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Dear Evan Hansen – Edinburgh Playhouse and Touring

Dear Evan Hansen was reviewed at Edinburgh Playhouse. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The audience were on their feet, roaring and cheering at the curtain calls – the greatest approval any show could hope for.

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Dear Evan Hansen – Nottingham Playhouse and Touring

Dear Evan Hansen was reviewed at Nottingham Playhouse where it runs until 28 September 2024. The tour continues until 24 May 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Dear Evan Hansen is one of the most powerful and important musicals to emerge from the genre in recent years.

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Full cast and creatives for Dear Evan Hansen UK tour

Ryan Kopel will take on the title role in the first new UK production of the multi-award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen as it embarks on a major UK tour later this year.

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New Dear Evan Hansen to tour UK in 2024

The first new UK production of the multi-award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen will embark on a major UK tour next year.

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Three musicals feature in Chichester Festival Theatre’s 2023 programme

A new musical based on the ground-breaking TV series Rock Follies is one of three major musicals and four world premieres to feature in artistic director Daniel Evans’ final season at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

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Online release of hit show Piaf

An online version of the hit Nottingham Playhouse and Leeds Playhouse production of Pam Gems’ Piaf will be available to rent until 31 December 2021. Directed by the Nottingham Playhouse’s artistic director Adam Penford, the reopening production at the venue this summer stars Olivier Award-winner Jenna Russell (Sunday in the Park With George, Merrily We […]

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Nottingham Playhouse to reopen with Piaf starring Jenna Russell

Tony nominated and Olivier Award-winning actress Jenna Russell will step into the spotlight as Edith Piaf in Pam Gems’ Piaf – the reopening production at Nottingham Playhouse this summer. Presented by Nottingham Playhouse and Leeds Playhouse, the production which is directed by Nottingham’s artistic director Adam Penford had been due to debut in 2020 with […]

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The cast of Nottingham Playhouse’s Piaf gives lockdown digital performance

The stars of Piaf – which should have been performed at Nottingham Playhouse and Leeds Playhouse this spring – have come together for an exclusive performance of ‘Hymne a L’Amour’. The piece, initiated by director Adam Penford and musical director Alex Parker, gives audiences an exclusive taste of what to expect from the postponed production. […]

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Rebecca Trehearn to play title role Sweet Charity at Nottingham Playhouse

Olivier Award-winner Rebecca Trehearn will take on the title role in the Nottingham Playhouse’s production of Broadway hit Sweet Charity. The Show Boat star will take on the central role of Charity Hope Valentine, the unlucky in love taxi dancer, in the major new production which will play the Nottingham venue from 31 August until […]

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