The Last Ship continues at La Seine Musicale, Paris until 8 March 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There is a moment early in The Last Ship when the chorus swells, voices rising like a tide against the inevitable, and you realise this is no ordinary jukebox vehicle for a global star.
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Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 – Donmar Warehouse
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 continues at the Donmar Warehouse, London until 8 February 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A truly dazzling achievement of contemporary musical theatre performed by a superb cast.
Star casts lined up for MTFestUK 2024
West End favourites Miriam-Teak Lee (& Juliet), Laura Baldwin (Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella), Jordan Luke Gage (Bonnie & Clyde), Rebecca Lock (Elf The Musical) and Declan Bennett (Jesus Christ Superstar) will be among the actors to appear at MTFestUK 2024.
Line-up of shows for MTFestUK 2024
The Other Palace and Turbine Theatre have announced the eight new musicals due to be showcased at MTFestUK 2024.
West End debut for Fringe hits Bloody Elle and Boy Out the City
Edinburgh Festival Fringe hits Bloody Elle and Boy Out the City will play a limited West End season at the Lyric Theatre later this month.
Carousel – Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park
Carousel continues at the Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park until 25 September 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Rodgers and Hammerstein never sidestepped a gritty issue and their 1945 piece about domestic abuse is no exception – and could hardly, given how cases have risen during lockdowns, be more topical. Yes, […]
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s Carousel – full cast and creatives
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has confirmed full casting for the venue’s upcoming revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic Carousel. As previously announced Carly Bawden (Romantics Anonymous, Shakespeare’s Globe/Bristol Old Vic, Ghost Quartet, Boulevard Theatre) and Declan Bennett (Jesus Christ Superstar, Regent’s Park Open Air, Once, Phoenix Theatre) will star as tragic lovers Julie Jordan […]
Monday Night At The Apollo – new dates announced
Revised dates have been announced for the new live and live-streamed fundraising concert series Monday Night At The Apollo. Originally due to play two shows in front of a socially distanced audience at the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury this month with a third concert in early February, the shows will now take place on 12 […]
New dates and revised bill for Hippodrome Casino Live in London
Fourth Wall Live and The Hippodrome Casino London have confirmed revised dates and an amended line-up for the new season of live shows at the Leicester Square venue unveiled last month. Due to the current lockdown, Live In London will now run from 3 December until 20 December 2020, with two shows nightly at 7pm […]
Live big screen relay for Regent’s Park’s Jesus Christ Superstar concert
Performances of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s special concert version of the venue’s multi-award-winning production of Jesus Christ Superstar will be relayed ‘live’ to thousands of additional ticket holders from 19 August 2020. Tickets costing £20 are now on sale for Superstar On-Screen, an initiative that will allow up to 5,000 extra audience members to […]
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 […]
The View UpStairs – Soho Theatre
The View UpStairs continues at the Soho Theatre, London – until 24 August 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ In this, the 50th anniversary year of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, that act of uprising has come to symbolise the entirety of the struggle for LGBT civil rights. But there are other, […]
Striking 12 – Union Theatre
Striking 12 continues at the Union Theatre, London until 23 December 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ On the face of it, Hans Christian Andersen’s short story The Little Match Girl is far from the ideal basis for an uplifting Christmas musical (spoiler: an abused girl tries to keep herself warm by burning the matches […]
‘We’ve really been part of the creative process’: Bronté Barbé stars in the brand new UK production of Striking 12 at the Union Theatre
After her role in the UK tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, as the legendary singer-songwriter, BRONTÉ BARBÉ is starring in the UK production of GrooveLily’s hit Off-Broadway musical Striking 12. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Match Girl, Striking 12 tells the story of Brendan (played by Declan Bennett, recently praised for […]
Bronté Barbé and Declan Bennett head cast of Striking 12
Casting has been announced for the Off-Broadway musical Striking 12 at London’s Union Theatre this Christmas. Bronté Barbé (The Wild Party, The Other Palace) and Declan Bennett (Jesus Christ Superstar, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) will lead a cast that also includes Danielle Kassaraté (Dusty, Charing Cross Theatre), Kate Robson-Stuart (Once, New Wolsey Theatre/Queen’s Theatre) […]
Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park – Declan Bennett and Tyrone Huntley return to cast
Declan Bennett is one of four cast members from the multi award-winning 2016 Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Jesus Christ Superstar to return for the show’s much-anticipated 2017 limited season. Singer-songwriter Bennett will take to the Regent’s Park stage once again in the title role alongside Tyrone Huntley who will reprise his award-winning […]
Jesus Christ Superstar – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Jesus Christ Superstar continues at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London until 27 August. Rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The stage is full of smoke, a belching walkway and banks of blinding lights. Upon it we see pulsing, vibrant, relentlessly energetic ensemble work – one of the many fine things which puts this stupendous show […]
Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre – exclusive images
This summer’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s groundbreaking musical Jesus Christ Superstar opened this week. Here, Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan presents a gallery of exclusive images. The show Jesus, portrayed by singer-songwriter Declan Bennett, is joined by Tyrone Huntley as Judas, Anoushka Lucas as Mary Magdelene, David Thaxton […]
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 […]
Declan Bennett cast as Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Singer/songwriter Declan Bennett has been cast in the title role in the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Jesus Christ Superstar. The star, who was the original lead in the London cast of Once, will head the cast in the latest production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ground-breaking musical which will run […]
Once the Musical – even twice is probably not enough
Scott Matthewman writes… As fans of musical theatre, we’ve all been there. We’ve been to see a show, loved it, raved about it – and then someone we know goes to see it on our recommendation. And suddenly, that sense of fear hits. What if they don’t like it as much as we did? As a reviewer, it […]
