Oliver! continues at the Gielgud Theatre, London, booking until until 29 March 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A marriage made in heaven between arguably Charles Dickens’ finest work, indubitably Lionel Bart’s – so many instantly recognisable songs – and the supreme Matthew Bourne as director-choreographer.
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West End transfer for new production of Oliver!
Cameron Mackintosh and Chichester Festival Theatre’s new production of Lionel Bart’s timeless Oliver! will follow its summer debut in Chichester by transferring to the West End at the end of the year.
Cool Rider – London Palladium
Cool Rider was reviewed at the London Palladium. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Following some recent concert production misfires, it was hugely impressive seeing the Cool Rider creative team getting this one right. This is how you deliver a concert.
Newsfeed: London encore for touring Wizard of Oz, Beverley Knight records new Sister Act single, 42 Balloons EP released
The UK and Ireland tour of Leicester Curve’s hit production of The Wizard of Oz will conclude its crowd-pleasing UK and Ireland tour with an encore season in London this summer.
Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh re-conceive Oliver! for Chichester Festival Theatre
A major new production of Lionel Bart’s timeless Oliver! will feature in Justin Audibert’s first season as artistic director of Chichester Festival Theatre (CFT).
West End stars to step out on stage and on the pitch for charity football event
A host of West End favourites will feature in a fundraising football and concert event in aid of theatrical charity Acting For Others and child bereavement charity Sands London in July. The fundraiser on 17 July 2022 at the New River Sports and Fitness Centre in Wood Green will open with a short concert at […]
Streaming dates announced for recordings of Live In London concerts
The Live In London series of concerts produced by Fourth Wall Live at The Hippodrome Casino London in December will be available to stream on Stream.Theatre from 26 March 2021. Recorded live at the Leicester Square venue in front of live audiences, the series of 12 concerts feature a range of genres from musical theatre, […]
New dates and revised bill for Hippodrome Casino Live in London
Fourth Wall Live and The Hippodrome Casino London have confirmed revised dates and an amended line-up for the new season of live shows at the Leicester Square venue unveiled last month. Due to the current lockdown, Live In London will now run from 3 December until 20 December 2020, with two shows nightly at 7pm […]
Cirencester’s Barn Theatre to debut outdoor festival
A new co-production of Kander and Ebb’s musical revue The World Goes Round will be among the attractions at the Barn Theatre’s first summer outdoor festival. Following on from the Cirencester venue’s popular lockdown online activity, Barn Fest – Outdoor Theatre Festival will run from Friday (25 July) until 5 September 2020 and will feature […]
Loserville team to reunite for Barn Theatre’s virtual Elliot Davis concert
Busted’s James Bourne will re-unite (virtually) with his Loserville co-writer Elliot Davis this weekend for the third concert in the Barn Theatre’s new online series showcasing the work of Britain’s musical theatre composers. Bourne will join an all-star line-up of West End favourites for the musical celebration of the work of the award-winning British composer […]
Wicked UK and Ireland tour – report from the preview and launch in Leeds
AMY ROSS, HELEN WOOLF and AARON SIDWELL are starring in the spectacular touring version of the hit musical Wicked which will play ten UK and Ireland cities and has just opened at the Bristol Hippodrome. Musical Theatre Review’s Mike Tilling chatted to the cast at a tour launch at Aspire, Leeds [Wicked is at Leeds Grand Theatre from 13 June […]
Wicked tour – Amy Ross and Helen Woolf to star
Amy Ross and Helen Woolf will join the previously announced Aaron Sidwell in the spectacular touring version of the hit musical Wicked which is due to make a return to the UK next February to play ten UK and Ireland cities. Ross, who most recently appeared in the West End in Kinky Boots, will step […]
