Frankenstein, performed by the British Youth Music Theatre, was reviewed at the Greenwich Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s a fast-paced, sparklingly slick production featuring a company of 36.
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British Youth Music Theatre – Theo In Between
Theo In Between was reviewed at Carriageworks Theatre, Leeds. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ A well-produced and enjoyable production which many people will connect with.
All Growed Up – Lyric Theatre, Belfast
All Growed Up, performed by the British Youth Music Theatre, was reviewed at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ There is no faulting the energy and enthusiasm of the 36-strong cast of young performers.
Full cast for Bare: In Concert
Full casting has been announced for the upcoming one-night only concert performance of coming-of-age rock musical Bare at the London Palladium in April.
No Limits – Turbine Theatre
No Limits: A Song Cycle by Sam Thomas continues at the Turbine Theatre, London until 26 February 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Cast confirmed for No Limits at the Turbine Theatre
The full cast has been confirmed for Sam Thomas’ new song cycle No Limits at London’s Turbine Theatre early next year.
Full cast for Once – In Concert
Lambert Jackson has revealed the full cast for the upcoming concert presentation of the multi-award-winning Broadway and West End musical Once.
Carrie Hope Fletcher and Jamie Muscato to star in Once – In Concert at the London Palladium
Carrie Hope Fletcher (Heathers, Cinderella, Les Misérables) and Jamie Muscato (Heathers, Bend It Like Beckham, The Undeclared War) will reunite in 2023, starring as Girl and Guy in Once – In Concert at the London Palladium on 12 March 2023. They will head an actor-musician cast in this special one-night-only concert of the critically acclaimed […]
Lift: A Musical – Southwark Playhouse
Lift continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 18 June 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There’s nothing particularly groundbreaking about a drama set in a lift. There’s a Chinese opera about a man trapped in a lift for 81 hours (a true story, disturbingly)… Aerosmith sang about ‘Love in an Elevator’… […]
Five Questions With: Dean Johnson
DEAN JOHNSON will direct a new production of the London Underground-set musical LIFT at London’s Southwark Playhouse from 13 May until 25 June 2022. Developed by new musical theatre specialists Perfect Pitch and now presented by Gartland Productions, the musical which debuted at Soho Theatre in 2013 starring Cynthia Erivo, Julie Atherton and George Maguire, has […]
Cast for Southwark Playhouse’s LIFT
X Factor finalist (2013) Luke Friend will head the cast of the London Underground-set musical LIFT when it returns to the capital next month with a new production directed by Dean Johnson. Opening at the Southwark Playhouse on 13 May 2022, the production will feature former busker Friend (American Idiot, Footloose) as the Busker alongside […]
London return for underground set musical LIFT
London Underground-set musical LIFT will return to the capital this summer with a new production directed by Dean Johnson. Presented by Gartland Productions, the new version of the musical which received its world premiere in London almost a decade ago will play the Southwark Playhouse from 13 May until 25 June 2022. Developed by new […]
BKLYN The Musical – Lambert Jackson Productions (Stream.Theatre)
BKLYN The Musical, streaming until 4 April 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This is a dynamic retread of Brooklyn The Musical which ran on Broadway for eight months in 2004-5, went on tour in the USA, then turned up at Greenwich Theatre on the London Fringe 18 months ago without making enough […]
Filmed release of new production of BKLYN – The Musical
Lambert Jackson Productions will present a new filmed production of Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson’s BKLYN – The Musical on stream.theatre next month. Available from 22 March until 4 April 2021, the filmed release features Sejal Keshwala (Bend It Like Beckham, Phoenix Theatre), Emma Kingston (Zorro, Hope Mill Theatre), Newtion Matthews (One Love: The Bob Marley […]
First Date – Crazy Coqs
First Date, a musical streamed from Crazy Coqs, London, continues until 24 October 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Two-hander boutique musicals have been staged before in the Crazy Coqs cabaret room at Zédel’s but First Date is different, a full-blown online show about the dating game with a cast of five that […]
Samantha Barks and Simon Lipkin to star in virtual version of First Date
Samantha Barks and Simon Lipkin will take the lead in a virtual production of the Broadway musical First Date next month. Presented by Lambert Jackson Productions and Crazy Coqs, the production will be filmed at London’s Crazy Coqs and will be made available for streaming on 22, 23 and 24 October 2020 at 7.30pm. Due […]
Dogfight – Southwark Playhouse
Dogfight continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 31 August 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The last London professional staging of Dogfight, at the same venue five years ago, occurred at a very different time for its composers. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s follow-up, Dear Evan Hansen, had yet to hit Broadway, and the […]
Spring Awakening – Stockwell Playhouse
Spring Awakening at Stockwell Playhouse, London. Star rating: three stars ★★★✩✩ Spring Awakening The Musical is not easy. Adapted from Frank Wedekind’s scandalous 1891 original play, it’s a coming of age story with themes charting sexual frustration to eponymous awakening, societal pressures from school to home life, the conservation of innocence by the older generation, parental abuse and teen […]
