A host of West End stars have been enlisted to perform the shortlist of 15 compositions in the running for the 2020 Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize in a virtual concert to be streamed online next Sunday (5 July 2020). With musical direction by Steve Ridley, the songs will be performed by: Allyson […]
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Brass – Union Theatre
Brass continues at the Union Theatre, London until 24 November 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Benjamin Till’s ambitious musical charting the fortunes of a Leeds brass band that enlists for the Great War enjoys an intimate retelling at London’s Union Theatre. Commissioned by the National Youth Music Theatre to commemorate […]
New production of First World War musical Brass to open at London’s Union Theatre
Benjamin Till’s award-winning BRASS will receive its professional London premiere at the Union Theatre as part of a series of events to mark the centenary of Armistice Day. Commissioned by the National Youth Music Theatre and set during the First World War, the first production of the moving musical drama at Leeds City Varieties Music Hall […]
CD Review – Em – Original Cast Album
EM – Original Cast album (Hind Style Records – HSR005 and downloads available from usual sites) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Em is the latest musical from the pen of BAFTA-nominated composer Benjamin Till, whose previous works includes: Brass; Our Gay Wedding: The Musical and Beyond the Fence. The story is very close […]
Encore – 40 Years of NYMT – Adelphi Theatre
Encore – 40 Years of NYMT was held at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) turned 40 this year, and in celebration the Adelphi Theatre played host to a spectacular one-off gala that featured the current crop of members and also reunited some of […]
Brass – National Youth Music Theatre – Hackney Empire
Brass was performed by the National Youth Music Theatre at the Hackney Empire on 27 and 28 August 2016 Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘Pals battalions’ were First World War military units formed from local recruitment offices that promised to keep friends, families and neighbours together in a battalion, rather than assign […]
Beyond the Fence – Arts Theatre
Beyond the Fence continues at the Arts Theatre, London until 5 March. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The best story creations begin with a ‘what if’”, and it’s no different with musicals. What if a boy in a striking mining town develops a talent for ballet? What if a man steals […]
First computer musical Beyond the Fence – Laura Jane Matthewson cast
Casting has been revealed for the world’s first ‘computer musical’, Beyond the Fence. Presented by Sky Arts and Wingspan Theatricals, Beyond the Fence will play at the Arts Theatre from 22 February to 5 March. Rehearsals are underway in London for this ground-breaking show, all of which is being documented for television in the documentary series Computer […]
World’s first ‘computer musical’ Beyond the Fence will play the Arts Theatre
2016. The computer revolution. In a world becoming ever more technologically advanced, and reliant upon computers, machine learning and artificial intelligence are rapidly and fundamentally changing every aspect of human experience. But how does technology affect art and the creative process? In a world first, Sky Arts and Wingspan Theatricals will explore this question by […]
Brass – NYMT – City Varieties, Leeds
Brass, presented by National Youth Music Theatre, continues at the City Varieties, Leeds until 23 August. The casualties suffered by the Leeds Pals Battalion on the first day of the Battle of the Somme were appalling. Of the 900 Pals, 750 were killed or wounded. No wonder the National Youth Music Theatre team chose to personalise their […]
