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Rosie: A New Musical – Adelphi Theatre
Rosie: A New Musical was reviewed at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ The show is blessed with some of most beautiful new music for the stage I have heard in a very long time.
Full cast and creatives for West End premiere of Rosie
Sally Ann Triplett and Dylan Wood are the final additions to the cast for the West End debut of new musical Rosie at the Adelphi Theatre next month.
Launch and West End dates for new Billy Elliot tour
Universal Theatrical Group and Working Title Films have confirmed the launch dates for the eagerly awaited new national tour and West End season of the original award-winning production of Billy Elliot the Musical.
West End debut for Frank Sinatra musical
Directed by triple Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall, Sinatra The Musical will begin performances at the Adelphi Theatre on 3 June.
Back to the Future The Musical to end West End run in April 2026
The multi-award-winning West End production of Back to the Future The Musical will fire up the DeLorean for one last time at the Adelphi Theatre on 12 April 2026, six months after the hit show embarks on its first UK tour.
West End premiere for new musical Rosie in 2026
New musical Rosie will make its West End debut with a one-night-only performance at the Adelphi Theatre next spring.
Music Review: Marisha Wallace – Live in London
Marisha Wallace – Live in London (Westway Music, Center Stage Records). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Marisha Wallace’s personable, conversational delivery and vocal quality are sublime as ever.
Maddie Grace Jepson to join cast of Back to the Future The Musical
Tik Tok star Maddie Grace Jepson will make her stage debut in the multi-award-winning West End production of Back to the Future The Musical in August.
Five Questions With: John Cameron Mitchell
Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen John Cameron Mitchell, writer, director and star of the rock musical and film Hedwig and the Angry Inch, takes to the West End stage for the very first time on 8 July at London’s Adelphi Theatre.
Five Questions With: Sarah Goggin
Actress Sarah Goggin is currently playing Lorraine Baines in the West End production of Back to the Future The Musical at London’s Adelphi Theatre.
Extension and new cast for West End’s Back to the Future
Booking for the multi-award-winning West End production of Back to the Future The Musical has been extended again with tickets now on sale for performances at the Adelphi Theatre up to 27 July 2025.
Ghost musical to return to West End for concert performance
Hit musical Ghost will return to London’s West End for the first time in 12 years this autumn with a special one-off concert performance.
The Barricade Boys: West End Party – Adelphi Theatre
The Barricade Boys: West End Party at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Barricade Boys to play London and Cardiff shows
Fresh from a successful US tour, Les Misérables inspired male vocal group The Barricade Boys have announced plans for a special homecoming show in London’s West End later this year.
Cory English to play Doc Brown for six weeks in West End’s Back To The Future
West End and Broadway actor Cory English will step into the role of Doctor Emmett Brown in the multi-award-winning West End production of Back To The Future The Musical later this month.
West End’s Back to the Future celebrates first year with new summer 2023 extension
The producers of the crowd-pleasing Back to the Future the Musical have marked the first birthday of the award-winning production in the West End by announcing another extension to the show’s crowd-pleasing London run with performances at the Adelphi Theatre now booking up to 23 July 2023. Based on the Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment film, the […]
New Marty McFly for West End’s Back To The Future
Recent Mountview Academy graduate Ben Joyce will step into the role of Marty McFly in crowd-pleasing Back To The Future The Musical as the award-winning production heads into its second successful year at the Adelphi Theatre. Joyce who made his professional debut last year as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, is one of a number […]
Back To The Future musical now booking into 2023
In response to high public demand, the team behind the award-winning Back To The Future The Musical has announced another extension to the production’s run at the Adelphi Theatre with tickets now on sale for performances up to 12 February 2023. The winner of the Olivier Award and the Broadway Award for Best New Musical […]
Back To The Future to keep time-travelling until October – cast album released
In response to high public demand, the team behind the critic and crowd-pleasing Back To The Future The Musical have announced another extension to the production’s run at the Adelphi Theatre with tickets now on sale for performances up to 23 October 2022. The extension announcement coincides with the release of the ‘Original Cast Recording […]
John Barrowman to embark on UK tour with new show in 2022
Stage and screen star John Barrowman is heading out on the road next year with his new show I Am What I Am. Launching at Southend’s Cliffs Pavilion on 30 April 2022, the tour will visit 16 venues including the Adelphi Theatre in the West End. Announcing the tour, the entertainer said: “From the West […]
West End return for Whitney Houston show
