Cool Rider was reviewed at the London Palladium. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Following some recent concert production misfires, it was hugely impressive seeing the Cool Rider creative team getting this one right. This is how you deliver a concert.
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Newsfeed: London encore for touring Wizard of Oz, Beverley Knight records new Sister Act single, 42 Balloons EP released
The UK and Ireland tour of Leicester Curve’s hit production of The Wizard of Oz will conclude its crowd-pleasing UK and Ireland tour with an encore season in London this summer.
CD Review – Cool Rider – Original Studio Recording
COOL RIDER – Original Studio Recording (Featuring: Ashleigh Gray, Aaron Sidwell, Reece Sheersmith, Niki Evans, Mark Anderson, Bronté Barbé, Daniel Buckley, Joshua Dowen, Lucinda Lawrence, Hannah Levane and Niall Sheehy). When Cool Rider screeched into the West End last year, the popularity of the event took even the producers by surprise. Already big fans of the original movie, […]
All the news from the Cool Rider CD launch
Earlier this week saw the launch of the original studio recording of Cool Rider. For musical theatre aficionados, Cool Rider is the reworking of the movie Grease 2 for a concert staging, which gained much critical and commercial success last April at the Duchess Theatre. The brainchild of producers Christopher D Clegg and James DP […]
Cool Rider – Duchess Theatre
Cool Rider continues at the Duchess Theatre, London until 19 April. The idea for Cool Rider stems from one of the most precarious concepts in film or theatre history – the musical sequel. With the huge success of the film adaptation of Grease, Paramount Pictures immediately set about commissioning a series of sequels. The first […]
Cool Rider – Mark Benton stars in Grease sequel
Mark Benton will star as Mr Stuart and Niki Evans as Ms Mason, as full casting is announced for Cool Rider, the cult musical sequel which will return to the West End via the Duchess Theatre (15–19 April), following the successful one-night-only concert at the Lyric Theatre. Benton was most recently seen competing on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing. […]
Cool Rider to have a week’s run at the Duchess
Following the reception to the concert Cool Rider and two sell-out performances at the Lyric Theatre, the cult musical sequel will return to the West End and the Duchess Theatre from 15–19 April 2014 (press night is 16 April). The film Grease 2 told the love story of two unlikely lovers and their road to […]
Cool Rider arrives at the Lyric
Cool Rider – formerly entitled Grease 2 in Concert – plays two performances today (Monday 27 January) at the West End’s Lyric Theatre. Joining Reece Shearsmith as biology teacher Mr Stuart, Ashleigh Gray as Stephanie, Aaron Sidwell as Michael, Hannah LeVane as Paulette and Niall Sheehy as Johnny are Bronté Barbe, Nadine Cox, Joshua Dowen, Evelyn Hoskins, Kane […]
