Top Hat was reviewed at Edinburgh Playhouse where it continues until 4 October 2025. The tour continues until 11 April 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The choreography is immaculate, featuring dazzling solo dance and stunning unison tap dancing.
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Black British Theatre Awards 2022 – nominees announced
The Royal Court’s production of For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy and Hope Mill Theatre’s production of The Wiz lead the way in the shortlist for the 2022 Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs). Both productions have received six nominations, with Matthew Xia (The Wiz, Hope Mill Theatre) and […]
My Fair Lady – London Coliseum
My Fair Lady continues at the London Coliseum until 27 August 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Following in the footsteps of icons of the magnitude of Julie Andrews and Audrey Hepburn has to be a pretty daunting prospect but the fearless Amara Okereke makes Eliza Doolittle truly her own in this […]
Stephen K Amos and Malcolm Sinclair join the cast of My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum
The full cast line-up has been announced for Bartlett Sher’s lavish production of My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum. Stephen K Amos, playing the role of Alfred P. Doolittle, is a BAFTA Award-winning comedian whose stage work includes My Night With Reg and One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest. Malcolm Sinclair will play the […]
Amara Okereke will star as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum
The first casting news has been announced for Bartlett Sher’s award-winning production of My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum from 7 May to 27 August 2022. Amara Okereke will star as Eliza Doolittle. Okereke was recently seen in the Almeida’s acclaimed production of Spring Awakening and she won the Stage Debut Award for her […]
Almeida Theatre’s Spring Awakening run extended
The Almeida Theatre has announced a week-long extension for artistic director Rupert Goold’s acclaimed sold-out production of Spring Awakening. Originally due to end its run on 22 January, the first London revival of the Broadway hit since the show’s 2009 UK premiere, will now play performances up to 29 January. The production which opened in […]
Spring Awakening – Almeida Theatre
Spring Awakening continues at the Almeida Theatre, London until 22 January 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was more than ten years ago that the rock musical Spring Awakening had its premiere in the UK at the Lyric Hammersmith. Based on the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind, it explores the […]
Five Questions With: Amara Okereke
AMARA OKEREKE plays Wendla in the Almeida Theatre’s revival of award-winning musical Spring Awakening, running from 7 December 2021 to 22 January 2022. Amara won The Stage Debut Award for Best Actress in a Musical for playing Cosette in Les Misérables. Her other theatre credits include The Boy Friend (Menier Chocolate Factory); Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival […]
Streaming return for hit A Killer Party
The UK premiere recording of new murder mystery musical A Killer Party returns to Stream.Theatre this week. Adapted for UK audiences, the show which was a lockdown hit in the US, is available as a nine-episode series for home viewing on stream.theatre until 28 November. The cast includes Jason Manford (Curtains, The Producers), Ben Forster […]
Full cast for Almeida’s Spring Awakening
The Almeida Theatre has announced the full cast for the first London revival of the Broadway hit Spring Awakening since the show’s 2009 UK premiere. As previously announced the production will be directed by the venue’s artistic director Rupert Goold and the cast will include Amara Okereke, winner of the 2018 Stage Debut Award for […]
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre partners with The Theatre Channel for Rodgers and Hammerstein special
Theatre-lovers will be offered a glimpse behind the scenes of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s upcoming revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic Carousel as part of a special episode of the pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series, The Theatre Channel. Created by The Theatre Channel in partnership with Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Episode 7: […]
Almeida to stage first London revival of Spring Awakening
The first London revival of the Broadway hit Spring Awakening is one of six new productions planned for the new season at London’s Almeida Theatre. Directed by the venue’s artistic director Rupert Goold with a cast including Amara Okereke winner of the 2018 Stage Debut Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Les Misérables […]
Ben Forster joins A Killer Party cast
Ben Forster (Jesus Christ Superstar, Elf The Musical) will complete the cast for the UK premiere of new murder mystery musical A Killer Party. Adapted for UK audiences, the show which was a lockdown hit in the US last summer, will be available as a nine-episode series for home viewing on stream.theatre from 19 April […]
Jason Manford, Rachel Tucker, Cedric Neal, Debbie Kurup & more are cast in the UK premiere of A Killer Party
Casting has been announced for the UK premiere of A Killer Party which will be released as a series of nine episodes to watch on-demand. The dates have now changed from the previous announcement to 26 April to 23 May 2020. The cast includes Oscar Conlon-Morrey (Only Fools and Horses, Nativity The Musical) as Shea […]
Les Misérables Staged Concert’s Sondheim run extended until February 2021
With performances due to begin as planned on 5 December, the eagerly-anticipated run of Les Misérables – The Staged Concert at the Sondheim Theatre has been extended for a second time following the announcement of new restrictions affecting indoor performances. In response to high public demand combined with the Government directive to theatres to reduce […]
Crowdfund appeal launched for album of The Little Prince musical
Nicholas Lloyd Webber and James D. Reid have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £200,000 for a special star-packed recording of their acclaimed musical The Little Prince. Aimed at providing work for over 70 people from across the arts including musicians, artists and technicians, the project will result in the production of the first album […]
The Boy Friend – Menier Chocolate Factory
The Boy Friend continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London until 7 March 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ One thing that’s noticeable about musicals is that the older they are, the thinner their plots tend to be. That’s especially true of The Boy Friend, written by Sandy Wilson in the […]
Casting for Menier Chocolate Factory’s The Boy Friend includes Amara Okereke, Janie Dee, Adrian Edmondson and Issy van Randwyck
Rising star Amara Okereke will follow in the footsteps of Julie Andrews and Twiggy to play the effervescent Polly in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s much-anticipated version of Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend. Okereke, who graduated from the Arts Educational School just last year and went on to win The Stage Debut Award for Best Actress […]
Oklahoma! – Chichester Festival Theatre
Oklahoma! continues at the Festival Theatre, Chichester until 7 September 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Chichester’s reputation in its choice of musicals has been extremely high with the audience being treated to brand new shows or forgotten treasures unearthed. Therefore many people may have been disappointed when it was announced that the […]
Cast changes for West End’s Les Misérables
Major cast changes have been announced for Cameron Mackintosh’s record-breaking Les Misérables at London’s Queen’s Theatre next month. Currently celebrating its 33rd year in the West End, the multi award-winning show will welcome new cast members Dean Chisnall, Toby Miles, Elena Skye, Vivien Parry and Amara Okereke from Monday 11 June. Chisnall whose most recent […]
