Marie & Rosetta continues at @sohoplace, London until 11 April 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I have no obvious connection to any of the big themes discussed in this play. Still, Marie & Rosetta is easily the best thing I have seen in the West End so far this year.
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Black British Theatre Awards 2025 winners announced
Shanay Holmes, Beverley Knight and Jay Perry were among the winners at the 2025 Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs).
West End transfer for hit production of Marie and Rosetta
The critically acclaimed Rose Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre and ETT production of George Brant’s Marie and Rosetta will arrive in London’s West End early next year.
Marie & Rosetta – Rose Theatre, Kingston
Marie & Rosetta continues at the Rose Theatre, Kingston until 24 May 2025. The production also plays the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton from 27-31 May and Chichester Festival Theatre from 25 June-26 July 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof each win three prizes at the Olivier Awards 2025
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Fiddler on the Roof were among the most awarded shows at the Olivier Awards with Mastercard at London’s Royal Albert Hall, hosted by Beverley Knight and Billy Porter.
Stars to come out for 2025 Olivier Awards
Final details have been released for this weekend’s Olivier Awards with Mastercard ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Beverley Knight and Billy Porter to host Olivier Awards 2025
Olivier and MOBO Award-winner Beverley Knight and Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-winner Billy Porter will host this year’s Olivier Awards with Mastercard.
Writers, actors and creatives call for two new Olivier Awards
Over 160 British writers, actors and creatives, including multiple Olivier, Tony, Grammy, International Emmy and Drama Desk Award winners have signed an open letter calling on the Society of London Theatre (SOLT), the organisers of the Laurence Olivier Awards, to introduce a ‘Best Book of a Musical’ and ‘Best Score of a Musical’ categories for the 2025 Olivier Awards.
Newsfeed: London encore for touring Wizard of Oz, Beverley Knight records new Sister Act single, 42 Balloons EP released
The UK and Ireland tour of Leicester Curve’s hit production of The Wizard of Oz will conclude its crowd-pleasing UK and Ireland tour with an encore season in London this summer.
Sister Act – Dominion Theatre
Sister Act continues at the Dominion Theatre, London until 31 August 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Shining brightly on that Dominion stage, Sister Act is really is heaven-sent, and watching it should become a ‘habit’ that never needs to be broken. A joyful noise, indeed.
The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals – AO Arena, Manchester
National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals at the AO Arena, Manchester. Performed on 22 January 2024, broadcast on BBC1 on 27 January and now available on iPlayer. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★
Sister Act West End encore for Beverley Knight and Alexandra Burke
Olivier Award-winner Beverley Knight will reprise her performance as Deloris Van Cartier when Sister Act The Musical returns to the West End to play the Dominion Theatre early next year.
Standing At The Sky’s Edge and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! win flagship musical prizes at the Olivier Awards
RSC’s My Neighbour Totoro triumphs with six awards including the Noël Coward Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play and the Sir Peter Hall Award for Best Director Best Actress was awarded to Jodie Comer and Paul Mescal took home the Best Actor award Standing At The Sky’s Edge won Mastercard Best New Musical Rodgers […]
Standing At The Sky’s Edge and Oklahoma! top musical theatre nominations at Olivier Awards 2023
Nominations have been announced for the Olivier Awards 2023 with Mastercard which will take place on 2 April 2023 at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Standing At The Sky’s Edge at the National Theatre received eight nominations, the most for a musical. Garnering seven nominations – including Best Musical Revival – was Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Sylvia – Old Vic Theatre
Sylvia continues at the Old Vic Theatre, London until 8 April 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Rather than being a mere copycat, Sylvia now has the confidence to reuse Hamilton’s techniques rather than be a facsimile of them.
