As each year draws to a close, Musical Theatre Review usually pulls together a round-up of all the productions covered that have received four and five star reviews. After such an extraordinary year, during which any production staged has been a triumph over adversity, such an approach seemed inappropriate. Instead, I asked a small group […]
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Camelot – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Camelot continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 5 September 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ As regional theatres go, the Watermill is in an unique position to offer its audiences some escapism during this Covid-19 pandemic which has ravaged our theatre industry. Set in beautiful gardens with the River Lambourn running through […]
Sold-out Watermill summer season extended – Camelot cast revealed
After selling-out all tickets within 24 hours the Watermill Theatre’s summer season of outdoor performances has been extended into September with extra tickets now available. The announcement of the additional shows by artistic director Paul Hart coincided with the unveiling of the cast for the venue’s special concert performance of classic musical Camelot. Opening on […]
Newbury’s Watermill to stage outdoor summer shows
The Watermill Theatre will reopen for outdoor performances next week with a new comedy version of The Hound of the Baskervilles and a special concert performance of classic musical Camelot. The distinctive Berkshire venue will open its gardens to socially distanced audiences for a pre-show dinner followed by performances of the new three-hander production of […]
Camelot – London Palladium
Camelot at the London Palladium. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This concert version of Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot from London Musical Theatre Orchestra was staged to mark the centenary of Alan Jay Lerner’s birth in October 1918, though it seems like yesterday that he was with us, having settled in London in later […]
David Thaxton and Savannah Stevenson star in LMTO’s Camelot
Olivier Award winner David Thaxton and Follies star Savannah Stevenson will head the cast of the London Musical Theatre Orchestra’s concert version of Camelot at the London Palladium next month. Thaxton, who won an Olivier Award in 2011 for his performance in the Donmar Warehouse’s Passion and has played multiple roles in the Les Misérables […]
London Musical Theatre Orchestra announces concert versions of Camelot, Girlfriends & A Christmas Carol
Lerner and Loewe’s haunting Camelot will return to the West End for the first time in decades this autumn when London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents a special concert version at the London Palladium. The multi-award-winning story of King Arthur and his knights of the round table is one of three more productions announced for the […]
Music Theatre International picks up rights for classic Lerner and Loewe musicals
Timeless My Fair Lady is one of five classic Lerner & Loewe musicals acquired by leading theatrical licensing agency Music Theatre International (MTI). The legendary writing team’s much-loved re-working of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, lines up alongside the duo’s much loved Camelot, Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon and their newly restored early work The Day Before […]
