Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in Concert was performed at the London Palladium. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
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Ramin Karimloo and Hadley Fraser to star in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels concert
West End and Broadway stars Ramin Karimloo and Hadley Fraser will play the double-dealing title characters in a concert presentation of the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the London Palladium in November.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Assembly Hall
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels continues at the Assembly Hall until the 26 August 2018 (not 13 and 20). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It’s a bold move to present a feature-length musical in amongst the Fringe’s pageant of bite-sized offerings, but the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s MA season kicks off with vigour, rollocking […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 24 October and then on tour until 28 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Since Musical Theatre Review saw Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in the early stages of its tour at the Liverpool Empire in July, Gary Wilmot has taken over […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Empire Theatre, Liverpool and Touring
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was reviewed at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool and continues its UK tour until 28 November 2015. Rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It may not have lasted the course in the West End but that hasn’t and isn’t stopping Jerry Mitchell’s UK production and new cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels giving the audience exactly what they […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels tour – full casting announced
The national tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, opening at the New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham on 5 May 2015, will star Michael Praed as Lawrence, Noel Sullivan as Freddy, Carley Stenson as Christine and Mark Benton as Andre. They are joined by Geraldine Fitzgerald as Muriel. The rest of the company includes Emma Caffrey; Andy Conaghan; Phoebe Coupe; Soophia Faroughi; Jonny Godbold; Orla Gormley; Patrick Harper; Justin Lee-Jones; Jordan Livesey; Lisa Mathieson; Andy […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ends West End run in March before tour
After a successful year in London at the Savoy Theatre, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will be moving on to pastures new with international productions in Australia, South Korea and Germany and on a two-year national UK tour. London theatregoers have until 7 March to book tickets. Starting at Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre on 5 May, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels […]
WhatsOnStage Awards – Miss Saigon and Memphis the Musical dominate nominations
Miss Saigon picked up 12 nominations for the 15th Annual WhatsOn Stage Awards. Picture: Roy Tan At a ceremony held today at London’s Café de Paris, Angela Griffin and Steve Furst announced the nominees for the 15th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards. The announcement of the nominations marks the opening of the final voting stage (closes 31 January 2015), […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Savoy Theatre
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels continues at the Savoy Theatre, London. Cast changes in West End shows are difficult things to get right, especially when named stars leave. Where Dirty Rotten Scoundrels succeeds is to replace actors not renowned for their musical theatre CV, such as Rufus Hound and Samantha Bond, with a cast list whose credentials cannot […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels set to tour the UK in 2015
A national tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will open at the New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham on 5 May 2015 where it plays until 16 May 2015 (the musical then goes on to visit Sunderland, Glasgow, Liverpool, Torquay, Stoke, Oxford and Edinburgh). The West End production of the show continues to play at the Savoy Theatre. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels opened in the West End […]
Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – more casting announced
Hadyn Gwynne, Jerome Pradon and Anna Skellern join Tamsin Greig in the UK premiere of David Yazbek and Jeffrey Lane’s new musical adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar’s Oscar-nominated film Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Directed by Tony Award-winner Bartlett Sher, and following two full-scale development workshops with actors, musicians and the creative team, […]
Gary Wilmot and Bonnie Langford join cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Bonnie Langford (Spamalot, Chicago, Cats, Dr Who, Just William, Bugsy Malone) and Gary Wilmot (The Pajama Game, Chicago, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Me and My Girl) will be joining the cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at The Savoy Theatre from 16 September 2014. Gary Wilmot will be playing Andre Thibault, Beaumont-Sur-Mer’s Chief of Police, the sidekick and partner in crime to […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – what a song and dance
Musical Theatre Review’s Paul Vale had to ‘work’ for his press ticket to a special Dirty Rotten Scoundrels media night at the Savoy Theatre. You have to hand it to the team at Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, they certainly know how to make the press work hard for their complimentary ticket. A digital press night took place […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Savoy Theatre
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels continues at the Savoy Theatre, London. Billy Elliot, The Commitments, The Bodyguard, Once, not to mention forthcoming stage versions of Made in Dagenham and Back to the Future; those musical adaptations of movies just keep on coming. This time it’s Jeffrey Lane and David Yazbek’s take on Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (the 1988 Michael […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – West End launch
Musical theatre fans, don your bow ties, shine your shoes and brace yourselves. In only a few weeks, with previews beginning at the Savoy Theatre on 10 March, one of the most highly anticipated theatrical events of the year arrives – the UK premiere of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Librettist Jeffrey Lane and composer/lyricist David Yazbek’s […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels reaches West End – Robert Lindsay and Rufus Hound star
The UK Premiere of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will arrive at London’s Savoy Theatre in March 2014 starring Olivier, Tony and BAFTA award-winning actor Robert Lindsay (Me And My Girl, Becket, Oliver! and My Family) and comedian Rufus Hound (One Man, Two Guvnors, Celebrity Juice) as the comedy duo Lawrence Jameson and Freddy Benson. Katherine Kingsley joins the pair as Christine Colgate (A Midsummer […]
