Marisha Wallace will take on the role of Erzulie in next month’s London concert presentation of the multi-award-winning Broadway musical Once on This Island.
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Black British Theatre Awards 2025 winners announced
Shanay Holmes, Beverley Knight and Jay Perry were among the winners at the 2025 Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs).
Hadestown – Lyric Theatre
Hadestown continues at the Lyric Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It may have taken five years, but Nicola Roberts has finally got an opportunity to return to musical theatre.
Hadestown – Lyric Theatre
Hadestown continues at the Lyric Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Any doubts there might have been that the excitement around the West End production of Hadestown would dip following the departure of the Broadway OGs has been put to bed by the outstanding new cast.
New cast to join West End’s Hadestown
The acclaimed West End production of Anaïs Mitchell’s record-breaking Hadestown will welcome a number of new cast members to the stage at the Lyric Theatre from 11 March 2025.
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 – Donmar Warehouse
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 continues at the Donmar Warehouse, London until 8 February 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A truly dazzling achievement of contemporary musical theatre performed by a superb cast.
Pippin 50th Anniversary Concert – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Pippin 50th Anniversary Concert was reviewed at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ On a Monday night in London, this was Pippin perfection.
More star casting for Pippin in Concert
Olivier Award winner Patricia Hodge (Money, Private Lives) is among the latest star additions to the cast of next month’s 5oth anniversary concert production of Stephen Schwartz and Roger O Hirson’s Tony Award-winning Pippin.
The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals – AO Arena, Manchester
National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals at the AO Arena, Manchester. Performed on 22 January 2024, broadcast on BBC1 on 27 January and now available on iPlayer. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★
‘We’ll always have Paris’: Cabaret – Lido2 / 42nd Street – Theatre du Chatelet
They might (just) be able to beat us at football but British-based casts sure as hell get their own back with Kander and Ebb’s stupendous Cabaret at the sparkling new Lido2 on the Champs-Elysees and a long-delayed revival of tap-tap-tap triumphant 42nd Street at the regal Theatre du Chatelet down by the Seine.
Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre – cast announced
Casting has been revealed for Nicholas Hytner’s highly anticipated immersive production of the classic musical Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre next spring.
Treason the Musical in Concert – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Treason the Musical in Concert was performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ With luxury casting and impressive production values, Treason arrived at the Theatre Royal via a concert staging at Cadogan Hall and a vast following on various social media and streaming channels. Striking video […]
Kinky Boots The Musical In Concert – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Kinky Boots The Musical In Concert continues at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London until 9 August 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The London Musical Theatre Orchestra is back at Drury Lane this week for a two-nights-only bash at Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein’s Kinky Boots. And with the ceiling-lifting […]
Cast and extra date for Kinky Boots Drury Lane concert
The organisers of the upcoming concert version of feel-good musical Kinky Boots at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane have added an extra date, with the production now due to play two performances on 8 and 9 August 2022. As previously announced the first production of the multi-award-winning show in the West End in three years […]
Additional performance for concert version of Treason in response to high public demand
After selling out within two weeks of tickets going on sale the star-studded concert version of new British musical Treason will now play an extra date at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane this summer. Originally due to play the prestigious venue on 22 August 2022, the live stage debut of the new musical will also […]
LMTO to present summer concert versions of Chess, Kinky Boots and Treason
The London Musical Theatre Orchestra will present star-studded concert versions of Chess, Kinky Boots and new British musical Treason at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London this summer. Currently starring in Frozen at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Samantha Barks will take to the same stage on 1 August 2022 in another guise, as […]
New tracks released from Treason
West End stars Bradley Jaden, Lucie Jones and Cedric Neal feature on three new acoustically performed tracks from the Gunpowder Plot-inspired musical drama Treason. The trio who previously appeared in the digital concert premiere of the show which was performed and filmed live at London’s Cadogan Hall in March feature on the studio recordings of […]
Streaming return for hit A Killer Party
The UK premiere recording of new murder mystery musical A Killer Party returns to Stream.Theatre this week. Adapted for UK audiences, the show which was a lockdown hit in the US, is available as a nine-episode series for home viewing on stream.theatre until 28 November. The cast includes Jason Manford (Curtains, The Producers), Ben Forster […]
Back To The Future The Musical – Adelphi Theatre
Back To The Future The Musical continues at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Film to stage adaptations are tricky, especially if the movie in question has taken on an iconic status. Stick too closely to the original without re-inventing the piece and the results may be disappointing […]
