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Special YouTube MAD Drag Night in aid of Covid-19 hardship fund
With this year’s MAD Drag Night shelved due to the Coronavirus-crisis, a number of former celebrity hosts have been enlisted for a special fundraising online show this weekend. Celebrating the glitz and glamour of one of the highlights of the Make A Difference Trust’s fundraising calendar, the Best of A MAD Drag Night will stream […]
Musical Theatre Quiz Night in aid of theatre charities
Award-winning musical director Jordan Li-Smith will be hosting a live-stream musical theatre quiz night via Facebook on Sunday (5 April 2020) at 7pm to raise money for a range of theatrical charities. Announcing the Lockdown Musical Theatre Quiz Night, Li-Smith said: “I’ve had such a wonderful time creating this quiz in aid of our amazing […]
Government statement on coronavirus means curtain comes down on West End and UK theatre
Theatres across the country went dark last night as the Government moved into the next phase of its fight against the coronavirus. In a statement released by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre, it was confirmed that all member venues would be closed until the Government’s advice against social gatherings during the […]
Theo James and Jonathan Slinger join West End’s City of Angels
Hollywood actor Theo James and accomplished stage and screen actor Jonathan Slinger are the latest additions to the cast for the long-awaited West End transfer of Josie Rourke’s Olivier Award-winning production of City of Angels. Best known for his role in the hit Divergent trilogy of movies, James will play Stone with Charlie and the […]
Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts to make her stage debut in City of Angels
Nicola Roberts will follow in the footsteps of her Girls Aloud bandmates Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding when she makes her stage debut in the long-awaited West End transfer of Josie Rourke’s Olivier Award-winning production of City of Angels. The BRIT award-winning singer will join the previously announced Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-nominee American singer […]
Hollywood & Broadway star Vanessa Williams to debut in West End run of Donmar’s City of Angels
American singer and actress Vanessa Williams will make her London theatre debut next year when the Donmar Warehouse’s Olivier Award-winning production of City of Angels makes its long-awaited West End transfer. The Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-nominee who starred in hit TV series Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives, on the big screen in action films […]
Royal Academy of Music – City of Angels
City of Angels, performed by the Royal Academy of Music’s Musical Theatre Company, continues at the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, London until 8 July 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ At three hours long and far from straight-forward, it needed a highly polished production to keep the audience interested and involved and […]
Evening Standard Theatre Awards – Imelda Staunton, Katie Brayben, Rosalie Craig and Killian Donnelly among nominees
The London Evening Standard has announced the shortlist for its 61st Theatre Awards, in partnership with The Ivy. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony presented by Rob Brydon, and co-hosted by Evgeny Lebedev, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen, at the Old Vic on Sunday 22 November. This year for the first time […]
Musicals in Vienna – what to expect in 2015 and 2016
Theatres across Austria are getting ready for an exciting season. Ludovico Lucchesi Palli offers an overview of shows to look out for in Vienna. The Volksoper, Vienna will kick off its season with a real treat: following performances in Munich and Graz, the classic Im Weissen Rössl by Ralph Benatzky. The creative team and the two principals remain […]
Sunny Afternoon big winner at Olivier Awards 2015
The Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden was the setting for the 39th Laurence Olivier Awards. The star-studded event was hosted by Lenny Henry and sponsored by MasterCard, who rolled out the red carpet to welcome the great and the good from the West End theatre scene. The ceremony opened with music from Katie […]
Olivier Awards – Katie Brayben, Beverley Knight and Nicole Scherzinger all to perform
The Olivier Awards with MasterCard – the most prestigious event in the UK’s theatrical calendar – has revealed further details of the 2015 ceremony to be held on Sunday 12 April at the Royal Opera House and broadcast from 10.15pm that evening on ITV in a full highlights package. The evening will feature exclusive performances from […]
Olivier Awards 2015 – Memphis the Musical and Beautiful lead nominations
New productions Memphis the Musical and Beautiful – The Carole King Musical lead the nominations for individual productions, receiving nine and eight nods respectively, at the Olivier Awards 2015 with MasterCard. The nominations were announced today (Monday 9 March) by actors James McAvoy and Lesley Manville. Among the shows’ nominations are those for the MasterCard Best New Musical Award, where the […]
Musical Theatre 2014 – a reflection – what was your favourite?
From I Can’t Sing! and Urinetown in early 2014 to the recently opened Cats and City of Angels, here’s an overview of UK Musical Theatre 2014. Can you see your favourites? DECEMBER: City of Angels – Donmar Warehouse Josie Rourke’s wonderfully vibrant staging injects a whole new lease of life into a show that has never […]
City of Angels – Donmar Warehouse
City of Angels continues at the Donmar Warehouse, London until 7 February 2015. While it was obvious that many people in the Donmar Warehouse audience were seeing librettist Larry Gelbart, composer Cy Coleman and lyricist David Zippel’s City of Angels for the first time, it is a show which always remains in my musical theatre […]
Gregg Edelman – Broadway State of Mind – Crazy Coqs
Gregg Edelman: Broadway State Of Mind continues at Crazy Coqs, London until 25 October. London cabaret fans are being thoroughly spoilt: while the incomparable Maria Friedman’s two-week residency continues to thrill at The Pheasantry, another master of the craft, Gregg Edelman has sidled into town at the Crazy Coqs in Piccadilly. This is only Edelman’s […]
Stephen Mear travels from Gypsy to the City of Angels in Part Two of our exclusive interview
Last week Gypsy opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and among the rave reviews were comments such as: “Stephen Mear’s choreography is a joy” (The Stage) and “Stephen Mear’s choreography has a bright-eyed wit” (London Evening Standard). Olivier Award-winning STEPHEN MEAR has become hugely respected in the industry as both a choreographer and director. At Chichester, where he is […]
Interview – Gregg Edelman on his Broadway State of Mind
Gregg Edelman returns to The Crazy Coqs cabaret room from 21 October in his one-man show A Broadway State of Mind, which reflects his own career in musical theatre. A four-time Tony Award nominee, Edelman has enjoyed a successful 30-year career in theatre, television and film. The actor and singer has starred in a string of Broadway shows from Cats to Anything […]
Full casting revealed for City of Angels at Donmar Warehouse
Full casting has been announced for the Donmar Warehouse production of City of Angels, playing between 5 December 2014 and 7 February 2015 (press night is 16 December). Over a quarter of the tickets for this production have been held back, allowing for more than 550 tickets to go on sale each week, including Barclays Front Row (released […]
