Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders will reunite on the West End stage for the first time in 17 years to play the Ugly Sisters in the all-star London Palladium production of Cinderella this Christmas.
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Cinderella – Rose Theatre, Kingston
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.
Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2022
A selection of Musical Theatre Review critics were asked to choose their ‘show of the year’ although, as you can see, some struggled to pick just one.
Five Questions With: Jacob Fowler
Jacob Fowler is playing Prince Topher in the UK theatrical premiere of the Broadway musical version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre, running until 11 December 2022.
Musicals Mash Up: 23-30 October 2022
Welcome to Musicals Mash Up in which we catch up with lots of the week’s stories that haven’t yet appeared on the Musical Theatre Review pages. We hope you approve! News editor Angela Thomas reports.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical re-titled as Bad Cinderella for Broadway debut
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella is heading for Broadway in early 2023 with a new name, new songs and a new leading lady. In a statement posted on his Twitter feed, the multi-award-winning composer said: “I am thrilled and delighted that we are bringing @badcinderella on Broadway to the Imperial Theatre. We have been working hard […]
Hope Mill’s Ella finds her Prince in Jacob Fowler
Jacob Fowler will play the Prince to Grace Mouat’s Ella in the UK theatrical premiere of the Broadway version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre. Known for winning the BBC talent search show Little Mix: The Search, Fowler’s musical theatre credits include playing JD in Heathers The Musical at The Other […]
Grace Mouat to star in Hope Mill’s Cinderella
Grace Mouat will take on the central role when the delayed UK theatrical premiere of the Broadway version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella dances into Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre in November. Mouat whose credits include the recent Regent’s Park Open Air production of Legally Blonde, and the West End productions of Six The Musical, & […]
June closure is announced for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella
It has been reported that the West End production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cinderella will close on 12 June 2022. The show began previews on 25 June 2021 at London’s Gillian Lynne Theatre but, after a number of Covid-related delays, did not open until 18 August. In December 2021 performances were halted once again, […]
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella to dance into the Hope Mill Theatre in November
Cinderella will finally go to the ball when the delayed UK theatrical premiere of the Broadway version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella dances into Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre in November. Originally due to make its debut at the popular Ancoats venue in 2020, the production will take to the stage in Manchester from 1 November […]
Carrie Hope Fletcher announces debut UK tour
Actress, author, vlogger and award-winning West End performer Carrie Hope Fletcher, currently starring in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, is heading out on her first ever UK tour. Carrie Hope Fletcher – An Open Book will see the musical theatre star play a series of theatre shows in May and June 2023. Performing songs from her […]
Hosts and performances revealed for 22nd WhatsOnStage Awards
West End star Jodie Prenger and Celebs Go Dating’s Tom Read Wilson will return to host the 22nd annual WhatsOnStage Awards at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 27 February 2022. The duo will be joined by star presenters Chris Bush, Graziano Di Prima, Omari Douglas, James Graham, David Harewood, Frances Mayli McCann, Stephanie McKeon, […]
Lez Brotherston to receive an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours 2022
New Adventures has congratulated associate artist and Tony and Olivier Award-winning designer Lez Brotherston on his Order of the British Empire in The Queen’s New Year Honours 2022 for services to Dance and Theatre. Matthew Bourne said today: “Sending enormous congratulations to Lez Brotherston OBE on this much-deserved honour, from the entire New Adventures Family. As […]
Andrew Lloyd Webber ‘devastated’ by decision to halt performances of Cinderella until February
Andrew Lloyd Webber has expressed his ‘devastation’ after it was announced that the curtain will remain down on his latest hit Cinderella until 9 February 2022. In a statement posted on his Twitter feed, the multi-award-winning composer said: “I am absolutely devastated that Cinderella has to temporarily close. My life has been devoted to musical […]
Blu-Ray Review: The Matthew Bourne Collection
THE MATTHEW BOURNE COLLECTION – 5 Blu-Ray Box Set (Illuminations – 5060291820232) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Christmas season came early for me this year due to the fact that I was sent this 5 Blu-Ray box set to review – and what an absolute treat it is. Matthew Bourne […]
Frozen leads nominees for 22nd annual WhatsOnStage Awards
The hit West End production of Frozen has skated ahead of its rivals by picking up an impressive 13 nominations for the 22nd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards. The lavish stage musical version of the highest-grossing animated film of all time which made its delayed debut at the newly-renovated Theatre Royal Drury Lane this summer, has been […]
Cinderella’s Ivano Turco & Caleb Roberts are among the winners at the Black British Theatre Awards 2021
There was a double win for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical Cinderella at the 2021 Black British Theatre Awards with two members of the cast – Ivano Turco and Caleb Roberts – winning acting prizes. Decided entirely by public vote, the awards took place at the illustrious Old Finsbury Town Hall, London, hosted by Grammy, […]
