Beetlejuice the Musical continues at the Prince Edward Theatre, London until 17 April 2027. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ How lucky we are to have a new escape in the West End so overflowing with hilarity, magic and imagination.
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Beetlejuice West End – full cast confirmed
The full cast has materialised for the eagerly awaited West End premiere of Beetlejuice: The Musical next month.
Full cast for staged concert presentation of new musical In Pieces
The full cast has been confirmed the upcoming staged concert presentation in London of Joey Contreras’ new musical In Pieces.
Saving Mozart – The Other Palace
Saving Mozart continues at The Other Palace, London until 30 August 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Anybody who knows anything about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has most likely had that biography shaped, at least in part, by Peter Shaffer’s play Amadeus and its Oscar-laden film adaptation. That work, […]
UK premiere of Saving Mozart – full cast
Casting has been unveiled for the upcoming UK premiere of writer and composer Charli Eglington’s Saving Mozart at London’s The Other Palace.
Movie Review: SIX The Musical Live!
SIX The Musical Live! is in cinemas across the UK and Ireland from 6 April 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A filmed version of the show has been released, meaning its fanbase can only grow and grow.
The OGs reunite for new Marlow and Moss track in the run up to Six the Musical Live! movie release
The producers of the award-winning global smash hit Six have announced the release of a brand-new track, ‘My Girls’, from writers Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, and recorded by the original West End cast of Six.
Cinema release for Six film
The filmed on-stage reunion of Six’s original West End Queens will be released in cinemas via Universal Pictures (UK) on 6 April 2025.
Musical Con 2024 – check out the schedule
The full schedule has been unveiled for Musical Con 2024 – the world’s biggest musical theatre fan convention which returns for the third consecutive year this weekend (19 and 20 October).
Musical Con 2023 – full schedule confirmed
The full schedule has been confirmed for the second Musical Con – the musical theatre-themed event which will turn ExCel London at Royal Victoria Dock into a haven for musical theatre lovers on 21 and 22 October 2023.
Death Note The Musical in Concert – London Palladium
Death Note The Musical in Concert at the London Palladium. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Oliver Tompsett to take over as Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman as the show sets West End closing date
West End favourite Oliver Tompsett will step into the leading role of Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman The Musical at the Savoy Theatre from 4 April until 18 June 2023. The production will then close in London before embarking on a UK and Ireland tour, opening at Birmingham’s Alexandra Theatre on 17 October.
Courtney Bowman to join cast of Pretty Woman and new extension announced
West End sensation Courtney Bowman will join the cast of Pretty Woman The Musical at the Savoy Theatre from 15 November 2022.
First Musical Con – full schedule announced
The full schedule has been confirmed for Musical Con, the new musical theatre themed event which will turn ExCel London into a haven for musical theatre lovers on 22 and 23 October 2022. Ten thousand musical theatre fans and enthusiasts are due to attend the weekend event which will offer fans the opportunity to meet […]
Pretty Woman’s Savoy run extended into 2023
Pretty Woman The Musical will remain in residence at London’s Savoy Theatre into next year with booking now extended up to 28 January 2023. The hit show’s producers have also announced the news that the show’s original stars Aimie Atkinson (Six, Arts Theatre, In The Heights, King’s Cross Theatre) and Danny Mac (Sunset Boulevard UK […]
Six in the West End to be filmed live from the Vaudeville featuring the original Queens
The original principal cast members of Six the Musical will remain in (re)formation following next month’s sold out, open-air performances at Hampton Court Palace, swapping the cobblestones of their infamous ex-husband’s courtyard for the silver screen, with a cinematic capture of the production to be filmed at the Vaudeville Theatre. The film, recorded for future […]
Six’s original queens to reign at Hampton Court Palace for three outdoor performances
Six’s original West End Queens will reunite for three very special open air performances of the smash hit show in the main courtyard of Henry VIII’s former home, Hampton Court Palace. Staged in partnership with Historic Royal Palaces – the independent charity which cares for the royal residence – the performances on 19 and 20 […]
The original recording Six The Musical Queens will reunite with Marlow and Moss to celebrate vinyl release
The music from electrifying musical Six by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss has truly become a global phenomenon. The songs have been streamed over 450 million times across all platforms and have had over three billion views on TikTok, making the album the second highest streamed cast recording in the world, second only to Hamilton. […]
Pretty Woman confirms reopening date at the Savoy Theatre
Pretty Woman: The Musical will reopen in its new home, the Savoy Theatre, as planned on 8 July 2021 although social distancing measures will remain in place until 20 July. As previously announced Six’s Aimie Atkinson (In the Heights, King’s Cross Theatre) and Danny Mac (Sunset Boulevard UK tour, White Christmas, Dominion Theatre) will walk […]
Monday Night at the Apollo – Apollo Theatre
