Performers and fans of new UK musicals will be able to purchase sheet music from their favourite shows with the launch of a new store of digital sheet music next week. Launching on Monday (1 June), New UK Musicals is the brainchild of Darren Clark, the multi-award-winning composer and lyricist of new shows The Wicker […]
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Southwark Playhouse announces new free streaming service
Southwark Playhouse has launched a new free online streaming service offering shows and exclusive video content. Aimed at keeping lockdown audiences entertained until the popular South London venue can re-open its doors #SouthwarkStayhouse is now streaming the venue’s world premiere production of the rock musical Wasted, last year’s production of Twelfth Night and 2011’s Bound. […]
Wasted – Southwark Playhouse
Wasted continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 6 October 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Wasted, written by Christopher Ash and Carl Miller, celebrates the work of the Brontës as well as the development of the new British musical. It frames the Bronte siblings as rock stars, weathering tragedy, heartbreak, isolation, substance abuse […]
‘It can make a real impact on new musical theatre in this country’: Natasha J Barnes on why Wasted at the Southwark Playhouse is so special
Lani Calvert writes: The new British musical is a daring and exciting genre, taking influence from surprising areas and combining elements that have never worked together before. Wasted is no exception. The show, with a score by Olivier Award-winning Christopher Ash (Showstoppers) and a book and lyrics by Carl Miller (Emil and the Detectives), tells […]
Cast announced for Wasted at Southwark Playhouse
Natasha Barnes, Siobhan Athwal, Molly Lynch and Matthew Jacobs Morgan will star in the award-winning Wasted when it receives its world premiere as a fully staged show at the Southwark Playhouse this autumn. Presented by Oli Sones and Sally Humphreys Productions, the rock musical that re-imagines the lives of the Brontë siblings in a modern […]
NYMT announces three-week London season
The National Youth Music Theatre a three-week summer residency at The Other Palace will include a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton’s award winning Beautiful Game. Running from 15-18 August 2018, the musical set during ‘The Troubles’ in Belfast in 1969 will feature Jasper Britton, the NYMT alumnus who spoke the first lines […]
Full production of Bronte musical Wasted to premiere at Southwark Playhouse
Award-winning Wasted, the rock musical that re-imagines the lives of the Bronte siblings in a modern setting, will receive its world premiere as a fully-staged show at the Southwark Playhouse this autumn. Presented by Oli Sones and Sally Humphreys Productions, the show features a rock score by Olivier Award-winning Christopher Ash (Showstoppers) and a book […]
Wasted musical wins Kevin Spacey Foundation award
Wasted, the new rock musical that re-imagines the lives of the Brontë siblings in a modern setting, has won the prestigious Kevin Spacey Foundation award for UK Musical Theatre. The musical-in-development from Olivier Award-winning Christopher Ash and Carl Miller, which is due to premiere at the West Yorkshire Playhouse as part of the venue’s Brontë […]
New musical Yarico – Liberty Buckland and Alex Spinney head cast
Final casting and the full creative team have been revealed today for the world premiere of Yarico, an epic musical about forbidden love, betrayal and redemption, based on a true story that fired the world’s imagination and contributed to the social movement against the slave trade. Yarico, with book and lyrics by Carl Miller, music by James […]
Jodie Kidd brings new musical Yarico to London Theatre Workshop
Bringing the story of Yarico, a powerful musical about forbidden love, betrayal and redemption, to the stage has been a ten-year labour of love for producers John Kidd and his daughter Jodie, the model and UK TV presenter. Yarico will get its world premiere at the new bijou theatre, London Theatre Workshop, in February 2015. The musical, based on a true story, […]
