Cinderella continues at the Rose Theatre, Kingston until 4 January 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It all adds up to a marvellous addition to the Christmas canon.
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London summer season for Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World – the pop-powered musical which celebrates some of history’s most inspirational women – will play The Other Palace this summer.
Standing at the Sky’s Edge – Gillian Lynne Theatre
Standing at the Sky’s Edge continues at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It is more than just a musical, it is an unforgettable experience that touches the soul and leaves an ingrained mark on the heart.
Music Review: Standing at the Sky’s Edge – Original Live Cast Recording
Standing at the Sky’s Edge – Original Live Cast Recording (Pink Moon Records Ltd). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Full cast for West End’s Standing at the Sky’s Edge
The full cast has been confirmed for the West End transfer of the double Olivier Award-winning Sheffield Theatres production of Standing at the Sky’s Edge.
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World – The Lowry, Salford and Touring
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World was reviewed at The Lowry, Salford. The production tours until 16 March 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
First casting news for West End transfer of Standing at the Sky’s Edge
A mixture of newcomers and returning actors will feature in the cast for the West End transfer of the double Olivier Award-winning Sheffield Theatres production of Standing at the Sky’s Edge.
The Odyssey: Episode 5 – The Underworld – Olivier, National Theatre
The Odyssey: Episode 5 – The Underworld was reviewed at the Olivier, National Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ An incredible achievement, both logistical and artistic.
West End transfer of Standing At the Sky’s Edge – dates confirmed
Tickets are going on sale for the West End transfer of the double Olivier Award-winning Sheffield Theatres’ production of Standing At the Sky’s Edge.
West End transfer for Olivier Award-winning Standing at the Sky’s Edge
The National Theatre and Various Productions have confirmed double Olivier Award-winning Sheffield Theatres’ production of Standing at the Sky’s Edge will transfer to the Gillian Lynne Theatre from February 2024.
Standing at the Sky’s Edge – National Theatre
Standing at the Sky’s Edge continues at the National Theatre (Olivier) until 25 March 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Standing at the Sky’s Edge – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Standing at the Sky’s Edge continues at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until 21 January 2023. The production transfers to the Olivier, National Theatre from 9 February to 25 March 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
The Doncastrian Chalk Circle – Cast Theatre, Doncaster
The Doncastrian Chalk Circle, a CAST production in partnership with the National Theatre’s ‘Public Acts’ initiative at Cast Theatre, Doncaster. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ With a gargantuan cast of more than a 100 performers, The Doncastrian Chalk Circle – a new musical adaptation from Chris Bush of Bertolt Brecht’s seminal […]
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World – Theatre Royal Stratford East and Touring
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World continues at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London until 17 July 2022. The show then visits the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (26-20 July) and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (4-29 August). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s inspiring, upbeat and affirmative. And it has a clear aim […]
Original cast members to feature in new tour of Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World
Christina Modestou, Renée Lamb and Jade Kennedy will reprise their performances in Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World when the pop-powered musical which celebrates some of history’s most inspirational women follows its critically-acclaimed autumn 2021 debut by embarking on a UK tour in late March. Modestou (Carousel, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, The Winter’s […]
Spring tour dates for Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World
The new pop-powered musical which celebrates some of history’s most inspirational women, Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World will follow its critically-acclaimed autumn 2021 debut by embarking on a UK tour in March. Co-produced by Six’s Kenny Wax with MAST Mayflower Studios, Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World will return from 25 March […]
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World – MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton and Touring
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World continues at the MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton until 20 November 2021, and then on UK tour until 16 January 2022, with further tour dates for 2022 to be announced. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World presents colourful portraits of […]
Standing At the Sky’s Edge to return for festive season at the Sheffield Crucible in 2022
Returning, home-grown new musical Standing At the Sky’s Edge will mark the climax of Sheffield Theatres’ 50th anniversary celebrations in 2022. A hit with critics and audiences since its sold-out debut in 2019, the show will return to the Crucible stage to play a festive season from 10 December 2022 until 21 January 2023 ahead […]
