There are several standout shows this year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – musical theatre continues to stretch the boundaries, taking inspiration from classic literature, faith, history, art and the environment.
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Ghost the Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Ghost the Musical was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London where it continues until 8 February 2025. The tour continues until 3 May 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Entertaining to a degree, hitting the mark more often than not, enthusiastically performed and a decent night out, but nothing special.
Ghost the Musical – Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury and Touring
Ghost the Musical was reviewed at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury. The tour continues until 3 May 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I urge you to catch this production while you can, you won’t regret this spectacular night of theatre.
Blood Brothers – Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury and Touring
Blood Brothers continues at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury until 19 November 2022 and then tours until 3 December 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The musical remains not just a British classic but a show for our time. No wonder many a tear was shed in the Waterside auditorium.
Blood Brothers – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Blood Brothers continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 12 February 2022 and on UK tour until 22 October 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What’s new to be said about the musical theatre institution they call Blood Brothers? Not much. It’s been performed more than 10,000 times in the West […]
Sheridan Smith to bring her Cilla from screen to stage
Sheridan Smith will recreate her award-winning TV portrayal of Cilla Black on stage when she stars in Bill Kenwright’s acclaimed Cilla The Musical this autumn. Recently seen on stage as The Narrator in the London Palladium revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the Funny Girl star will revisit her performance as Liverpool’s favourite […]
Evita – Phoenix Theatre
Evita continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London until 14 October. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ After touring since January, the last and best Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice collaboration is settling in at the Phoenix for a strictly limited 12-week West End run and, like vintage wine, it improves with age. This […]
Ghost The Musical – Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury and Touring
Ghost The Musical continues at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury and then tours until 29 April. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ Movie-to-stage adaptations work best when members of the creative team take the best qualities of the original and then have a very, very long think about how to bring the material […]
Cilla Black musical begins tour at Liverpool Empire in September
Bill Kenwright and Laurie Mansfield will present the Cilla – The Musical, a new musical about the life and legend of Cilla Black, which will open in her hometown at the Liverpool Empire from 7 to 16 September before embarking on a nationwide tour. Cilla’s son, Robert Willis, will be the executive producer. Cilla – […]
Dreamboats and Petticoats – Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury and Touring
Dreamboats and Petticoats continues at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury until 25 February and then tours until 2 September. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ Nostalgia for the ‘good old days’ played a rather influential role in the UK’s decision to tick the yes-to-Brexit box last year. The debate about whether those memories of post-war Britain […]
The Glenn Miller Story is back on tour in August
Tommy Steele’s The Glenn Miller Story is heading back on the road this August for a third UK tour which will run into the autumn. The brainchild of the veteran entertainer and his friend producer Bill Kenwright, The Glenn Miller Story features the exuberant Steele along with a 16-piece orchestra and a full company of performers. The show […]
The Glenn Miller Story extends tour into 2016
Following an 11-week tour which opened in August 2015, The Glenn Miller Story will extend into 2016, opening in Peterborough on Tuesday 29 December. This tale of America’s most famous Big Band leader stars Tommy Steele. It’s been 70 years since Glenn Miller vanished over the English Channel as he flew to Paris to entertain the troops during the […]
StreetDreams – Guildford School of Acting
StreetDreams was performed by second-year BA Musical Theatre students (Friday/Saturday evening cast) from the Guildford School of Acting at the Ivy Studio, Guildford. Drawing Guildford School of Acting’s summer 2014 season to a close was the world premiere of StreetDreams, an entertaining yet serious ensemble show with book co-written by Bob Tomson (who also directed this […]