Back To The Future’s West End run extended into July 2022
Following a successful opening night in London’s West End, the team behind the critic and crowd-pleasing Back To The Future The Musical have announced an extension to the production’s run at the Adelphi Theatre with tickets now on sale for performances up to 3 July 2022. Back To The Future The Musical stars Olly Dobson […]
The Theatre Channel Episode 8 will celebrate the work of Stephen Schwartz
The work of multi-award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz will be in the spotlight when the popular pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series The Theatre Channel returns next month. Presented by Adam Blanshay Productions, Park Theatre, Playbill and The Theatre Café, the special episode will be narrated by Schwartz who will also join the resident […]
Monday Night at the Apollo – Apollo Theatre
Monday Night at the Apollo (the first in the series at the Apollo Theatre, London. Other dates are 14 June and 5 July 2021). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ As lockdown eases and the West End begins to reopen, it’s clear that the online concerts which have kept performers and audiences […]
A Killer Party – Stream.Theatre
A Killer Party is available to stream until 30 May 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A group of performers are called together for a themed murder mystery party. But when the lights go out, and then the host is found face down in the soup, has one of the actors gone […]
Casting for first Monday Night at the Apollo show
Casting has been announced for the first concert in the re-scheduled live and live-streamed fundraising series of Monday Night at the Apollo shows on 24 May 2021. West End stars Aimie Atkinson (SIX, Pretty Woman), Cassidy Janson (& Juliet, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Lucie Jones (Waitress, Rent), Cedric Neal (Chess, Motown the Musical) and […]
Ben Forster joins A Killer Party cast
Ben Forster (Jesus Christ Superstar, Elf The Musical) will complete the cast for the UK premiere of new murder mystery musical A Killer Party. Adapted for UK audiences, the show which was a lockdown hit in the US last summer, will be available as a nine-episode series for home viewing on stream.theatre from 19 April […]
Jason Manford, Rachel Tucker, Cedric Neal, Debbie Kurup & more are cast in the UK premiere of A Killer Party
Casting has been announced for the UK premiere of A Killer Party which will be released as a series of nine episodes to watch on-demand. The dates have now changed from the previous announcement to 26 April to 23 May 2020. The cast includes Oscar Conlon-Morrey (Only Fools and Horses, Nativity The Musical) as Shea […]
Back To The Future Musical to arrive in London this summer
The critic and crowd-pleasing stage musical version of the classic Back To The Future will make its delayed entry into the West End this summer. Following on from its world premiere run at the Manchester Opera House which was cut short by the Covid-crisis, Back To The Future The Musical will now speed into the […]
WhatsOnStage Awards – Turbine Theatre – Stream.Theatre
WhatsOnStage Awards, streamed by Stream.Theatre from the Turbine Theatre, London. The 21st WOS Awards can surely claim to be unique as the first awards show to have no awards! They have been rolled over to next year because of you-know-what. No awards is not strictly true because 21 Angels who went beyond the call of […]
Treason: The Musical in Concert – Cadogan Hall
Treason: The Musical in Concert at Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ In current times with theatres closed and only online options available, getting attention to new works of musical theatre can be even harder than usual – not that they were ever easy. Ricky Allan and Kieran Lynn’s Treason: […]
Lockdown Angels honoured at the 21st Annual WhatsOnStage Awards
During the 21st Annual WhatsOnStage Awards, live streamed from London’s Turbine Theatre, a select group were honoured as Angels, following nominations from the public. As a thank you for all their love and support during lockdown, the 21 Angels will receive a complimentary night at the theatre when live performances are able to resume. From […]
Line-up for 21st WhatsOnStage Awards revealed
Details of the star-studded line-up for this year’s special WhatsOnStage Awards ceremony have been unveiled. Reflecting current times as the industry awaits the return to live theatre following the Covid crisis, the event will feature performances from shows that were cut short in 2020 and selections from productions planned for 2021. Jodie Prenger and Tom […]
Cast and new streaming dates for Treason The Musical In Concert
Casting has been announced for the digital concert premiere of the new Gunpowder Plot-inspired musical drama Treason next month. Due to be performed and filmed live at London’s Cadogan Hall, the concert production will feature West End stars including Lucie Jones (Legally Blonde, Waitress), Oliver Tompsett (& Juliet, Kinky Boots), Daniel Boys (Falsettos, Nativity Rocks!), […]
Virtual lockdown production of Songs For A New World returns via Stream.Theatre
Lambert Jackson Productions’ online lockdown production of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs For A New World will be available on stream.theatre for one week from 21 February 2021. Featuring West End stars Rachel John (Hamilton), Ramin Karimloo (Phantom of the Opera), Cedric Neal (Motown) and Rachel Tucker (Come From Away) and introducing recent graduate Shem Omari […]
A Christmas Carol – The Musical Staged Concert – Dominion Theatre
A Christmas Carol – The Musical Staged Concert at the Dominion Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Nobody set out to be an Ebenezer Scrooge this year, but some are being forced into it by circumstance. We are pinching every penny in anticipation of the economic fallout of the pandemic […]