Beverley Knight to return as Emmeline Pankhurst in musical Sylvia
Beverley Knight will return as Emmeline Pankhurst in the world premiere of hip hop musical Sylvia at The Old Vic early next year. Presented by The Old Vic and Zoonation: The Kate Prince Company in association with Sadler’s Wells, the musical which debuted as a work-in-progress at the venue in 2018 will return as a […]
Extra performance for star-studded Sister Act in London
The hit new version of Sister Act The Musical has added an extra performance to the show’s crowd-pleasing limited run at London’s Eventim Apollo. Fans will get their last chance to see Jennifer Saunders as Mother Superior, Beverley Knight as Deloris Van Cartier and Keala Settle as Sister Mary Patrick, when the production takes its […]
Sister Act The Musical – Eventim Apollo
Sister Act The Musical continues at the Eventim Apollo, London until 28 August 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When it comes to current musicals, there’s surely nun better than Sister Act. Re-born, re-cast and re-scheduled due to Covid last year, this newest resurrection is truly heaven sent. Presented by Jamie […]
Performances and presenter line-up announced for Olivier Awards 2022
With under a week to go until the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard, details have been revealed for British theatre’s most prestigious and glamorous night, including the star-studded list of award presenters and performances. The Olivier Awards take place on Sunday 10 April at the Royal Albert Hall – returning after a two-year pandemic hiatus […]
The Drifters Girl cast album due to be released in May
Following Olivier Award nominations for Best New Musical and Best Actress in a Musical, it has been announced that The Drifters Girl world premiere cast album, recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, is due for release on 6 May 2022. The album features the original cast of the acclaimed new musical: Queen of British […]
Jennifer Saunders, Beverley Knight, Keala Settle, Lesley Joseph, Clive Rowe and Lizzie Bea announced for Sister Act The Musical
Casting has been announced for the new production of Sister Act The Musical at London’s Eventim Apollo from 19 July to 28 August 2022. Jennifer Saunders will star as Mother Superior alongside Beverley Knight as Deloris Van Cartier, Keala Settle as Sister Mary Patrick, Lesley Joseph as Sister Mary Lazarus, Clive Rowe as Eddie Souther […]
The Drifters Girl’s West End run extended into 2023
Michael Harrison and David Ian’s hit new musical The Drifters Girl will continue its debut West End run at the Garrick Theatre until February 2023. Originally due to play a 20-week season at London’s Garrick Theatre from 4 November 2021 following its world premiere at Newcastle Theatre Royal a month earlier, the new musical inspired […]
The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals – A0 Arena, Manchester
The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals at A0 Arena, Manchester, broadcast on BBC1 and BBC Radio 2, also available via BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Close your eyes, listen and you would swear it was Tina Turner belting out ‘We Don’t Need Another Hero’, ‘Simply […]
The Drifters Girl – Garrick Theatre
The Drifters Girl continues at the Garrick Theatre, London. There is so much that is perfect about The Drifters Girl, the musical that tells the story of Faye Treadwell (Beverley Knight), a woman of colour who broke into a male-controlled music industry more than 60 years ago. So we have the inspirational story of Faye Treadwell, […]
Adam J Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry and Tosh Wanogho-Maud cast in The Drifters Girl
Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced that Adam J Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry and Tosh Wanogho-Maud will play The Drifters in a brand new musical, also starring Beverley Knight, which tells the remarkable story of one of the world’s greatest vocal groups and the woman who made them. The Drifters Girl will begin […]
Re-stream of star-packed Leave A Light On series
Lambert Jackson and the Theatre Café have announced an encore run for their popular Leave A Light On online concert series from the middle of next month. A total of 70 performances featuring a host of West End favourites including Zoe Birkett, Jordan Luke Gage, David Hunter, Cassidy Janson, Lucie Jones, Beverley Knight and Layton […]
Elaine Paige to join star-studded Pantoland at The Palladium
Elaine Paige is the latest addition to the all-star cast heading for Pantoland at The Palladium for three weeks this Christmas. The veteran leading lady who previously played Queen Rat in Dick Whittington at the iconic London venue in 2017 will revisit the villainous role as part of the festive celebration of pantomime at the […]
