Dracapella continues at the Park Theatre, London until 17 January 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ As an a cappella musical, it has just enough originality to become a great and popular work with a life far beyond this Christmas season.
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London’s Mean Girls’ cast and creative team confirmed
The full cast and creative team have been unveiled for the eagerly anticipated West End debut of the Broadway hit Mean Girls this summer.
The Sound of Music – Chichester Festival Theatre
The Sound of Music continues at Chichester Festival Theatre until 3 September 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Cast for The Color Purple tour
Me’Sha Bryan will lead the cast of Leicester’s Curve Theatre and Birmingham Hippodrome’s hit production of The Color Purple as it hits the road for the first time across England and Wales this autumn. Bryan (Romantics Anonymous, Bristol Old Vic, Caroline, or Change, The Playhouse Theatre) will play Celie alongside Bree Smith (The Wiz, Hope […]
Chess the Musical in Concert – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Chess the Musical in Concert was performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ For three performances only, the Theatre Royal Drury Lane served as the venue for a concert version of Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ musical Chess, starring the magnificent Samantha Barks […]
Extra performance and full cast for Chess concert
This summer’s Chess the Musical in Concert will play an additional performance at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London next month. After selling out its initial single date (1 August) in just seven days, and the addition of a second performance on 2 August, the concert will now play a matinee show on 2 […]
Bonnie & Clyde Fan Night Q&A – Arts Theatre
Bonnie & Clyde Fan Night Q&A – Bonnie & Clyde continues at the Arts Theatre, London until 10 July 2022. On an otherwise calm Tuesday evening in the West End, an Arts Theatre’s worth of theatre enthusiasts suddenly found themselves transported to one of the history’s most infamous crime scenes. This was a special Fan […]
Extra date for Chess concert and more cast announced
After selling out its previously announced single date (1 August 2022) in just seven days, this summer’s Chess the Musical in Concert will play a second date at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London on 2 August. The extra date was accompanied by the announcement of three additional cast members – Joel Harper-Jackson (Kinky […]
Frances Mayli McCann and Jordan Luke Gage to star in Bonnie and Clyde the Musical
Frances Mayli McCann and Jordan Luke Gage will star as the titular Bonnie and Clyde in the West End premiere of Bonnie and Clyde The Musical, opening at London’s Arts Theatre from 9 April 2022. Following the extraordinary reaction to her performance as Bonnie in Bonnie and Clyde In Concert in January 2022, Olivier-Award nominated […]
Indecent Proposal – Southwark Playhouse
Indecent Proposal continues at Southwark Playhouse, London until 27 November 2021. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The immortal playwright Tennessee Williams wrote: “In this world, there are only two kinds of people: The buyers and the ones that get bought.” This musical adaptation of Indecent Proposal clearly explores the darker side […]
Lizzy Connolly completes lead cast for Indecent Proposal premiere
Lizzy Connolly will take on the central role of Rebecca when the musical version of the 1980s novel Indecent Proposal receives its world premiere at London’s Southwark Playhouse this autumn. Connolly (Sweet Charity, Donmar Warehouse, On the Town, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) will join the previously announced Norman Bowman (42nd Street, Theatre Royal Drury […]
New dates for premiere of Indecent Proposal at Southwark Playhouse
10 to 4 Productions has announced new dates for the world premiere of the musical version of the 1980s novel Indecent Proposal at Southwark Playhouse. Postponed twice due to the pandemic, the musical version of Jack Engelhard’s original story of a young cash-strapped couple presented with a moral dilemma by a wealthy older man, will […]
Cast and creatives announced for MTFestUK 2021
Paul Taylor-Mills has confirmed the line-up of award-winning and international performers and creatives assembled for next month’s MTFestUK 2021. Due to open at the Turbine Theatre in London from 17-29 May 2021 before embarking on a digital tour from 31 May until 4 July, the third edition of the annual celebration of new musical theatre […]
The Color Purple – at Home – Curve Leicester
The Color Purple at Home is streaming from Curve Leicester until 7 March 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If the cynics are right, if musical theatre is indeed all jazz hands and pomp and fluff – a medium incapable of supporting the weight of “important” stories – then this musical […]
The Color Purple – Leicester Curve
The Color Purple continues at Leicester Curve until 13 July 2019, then 16-20 July at Birmingham Hippodrome. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The Color Purple is a good shade on any audience, and this Leicester Curve gathering is no different. Alice Walker’s landmark tale of abuse, incest, race and sexuality is as relevant […]
Caroline, or Change – Playhouse Theatre
Caroline, or Change continues at the Playhouse Theatre, London until 6 April 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ After acclaimed runs at the Chichester Festival’s Minerva and London’s Hampstead Theatre, Caroline, or Change, a collaboration between Fun Home composer Jeanine Tesori and Angels in America author Tony Kushner, makes its much-anticipated […]
Caroline, Or Change – West End run extended
Just weeks before the opening night of the eagerly-anticipated West End transfer of the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Caroline, Or Change, the show’s producers have announced a two-month extension to the Playhouse Theatre run. Following sold-out runs at the Chichester Festival Theatre and London’s Hampstead Theatre, the production which features a critically-acclaimed central performance […]
Cast for Caroline, Or Change West End transfer season
Full casting has been announced for the eagerly-anticipated West End transfer of the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s Caroline, Or Change. Following sold-out runs at the Chichester Festival Theatre and London’s Hampstead Theatre, the production which features a critically-acclaimed central performance from Sharon D. Clarke will play the Playhouse Theatre […]
Full company for Hampstead Theatre run of Caroline, Or Change
Hampstead Theatre has announced the full company joining Sharon D. Clarke for Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s Caroline, Or Change which is due to open next month following its successful run last year at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Clarke, who will reprise her acclaimed performance in the title role, will be joined by Naana Agyei-Ampuda, […]
Beyond the Fence – Arts Theatre
Beyond the Fence continues at the Arts Theatre, London until 5 March. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The best story creations begin with a ‘what if’”, and it’s no different with musicals. What if a boy in a striking mining town develops a talent for ballet? What if a man steals […]
First computer musical Beyond the Fence – Laura Jane Matthewson cast
Casting has been revealed for the world’s first ‘computer musical’, Beyond the Fence. Presented by Sky Arts and Wingspan Theatricals, Beyond the Fence will play at the Arts Theatre from 22 February to 5 March. Rehearsals are underway in London for this ground-breaking show, all of which is being documented for television in the documentary series Computer […]
