The full cast has been confirmed for this summer’s eagerly-anticipated London Palladium run of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Jesus Christ Superstar.
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Further casting for Palladium’s Jesus Christ Superstar
Tyrone Huntley will reprise his Olivier Award nominated performance as Judas Iscariot alongside Olivier Award winner David Thaxton who will return to the role of Pontius Pilate in this summer’s London Palladium run of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Music Review: Sunset Blvd: The Album
Sunset Blvd: The Album (The Other Songs). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Director Jamie Lloyd’s vision has lifted a musical once regarded as a two-trick pony to the realms of seductive masterpiece.
New Sunset Boulevard is Broadway-bound with London stars
American award-winning recording artist, actress and TV personality, Nicole Scherzinger will make her Broadway debut later this year when Jamie Lloyd’s hit London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard transfers to the Great White Way.
Sunset Boulevard – Savoy Theatre
Sunset Boulevard continues at the Savoy Theatre, London until 6 January 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The success of this high-tariff revival hinges on Nicole Scherzinger, no past-her-sell-by has-been like Desmond but a sexy superstar who is so much more than a Pussycat Doll. She’s a powerhouse singer with a great stage presence who blows you away and a glorious, delicate dancer.
Sunset Boulevard – full cast and creatives
The full cast and creative team have been unveiled for director Jamie Lloyd’s highly anticipated new London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard.
New additions announced for Les Misérables London cast
The hit West End production Les Misérables will welcome a number of new cast members to the stage at the Sondheim Theatre from 27 September 2022. After playing both Javert and Enjolras at the Queen’s Theatre, David Thaxton (Passion, Donmar Warehouse, Come From Away, Phoenix Theatre) will return as Javert alongside Ava Brennan (Hamilton, Victoria […]
She Loves Me – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
She Loves Me continues at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until 15 January 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Based upon Miklós László’s play Parfumerie, Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s musical adaptation She Loves Me is an uplifting Christmas gift to us all this year. Ben Stones’ cleverly designed set […]
Cast announced for Sheffield Theatres’ She Loves Me
Sheffield Theatres has confirmed casting for artistic director Robert Hastie’s Christmas production of the 1960s romantic musical comedy She Loves Me at the Crucible. Hastie’s festive follow-up to his Christmas 2019 revival of another classic Broadway musical Guys and Dolls will feature that production’s leading lady Alex Young. Young, who returned to Sheffield in 2019 to […]
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Southwark Playhouse
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice at Southwark Playhouse is streaming from Stream.Theatre until 14 March 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This is not a Harry Potter adaptation. After some time spent on Wikipedia rectifying my misremembering of those book titles, I discovered that this new show by Richard Hough (book/lyrics) and Ben […]
Online premiere of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice delayed
The online world premiere of new British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice will now take place a few weeks later than planned following a delay in filming the production which had been due to play a debut season at the Southwark Playhouse this month. Originally due to be streamed to home audiences from 26 January-14 February, […]
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice world premiere to move online
The world premiere of new British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice will now take place online following the cancellation of the show’s debut season at the Southwark Playhouse this month. Announcing the decision to move the production onto streaming platform stream.theatre, producer James Seabright said: “We are sorry not to be able to present this wonderful […]
Premiere for new British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in 2021
New British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice will receive its world premiere at the Southwark Playhouse in January 2021. Inspired by the 18th century poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the musical which has been created writer Richard Hough and composer Ben Morales Frost (Our Man In Havana, A Christmas Carol) will make its debut in […]
Double-casting for leads in Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s Jesus Christ Superstar
The lead roles in Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s special concert version of the venue’s multi-award-winning production of Jesus Christ Superstar have been double cast to allow for changes necessary to adhere to Government safety guidelines for outdoor live performances. The production’s original Jesus, singer-songwriter Declan Bennett, will share the title role with the star […]
David Thaxton to be the new West End Phantom of the Opera
Olivier Award winner David Thaxton will step into the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre for a limited run from Monday 10 December 2018. Fresh from playing Javert in Les Misérables at the Queens Theatre, the star who previously played Raoul in Phantom sequel Love Never Dies […]
Camelot – London Palladium
Camelot at the London Palladium. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This concert version of Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot from London Musical Theatre Orchestra was staged to mark the centenary of Alan Jay Lerner’s birth in October 1918, though it seems like yesterday that he was with us, having settled in London in later […]
David Thaxton and Savannah Stevenson star in LMTO’s Camelot
Olivier Award winner David Thaxton and Follies star Savannah Stevenson will head the cast of the London Musical Theatre Orchestra’s concert version of Camelot at the London Palladium next month. Thaxton, who won an Olivier Award in 2011 for his performance in the Donmar Warehouse’s Passion and has played multiple roles in the Les Misérables […]
David Thaxton to return as Javert in West End Les Misérables
David Thaxton will return to the role of Javert in Cameron Mackintosh’s record-breaking Les Misérables at London’s Queen’s Theatre in January. Last seen as Javert in 2014, Thaxton (an Olivier Award winner for his performance in the Donmar Warehouse’s Passion), who also previously played Enjoiras in the production, will re-join the show from 22 January […]
Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park – full casting
Full casting has been announced for this summer’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s groundbreaking musical Jesus Christ Superstar. With rehearsals already under way, the show’s previously announced Jesus, singer-songwriter Declan Bennett, has been joined by Tyrone Huntley as Judas, Anoushka Lucas as Mary Magdelene, David Thaxton as […]
Only the Brave – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Only the Brave continues at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff until 2 April. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Set against the background of the Second World War and based on a little-known true story of one of the dramatic events leading up to the D-Day landings, Only the Brave, from the book by Rachel Wagstaff, […]
Interview – Caroline Sheen stars in new British musical Only the Brave
CAROLINE SHEEN is soon to appear in Rachel Wagstaff, Matthew Brind and Steve Marmion’s new British musical Only the Brave, premiering at the Wales Millennium Centre from 28 March to 2 April. Based on the real lives of men and women caught up in the D-Day landings, the show tells the inspirational true story of […]
Original musical Only the Brave – latest details
Emilie Fleming will join the previously announced David Thaxton, Caroline Sheen and Neil McDermott to head the cast of the new British musical, Only the Brave, premiering at the Wales Millennium Centre from 28 March to 2 April. Based on the real lives of men and women caught up in the D-Day landings, this new production […]
Original musical Only the Brave premieres at Wales Millennium Centre
This Easter, Wales Millennium Centre will premiere its first full-scale, original musical, Only the Brave, produced with Soho Theatre, Daniel Sparrow Productions and Birdsong Productions. Based on the real lives of men and women caught up in the D-Day landings, this new production (playing from 28 March to 2 April) will star David Thaxton, Caroline […]
Menier Chocolate Factory presents Candide
Fra Fee, Cassidy Janson, Ben Lewis, Scarlett Strallen and David Thaxton have been cast in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s Christmas musical Candide with music by Leonard Bernstein, book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler, lyrics by Richard Wilbur and additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Park and Bernstein. From Westphalia to […]
