Sylvia continues at the Old Vic Theatre, London until 8 April 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Rather than being a mere copycat, Sylvia now has the confidence to reuse Hamilton’s techniques rather than be a facsimile of them.
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Beverley Knight to return as Emmeline Pankhurst in musical Sylvia
Beverley Knight will return as Emmeline Pankhurst in the world premiere of hip hop musical Sylvia at The Old Vic early next year. Presented by The Old Vic and Zoonation: The Kate Prince Company in association with Sadler’s Wells, the musical which debuted as a work-in-progress at the venue in 2018 will return as a […]
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 […]
Company – Gielgud Theatre
Company continues at the Gielgud Theatre, London until 22 December 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fuddy-duddy traditionalists who don’t normally like great works being tweaked or updated will be approaching this gender-bending revival of Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 musical Company with trepidation but they needn’t worry – it’s wonderful. This most […]
Amy becomes Jamie as Jonathan Bailey and Alex Gaumond join cast of re-gendered Company
Jonathan Bailey, Alex Gaumond and Daisy Maywood will complete the cast for Marianne Elliott’s eagerly-anticipated gender-swapped version of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company. Bailey (American Psycho, Almeida, Othello, National Theatre) will play the re-gender-switched role of Jamie (originally Amy) opposite Gaumond (Matilda, We Will Rock You, West End) who will play his devoted fiancée Paul. […]
West End gala will showcase new musicals – cast includes Douglas Hodge, Haydn Gwynne and Alex Gaumond
West End one-off gala concert New Songs 4 New Shows at the Lyric Theatre will see theatre stars performing songs from four new musicals. The concert will take place on Monday 28 November and is produced by musical theatre production company The Stable. The star cast of New Songs 4 New Shows includes: Douglas Hodge (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones), Haydn Gwynne (Threepenny Opera), […]
Julie Atherton debut at Crazy Coqs features special West End guests
Multi-talented West End star Julie Atherton will make her debut at London cabaret venue the Crazy Coqs tonight (16 February) in the first of five special shows. The Preston-born entertainer who created the roles of Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut in the hit show Avenue Q, will perform a set list of songs taken […]
Into the Woods – Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
Into the Woods continues at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester until 16 January. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Beloved by many, Stephen Sondheim’s much-revived exploration of storybook happy ever afters is, nonetheless, a middle-ranking entry in the pre-eminent US musical maestro’s canon – many places above his rare misfires but quite a few rungs below the […]
Into the Woods at Royal Exchange Manchester – Alex Gaumond and Gillian Bevan star
Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre’s associate artistic director Matthew Xia makes his main-stage debut this Christmas with his exploration of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony Award-winning fairy tale Into the Woods. As a composer and former BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter, DJ Excalibah, Xia’s passion for telling stories with music has been long held. Xia said: “The music and […]
Interview – Alex Gaumond feels blessed to be in Seven Brides For Seven Brothers at Regent’s Park
ALEX GAUMOND is playing Adam Pontipee in the current Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, heading up the cast with Laura Pitt-Pulford as Milly. The Canadian actor and singer recently took on the role of Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd at the ENO, played opposite Robert Lindsay in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy), and portrayed Miss Trunchbull in Matilda the […]
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers – Regents Park’s Open Air Theatre
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers continues at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre until 29 August. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The story of the seven Pontipee brothers’ search for wives in rural 19th century Oregon worked in the iconic 1954 MGM film and it works extremely well here too because it contains so many basic […]
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers at Regent’s Park – check out new production images
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s production of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers opens tomorrow (23 July), running until 29 August. Here are some super new images of the show from our official photographer Roy Tan. Led by Alex Gaumond as Adam and Laura Pitt-Pulford as Milly, the full cast of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers includes Rosanna Bates, David Burrows, Angela Caesar, Matthew Clark, […]
Seven Brides at Regent’s Park – recording to be released plus new images
A new recording of songs from Seven Brides For Seven Brothers is to be released by JAY Records to coincide with Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s production, which runs from 16 July to 29 August. The recording features cast members Laura Pitt-Pulford, Alex Gaumond and Sam O’Rourke performing iconic songs from this classic musical, alongside the National Symphony Orchestra. The CD, which is now available for pre-order […]
Seven Brides at Regent’s Park – Laura Pitt-Pulford and Alex Gaumond cast
Lead casting for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s 2015 production of Seven Brides For Seven Brothers has been confirmed, with Alex Gaumond as Adam and Laura Pitt-Pulford as Milly. Director Rachel Kavanaugh reunites the creative team behind 2013’s award-winning production of The Sound of Music. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers will run from 16 July to 29 August (press night is 23 July). Laura Pitt-Pulford played Maria in The Sound […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ends West End run in March before tour
After a successful year in London at the Savoy Theatre, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will be moving on to pastures new with international productions in Australia, South Korea and Germany and on a two-year national UK tour. London theatregoers have until 7 March to book tickets. Starting at Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre on 5 May, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Savoy Theatre
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels continues at the Savoy Theatre, London. Cast changes in West End shows are difficult things to get right, especially when named stars leave. Where Dirty Rotten Scoundrels succeeds is to replace actors not renowned for their musical theatre CV, such as Rufus Hound and Samantha Bond, with a cast list whose credentials cannot […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels set to tour the UK in 2015
A national tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will open at the New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham on 5 May 2015 where it plays until 16 May 2015 (the musical then goes on to visit Sunderland, Glasgow, Liverpool, Torquay, Stoke, Oxford and Edinburgh). The West End production of the show continues to play at the Savoy Theatre. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels opened in the West End […]
