It’s 10 years since Funny Girl, directed by Michael Mayer, transferred to the Strand’s Savoy Theatre, having initially opened Off-West End at the Menier Chocolate Factory, and later touring the UK following huge success in London.
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Darius Campbell, Siubhan Harrison, Rebecca Thornhill and Robert Lonsdale line up for From Here To Eternity one-night-only reunion
Writers Tim Rice and Stuart Brayson and cast members from the West End production of From Here To Eternity will appear in a special One Night Only reunion, presented by SimG Productions and Musical Theatre Radio on 22 June 2020. This unique, virtual, interactive event will reunite cast and creatives from the original London production […]
‘Brilliantly captures Sheridan Smith in full bloom’: Funny Girl – the movie of the stage musical
Funny Girl – the movie of the stage musical premiered at cinemas nationwide on 24 October 2018. ‘Great’ is a vastly overused word but Sheridan Smith’s Fanny Brice in Funny Girl is indisputably one of the great performances on the British stage and is well worthy of preserving on film for posterity. It rivals Imelda […]
Funny Girl cinema screening: ‘Fans will be able to relive this joyous show’
In less than a month Funny Girl fans will be able to relive this joyous show as a filmed version of the stage production will hit cinemas nationwide on 24 October 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There’s nothing like live theatre and it does feel quite distant sat in a […]
Funny Girl cinema screening – trailer released
A trailer has been released to promote the filmed version of the award-winning Menier Chocolate Factory production of Funny Girl ahead of its screening in cinemas nationwide on 24 October 2018. Featuring Sheridan Smith’s critically-acclaimed performance as Fanny Brice and filmed by Digital Theatre during the final week of the show’s run at the Manchester […]
Funny Girl tour extended – Chris Peluso to play Nick Arnstein
Show Boat’s Chris Peluso will play Nick Arnstein opposite Sheridan Smith when she takes her acclaimed performance as Fanny Brice on the road for part of the Funny Girl tour which begins in Manchester on 18 February 2017. Smith’s leading man for the show’s hugely successful London runs, Darius Campbell, will also return to the […]
Funny Girl – Savoy Theatre
Funny Girl continues at the Savoy Theatre, London until 8 October. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ When it was announced that Sheridan Smith was to play Fanny Brice at the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2015, the complete run of Funny Girl sold out within 24 hours. In theatrical terms, Smith is extremely valuable currency in the West […]
Sheridan Smith misses Funny Girl performances following news of father’s illness
Sheridan Smith has pulled out of a number of performances of the hit revival of Funny Girl at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory after she revealed her father had been diagnosed with cancer. The star has won rave reviews for her performance in the sell-out show which is due to close on Saturday ahead of its transfer to […]
Funny Girl – Menier Chocolate Factory
Funny Girl continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London until 5 March, then transfers to the Savoy Theatre from 9 April to 10 September. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s nigh on half a century since Barbra Streisand brought Funny Girl over from Broadway and I forked out a precious two pounds […]
Full casting for Funny Girl – Darius Campbell joins Sheridan Smith
The Menier Chocolate Factory has revealed full casting for its production of Funny Girl. Joining Sheridan Smith as Fanny Brice are Valda Aviks (Mrs O’Malley), Natasha J Barnes (Emma/Mrs Meeker), Darius Campbell (Nick), Marilyn Cutts (Mrs Brice), Maurice Lane (Mr Keeney), Bruce Montague (Ziegfeld), Joel Montague (Eddie), Gay Soper (Mrs Strakosh); with Emma Caffrey, Matthew Croke, Joelle Dyson, Rebecca Fennelly, Luke Fetherston, Leah Harris, Kelly Homewood, Sammy Kelly and Stuart Ramsay completing the ensemble. The multi award-winning Michael Mayer directs the production, which opens on 2 December, with previews from […]
From Here to Eternity closes at the end of March
It has been announced that From Here to Eternity, Tim Rice’s new musical, will close on 29 March 2014, after a run of six months in the West End. The date is a month earlier than previously expected. Composed by Stuart Brayson, with lyrics by Rice and a book by Bill Oakes, the musical – […]
Darius joins From Here to Eternity cast
Casting has been announced for the world premiere of Tim Rice and Stuart Brayson’s new stage musical From Here to Eternity which begins previews at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 30 September. Darius Campbell (Chicago, West End) will play Warden, Siubhan Harrison (Grease, West End) will play Lorene, Robert Lonsdale (Anna Christie, Donmar Warehouse) takes on […]
