The Boys from Syracuse continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 29 September 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Whether or not you have seen The Boys from Syracuse before, you will have your expectations shattered in the most gloriously colourful and absurd ways.
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Godspell – Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre
Godspell continues at Ye Olde Rose and Crown, London until 10 October 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s been 50 years since John-Michael Tebelak’s musical retelling of the gospel of St Matthew – scored with songs by Tebelak’s fellow Carnegie Mellon University alumni Stephen Schwartz – opened Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane […]
New production of Godspell to play London’s Ye Olde Rose and Crown
CR8TRACT Theatre’s new production of Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak’s Godspell will play 16 performances at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre in East London from 25 September until 10 October 2021. Originally due to debut at the Walthamstow venue in May this year, the production is directed and choreographed by Brendan Matthew who also […]
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 […]
GUY: A New Musical – Bunker Theatre
GUY: A New Musical continues at the Bunker Theatre on 20, 23, 27 and 30 June and 4 and 7 July 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ GUY is being presented as part of the Bunker Theatre’s Breaking Out season. It is staged simply on a black multi-purpose set (there are different shows […]
Cast for Welsh premiere of My Land’s Shore
Full casting has been announced for the homecoming premiere of historical Welsh musical of My Land’s Shore at Theatr Soar in Merthyr Tydfil next month. Based on the true story of the tragic hero of the Merthyr Rising of 1831 when iron workers and coal miners were involved in bloody clashes with soldiers drafted in to […]
The Hired Man – Union Theatre
The Hired Man continues at the Union Theatre, London until 12 August. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Melvyn Bragg’s 1969 novel The Hired Man was the first of three novels to chart the lives of the Cumbrian Tallentire family. Starting at the turn of the 20th century, the name derives from […]
My Land’s Shore to debut in Wales
Historical Welsh musical My Land’s Shore is heading home for its Welsh premiere at Theatr Soar in Merthyr Tydfil early next year. Following on from the well-received world premiere run at London’s Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre in February, the show’s Welsh premiere run will begin on 20 February 2018. Based on the true […]
The Hired Man to be revived at the Union Theatre
Melvin Bragg and Howard Goodall’s moving rural musical The Hired Man will return to London in July with a limited run at the Union Theatre. The show begins previewing on 19 July with a press night on 21 July – the last performance is on 12 August. Based on Bragg’s 1969 novel, the first of the […]
Cream – Canal Cafe Theatre
Cream continues at the Canal Cafe Theatre, London every Sunday at 7pm until 23 July. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ So what makes a good musical? Whatever it is, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Matador and Lord of the Rings didn’t have it. This ingeniously engaging revue picks songs, some of them […]
My Land’s Shore – Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre
My Land’s Shore continues at the Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, London until 26 February. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ This new musical by Christopher J Orton (music and lyrics) and Robert Gould (book and lyrics), based on a true story, is well-worth a visit. From the powerful opening number, ‘Burning’, […]
Babes in Arms – Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre
Babes in Arms continues at Ye Olde Rose and Crown, London until 7 August. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ All Star Productions once again digs deep into the bowels of musical theatre to find a lost show that – as you watch it – you realise isn’t actually all that lost. […]
The Kissing Dance at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre – casting details
Casting has been announced for All Star Productions’ version of The Kissing Dance due to open at London’s Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre next month. Based on Oliver Goldsmith’s play She Stoops to Conquer, the show continues All Star’s commitment to reviving rarely produced musicals and is also the venue’s fourth show featuring music by Howard […]
Face the Music – Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre
Face the Music continues at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, London until 3 July. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In an era when, for economic reasons, frequently revived musicals are narrowing down to about five titles sure to be known by the general public, it is so good that independent companies like All Star […]
Face the Music – interviews with Samuel Haughton and Joanne Clifton
All Star Productions is presenting the first UK stage production of Irving Berlin and Moss Hart’s musical comedy Face the Music at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, Walthamstow until 3 July. In the cast are JOANNE CLIFTON (World and European Professional Ballroom Dancing Champion, Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer 2014) as the Street Walker and actor/singer SAMUEL HAUGHTON (Wind in the Willows, […]
