Tag Archives | Amy Ellen Richardson

Paddington The Musical – Savoy Theatre

Paddington The Musical continues at the Savoy Theatre, London, booking until 25 October 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When Paddington is found, his label reads ‘please look after this bear’. And that is exactly what everyone involved in this production has done.

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Paddington The Musical – the almost complete company

The producers of the eagerly-anticipated Paddington The Musical have announced the newest additions to the cast ahead of the show’s world premiere at London’s Savoy Theatre this autumn.

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Paddington The Musical premiere – rehearsals begin

The principal cast has been assembled for the eagerly-anticipated Paddington The Musical ahead of the show’s world premiere at London’s Savoy Theatre this autumn.

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Extraordinary Women – Jermyn Street Theatre

Extraordinary Women continues at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London until 10 August 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a production that defines ‘niche chamber piece’.

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New cast members to join West End’s Matilda The Musical

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s West End production of Matilda The Musical will welcome three new Matildas in September alongside a new Miss Honey and Mr and Mrs Wormwood. From 13 September Victoria Alsina, Laurel Sumberg and Heidi Williams will join Maisie Mardle to share the title role with Lauren Byrne stepping into the role of […]

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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie continues at Milton Keynes Theatre until 23 April 2022 and then tours until 30 April. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Heart-warming hit Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is storming the stage of Milton Keynes Theatre this week. The feel-good, coming of age show received critical acclaim for its […]

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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Woking and Touring

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie continues at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking until 19 March 2022 and tours until 30 April 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The fairytale story of teenage wannabe drag queen Jamie Campbell has come a long way since Firecracker’s 2011 BBC documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16. It […]

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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – The Lowry, Salford and Touring

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie ran at The Lowry, Salford from 1-12 September 2021 and tours until 30 April 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The clock on the wall has moved by quite a considerable amount since Everybody’s Talking About Jamie was due to tour around the UK tour for the first time. […]

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Jamie will be back on tour in September

The first major tour of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie will resume performances in September 2021 with Layton Williams, Shobna Gulati and Shane Richie reprising their performances as Jamie, Ray and Hugo/Loco Chanelle. Opening at The Lowry in Salford Quays on 1 September, the critically-acclaimed and crowd-pleasing British musical will then visit Birmingham, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Canterbury, […]

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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Edinburgh Festival Theatre and Touring

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie was reviewed at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre, then tours until 16 August 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This roller coaster of a show opened in Edinburgh to a packed house, absorbed in this extraordinary story from start to finish with many roars of approval along the way. We […]

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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾: The Musical – Ambassadors Theatre

Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾: The Musical continues at the Ambassadors Theatre, London until 12 October 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ To paraphrase another 1980s hit, it’s ’orrible being in love when you’re 13 and three quarters. But Sue Townsend’s comic novel The Secret Diary […]

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Kiss Me, Kate – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Kiss Me, Kate continues at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until 12 January 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Cole Porter’s music for Kiss Me, Kate has everything needed for a delightful evening in the theatre: comedic wit (‘Brush Up Your Shakespeare’); one of the greatest of torch songs (‘So in Love’); spectacular opportunities for […]

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Crucible’s Christmas Kiss Me Kate – cast announced

Sheffield Theatres’ artistic director Robert Hastie has announced full casting details for Paul Foster’s major revival of Cole Porter’s classic Kiss Me, Kate, which is due to begin previewing at the Crucible from 7 December 2018. Due to run until 12 January 2019, with an opening night on 12 December, the new production of Porter’s […]

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Beautiful – The Carole King Musical – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff and Touring

Beautiful – The Carole King Musical continues at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff until 4 November and then tours until 23 June 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Now two months into its UK tour, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical tells an unusual, although not unique, story, for the singer/songwriter […]

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