The film of the hit West End production of The Prince of Egypt The Musical will be screened in selected cinemas across the UK and internationally on 19 and 22 October 2023.
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Alexia Khadime and Lucy St Louis will lead the 2023 Wicked West End cast
Alexia Khadime will return to the role of Elphaba for the third time in the hit West End production of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre next spring alongside Lucy St. Louis who will step into the role of Glinda after playing Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre.
Final curtain for West End’s The Prince of Egypt in early 2022
The Prince Of Egypt will take its final bow at London’s Dominion Theatre at the end of its current booking period on 8 January 2022. Already seen by 180,000 people, the confirmation of the closing date for the stage musical version of the popular DreamWorks Animation film was accompanied by the announcement of three extra […]
CD Review: After You – Original Studio Recording
AFTER YOU – Original Studio Recording (Broadway Records) Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ When I started listening to this album I thought the first two tracks were going to be the opening to something quite different and interesting. However, as the album progressed it all seemed to blur into one very […]
Revival of Scott Alan’s The Distance You Have Come planned
Original cast members will reunite for the upcoming revival of award-winning composer and lyricist Scott Alan’s The Distance You Have Come at the Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue for two performances in June. The song cycle which was first seen at London’s Cockpit Theatre in 2018 will be performed at the Apollo Theatre on 21 […]
Dates for the return of The Prince of Egypt
The hit stage musical version of the popular animated film The Prince of Egypt will resume performances at London’s Dominion Theatre on 1 July 2021 with public booking now extended until 8 January 2022. The stage musical based on the popular animated film was just days into its world premiere season when the pandemic hit. […]
First track release from new Barn Theatre associate artist Matthew Harvey
The Barn Theatre has released the first recording of a new song by Matthew Harvey to coincide with the announcement of the appointment of the composer, lyricist and performer as associate artist. Featuring Harvey (Jesus Christ Superstar, Violet) along with fellow West End stars Eloise Davies (Be More Chill, Grease), Tyrone Huntley (Jesus Christ Superstar, […]
Line-up for 21st WhatsOnStage Awards revealed
Details of the star-studded line-up for this year’s special WhatsOnStage Awards ceremony have been unveiled. Reflecting current times as the industry awaits the return to live theatre following the Covid crisis, the event will feature performances from shows that were cut short in 2020 and selections from productions planned for 2021. Jodie Prenger and Tom […]
Unlimited: The Songs of Stephen Schwartz – Thespie.com
Unlimited: The Songs of Stephen Schwartz is streamed by Thespie.com. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This is the first of Thespie’s four streamed December concerts under the Reunited banner, the reunion in this case being nine performers who have all appeared in Stephen Schwartz’s huge hit Wicked in its first 14 […]
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 […]
High demand for The Show Must Go On Live! At The Palace Theatre leads to additional dates
Two extra dates have been added to The Show Must Go On! Live At The Palace Theatre concert series in response to high public demand. After selling out the initial four star-packed special performances at London’s Palace Theatre, the team behind the successful lockdown-launched Theatre Support Fund + will now move their fundraising efforts onstage for […]
Musical theatre stars to headline London Coliseum concert series
Seven West End stars will take centre stage in a series of acoustic concerts at London’s Coliseum which will be streamed over one week in September. Presented by West End and Broadway producers Jack Maple and Brian Zeilinger for their company Take Two Theatricals in association with Jamie Chapman Dixon and John-Webb Carter on behalf […]
Fans star in music video for The Prince Of Egypt
Fans of new musical The Prince Of Egypt feature in a new music video for the show’s most famous song ‘When You Believe’. The video has been created following an appeal to fans of the show to upload their own video performance of the Oscar-winning song originally performed by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. A […]
Award-winners join star-packed line-up for Turn Up! live stream
Sharon D. Clarke, Noma Dumesweni, Norm Lewis and Clive Rowe are among the West End and Broadway performers who will unite with community leaders for TURN UP! – next month’s online charity event in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Raising money for four charities – The Bail Project, The Okra Project, The Black […]
Performers and community leaders to join forces for Black Lives Matter movement fundraiser
West End and Broadway performers will unite with community leaders for Turn Up! an online charity event next month in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Raising money for four charities – The Bail Project, The Okra Project, The Black Curriculum and UK Black Pride – the online concert will be recorded with a […]
‘Wicked’ witches support the launch of the Make a Difference Trust’s Emergency Assistance Fund
To support Make A Difference Trust’s Emergency Assistance Fund, 23 West End actresses who have played Elphaba or Glinda in the multi-award-winning hit musical Wicked have joined together to perform a stunning rendition of the show’s ‘For Good’. Inspired by their close friends at Broadway Cares, the Make A Difference Trust’s has revived and repurposed […]
CD Review: The Prince Of Egypt – Original London Cast
THE PRINCE OF EGYPT – Original London Cast (Ghostlight Records: 791558460131) Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ When I started playing this album I was a little impressed – I thought to myself ‘If the rest of this cast recording is as powerful as the opening number, ‘Deliver Us’, then we are in […]
The Prince of Egypt – Dominion Theatre
The Prince of Egypt continues at the Dominion Theatre, London until 31 October 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
View an exclusive gallery of new images from The Prince Of Egypt at the Dominion Theatre
The Prince Of Egypt, the brand-new musical that officially opens tonight (Tuesday 25 February 2020) at London’s Dominion Theatre, has added seven extra weeks to its limited engagement with 100,000 new tickets now on sale to 31 October 2020. So there’s no better time to reveal our exclusive gallery of production images taken by Musical […]
Full cast announced for The Prince of Egypt
