BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning writer and director Debbie Isitt’s new musical based on the uplifting film Military Wives will receive its world premiere at York Theatre Royal in September
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Gypsy: A Musical Fable – Buxton Opera House
Gypsy continues at Buxton Opera House until 24 July 2022 Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s been only a couple of days since I sailed on the SS American in the Depression Era sparkler Anything Goes, and here I am today, back in the Great Depression to witness the 1920s and 30s […]
Joanna Riding to play Rose in Buxton International Festival’s Gypsy
Double Olivier Award-winner Joanna Riding will take on the role of the ultimate domineering stage mother, Madame Rose in the Buxton Opera House and Buxton International Festival upcoming production of Gypsy this summer. Best known for her work in musical theatre, Riding (Follies, Billy Elliot, The Girls) will take to the stage as one of […]
A Little Night Music to be the Buxton International Festival’s first musical theatre production
The prestigious Buxton International Festival will feature a musical for the first time alongside its traditional opera and classical music concert programming. Presented by the Festival and Buxton Opera House, the new production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s evocative A Little Night Music will star award-winning actress Janie Dee (Follies, Carousel) as Desiree, a […]
Gilbert and Sullivan Festival launches streaming service
With the 2020 International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis, the festival organisers have launched a new streaming service offering access to recordings of performances of the enduringly popular work of librettist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. Performances from the festival’s resident professional company, the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera […]
Catching up with Janie Dee about the London Climate Change Festival
After attending a matinee of The Boy Friend at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Musical Theatre Review’s Barrie Jerram chatted to the ever-busy JANIE DEE who starred as Madame Dubonnet in the superlative production [NB This interview was conducted several weeks before the coronavirus pandemic worsened]. Janie spoke at great length and bubbled over with enthusiasm […]