Star-studded Pantoland to play London Palladium
Julian Clary will head an all-star cast in an extra-special celebration of pantomime at the London Palladium this Christmas. Presented by the world’s leading pantomime specialist Qdos Entertainment and LW Theatres, Pantoland at The Palladium will play a strictly limited three-week season at the world-famous theatre. The feast for panto-starved theatregoers which will run from […]
The Drifters Girl premiere and West End debut rescheduled
Michael Harrison and David Ian’s new musical The Drifters Girl will now premiere in Newcastle ahead of a West End run in the autumn of 2021, just over a year later than planned. Starring Beverley Knight, the major new musical inspired by the life of the woman behind legendary vocal group The Drifters will now […]
Hello Harry! – YouTube
Hello Harry! is available to stream on YouTube. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Harry Gabriel has been the Stage Door Keeper at Shaftesbury Theatre for four decades. While watching some of London’s finest theatrical productions come and go, he has become something of a legend in his own right for the commitment, joy, and […]
Leave A Light On series to end with Beverley Knight in concert
Beverley Knight will be the final performer in the Leave A Light On series of concerts when the lockdown initiative organised by Lambert Jackson Productions and the Theatre Café ends on 29 May 2020 at 6.30pm. The stage and recording artist will take the final spot in the final week of the shows which will […]
Beverley Knight to star in new musical The Drifters Girl
Beverley Knight will take centre stage in a major new musical inspired by the life of the woman behind legendary vocal group The Drifters. Premiering in Newcastle next year ahead of a West End season, The Drifters Girl has been tailor-made to showcase the talents of recording artist turned musical theatre leading lady, Knight (The […]
Sylvia – The Old Vic
Sylvia continues at The Old Vic, London until 22 September 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ At a comedy fundraising night for the Women’s Equality Party at their conference two weeks ago, comedian Sophie Duker talked about this year’s 100th anniversary of the first women in the UK being allowed to vote. […]
The Old Vic announces cast for Suffragette musical Sylvia
Casting has been announced for choreographer Kate Prince’s latest work, the suffragette-inspired SYLVIA which will receive its world premiere at London’s Old Vic in September. Co-written by Prince, the founder of dance company Zoonation, Prince and Priya Parmar with music by Josh Cohen and DJ Walde, SYLVIA is a modern musical that will celebrate the […]
The Bodyguard tour to return in December 2018
Hit musical The Bodyguard will embark on its second UK later this year with an opening run at Glasgow Theatre Royal beginning on Monday 3 December 2018. Produced by Michael Harrison and David Ian, the production will play Glasgow until Saturday 29 December before beginning the 2019 leg of the tour at the Hull New […]
CD Review – Leading Ladies – Songs From the Stage – Beverley Knight, Amber Riley and Cassidy Janson
LEADING LADIES: SONGS FROM THE STAGE – Beverley Knight, Amber Riley and Cassidy Janson (East West/Warner Records – B075FQ4CL8) Coming up to Christmas and I guess you are all wondering what to get that musical theatre buff in your life – well, you could do a lot worse than buy them this album released on […]
Interview – Cassidy Janson teams up with Leading Ladies Amber Riley and Beverley Knight for new album
West End actress and singer CASSIDY JANSON has teamed up with Amber Riley and Beverley Knight to form Leading Ladies. This one-of-a-kind group of stage powerhouses has recorded an album called Songs From the Stage which features numbers from Beautiful, Dreamgirls, Memphis, Rent, Funny Girl and many more. Cassidy recently wrapped up her run as Carole King in the award-winning […]
Leading Ladies Beverley Knight, Amber Riley and Cassidy Janson launch new album
Beverley Knight, Amber Riley and Cassidy Janson have joined forces to create a vocal super group known as the Leading Ladies. The three West End stars – Riley (best known for Glee and her current role as Effie White in Dreamgirls), Beverley Knight (The Bodyguard, Memphis, Cats) and Cassidy Janson (Beautiful, Wicked) – will be […]
Musical theatre cruise – Floating Festival Stages – to be launched in 2018
A host of the West End’s biggest names are climbing aboard the UK’s first specialist musical theatre festival at sea. Launching on a round trip from Southampton on 15 October next year, the four-night Floating Festival Stages on board the Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas will feature some of musical theatre’s most popular stars. […]
The Bodyguard – Dominion Theatre