Monday Night at the Apollo (the first in the series at the Apollo Theatre, London. Other dates are 14 June and 5 July 2021). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ As lockdown eases and the West End begins to reopen, it’s clear that the online concerts which have kept performers and audiences […]
Casting for first Monday Night at the Apollo show
Casting has been announced for the first concert in the re-scheduled live and live-streamed fundraising series of Monday Night at the Apollo shows on 24 May 2021. West End stars Aimie Atkinson (SIX, Pretty Woman), Cassidy Janson (& Juliet, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Lucie Jones (Waitress, Rent), Cedric Neal (Chess, Motown the Musical) and […]
Six’s Seven Queens to play Drive In concert
Seven of Six The Musical’s Queens will reunite for a special one-off concert at The Drive In in North London on 3 May 2021 at 3.15 pm. After coming together during lockdown last year and featuring in a series on online events Aimie Atkinson, Alexia McIntosh, Grace Mouat, Millie O’Connell, Natalie May Paris, Maiya Quansah-Breed […]
Pretty Woman to reopen at the Savoy Theatre in July 2021
After breaking advance box office records at the Piccadilly Theatre last year, the London production of Pretty Woman: The Musical will take up residence in its new home, the Savoy Theatre this summer. Announcing the change and location and reopening dates for the show which had only just arrived in the West End when theatres […]
Stars unite for Make A Difference Trust single to mark a year of closedown
Some of the most distinctive voices in the West End feature on a new charity single released to mark a year since UK theatres went dark. With representatives from every musical open in the West End when the curtains came down on 16 March 2020 along with artists from shows that should have opened in […]
Thespie announces ten new online events for March
Theatre discovery platform Thespie has announced ten new online theatre and arts events including an International Women’s Day concert double feature and a conversation with the cast and creatives of a new virtual production of The Last Five Years streaming from New York. On 8 March 2020, Thespie will mark International Women’s Day with a […]
Monday Night At The Apollo – new dates announced
Revised dates have been announced for the new live and live-streamed fundraising concert series Monday Night At The Apollo. Originally due to play two shows in front of a socially distanced audience at the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury this month with a third concert in early February, the shows will now take place on 12 […]
Never Give Up On A Dream – Thespie
Never Give Up On A Dream, streamed on Thespie.com. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ For some musical theatre fans, the sight of a small group of extraordinarily talented women performing show tunes in complementary red outfits will evoke memories of the iconic 2010 New York Philharmonic concert in honour of Stephen Sondheim’s […]
Two more concerts added to popular Thespie Reunited series
Theatre platform Thespie has announced an extra two shows in its popular Reunited series of filmed concerts for home-bound audiences which launched this month with Unlimited: The Songs of Stephen Schwartz. Cast members from Pretty Woman will reunite for Never Give Up On A Dream on New Year’s Eve while former Heathers stars will feature […]
Girl Power / Oops! I Streamed It Again – Thespie.com
Girl Power, streaming on Thespie.com from 17 December 2020. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ This third streamed offering in Thespie’s series of four December concerts reunites the original team from the 2018 UK tour of cult musical Six who stayed together for the show’s second spell in the West End last […]
Cassidy Janson to host West End-flavoured series at Ronnie Scott’s
Olivier Award winner Cassidy Janson will host a new weekly show featuring fellow West End stars at the iconic Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club from 5 December 2020. Following on from her recent sold-out show at the world-famous Soho music venue, the star of & Juliet and Beautiful: The Carole King Story will return for All […]
Musical theatre favourites to feature in Reunited series of streamed concerts on Thespie
Over 30 of the UK’s leading musical theatre artists are lined up to feature in Reunited, a series of filmed concerts premiering on theatre platform Thespie. Following on from last month’s successful The Reunion show featuring seven Queens from the original West End run of Six, the Reunited series of four concerts will be filmed […]
The Theatre Channel – Episode Two
The Theatre Channel – Episode Two – The Theatre Café/Adam Blanshay Productions Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ I enjoyed The Theatre Channel’s second episode, and Halloween special, a week after its release, through the lens of ‘lockdown 2.0’. The opportunity to enjoy a piece of musical theatre from the comfort of my own […]
Elaine Paige and Bernadette Peters will host first West End Woofs animal adoption event
Musical theatre royalty from both sides of the Atlantic will unite to host the UK’s first virtual dog and cat adoption event this month. Co-hosted by the West End’s Elaine Paige and Broadway’s Bernadette Peters, West End Woofs will be a UK-based version of Broadway Barks, the annual star-studded animal adoption event benefiting New York […]
Content for The Theatre Channel’s Halloween and rock episodes unveiled
Adam Blanshay Productions and The Theatre Café have released further details for the next two episodes in the new pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series, The Theatre Channel. Available to purchase now ahead of its release on 30 October 2020 this week’s extended Halloween themed episode has added Ria Jones, Trevor Dion Douglas and Jordan […]
Aimie Atkinson and Lucie Jones to headline last two West End Musical Drive-Ins