Hit show Whitney – Queen of the Night will make its delayed West End return early next month as part of the show’s biggest ever UK tour which is taking in over 80 venues. Starring Elesha Paul-Moses (What’s Love Got To Do With It, UK tour) and featuring a live band and backing singers, the […]
Back To The Future The Musical – Adelphi Theatre
Back To The Future The Musical continues at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Film to stage adaptations are tricky, especially if the movie in question has taken on an iconic status. Stick too closely to the original without re-inventing the piece and the results may be disappointing […]
Back To The Future’s West End run extended into July 2022
Following a successful opening night in London’s West End, the team behind the critic and crowd-pleasing Back To The Future The Musical have announced an extension to the production’s run at the Adelphi Theatre with tickets now on sale for performances up to 3 July 2022. Back To The Future The Musical stars Olly Dobson […]
Single released as taster for Back To The Future original cast recording
A recording of Olly Dobson performing ‘Back in Time’ has been released as a taster for next summer’s release of the Original Cast Recording of the critic and crowd-pleasing Back To The Future The Musical. Timed to coincide with Back To The Future Day, the single is taken from the cast recording which will be […]
West End date for Back To The Future The Musical
The critic and crowd-pleasing stage musical version of the classic Back To The Future will make its delayed West End debut in May next year. Following on from its debut run at the Manchester Opera House which was cut short by the Covid-crisis, Back To The Future The Musical will speed into the Adelphi Theatre […]
Whitney – Queen of the Night’s Adelphi Theatre date rescheduled
The West End return for hit show Whitney – Queen of the Night at the Adelphi Theatre has been delayed until 7 February 2021. Starring Elesha Paul-Moses (What’s Love Got To Do With It) and featuring a live band and backing singers, the concert-style celebration of the music of Whitney Houston was due to play […]
West End Waitress unlikely to return when theatres re-open
The producers of Waitress have announced the West End production at the Adelphi Theatre is unlikely to return when the theatres re-open following the coronavirus shutdown. Just a few days after the production should have welcomed back Lucie Jones and David Hunter who were due to return to the lead roles of Jenna and Dr […]
Tyrone Huntley, Clare Halse and Harry Hepple joins Hello Dolly! cast
West End rising star Tyrone Huntley will join quadruple Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton in the eagerly-anticipated new production of the classic musical Hello, Dolly! at the Adelphi Theatre this summer. The Dreamgirls and Book of Mormon actor who was nominated for an Olivier for his performance as Judas in the hit Regent’s Park Open […]
Tenth West End Eurovision announced
The annual glitter and glamour-fest that is West End Eurovision will celebrate its tenth birthday at London’s Adelphi Theatre on Sunday 19 April 2020. Produced by TheatreMAD, the event which involves teams from the West End’s biggest shows donning sparkles and belting out Eurovision hits (and misses) raises funds for Make A Difference Trust, the […]
Whitney – Queen of the Night to play West End date as part of tour
Hit show Whitney – Queen of the Night is heading back to the West End for one night only at the Adelphi Theatre as part of its extensive UK tour. Starring Elesha Paul-Moses (What’s Love Got To Do With It) and featuring a live band and backing singers, the concert-style celebration of the music of […]
Imelda Staunton is back where she belongs – Hello, Dolly! at the Adelphi Theatre in 2020
Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced that Imelda Staunton is back where she belongs in Hello, Dolly! as one of the most iconic musicals of all time comes to the Adelphi Theatre in 2020. This brand new production reunites Staunton with director Dominic Cooke, following the critically-acclaimed production of Follies at the National Theatre. Jenna Russell […]
Broadway stars Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel to reunite for West End’s Waitress
Award-winning singer/songwriter Sara Bareilles will make her West End debut alongside Olivier and Tony Award-winning actor Gavin Creel next year in her hit show Waitress. After making her stage acting debut in 2017 in the Broadway production of the show she-co-created, Bareilles will reprise her performance as Jenna opposite her Dr Pomatter, Creel (Hello Dolly! […]
Sandra Marvin is the new Becky in West End’s Waitress
Former Emmerdale regular Sandra Marvin has joined the cast of hit show Waitress to take on the role of Becky following the departure of original London cast member Marisha Wallace. The actress who recently ended her run in the ITV soap as Jessie Dingle has joined the current line-up of Lucie Jones who stars as […]
Katharine McPhee serves up one last Waitress treat
Outgoing Waitress leading lady Katharine McPhee has recorded the show’s hit ballad ‘She Used to Be Mine’ for release as she serves up her last performance in the hit West End production on Saturday (15 June 2019). McPhee’s exclusive version of the showstopping song is now available for download and on streaming platforms via https://linkto/NywiPtpH […]
Theatre Cafe joins up with Waitress to put pies on the menu for London run
Life’s about to get a little sweeter for ticket holders for the eagerly-anticipated London run of the hit Broadway show Waitress with the announcement of a ‘pie-tastic’ partnership with The Theatre Café. The tie-in with London’s first theatre-themed coffee shop, will bring the Waitress pie jars created by Cute As Cake of New York to […]
