Hello, Dolly! continues at Lido2, Paris until 5 January 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It is truly a testament to the enduring power of Golden Age musical theatre, brilliantly brought to life by a cast and crew pouring their heart and soul into every aspect of the production.
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Casting update for Hello, Dolly! in Paris
There’s more than one Hello, Dolly! for musicals lovers to gorge themselves on this autumn and hot on the heels of Imelda Staunton’s Dolly Levi meeting her match at the London Palladium when its limited run ends on 14 September, it’s curtain-up in Paris for Caroline O’Connor’s Dolly at the Lido2 on the Champs-Elysees on 7 November.
South Pacific – Chichester Festival Theatre
South Pacific continues at the Chichester Festival Theatre until 5 September 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Forgive me if I get emotional but South Pacific was the show that gave birth to a lifelong passion for musical theatre 68 years ago when, as an 11-year-old, I was taken to Drury […]
High Fidelity – Turbine Theatre
High Fidelity continues at the Turbine Theatre, London until 7 December 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel High Fidelity has had a circuitous route in its various adaptations. Five years later, the story of slacker record shop workers discussing music and failing at relationships moved from North London to […]
Oliver Ormson leads the cast of Turbine Theatre’s High Fidelity
Oliver Ormson will take on the central role in the musical version of Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity when it receives its UK premiere at the newly opened London venue, The Turbine Theatre next month. Recently seen in the Kilworth House Theatre’s production of Cats and on tour in The Addams Family, Ormson will take the […]
What ever happened to Taron Egerton? It’s the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year roll of honour
From little acorns do mighty oaks grow and from 2007 when an entry of just ten students meant they ALL qualified for the final, the Stephen Sondheim Society’s Student Performer of the Year competition has become a very special date on the musical theatre calendar, writes Jeremy Chapman. This year’s 13th edition, for the first […]
Andrew Lancel joins cast of Cilla the Musical premiere tour
Andrew Lancel will return to the role of legendary music manager Brian Epstein in Cilla the Musical when it launches its world premiere tour in Liverpool next week. The former Coronation Street and The Bill star, who previously won rave reviews for his performance in the show Epstein – The Man Who Made The Beatles, joins […]
