She Loves Me continues at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until 15 January 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Based upon Miklós László’s play Parfumerie, Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s musical adaptation She Loves Me is an uplifting Christmas gift to us all this year. Ben Stones’ cleverly designed set […]
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Cast announced for Sheffield Theatres’ She Loves Me
Sheffield Theatres has confirmed casting for artistic director Robert Hastie’s Christmas production of the 1960s romantic musical comedy She Loves Me at the Crucible. Hastie’s festive follow-up to his Christmas 2019 revival of another classic Broadway musical Guys and Dolls will feature that production’s leading lady Alex Young. Young, who returned to Sheffield in 2019 to […]
The Distance You Have Come – Apollo Theatre
The Distance You Have Come continues at the Apollo Theatre, London on 28 June 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s the second time around for this song cycle by US composer-lyricist Scott Alan. From its premiere at London’s Cockpit Theatre in 2018, this two-act exploration of the vicissitudes of modern life […]
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 […]
Pieces of String – Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Pieces of String at Mercury Theatre, Colchester – streamed online for the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One musical that was gone as quickly as it arrived on our screens and may have been missed among the galaxy of free treats laid on by theatre companies […]
Curtains – Wyndham’s Theatre
Curtains continues at the Wyndham’s Theatre, London until 11 January 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Instead of a holiday break for its extensive UK tour, the news of a limited engagement for the first big British production of Curtains at the Wyndham’s Theatre was indeed an exciting prospect. Thirteen years after its […]
Adrian Mole musical writers join the Floating Festivals Stages cruise line-up
The team behind the hit new British musical The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾: The Musical have joined the star-packed list of attractions due to climb aboard the second edition of Stages – The Musical Theatre Festival at Sea this autumn. Writers Pippa Cleary and Jake Brunger will offer passengers a glimpse behind […]
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 […]
Mark Petty’s first four Crazy Coqs Presents shows announced
Lyricist Mark Petty has released details of the Crazy Coqs Presents series of shows which will launch this month at Live At Zédel. Announced earlier this year as part of the packed summer season line-up at London entertainment hub, the themed shows will be co-produced and hosted by Petty, the UK half of transatlantic songwriting […]
Interview: Gus Gowland on sharing his new musical Pieces of String with audiences at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Pieces of String is a new musical set simultaneously in the 1940s and the present day: following her father’s death, Jane is clearing out his house, but while she is going through his possessions she unearths a secret that she is unprepared for. GUS GOWLAND has written the book, music and lyrics for the show […]
Pieces of String – Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Pieces of String continues at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester until 5 May 2018. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ Pieces of String tells a Second World War story like no other, highlighting new themes that have rarely been explored in this way before. The piece also sees the talented Gus Gowland debuting his first full-length musical […]
Cast for Colchester’s premiere production of Pieces of String
Colchester’s Mercury Theatre and TBO Productions have announced casting for the world premiere of new musical Pieces of String. Developed by non-profit theatre company Perfect Pitch, supported by the Arts Council England, the musical drama focuses on three generations of one family and a secret held since the Second World War. With a book, music […]
Hair the Musical – The Vaults
Hair the Musical continues at The Vaults, London until 14 January 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When the Age of Aquarius arrives, it will be sheathed in a sheen of perspiration. At least, if the 50th anniversary revival of Hair is anything to go by. Staged in one of the […]
Andy Coxon joins cast of Hair at The Vaults
Yank! star Andy Coxon has been cast in the iconic role of Berger in the eagerly-anticipated London run of the new 50th anniversary production of the classic rock musical Hair. Opening at The Vaults in October, Hair is due to play the distinctive subterranean arts venue in London’s Waterloo until Sunday 14 January. Directed by […]
Yank! – Charing Cross Theatre
Yank! continues at the Charing Cross Theatre, London until 19 August. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ A half century before the US military service policy ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’, relationships between gay men in the US Armed Forces were, if not exactly tolerated, tacitly acknowledged. In the mix of adrenaline and […]
Full cast for London transfer of Yank!
Casting has been announced for the London transfer of Off-Broadway musical Yank! next month. Just months after starring in the acclaimed UK premiere run of the show at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre, Scott Hunter (A Chorus Line, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) will return to the central role of Stu. He will be joined by Andy […]
Christmas in New York – Palace Theatre
Christmas in New York at the Palace Theatre, London. Making its return to London after a three-year hiatus, Christmas in New York is a selection box of festive favourites – pop songs, show tunes, carols and hymns – presented by some of the leading lights of the West End. At the top of this year’s Christmas […]
