Stage and screen star and recording artist David Essex will head the cast of an upscaled version of the West End and Broadway hit Elf: The Musical which will play three major arenas this Christmas. Essex, whose musical theatre pedigree includes starring roles in Godspell, Evita, and The War of the Worlds, will play Buddy […]
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The War of the Worlds – Dominion Theatre
The War of the Worlds continues at the Dominion Theatre, London until 30 April. Star rating: one star ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ For some people of a certain age, the music most closely associated with alien contact is the five-tone sequence from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. For others such as myself, who […]
Remembering Frank Finlay – one of Britain’s great all-round actors
Frank Finlay was a celebrated actor who in his time worked for all the major UK theatre companies, the English Stage Company at the Royal Court, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre at Chichester and The Old Vic. He died on 30 January 2016. Michael Darvell recalls the working life of a great […]
The War of the Worlds – cast includes Jimmy Nail, David Essex and Michael Praed
Alongside the onscreen appearance of Liam Neeson and the onstage appearance of Jeff Wayne and his Black Smoke Band and ULLAdubULLA string orchestra, casting has now been announced for the world stage premiere of The War of the Worlds at the Dominion Theatre. The show will preview from Monday 8 February 2016 with an opening […]
Godspell in Concert tour closes two months early
The UK tour of Godspell in Concert is to close two months early, producers announced this morning. The final performance will be at the Princess Theatre, Torquay on Wednesday 6 May. It had been scheduled to play 28 venues up to 3 July. Russell Scott, producer and musical director of the show said: “It is with a heavy […]
Godspell in Concert returns to tour in 2015
Godspell, the legendary rock musical from Stephen Schwartz, the Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer of Wicked, is back. Following the success of 2014’s gala performance at Shaftesbury Avenue’s Lyric Theatre, in support of the charity Make-A-Wish-Foundation UK, Godspell in Concert is set to tour the UK in 2015, opening at the Hackney Empire on 4 April. Prior to the gala, the show last […]
Marti Webb reunites with original cast members of Godspell for one night only
Marti Webb, who recently returned to the West End in Tell Me On a Sunday, has confirmed she will reunite with David Essex and other original members of the rock musical Godspell at the Lyric Theatre on Monday 19 May. Godspell, the Broadway musical from Stephen Schwartz (Wicked), is being staged in the West End […]
