, Forever Young, Gut gegen Nordwind), premiered an evening dedicated to the late operetta star Fritzi Massary (1882–1969) and the genre operetta entitled Die Unschuld vom Lande (The Innocence of the Country), taken from ‘Spiel […]
Open Mic nights at Crazy Coqs
Open Mic nights at the Crazy Coqs, London, every Thursday at 10.30pm. Night-owls grumble there is not much cabaret around in London once they have seen a show or a movie, so the success of the Crazy Coqs’ Open Mic Thursdays is to be welcomed. Starting at 10.30pm and hosted by cabaret singer and performer […]
I Can’t Sing! – casting confirmed
Ahead of the broadcast of the Royal Variety Performance – in which cast members of I Can’t Sing! performed – full casting has been confirmed. The X Factor musical previews at the London Palladium from 27 February 2014 (press night is 26 March). As previously announced, Olivier Award-winner Nigel Harman will play X Factor judge Simon, and Cynthia Erivo […]
Candide – Menier Chocolate Factory
Candide continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London, until 22 February 2014. Menier Chocolate Factory’s last musical Merrily We Roll Along was a huge hit, even transferring for a successful run in the West End and being made into a movie, but it is hard to be as enthusiastic about the theatre’s revival of Candide. […]
Dickens Abridged – Arts Theatre
Dickens Abridged continues at the Arts Theatre, London until 5 January 2014. You might think that the loose baggy monster novels of Charles Dickens could never by abbreviated in any form. Anybody having gone through an A Level or English degree who only had study notes to refer to will be forgiven for wondering where […]
Seussical – Arts Theatre
Seussical continues at the the Arts Theatre, London until 5 January 2014. After Sell a Door’s success with its production of Seussical last year, the company has brought this theatre for young audiences version back to the West End (albeit with some different creative talent onboard) and the result is both fast and fun. The musical, which has a […]
The S&S Award – St James Theatre
The S&S Award was presented at the St James Theatre, London. The inaugural S&S Award ceremony, created in memory of Sidney and Sylvia Brown, the parents of the lyricist and librettist Warner Brown, was all about discovering and promoting new writers in British musical theatre. The new prize follows in the wake of the Vivian […]
Military Wives join Eternity cast to mark Pear Harbor attack
To mark the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, an event integral to the plot of the musical From Here to Eternity, the producers of the show have revealed that The Military Wives Choir will be joining the full company of the show on stage to perform a curtain call rendition of the song which […]
New musical Lost Boy has season at two theatres
As part of the Finborough Theatre’s Celebrating British Music Theatre and The Great War 100 series, a new British musical from Phil Willmott – Lost Boy – receives its world premiere, playing a season at two London theatres. The piece opens at the Finborough, where it will now play for two weeks, premiering on 31 December 2013 (press […]
Halbwelt Kultur – Jermyn Street Theatre
Halbwelt Kultur continues at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London until 15 December. Halbwelt Kultur explores the world of political upheaval and exuberant cultural experimentation during the Weimar Republic, and highlights in particular the work of six extraordinary female artists – international film star and cabaret singer Marlene Dietrich, lesbian entertainer Claire Waldoff, actress and singer […]
Julie Madly Deeply – Trafalgar Studios
Julie Madly Deeply continues at Trafalgar Studios, London until 4 January. Julie Madly Deeply is an incredibly funny show about one woman’s utter devotion to Julie Andrews. From the moment she begins her rapturous recollection of Andrews’ concert at the O2 in May 2010 – which many thought was a bit of a dull dud – it is […]
