Sunday in the Park With George continues at the Mill Studio, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford until 23 September 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★
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Into The Woods – Lyric Theatre, Belfast
Into The Woods continues at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast until 27 February 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Northern Ireland Opera production of Into The Woods currently gracing the stage of the rather lovely Lyric Theatre in Belfast is the first full professional staging in the UK of a Stephen Sondheim […]
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 […]
Caroline, or Change – Hampstead Theatre
Caroline, or Change continues at the Hampstead Theatre, London until 21 April 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Caroline, or Change comes to the Hampstead Theatre from the small Minerva Theatre at Chichester where it was playing in the same season as Fiddler On the Roof. It addresses issues of race […]
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, […]
A Little Night Music – Watermill Theatre, Newbury
A Little Night Music continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, near Newbury, until 16 September. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This immaculate revival of surely one of the most perfect pieces of musical theatre ever written is worth going a long way to see. It is hard to believe Stephen Sondheim’s […]
Full cast for Watermill’s A Little Night Music
Full casting has been confirmed for the first actor/musician production of Stephen Sondheim’s haunting A Little Night Music at the Watermill Theatre this summer. Part of the Watermill’s 50th anniversary season and following on from the success of previous productions of Sondheim’s work at the intimate Berkshire venue, A Little Night Music will run from 27 […]
The Grand Tour – Finborough Theatre
The Grand Tour continues at the Finborough Theatre, London until 21 February. 3 stars *** The Grand Tour used to be known as a traditional trip around Europe taken by young men of means as an educational rite of passage. Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble’s long neglected musical of the same name is based on […]
Cast revealed for Herman’s The Grand Tour at the Finborough
Alastair Brookshaw, Nic Kyle and Zoë Doano are to head the cast for the European premiere of Jerry Herman’s 1979 Broadway musical The Grand Tour, directed by Thom Southerland at the Finborough Theatre as part of the 20 Premieres Season. Produced by Danielle Tarento, The Grand Tour will run for an eight-week strictly limited season from Thursday 1 January to Saturday 21 […]
De Profundis – Leicester Square Theatre Lounge
De Profundis continues at the Leicester Square Lounge, London until 8 June. The New Musical Project is an initiative launched by the Leicester Square Theatre to seek out and promote new up and coming writers and composers. The inaugural year saw six new musicals given workshop presentations in front of industry experts and the winner, De Profundis […]
Oscar Wilde inspired musical wins New Musical Project
De Profundis, a new musical by Paul Dale Vickers, based on the letter playwright Oscar Wilde wrote to his young lover, Bosie, from his prison cell in Reading jail in 1897, has won Leicester Square Theatre’s The New Musical Project, and will premiere in a six-week season in The Lounge at the venue from May […]