The Bodyguard continues at the Dominion Theatre, London until 7 January, 2017. Rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Thea Sharrock’s production of The Bodyguard returns to the West End at the Dominion Theatre with Beverley Knight once again blowing the audience away in the lead role. The Queen of British Soul first played Oscar-nominated superstar Rachel Marron in 2013. At […]
The Bodyguard West End return – final line-up revealed
Final casting details have been revealed for the West End return of the hit musical The Bodyguard this month. As previously announced, TV and stage star Ben Richards will join Beverley Knight in the production when it opens at the Dominion Theatre for a strictly limited run on 15 July. Recording artist Knight (Memphis the […]
Ben Richards joins Beverley Knight in The Bodyguard West End cast
TV and stage star Ben Richards will join previously announced Beverley Knight in the hit musical The Bodyguard when it returns to the West End for a limited run this summer. The actor, who can currently be seen on screen in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks, will play the title role alongside Knight when the show […]
The Bodyguard returns to London with Beverley Knight reprising lead role
The international hit musical The Bodyguard will return to the West End for a limited six month run with Beverley Knight playing the role of Oscar-nominated superstar Rachel Marron. Public booking will open on 12 February 2016 for performances beginning at the Dominion Theatre on 15 July 2016 playing in this strictly limited season to 7 January 2017. Thea Sharrock’s production […]
West End Wilma Awards 2015 – winners revealed
The second annual West End Wilma Awards have taken place at The Hippodrome Casino, Leicester Square. Theatre blogger West End Wilma is everyone’s favourite nana in Theatreland – running around the West End interviewing stars and reviewing as many shows as she can fit in to her busy OAP lifestyle. Wilma was awarded the 2014 Ticketmaster Blog […]
Cats – London Palladium
Cats continues at the London Palladium until 2 January 2016. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There are some long-running West End shows whose continuing popularity tends to generate dismissive sniffs amongst Theatreland’s more prolific theatregoers. These tend to be the shows that do not have the narrative draw of a highly […]
Casting update for Cats at the London Palladium
As previously announced, Beverley Knight is to star in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats to play the role of Grizabella. Returning to the London Palladium from 23 October 2015 in a strictly limited 11-week season, Cats is booking to 2 January 2016. The cast joining Beverley Knight (Grizabella) at the Palladium comprises Jack Butterworth (Rumpus/Alonzo), Danielle Cato (Cassandra), Javier Cid (Macavity/Admetus), Luke Cinque-White (Carbucketty), Emma Lee Clark (Bombalurina), Jon-Scott Clark (Bill Bailey), Gabrielle Cocca (Tantomile), Harry Francis (Mungojerrie), Tarryn Gee (Jemima), Evan James (Skimbleshanks), Matt Krzan (Munkustrap), Georgie […]
West End Bares 2015 – Take Off – Café De Paris
West End Bares 2015 – Take Off was performed at the Café De Paris, London. Rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s hard to believe that West End Bares is already in its sixth year, so thanks to director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell for importing the project from Broadway to London like he has just done with Kinky […]
West End Bares 2015 – Graham Norton to host, Beverley Knight among artists appearing
TheatreMAD (Make A Difference Trust) has revealed that Graham Norton will host West End Bares 2015 ‘Take Off’ at the Café De Paris on Sunday 20 September 2015 at 9.30pm and midnight. Norton will be joined by platinum-selling artist and West End star of Memphis and The Bodyguard Beverley Knight, Ru Paul’s Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio, comedian Joe Lycett, Strictly Come Dancing stars Robin Windsor and Lisa Riley, West End […]
Beverley Knight and Matt Cardle lead Live From Memphis fundraiser concert for Terrence Higgins Trust
Beverley Knight, Matt Cardle and their co-stars from the West End musical Memphis are to raise funds for the Terrence Higgins Trust with a special late night concert at the Hippodrome Casino at 11pm on Thursday 24 September. Live From Memphis will be an up close and personal evening featuring a live band and a variety […]
Memphis the Musical – Shaftesbury Theatre
Memphis the Musical continues at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London until 31 October, 2015. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Memphis the Musical mixes fiction and fact to produce a sensational musical about the music scene and segregation in 1950s Memphis. The story is inspired by a mix of true events and people from the underground dance […]
