Adam Garcia to play Caractacus Potts in new Chitty Chitty Bang Bang tour Olivier Award nominee Adam Garcia will star as Caractacus Potts in the eagerly awaited new touring production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang next year. An Olivier Award nominee for his performances as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever and Bill Calhoun in […]
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Musicals Mash-Up 27-1 December 2022
Welcome to Musicals Mash Up in which we catch up with lots of the week’s stories that haven’t yet appeared on the Musical Theatre Review pages. We hope you approve! News editor Angela Thomas reports.
Around the World in 80 Days – Union Theatre
Around the World in 80 Days continues at the Union Theatre, London until 1 September 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Around the World in 80 Days has been adapted from Jules Verne’s eponymous novel which follows the adventures of eccentric Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg and his valet Jean Passepartout as they […]
Musical version of Around the World in 80 Days to play the Union Theatre
Phileas Fogg and Passepartout will fly high at London’s Union Theatre next month in a revival of Phil Willmott and Annemarie Lewis Thomas’ well-received musical version of Around the World in 80 Days. Produced by the Union’s artistic director Sasha Regan and directed by Brendan Matthew, the new production will run from 8 August until […]
Around the World in 80 Days – casting revealed
Casting is announced today for Around the World in 80 Days, which will run at the St James Theatre from 26 November 2015 to 17 January 2016, with press night on 3 December 2015. Leading the cast in the role of Phileas Fogg will be Robert Portal, who, in challenges reminiscent of Fogg’s own quest, has rowed […]
Django Bates composes Around the World in 80 Days at the St James Theatre
Keyboardist, alto horn player, composer, and founding member of Loose Tubes, Django Bates will compose the score for a new stage production of Jules Verne’s classic 1873 novel Around the World in 80 Days, running at the St James Theatre from 26 November 2015 to 17 January 2016 (press night is on 3 December 2015). In an adaptation […]