Further casting for A Christmas Carol at the Dominion Theatre
First pictures have been released of Brian Conley and co-stars in rehearsals for the eagerly-anticipated new concert staging of Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens and Mike Ockrent’s A Christmas Carol at the Dominion Theatre this festive season. With performances due to begin on 7 December, the rehearsal shots feature Conley, Matt Jay-Willis, Jacqueline Jossa, Lucie Jones, […]
New West End concert series Monday Night at the Apollo announced
Tickets have gone on sale for Monday Night at the Apollo – a brand new concert series taking place in front of a socially distanced audience at London’s Apollo Theatre. The concerts will take place at 7pm on 11 January 2021, 25 January and 8 February, and will also be live-streamed to audiences at home. […]
Jacqueline Jossa, Matt Jay-Willis, Lucie Jones, Cedric Neal and Sandra Marvin join Brian Conley in A Christmas Carol at the Dominion Theatre
Busted star Matt Jay-Willis will play Bob Cratchit opposite Brian Conley’s Ebenezer Scrooge in the new concert staging of Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens and Mike Ockrent’s A Christmas Carol at the Dominion Theatre. The singer who previously appeared in the West End in Wicked and Little Shop of Horrors will play Scrooge’s downtrodden employee alongside […]
Songs For a New World transfers to the Vaudeville Theatre in February 2021 for a limited run
Lambert Jackson Productions has announced that its critically acclaimed production of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs For a New World will transfer to the Vaudeville Theatre for a strictly limited run from 9 February 2021, with previews from 5 February, running until 7 March. This comes after the huge success of the production at The London […]
Single released as taster for Back To The Future original cast recording
A recording of Olly Dobson performing ‘Back in Time’ has been released as a taster for next summer’s release of the Original Cast Recording of the critic and crowd-pleasing Back To The Future The Musical. Timed to coincide with Back To The Future Day, the single is taken from the cast recording which will be […]
Aimie Atkinson and Lucie Jones to headline last two West End Musical Drive-Ins
Waitress’ Lucie Jones and Pretty Woman’s Aimie Atkinson will be the headline acts at the final two West End Musical Drive-In performances. After three months of shows featuring a host of West End favourites, the initiative that brought a touch of musical theatre magic to a London car park will take its final bow with […]
Five Questions With: Rachel John
RACHEL JOHN is starring in the upcoming live performances of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs For A New World at the London Palladium on 11 October 2020. Rachel originally performed the role of Woman 1 in Lambert Jackson Productions’ virtual performance of Songs For A New World, broadcast during lockdown in association with The Other Palace. […]
West End date for Back To The Future The Musical
The critic and crowd-pleasing stage musical version of the classic Back To The Future will make its delayed West End debut in May next year. Following on from its debut run at the Manchester Opera House which was cut short by the Covid-crisis, Back To The Future The Musical will speed into the Adelphi Theatre […]
Palladium performances of Songs For A New World announced
West End stars David Hunter (Waitress), Rachel John (Hamilton), Cedric Neal (Motown) and Rachel Tucker (Come From Away) (with Shem Omari James) will take to the stage of the London Palladium next month for two performances of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs For A New World. Presented by Lambert Jackson, the live shows on 11 October […]
Crazy Coqs announces August and September live and live-streamed programme
Janie Dee, Maria Friedman, Lauren Samuels, Sophie Evans, Cedric Neal and a celebration of the work of Andrew Lloyd Webber will be among the attractions lined up to feature over the next two months at London’s Crazy Coqs within the Brasserie Zédel complex. Subject to Government guidelines and any changes to lockdown rules, the popular […]
Songs For A New World – Lambert Jackson Productions and The Other Palace
Songs For A New World – A virtual revival presented by Lambert Jackson Productions and The Other Palace continues until 25 July 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If only for Jason Robert Brown’s best-known composition ‘Stars and the Moon’ wistfully sung by the wondrous Rachel Tucker, this virtual revival of […]
Double-casting for leads in Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s Jesus Christ Superstar
The lead roles in Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s special concert version of the venue’s multi-award-winning production of Jesus Christ Superstar have been double cast to allow for changes necessary to adhere to Government safety guidelines for outdoor live performances. The production’s original Jesus, singer-songwriter Declan Bennett, will share the title role with the star […]
Lambert Jackson announces virtual production of Songs For A New World
Lambert Jackson Productions in association with The Other Palace has announced a “virtual lockdown production” of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs For A New World. Filmed entirely in isolation, Séimí Campbell directs Rachel John (Hamilton), Ramin Karimloo (Phantom of the Opera), Cedric Neal (Motown) and Rachel Tucker (Come From Away), with musical supervision by Adam Hoskins […]
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 […]
Song from Martin Smith’s King to be released
The team behind the critically-acclaimed 2018 Hackney Empire staging of Martin Smith’s KING will release the single ‘We Need You Now’ next Friday (26 June 2020). One of four songs recorded in 2019 taken from the musical which charts the extraordinary life of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, the song is performed by […]
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 […]