Waitress’ Lucie Jones and Pretty Woman’s Aimie Atkinson will be the headline acts at the final two West End Musical Drive-In performances. After three months of shows featuring a host of West End favourites, the initiative that brought a touch of musical theatre magic to a London car park will take its final bow with […]
Details of The Theatre Channel’s Halloween-themed second episode
West End star Linzi Hateley will revisit Carrie, the musical which launched her career, as part of an extended Halloween themed episode in the new pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series, The Theatre Channel. The Mamma Mia! actress who starred in the title role in the RSC’s musical version of Stephen King’s classic novel in […]
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 […]
Aimie Atkinson’s 24-hour charity musical-a-thon raises over £10,000 for Save The Children
Following on from their 24-hour all-singing-all-dancing Musical-athon, Aimie Atkinson, star of Six the Musical and Pretty Woman, and Tom Gribby, agent and producer of the UK premiere of The Pirate Queen, raised £10,421 for the Save the Children Coronavirus Appeal. The fully live-streamed event featured the pair singing and dancing along to musical theatre soundtracks […]
Aimie Atkinson announces 24-hour charity musical-a-thon online
Aimie Atkinson (Six the Musical, Pretty Woman) and Tom Gribby (agent and producer of the UK premiere of The Pirate Queen) will be a holding a 24-hour Musical-a-thon on Saturday 30 May 2020 from 6pm BST (UK time) to raise funds for the Save the Children Coronavirus Appeal. Atkinson and Gribby will be singing and […]
Daily online conversation series Theatre Camp: Live! launched
Stars from across the West End and Broadway are supporting a new online series set up to support LGBTQ and vulnerable young people. Music director Benjamin Rauhala, journalist William J Connolly and Darren Bell for concert promoters Club 11 London have launched Theatre Camp: Live! – a daily online discussion series and charity fundraiser. Launching […]
Pretty Woman – The Musical – Piccadilly Theatre
Pretty Woman – The Musical continues at the Piccadilly Theatre, London, currently booking until 2 January 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ I was fully prepared to have to grin and bear this musical staging of the classic 1990 movie now opened at the Piccadilly, but you know what? I really enjoyed it. […]
Full cast details for Pretty Woman The Musical in the West End
The team behind the eagerly-anticipated West End debut of Pretty Woman: The Musical have marked the first week of rehearsals by announcing the full cast for the production which is due to begin previewing at the Piccadilly Theatre on 13 February 2020. As previously announced, Six’s Aimie Atkinson (In The Heights, King’s Cross Theatre) and […]
Aimie Atkinson and Danny Mac are the West End leads for Pretty Woman The Musical
Aimie Atkinson and Danny Mac have snagged the leading roles of Vivian and Edward in next year’s West End debut of Pretty Woman: The Musical which is due to begin previewing at the Piccadilly Theatre on 13 February 2020 ahead of a strictly limited 46-week run. Announcing the production’s two leads, producer Paula Wagner said: […]
Extended run for hit show Six and four new Queens announced
The current West End run of critically-acclaimed new British musical Six has been extended for the second time with the opening of a new booking period taking the Arts Theatre run up to 5 July 2020. Coinciding with the release of 85,000 more tickets, the producers of the rock-flavoured show in which the wives of […]
Return run of Six extended plus cast win The Curtain Up Show album award
The success of critically acclaimed musical Six is continuing into the New Year with the news of an extension to the show’s second season in the capital into January 2020. With many dates for the show’s return run at Covent Garden’s Arts Theatre already sold out, the team behind the rock-flavoured show in which the […]
Current cast of Six will return for the West End run – with two new additions…
The award-winning original West End cast of the critically-acclaimed musical Six will return for the show’s second season in the capital. Announced in October, just a few days before the end of the show’s season at Covent Garden’s Arts Theatre, the rock-flavoured show in which the wives of Henry VIII take centre stage will return […]
Six The Musical – Arts Theatre
Six The Musical continues at the Arts Theatre, London until 14 October 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The first time I knew of the existence of Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ Tudor-inspired pop musical Six was when it was nominated for Musical Theatre Review’s inaugural Best Musical Award at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe. […]
Extended West End run for hit musical Six
The London run of critically-acclaimed musical Six has been extended for an extra three weeks in response to overwhelming demand in the wake of the show’s successful return visit to the Edinburgh Fringe. Opening on Thursday 30 August 2018, following on from a well-received four-date run in January, the rock-flavoured show in which the wives of […]
Did you see who has been cast in the new production of SIX?
Casting has been announced for the new production of musical SIX which is due to arrive in London in August following a short tour and a return visit to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Following a well-received four-date run which ended in January, the rock-flavoured show in which the wives of Henry VIII take centre stage […]
Six – Arts Theatre
Six continues at the Arts Theatre, London until 22 January. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It was inevitable, perhaps, that the runaway success of Hamilton on Broadway would inspire a new generation of musical theatre writers. As Lin-Manuel Miranda’s epic musical shows, it is possible to engage with a country’s history […]