European premiere of Grey Gardens – cast and creative team revealed
Final casting and the full creative team have been revealed for the eagerly awaited European premiere of the Broadway musical Grey Gardens, based on an iconic 1975 documentary, telling the spectacular real life rise and fall of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ aunt and cousin, Edith and Edie Bouvier Beale. Joining the previously announced Olivier Award-winning West End stars […]
American Idiot extends run to 22 November due to popular demand
Following on from its successful opening in July and due to popular demand, the critically acclaimed production of Green Day’s award-winning Broadway musical American Idiot will be extending its run at the Arts Theatre, Leicester Square and is now booking until 22 November 2015. The entire cast, including X Factor’s Amelia Lily (Whatsername), Steve Rushton (Will) and Aaron Sidwell (Johnny) will all continue in their […]
American Idiot – Arts Theatre
American Idiot continues at the Arts Theatre, London until 27 September. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ As a fan of neither Green Day nor most rock/pop musicals, I’m maybe not the best person to review this 90-minute sung-through show, which is based on the US band’s 2004 concept album of the same […]
CD Review – Cool Rider – Original Studio Recording
COOL RIDER – Original Studio Recording (Featuring: Ashleigh Gray, Aaron Sidwell, Reece Sheersmith, Niki Evans, Mark Anderson, Bronté Barbé, Daniel Buckley, Joshua Dowen, Lucinda Lawrence, Hannah Levane and Niall Sheehy). When Cool Rider screeched into the West End last year, the popularity of the event took even the producers by surprise. Already big fans of the original movie, […]
All the news from the Cool Rider CD launch
Earlier this week saw the launch of the original studio recording of Cool Rider. For musical theatre aficionados, Cool Rider is the reworking of the movie Grease 2 for a concert staging, which gained much critical and commercial success last April at the Duchess Theatre. The brainchild of producers Christopher D Clegg and James DP […]
American Idiot at the Arts Theatre – news of full casting
Full casting has been announced for Green Day’s award-winning Broadway musical American Idiot as it prepares to open in the UK from 17 July to 27 September 2015 (press night is 22 July), at the Arts Theatre, Leicester Square. The full cast are Luke Baker (Theo), Natasha Barnes (Heather), Alexis Gerred (Tunny), Llandyll Gove (Gerard), Raquel Jones (Extraordinary girl), Natasha Karp (Alysha), Robyn Mellor (Libby), Lucas Rush (St. Jimmy), Steve Rushton (Will), Aaron Sidwell (Johnny) and Ross William Wild (Joshua). They join the […]
Aaron Sidwell and Louise English join Blockbuster the Musical
Aaron Sidwell and Louise English are joining Suzanne Shaw and Paul Nicholas in the world premiere of Blockbuster the Musical, which features the chart-busting hits of the songwriting team Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, who dominated the pop world in the 1970s and 1980s. The book’s author is David Soames, who co-wrote the musical Time for Cliff Richard, which ran […]
Cool Rider – Duchess Theatre
Cool Rider continues at the Duchess Theatre, London until 19 April. The idea for Cool Rider stems from one of the most precarious concepts in film or theatre history – the musical sequel. With the huge success of the film adaptation of Grease, Paramount Pictures immediately set about commissioning a series of sequels. The first […]
Cool Rider to have a week’s run at the Duchess
Following the reception to the concert Cool Rider and two sell-out performances at the Lyric Theatre, the cult musical sequel will return to the West End and the Duchess Theatre from 15–19 April 2014 (press night is 16 April). The film Grease 2 told the love story of two unlikely lovers and their road to […]
Cool Rider arrives at the Lyric
Cool Rider – formerly entitled Grease 2 in Concert – plays two performances today (Monday 27 January) at the West End’s Lyric Theatre. Joining Reece Shearsmith as biology teacher Mr Stuart, Ashleigh Gray as Stephanie, Aaron Sidwell as Michael, Hannah LeVane as Paulette and Niall Sheehy as Johnny are Bronté Barbe, Nadine Cox, Joshua Dowen, Evelyn Hoskins, Kane […]
