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UK Theatre Awards – the winners
Leicester Curve’s Billy Elliot was crowned Best Musical Production when the UK Theatre Awards returned to London’s Guildhall at the weekend after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
UK Theatre Awards 2022 – The nominees
Leicester Curve’s Billy Elliot, Storyhouse Chester’s Now Is Good, and the Watermill Theatre’s production of Whistle Down the Wind will battle it out for the title of Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards 2022. Returning after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the three hit shows are of among the 2022 nominees […]
Billy Elliot – Curve Leicester
Billy Elliot continues continues at Curve Leicester until 20 August 2022. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ Somehow it’s been 22 years since Billy Elliot first danced across our cinema screens, and 17 years since his fancy footwork lit up the London stage at the Victoria Palace Theatre. The production and its Broadway counterpart were showered in […]
Ruthie Henshall reschedules tour dates
West End favourite Ruthie Henshall has announced new dates for the UK debut of her hit show In My Life after the tour was shelved due to Covid-closedown. Originally due to arrive in the UK in April following a critic and audience-pleasing tour of Australia, the intimate show which features Henshall accompanied by her musical […]
Musical Theatre Review 2017 – a reflection – what was your favourite?
Musical Theatre Review reflects on an incredibly busy year of theatre – in the West End, on the London Fringe, across the UK – and picks a selection of shows from each month that topped the FOUR and FIVE star ratings with our contributors [apologies to fans of all the concerts and cabarets – there’s just […]
Billy Elliot the Musical – Milton Keynes Theatre
Billy Elliot the Musical continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 17 June. The show’s next dates are at the Theater am Grossmarkt, Hamburg, Germany from 29 June to 23 July. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Milton Keynes Theatre is made for Billy Elliot. With its huge width and deep recesses, […]
Ann Emery – Billy Elliot’s original Grandma – dies at 86
Billy Elliot director Stephen Daldry has led the tributes to the much-loved actress Ann Emery who has died at the age of 86. A veteran stage and screen actress who began her career as a child actor with a talent for tap dancing in a production of Babes in the Wood at the Lyric Hammersmith, […]
Wicked’s Steph Parry presents one-woman show
West End favourite Steph Parry (Wicked, Mamma Mia!, Billy Elliot, Thoroughly Modern Millie) is to take centrestage with a one-woman show for one night only in London next month. The Welsh-born singer and actress, who is currently appearing in the smash hit musical Wicked at London’s Apollo Victoria, will step into the distinctive surroundings of The […]
West End Heroes 2015 – Dominion Theatre
West End Heroes 2015 was performed at the Dominion Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ West End Heroes is now established as a truly unique and special annual event combining the best of the West End with the best of our Armed Forces bands and singers, supporting the phenomenal work of the charity […]
West End round-up – Jersey Boys, Matilda, Billy Elliot, Charlie, Wicked
Frankie Valli catches up with casts of Jersey Boys Legendary singer Frankie Valli took time out from his sold-out concert tour to meet the casts of both UK productions of the hit musical Jersey Boys, which tells the true-life story of Valli’s rise to fame along with his band The Four Seasons. Valli joined the UK […]
Kids Week achieves record-breaking first day sales
The annual London theatre initiative Kids Week (www.kidsweek.co.uk) has achieved a 77 per cent year-on-year increase in first-day sales, with 85,336 tickets sold in the first 24 hours since going on sale on 17 June at 10am (compared to the equivalent period in 2013). Revenue from paid tickets surpassed £2 million. Now in its 17th year and […]
Kids Week returns with line-up of 37 shows
The annual London theatre initiative Kids Week (www.kidsweek.co.uk) returns this summer from 1–31 August 2014 with an exciting line-up of 37 shows offering free tickets for children. Now in its 17th year and run by Society of London Theatre, Kids Week is all about encouraging young people and their families to experience the magic of live […]
Billy Elliot – Victoria Palace Theatre
Billy Elliot continues at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London. Nine years on, five Olivier Awards and ten Tony Awards later, Billy Elliot is still the electrifying experience it was when first labelled ‘Best Musical in Town’. Then, Billy had everything, and having crossed Atlantic and Pacific, it still has now. Elton John, that master of […]
Olivier Awards, a taste of the glamour
[table id=3 /] Click on any image for a larger version. It was a glamorous night at the Royal Opera House for the 37th Olivier Awards. While all those associated with musical theatre winners Top Hat, Sweeney Todd and Billy Elliot had much to celebrate, plenty of other performers played their part too. Actress Heather Headley […]
Olivier Awards – winners revealed…
Top Hat, Sweeney Todd and Billy Elliot were the big musical theatre winners in the 37th Olivier Awards (hosted by the Society of London Theatre and sponsored by Mastercard), held at London’s Royal Opera House and compered by Sheridan Smith and Hugh Bonneville. Top Hat, currently running at the Aldwych Theatre, was victorious in three categories – […]
