Play On! continues at the Lyric Hammersmith, London until 22 February 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Play On! is more than a clever adaptation; it’s a celebration of Black joy, Shakespeare, jazz and theatre’s power to transport us to another time and place.
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Rent – New Theatre, Peterborough
Rent continues at the New Theatre, Peterborough until 29 June 2024, and then plays at the Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple from 3-7 July 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Rent is essential viewing for any musical lover, and Landmark has delivered a powerful and affecting production here.
Ain’t Too Proud – Prince Edward Theatre
Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations continues at the Prince Edward Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
West End’s Temptations revealed for Ain’t Too Proud
The producers of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud have unveiled the five actors who will bring iconic R&B group The Temptations to the West End stage.
Black British Theatre Awards 2022 – nominees announced
The Royal Court’s production of For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy and Hope Mill Theatre’s production of The Wiz lead the way in the shortlist for the 2022 Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs). Both productions have received six nominations, with Matthew Xia (The Wiz, Hope Mill Theatre) and […]
Hope Mill’s The Wiz to be filmed and streamed online
Hope Mill Theatre’s critically acclaimed festive production of The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” will be streamed online later this month. Following the cancellation of 15 sold-out performances late last year due to Covid, the Manchester venue has reached an agreement with the musical’s rights holder to film and stream the […]
The Wiz – Hope Mill Theatre Manchester
The Wiz continues at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester until 16 January 2022. Star Rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Regardless of whether you’re unfamiliar with Charlie Smalls and William F. Brown’s The Wiz or if you think you already know it, prepare to be blown away. Either way, this electrifying revival at Hope Mill Theatre, […]
Full cast for Hope Mill Theatre’s The Wiz
Hope Mill Theatre in association with Ameena Hamid Productions have announced casting for the Manchester venue’s eagerly-anticipated festive production of The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. As previously announced the first new UK production of the musical in ten years, directed by the Actors Touring Company’s artistic director and former Royal […]
Award-winners join star-packed line-up for Turn Up! live stream
Sharon D. Clarke, Noma Dumesweni, Norm Lewis and Clive Rowe are among the West End and Broadway performers who will unite with community leaders for TURN UP! – next month’s online charity event in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Raising money for four charities – The Bail Project, The Okra Project, The Black […]
Cast for Amies and Clements virtual concert
Six’s Jodie Steele, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’s Hiba Elchikhe and Shrek’s Marcus Ayton will be among the West End stars featured in this weekend’s Barn Theatre’s instalment in the popular online series showcasing the work of Britain’s musical theatre composers. Released on 27 June 2020 at 7.30pm BST on the Cirencester venue’s Facebook, YouTube and […]
Performers and community leaders to join forces for Black Lives Matter movement fundraiser
West End and Broadway performers will unite with community leaders for Turn Up! an online charity event next month in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Raising money for four charities – The Bail Project, The Okra Project, The Black Curriculum and UK Black Pride – the online concert will be recorded with a […]
Out of This World at Ye Olde Rose and Crown – cast details
All Star Productions has revealed full details of the cast and creative team for the upcoming London stage premiere of Cole Porter’s Out of This World. The show, which opens at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre on 12 April, will star Cameron Bernard Jones, Rhiannon Moushall, Hugo Joss Catton, Ruth Betteridge, Megan Gilmartin, Adam Hepworth, […]
