Tag Archives | Annette McLaughlin

Billy Elliot the Musical – full cast and further tour dates

Annette McLaughlin will reprise her performance in the pivotal role of Mrs Wilkinson in the new UK and Ireland tour of the original award-winning production of Billy Elliot the Musical.

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The Last Ship – La Seine Musicale, Paris

The Last Ship continues at La Seine Musicale, Paris until 8 March 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There is a moment early in The Last Ship when the chorus swells, voices rising like a tide against the inevitable, and you realise this is no ordinary jukebox vehicle for a global star.

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Follies – Grand Opera House, Belfast

Follies at the Grand Opera House, Belfast is also performed on 16, 19 and 20 September 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This revival marks 50 odd years since Follies first beguiled an audience and it’s still here.

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Star casting announced for Northern Ireland Opera’s Follies

West End stars Anna-Jane Casey and Annette McLaughlin will lead the cast of  Northern Ireland Opera’s upcoming revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway smash Follies.

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Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 – Donmar Warehouse

Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 continues at the Donmar Warehouse, London until 8 February 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A truly dazzling achievement of contemporary musical theatre performed by a superb cast.

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‘We’ll always have Paris’: Cabaret – Lido2 / 42nd Street – Theatre du Chatelet

They might (just) be able to beat us at football but British-based casts sure as hell get their own back with Kander and Ebb’s stupendous Cabaret at the sparkling new Lido2 on the Champs-Elysees and a long-delayed revival of tap-tap-tap triumphant 42nd Street at the regal Theatre du Chatelet down by the Seine.

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Full cast unveiled for Matilda The Musical’s West End return

Imogen Cole, Alyssa D’Souza, Alex Munden and Zoe Simon will share the title role when the Royal Shakespeare Company’s West End production of Matilda The Musical resumes performances at the Cambridge Theatre from 16 September 2021. Celebrating ten years since the multi-award-winning show opened in London, the other young performers due to join the London […]

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Billy Elliot the Musical – Alhambra Theatre, Bradford and Touring

Billy Elliot the Musical continues at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford until 11 June and tours until 29 April 2017. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Billy Elliot the Musical lives or dies by the performance of a very young male lead. Joyously, there need be few misgivings about Matthew Lyons, the Billy on […]

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