The producers of the new stage musical version of The Prince Of Egypt have revealed full casting details and released the first scenic design illustration by Kevin Depinet for the show’s London premiere early next year. As previously announced Luke Brady (Sweeney Todd, Chichester Festival Theatre, West End, St George and the Dragon, Shakespeare’s Globe, […]
Luke Brady, Liam Tamne, Christine Allado and Alexia Khadime join the West End cast of The Prince of Egypt
Luke Brady, Liam Tamne, Christine Allado and Alexia Khadime will head the cast of the new stage musical version of The Prince of Egypt which is due to receive its London premiere early next year. RADA-trained Brady (Sweeney Todd, Chichester Festival Theatre, West End, St George and the Dragon, Shakespeare’s Globe, National Theatre) will play […]
The Distance You Have Come – Cockpit Theatre
The Distance You Have Come continues at the Cockpit Theatre, London until 28 October 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Billed as a song cycle (by Scott Alan who also directs) this two-hour piece sits somewhere between musical theatre and a concert. Six people interact in various roles as we explore, […]
West End stars cast in Scott Alan’s The Distance You Have Come
Casting has been announced for The Distance You Have Come, the new musical based on the work of award-winning composer Scott Alan which is due to play The Cockpit in London from 16-28 October 2018. With musical direction by Scott Morgan, the show which features a song cycle of Alan’s most popular works follows the […]
There is Nothin’ Like a Dame – Cadogan Hall
There is Nothin’ Like a Dame was performed at the Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There is no one that There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame wasn’t for. As the audience gathered in the auditorium in the grand Cadogan Hall, it was clear that, as always, music and musical theatre, in particular, […]
‘It’s an important time to celebrate ladies in theatre’: Alexia Khadime stars in There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame at Cadogan Hall
Louise Dearman, Ria Jones, Alexia Khadime and Rachel Tucker are coming together for one night only for There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame to celebrate 100 Years of Women in Musical Theatre. The concert, at London’s Cadogan Hall on 30 August 2018, will feature songs from across the decades including classics by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Andrew […]
Student newcomer Daisy Greenwood wins Lambert Jackson competition to perform in There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame
Seventeen-year-old student Daisy Greenwood has won the chance to perform alongside established West End stars in There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame – 100 Years of Women in Musical Theatre, a celebration of the genre’s female characters at Cadogan Hall later this month. The launch production from new musical theatre production company Lambert Jackson will feature […]
New production company Lambert Jackson to pay tribute to musical theatre’s leading ladies in There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame
New musical theatre production company Lambert Jackson will launch with a one-night celebration of the genre’s female characters at London’s Cadogan Hall this summer. Featuring a quartet of popular West End leading ladies, There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame on 30 August 2018 will celebrate 100 years of female characters in musical theatre. Taking to the […]
Rebecca Trehearn, Adam J Bernard and Alexia Khadime join A Little Princess cast
Olivier award winners Rebecca Trehearn (Show Boat) and Adam J Bernard (Dreamgirls) and Wicked’s Alexia Khadime are the latest star names to be added to the cast of the UK premiere production of Andrew Lippa’s musical version of Francis Hodgson Burnett’s much-loved novel A Little Princess. Joining the previously announced Sherlock star Amanda Abbington and […]
One Love – The Bob Marley Musical – Birmingham Rep
One Love – The Bob Marley Musical continues at the Birmingham Rep until 15 April. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It’s 72 years since the birth of an icon. Bob Marley has become synonymous with philosophies of peace, brotherhood, and unity. But what of the man? One Love is writer and […]
One Love: The Bob Marley Musical – full cast and creative team revealed
Full casting has been announced for Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s production of One Love: The Bob Marley Musical which premieres in March (10 March to 8 April). Set across a dramatic period in the music legend’s life, this new production written and directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah, tells the story of a man propelled from rising reggae star to global icon. […]
More musical theatre stars lined up for new Live At Zédel
Further details have been announced of the musical theatre stars lined up to launch London’s new entertainment concept Live At Zédel. Artistic director in residence, American singer-songwriter Scott Alan, has added a number of acts to the autumn line-up alongside previously announced stars including Rachel Tucker, Shoshana Bean, Matt Cardle and Maria Friedman. Actress Evelyn Hoskins (Carrie), actress-turned-singer […]
CD review – Ms. A Song Cycle
Ms. A SONG CYCLE – Various Artists (SimG Records – SimGR-CD030) What a wonderful idea to help bring a bit more understanding of a truly dreadful disease – put it in song and get wonderful West End ladies to record the cycle, hopefully give it more substance and let the public know what it’s like to […]
Musical theatre writer Adam Gwon to play St James Studio
Multi-award winning American composer and lyricist Adam Gwon will play a special concert at London’s St James Studio next week. Adam Gwon – The New American Musical will feature rising musical theatre star Gwon, a five-piece band and special guests performing his work at the venue on 12 May. A winner of the prestigious Fred Ebb, Richard Rodgers and […]
West End Wilma Awards – Miss Saigon and Urinetown among the winners
The first ever Wilma Awards, in association with Freedom Bar Soho, took place at an exclusive invitation-only ceremony, hosted by actor/director Tim McArthur. Guests were treated to Afternoon Tea with Wilma (courtesy of www.thefullenglishfoodcompany.ltd.uk) while they watched the winners be revealed and listened to a special live performance of an original song from actor, singer and current Phantom of the […]
Scott Alan & Special Guests – London Hippodrome
Scott Alan & Special Guests performed at the Hippodrome, London. Scott Alan is a huge deal in musical theatre circles. This singer/songwriter from the USA has become a big influence, thanks primarily to his ability to craft richly structured ballads carrying immense emotional power. Alan is also a composer who wears his heart very much on […]