Lloyd Webber announces Cinderella gala performance in aid of the Malala Fund
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit new musical Cinderella will hold a special gala performance next month in support of Malala Yousafzai’s work to empower women and girls across the world. Announcing the fundraiser, Lloyd Webber said: “I am an enormous admirer of Malala. She is an extraordinary person and you can imagine my delight when I […]
Nominees for 2021 Black British Theatre Awards
The Color Purple – At Home, The Last Five Years and West End Musical Celebration are in the running for the Best Musical Production Award at the 2021 Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs) next month. Following on from last year’s special socially distanced event at London’s Young Vic Theatre which was broadcast on Sky Arts, the winners of the third BBTAs […]
‘Best ever line-up’ promise for West End LIVE 2021
Nearly 50 shows and acts will be on hand to turn London’s iconic Trafalgar Square into the ultimate open air theatre when West End LIVE makes its eagerly anticipated return next weekend. After being forced to cancel last year’s event due to the pandemic, the organisers of the crowd-pleasing live entertainment event are promising 2021’s […]
Cinderella – Gillian Lynne Theatre
Cinderella continues at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Variants of the Cinderella story exist wherever folk tales have thrived. These days, we tend to regard the version collected by Charles Perrault as “the” version of the story – pumpkin, fairy godmother, glass slippers and all – […]
West End LIVE returns in September: Top London shows to perform in Trafalgar Square
West End LIVE will return over the weekend of 18 and 19 September 2021 with thousands of theatre fans able to enjoy free performances from the West End’s top shows. This year’s event features the first ever West End LIVE appearances from award-winning musicals Hamilton and The Book Of Mormon, as well as an exciting […]
World premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella is set for 25 August 2021
After a period of enforced closure, the world premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella will be on 25 August 2021. With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, written by Academy Award winning Emerald Fennell (Best Original Screenplay Oscar in April 2021) and with lyrics from David Zippel, the brand new musical will resume performances at the Gillian […]
What do we really know about Andrew Lloyd Webber’s misfit Cinderella?
Emily Shepherd writes: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella is set to break stereotypes of the traditional Cinderella narrative that we’re all familiar with. Set to have its gala opening this week at London’s Gillian Lynne Theatre, the cast and creatives have given little away about the new interpretation of the classic fairy tale, keeping fans on […]
Lloyd Webber rejects Government pilot event scheme slot for Cinderella
Andrew Lloyd Webber has claimed the Government is treating the theatre industry and its audience as an ‘after-thought’ in its post-Covid reopening plans. The composer and impresario made his claim in a statement confirming he had turned down the chance to open his new musical Cinderella as one of the Events Research Programme’s pilot events. […]
Theatre pilot events hope as Stage 4 of unlocking is paused
The industry was offered a small glimmer of hope among the gloom of yesterday’s announcement of a delay to step four of the ‘roadmap’ when prime minister Boris Johnson suggested selected theatre productions could be included in a new batch of pilot events as part of the Events Research Programme. The prime minister’s comments on […]
Rebecca Trehearn, Georgina Castle, Laura Baldwin & Gloria Onitiri join the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella
The full cast has been announced for the forthcoming world premiere production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, with Rebecca Trehearn as The Queen, Georgina Castle and Laura Baldwin as Cinderella’s stepsisters Marie and Adele and Gloria Onitiri as The Godmother. They join Carrie Hope Fletcher as Cinderella, Ivano Turco as Prince Sebastian and Victoria Hamilton-Barritt […]
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 […]
Rehearsals begin for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella following Government’s roadmap announcements
Just a week after Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown Andrew Lloyd Webber has confirmed rehearsals have begun for the delayed world premiere of his eagerly-anticipated show Cinderella. Releasing footage of his leading lady Carrie Hope Fletcher and members of the production team inside the newly-refurbished London’s Gillian Lynne Theatre […]
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 […]
Musicals: The Greatest Show – BBC1 and BBC iPlayer
Musicals: The Greatest Show – BBC1 and BBC iPlayer (where it is available for a year). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ As soon as the great Ramin Karimloo launched into a sublime ‘Music of the Night’, tears started rolling down cheeks and shivers tumbled like a waterfall down the spine. We […]
Sheridan Smith to host Palladium show as part of BBC musicals special
Sheridan Smith will return to the London Palladium to host a star-studded transatlantic celebration of the music and stars of musical theatre and film on BBC Radio 2 later this month. Musicals: The Greatest Show will be the centrepiece of Radio 2 Celebrates Musicals – three days of programming on the national radio station along […]
Pre-premiere album release for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella – first single out now
Theatre-lovers will get their first taste of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s eagerly-anticipated Cinderella: The Musical with the release of a full album featuring cast members and guest artists in early 2021. In a move that replicates the composer’s concept album launch of Jesus Christ Superstar 50 years ago, the music of Cinderella will debut in advance […]