Marisha Wallace and David Hunter join the West End cast of Waitress
Further principal casting has been announced for the eagerly-anticipated UK premiere of hit Broadway show Waitress at London’s Adelphi Theatre early next year. Joining the previously announced Katharine McPhee, who will make her West End debut in the title role, will be fellow American, Marisha Wallace, who made her own West End debut last year […]
Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry will return for London Kinky Boots film version
Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry will march back into the multi-award-winning Kinky Boots later this month to star in a filmed version of the hit show. The original stars of the show will be back playing Charlie and Lola at London’s Adelphi Theatre from Monday 26 to Wednesday 28 November 2018 as filming takes place […]
Waitress will arrive in the West End in February 2019
Hit Broadway show Waitress will make its eagerly-anticipated UK debut at London’s Adelphi Theatre next February. Now in its third year on Broadway, the musical tale of love friendship and perfect pies, based on the cult classic 2007 film of the same name, was expected to arrive on this side of the Atlantic last year, […]
Kinky Boots to walk away from the West End in January 2018
Multi-award-winning Kinky Boots has become the latest West End favourite to announce it will close in early 2019. Following on from the news that Dreamgirls would end its Savoy Theatre run on 12 January 2019, the producers of the hugely popular tale of Charlie, Lola, Lauren and co. have announced they will be hanging up […]
Oliver Thompsett and Natalie McQueen join the cast of Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre
Oliver Thompsett will step into the role of Charlie Price and Natalie McQueen will take over as Lauren in the West End production of the multi award-winning musical Kinky Boots from 4 June 2018. Thompsett, whose previous roles include Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls and Galileo in We Will Rock You, and McQueen, who […]
West End Kinky Boots plays 1,000th performance and extends booking
Multi award-winning musical Kinky Boots is celebrating two more milestone events and another extension to its run at London’s Adelphi Theatre. After welcoming over one million customers, the hit show has tonight (Monday 15 January) played its 1,000th performance in the West End. A new booking period has also been opened with tickets now available […]
Kinky Boots cast changes – Simon-Anthony Rhoden takes over the role of Lola
Simon-Anthony Rhoden will take over the role of Lola in the multi award-winning Kinky Boots in July (the actor has been acting as Matt Henry’s understudy). Rhoden’s move into the role that won musical theatre newcomer Henry critical and audience acclaim and an Olivier Award for Best Actor was announced alongside the casting of former Emmerdale […]
Encore – 40 Years of NYMT – Adelphi Theatre
Encore – 40 Years of NYMT was held at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) turned 40 this year, and in celebration the Adelphi Theatre played host to a spectacular one-off gala that featured the current crop of members and also reunited some of […]
Bumblescratch – Adelphi Theatre
Bumblescratch premiered in a one-off gala performance at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Robert J Sherman took the bold – some might say ill-advised – step of effectively workshopping the latest incarnation of his new musical Bumblescratch in front of a large paying crowd at a charity […]
Robert J. Sherman’s new musical Bumblescratch – special charity gala performance
On Sunday 4 September 2016 there will be a special gala charity concert of Robert J. Sherman’s new musical Bumblescratch at the Adelphi Theatre. This performance is in aid of Variety, the children’s charity, and is staged as part of commemorations for the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, which raged in the East End for four days […]
Kinky Boots West End cast album to be released
The stars of the smash hit West End production of the multi Olivier-nominated Kinky Boots will follow their Broadway predecessors by releasing a cast album. Available for pre-order next Friday (11 March) ahead of its 1 April release, the Sony Masterworks release was recorded live with the current West End cast at London’s Adelphi Theatre. […]
Michael Feinstein – Adelphi Theatre
Michael Feinstein performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ In the years Michael Feinstein has been visiting the UK – both in small and large scale venues – the American singer and pianist has built up a following of fans who don’t just respect his dedication to the Great American Songbook, but […]
Kinky Boots – Adelphi Theatre
Kinky Boots continues at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ One by one, British-inspired movies are popping up in musical stage adaptations, although unlike Bend It Like Beckham (currently running at the Phoenix Theatre) and Made in Dagenham (this show’s predecessor at the Adelphi), Kinky Boots originally opened on Broadway […]
Peter Pan concert staging – Bradley Walsh and Jenna Russell cast
Bradley Walsh and Jenna Russell are the first performers to be cast in the concert staging of Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure, making its return to the London stage at the Adelphi Theatre on Sunday 25 October for a matinee and evening performance. Entertainment stalwart and star of stage and screen, Bradley Walsh (Coronation Street, […]
