Comedian and presenter Tom Allen will join the cast of the Olivier Award-winning West End run of the hit New York musical comedy Titanique for six weeks this spring.
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New Céline and Molly to set sail on London’s Titanique
New cast members will climb on board the Olivier Award-winning UK premiere of hit New York musical comedy Titanique next month.
Titanique – Criterion Theatre
If you’re looking for a quick burst of bonkers, crazily camp musical theatre (packed with songs associated with one of pop music’s most beloved divas) to blow the winter blues away you could do worse than book a ticket for Titanique at London’s Criterion Theatre.
London venue and debut date for UK premiere of Titanique
Producers Eva Price and Michael Harrison have confirmed the debut date and venue for the UK premiere of multi-award-winning New York musical comedy Titanique.
West End run of Two Strangers to welcome new understudies and full cast recording announced
New understudies Tilly La Belle Yengo (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) and Joe Kelly (I Should Be So Lucky) will join the West End cast of the hit new British musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) at the Criterion Theatre.
Two Strangers to remain in West End for seven extra weeks
The West End run of the hit new British musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) has been extended for a further seven weeks, with tickets now on sale for performances at the Criterion Theatre until 31 August 2024.
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) – Criterion Theatre
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) continues at the Criterion Theatre, London until 14 July 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This show is utterly delicious, heartwarming and uplifting. It’s a must-see for any musical fan and we can only hope it will stick around in the West End beyond July when its run is due to come to an end.
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) transfers to the West End after a record-breaking run at the Kiln Theatre
New British musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), starring Sam Tutty and Dujonna Gift, will transfer to the West End’s Criterion Theatre from 4 April to 14 July 2024, following a record-breaking run at Kiln Theatre.
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) Criterion run to be cut short, 60-week UK tour planned
Producer David Pugh has confirmed an early closure for the West End run of his well-received production of Pride & Prejudice* (*Sort Of) at London’s Criterion Theatre. In spite of excellent reviews and good business when the show opened last autumn, the curtain will come down for the final time at the Criterion on 6 […]
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) – Criterion Theatre
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) continues at the Criterion Theatre, London until 17 April 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There is a huge post-pandemic appetite at present for shows which are upbeat and funny. And Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) ticks all the boxes. Told from the point of view […]
The cast of Amélie the Musical on finally opening their ‘bonkers’ West End show after the Covid-19 lockdown
Amélie the Musical has had a remarkable journey: from a Broadway under-performer; to an exciting British reinterpretation at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre, on tour, and at London’s Other Palace Theatre; to an acclaimed run reopening the West End’s historic Criterion Theatre after the Covid-19 shutdown. Musical Theatre Review’s Ian Bowkett spoke to four of its […]
Amélie the Musical – Criterion Theatre
Amélie the Musical continues at the Criterion Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It has become the hot take du jour to be cynical about Amélie, the 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet film that so delighted us all those years ago. In real life, wouldn’t such a person – quirky nearly to […]
Amelie The Musical transfers to the West End’s Criterion Theatre in May 2021
Following its opening at the Watermill Theatre, a critically-acclaimed sell-out tour in 2019, a highly successful Christmas season at The Other Palace in 2019, a Grammy nomination and three Olivier Award nominations, Amélie The Musical arrives in the West End this summer. Following the government roadmap announcement, tickets are on sale now for a socially […]
Roy Hudd to guest star in London premiere of Dan Leno Show
Roy Hudd will make a special appearance in the London premiere of Naturally Insane! The Life of Dan Leno at the Criterion Theatre on 27 April 2020. Starring comedian and presenter Steve Royle as Dan Leno, the show which traces the life and ultimately tragic times of English music hall star Dan Leno will feature […]
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery – Criterion Theatre
The Comedy About a Bank Robbery continues at the Criterion Theatre, London, booking until 7 April 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s hardly profound to say so, but it occurred to me during The Comedy About a Bank Robbery (on this occasion, a performance that marked the show’s second birthday […]
Interview: we grab a word with The Comedy About a Bank Robbery’s Peter McGovern
Today everyone involved with the critically acclaimed and Olivier Award-nominated The Comedy About a Bank Robbery will be celebrating the show’s second birthday in the West End. After a year of good behaviour at the Criterion Theatre, the second company has been released on parole and a new band of inmates have started performances in Mischief Theatre’s smash-and-grab […]
Mr Popper’s Penguins – artsdepot and Touring
Mr Popper’s Penguins was reviewed at the artsdepot, London. Its tour continues at the Festival Theatre, Chichester (until 11 December) before a Christmas season at the Criterion Theatre in the West End from 15-31 December. Star rating: four stars:★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The Christmas season is well and truly upon us with ten delightful […]
Close to You – Bacharach Reimagined extends its West End run
Close to You – Bacharach Reimagined has extended its West End transfer at the Criterion Theatre until 14 February 2016. The new booking period is now on sale. Opening to public and critical acclaim on 15 October, new musical Close to You featuring Burt Bacharach’s songbook, broke box office records at the Criterion Theatre with the biggest advance in the venue’s […]
Close to You – Bacharach Reimagined – brand new images
The West End transfer of Close to You – Bacharach Reimagined, the new musical featuring Burt Bacharach’s songbook, opened last week at the Criterion Theatre, London. After the performance, Burt Bacharach joined the cast in Piccadilly Circus for a very special performance of ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head’. See below for some brand new production images from […]
Close to You – Bacharach Reimagined – Criterion Theatre
Close to You – Bacharach Reimagined continues at the Criterion Theatre, London until 10 January 2016. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Close to You is the new name for What’s It All About?, the celebration of the catalogue of legendary pop composer Burt Bacharach (and his lyricist-collaborator Hal David) that fellow Musical Theatre Review […]
Bachararch musical Close to You – new images and teaser video released
New production images and a teaser video have been released for Close to You – Bacharach Reimagined (the new musical featuring Burt Bacharach’s songbook) which will transfer from the Menier Chocolate Factory to London’s Criterion Theatre from 3 October. Performed by a young, multi-talented cast led by the visionary musician and performer Kyle Riabko, the show features Riabko’s new yet faithful interpretations of Bacharach’s classics. […]
Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens – Criterion Theatre
Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens at the Criterion Theatre, London. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Started in 1985, the AIDS Memorial Quilt memorialises the lives lost to HIV with a series of personalised panels that, as they have become stitched together, form the largest – and yet most intimate – piece of public art […]