World premiere production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella will now open in April 2021
Producers The Really Useful Group announced today that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical Cinderella will now have its world premiere at London’s Gillian Lynne Theatre on 7 April 2021, with previews from 19 March. Andrew Lloyd Webber said: “Whilst I continue to impress on the government that theatres can reopen safely based on the London Palladium model, […]
Hope Mill Theatre streams free online Rodgers and Hammerstein concert
With the UK theatrical premiere of the Broadway version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella at Hope Mill Theatre on hold the team at the award-winning Manchester venue are streaming a free online concert celebrating the work of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Available until 3 May 2020 and hosted by Hope Mill’s founders William […]
West End stars will feature in Hope Mill Theatre’s online concert of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s music
Hope Mill Theatre is staging an online concert featuring West End stars, celebrating the much-loved music from legendary songwriting duo Rodgers and Hammerstein, on 26 April 2020 at 7pm. Like many theatres across the country, Hope Mill Theatre has been closed since 17 March due to Covid-19. The venue ceased all productions and made the […]
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rallying call for Lockdown Britain and beyond
As the country faces its darkest days since the Second World War, one of our industry’s leading figures Andrew Lloyd Webber is on a one-man mission to offer some brightness and hope to the nation. Using the hashtag #ComposerInIsolation Lloyd Webber has been putting his time at home to good use by rallying fans and […]
Victoria Hamilton-Barritt to play the Stepmother in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella
While Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella will arrive in the West End later than planned, the composer and his team’s preparation for the eagerly-anticipated world premiere continues with the casting of Cinderella’s wicked stepmother. Victoria Hamilton-Barritt (The View Upstairs, Soho Theatre, Murder Ballad, Arts Theatre) will play the villainous role alongside Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, Carrie Hope […]
Hope Mill Theatre’s Cinderella is postponed
The UK theatrical premiere of the Broadway version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella at Hope Mill Theatre has been put on hold indefinitely due to uncertainty surrounding the current crisis. The first musical from A Factory of Creativity, the new charity formed to take over the running of the popular Ancoats venue, the production was […]
Cinderella to arrive late due to ‘current global circumstances’
Andrew Lloyd Webber has delayed the world premiere of his eagerly-anticipated Cinderella in response to the coronavirus crisis.
Carrie Hope Fletcher is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella
Carrie Hope Fletcher will step into the title role in the world premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s eagerly-anticipated Cinderella at the newly-refurbished London’s Gillian Lynne Theatre later this year. Based on an original idea by Killing Eve screenwriter and actress Emerald Fennell (currently playing Camilla Parker Bowles in the high-profile Netflix series The Crown), the […]
Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella to follow School of Rock into the Gillian Lynne Theatre
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s eagerly-anticipated Cinderella will debut at London’s Gillian Lynne Theatre this year following the departure of the venue’s current show School of Rock. Based on an original idea by Killing Eve screenwriter and actress Emerald Fennell (currently playing Camilla Parker Bowles in the high-profile Netflix series The Crown), the new version of the […]
Hope Mill Theatre to present UK theatrical premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
The UK theatrical premiere of the Broadway version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella will be the first musical produced by A Factory of Creativity, the new charity formed to take over the running of Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre. Due to play the popular Ancoats’ venue from 9 May to 6 June 2020 before heading for […]
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella In Concert – Cadogan Hall
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella In Concert at Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It was Julie Andrews’ agent who was the first to think of Rodgers and Hammerstein adapting the tale of Cinderella as a musical for his client, Andrews having already played that part in a pantomime at the London […]
New Adventures Cinderella returns for Sadler’s Wells season and UK tour
New Adventures has announced casting for the much-anticipated return of Matthew Bourne’s version of Cinderella which will open at Sadler’s Wells in December ahead of a UK tour beginning in January 2018. Marking 20 years since Cinderella first premiered in the West End and becoming New Adventures’ 16th consecutive Christmas season at Sadler’s Wells, the […]
Cinderella at the London Palladium – Natasha J Barnes cast in title role
Natasha J Barnes has been cast in title role of Cinderella which arrives at the London Palladium this Christmas. She joins Suzie Chard and Wendy Sommerville, who will play The Wicked Stepsisters, and the previously announced Paul O’Grady (The Wicked Stepmother), Julian Clary (Dandini), Amanda Holden (The Fairy Godmother), Lee Mead (Prince Charming), Paul Zerdin (Buttons), Nigel Havers (Lord Chamberlain) and Count Arthur Strong (Baron Hardup). Qdos Entertainment’s production of Cinderella will run at the London Palladium for five […]