Christina Modestou and Renée Lamb among the cast for Fantastically Great Women
Two of Six’s original Queens will feature among the UK touring cast of new female-celebratory musical Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World this autumn. Christina Modestou (Carousel, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre; The Winter’s Tale, National Theatre; Six, Arts Theatre) and Renée Lamb (Ain’t Misbehavin’, Southwark Playhouse/Mercury Colchester; Little Shop of Horrors, Regent’s Park […]
Southampton premiere for pop musical Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World
Some of history’s most inspirational women will be celebrated in a new pop-powered musical which will receive its world premiere at the Mayflower Mast Studio in Southampton in the autumn. Co-produced by Six’s Kenny Wax with MAST Mayflower Studios, Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World will launch in Southampton on 6 November (until 20 […]
The Band Plays On – Sheffield Theatres
The Band Plays On was filmed at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield and has been made available to watch online until 28 March 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The best shows always have a moment, incident or episode which really stick with you and change you. In The Band Plays On it’s […]
Five Questions With: Naana Agyei-Ampadu
Actress NAANA AGYEI-AMPADU appears in Nine Lessons and Carols at London’s Almeida Theatre which opens on 3 December 2020 for previews (opening night is 9 December). Almeida associate director Rebecca Frecknall, playwright Chris Bush and the company of six performers have devised this new production reflecting on a year of separation and the power of contact. […]
Sheffield‘s Standing At The Sky’s Edge heads for National Theatre
Sheffield Theatres’ hit home-grown new musical Standing At The Sky’s Edge will transfer to London’s Olivier in January 2021 following a return to the Sheffield Crucible this autumn. A National Theatre co-production with Sheffield Theatres in association with Various Productions, the show which received its world premiere in Sheffield last March is directed by Sheffield […]
Casts announced for MTFestUK at the Turbine Theatre
A number of West End stars have been lined up to appear in each of the new musicals chosen to feature in the programme for Paul Taylor-Mills’ MTFestUK at the Turbine Theatre next month. Running from 3-15 February 2020 at the newly opened venue on the banks of the Thames in Battersea, the second MTFestUK […]
‘The piece doesn’t shy away from asking difficult questions’: Alex Young on her role in new musical Standing at the Sky’s Edge at Sheffield Crucible
It’s a busy time for the multi-talented ALEX YOUNG who follows up glowing reviews for Me and My Girl at Chichester and Follies at the National by taking a leading role in a new musical, Standing at the Sky’s Edge.
UK Theatre Award for Best Musical goes to Theatr Clywd’s Assassination of Katie Hopkins
Theatr Clwyd’s world premiere production of The Assassination of Katie Hopkins was crowned the UK Theatre Awards’ Best Musical Production at the weekend. The production which debuted at Emlyn Williams Theatre in Mold fought off strong opposition from the RSC’s Miss Littlewood, the Mercury Theatre, Colchester and TBO productions’ Pieces of String and Bolton Octagon’s […]
Pericles – Olivier Theatre, London
Pericles at the Olivier Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (the very best possible show of its type) Pericles – complete with a Bulgarian choir, Indian percussionists, a cheerleader team and a gospel choir (among other wonders) – is one of the most joyfully celebratory shows I’ve ever seen. Part of […]
‘The whole show is a celebration of what we can do in multicultural London’: Composer James Fortune on why the National Theatre’s Pericles is pretty special
Susan Elkin writes… Composer JAMES FORTUNE – who prefers to be known as Jim to avoid confusion with the well-known American jazz musician of the same name – and I are chatting in the National Theatre’s balcony interview room. He has slipped out of Pericles rehearsals downstairs to meet me. “This Pericles is pretty special […]
National Theatre’s Public Acts to launch with musical Pericles
A new musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s Pericles at the National Theatre will be the launch production for Public Acts, a new nationwide initiative aimed at partnering theatre professionals with community performers. Over 200 people of all ages from across London will join professional artists in the production which will play the NT’s largest stage, the […]
Cast for premiere of The Assassination of Katie Hopkins
Casting has been announced for Theatr Clwyd’s world premiere production of The Assassination of Katie Hopkins which is due to open at the Emlyn Williams Theatre in Mold next month. Announced by Theatr Clwyd’s artistic director Tamara Harvey, the production will feature: Rakesh Boury (The Wind in the Willows, London Palladium), Ché Francis (The Toxic […]
Theatr Clwyd to stage Katie Hopkins musical
Chris Bush, the writer best known for the 2007 TONY! The Blair Musical, has turned her attention to TV personality and controversial broadcaster/columnist Katie Hopkins with a new musical to launch at Theatr Clwyd next spring. With words by Bush and music by Matt Winkworth, The Assassination of Katie Hopkins uses the fictional off-stage murder […]
Accidents and Emergencies – Lost Theatre
Accidents and Emergencies continues at the Lost Theatre, London until 21 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ From ER to Casualty, the hospital drama has always been a popular source of entertainment on TV, although aside from a few exceptions – Informed Consent at Jermyn Street is the last one this reviewer can remember – the […]
