New musical theatre specialists Perfect Pitch has unveiled a new partnership with theatrical licensing house Broadway Licensing which will involve the commissioning, development, production and licensing of four new British musicals and the addition of seven existing Perfect Pitch titles to the Broadway Licensing catalogue. Commenting on the new initiative, Perfect Pitch founders, Wendy and […]
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Teddy – The Vaults
Teddy continues at The Vaults, London until 3 June 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Contrasts and culture clashes lie at the heart of all the best dramas. And you can’t get much more of a contrast than the world of the 1950s Teddy Boy, as brought to life in Tristan […]
Teddy London season extended until June
The award-winning rock‘n’roll musical Teddy’s London season at The Vaults has been extended by four weeks, following its successful launch at the Watermill Theatre and UK tour dates. Produced by Sarah Loader for Snapdragon Productions in association with the Watermill Theatre, the show will now play the Waterloo venue from 29 March to 3 June. Directed […]
Teddy – Watermill Theatre, Newbury and Touring
Teddy continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 10 February and will tour nationally before a London season at The Vaults, London (29 March to 5 May 2018). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ For those of us who did not grow up in the height of the Teddy Boy era but […]
Cast for new production of Teddy revealed
Full casting has been announced for the new production of the award-winning Teddy which is due to open at the Watermill Theatre in January ahead of a UK tour and London season. Directed by Eleanor Rhode, the production will feature: Molly Chesworth (If and When, Soho Theatre); Andrew Gallo (Sunny Afternoon, UK tour); George Parker […]
Rock ‘n’ roll musical Teddy opens at Watermill before national tour
Tristan Bernays and Dougal Irvine’s award-winning musical Teddy will open at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury in January 2018, ahead of a national tour and a London season at The Vaults. Teddy will run at the Watermill from 11 January to 10 February 2018 (press night is 15 January), while the season at The Vaults will […]
The Buskers Opera – Park Theatre
The Buskers Opera continues at the Park Theatre, London until 4 June. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ In 1728, John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera debuted. A satirical sideswipe at the political figures of the day, it was one of the nascent breed of operas that dropped the sung recitative between arias, […]
The Buskers Opera at the Park Theatre – exclusive images
The Buskers Opera, a brand new musical from the pen of Dougal Irvine (Departure Lounge, The Snow Queen, Britain’s Got Bhangra), opens this week at the Park Theatre, playing until 4 June. In the cast are David Burt –the original revolutionary Enjolras in Les Misérables in 1985 – as Jeremiah Peachum, alongside comedian Simon Dylan-Kane (best known for regular appearances on Radio […]
Laila the Musical – Watford Palace Theatre and Touring
Laila the Musical continues at Watford Palace Theatre until 17 April and the show tours until 4 June. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Pravesh Kumar introduces his new musical Laila in the programme, writing: “I first heard the story of Leila Majnu from my grandmother when I was nine. I had […]
The Buskers Opera – relaxed performance and crowdfunding scheme
The producers of The Buskers Opera, a brand new musical by Dougal Irvine (Departure Lounge, Laila, Britain’s Got Bhangra) and Park Theatre have announced the first ever ‘relaxed’ performance at the Park Theatre, to take place on Thursday 2 June 2016. The producers of the show have launched a unique crowdfunding scheme in order help deliver […]
The Buskers Opera at Park Theatre – George Maguire and Lauren Samuels cast
Casting has been revealed for The Buskers Opera, a brand new musical from the pen of Dougal Irvine (Departure Lounge, The Snow Queen, Britain’s Got Bhangra), which will open at Park Theatre on 28 April and play until 4 June, with a press night on 5 May. The Buskers Opera will star Olivier Award-winning George Maguire (Best Supporting Actor in a […]
Julie Atherton – Crazy Coqs
Julie Atherton performs at the Crazy Coqs, London until 20 February. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Making her debut at Crazy Coqs, Julie Atherton comes with an extensive background in musical theatre. She created the roles of Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut in the hit show Avenue Q and has played the lead […]
Park Theatre season includes new Dougal Irvine musical The Buskers Opera
As Park Theatre enters its third year, artistic director Jez Bond has announced its new season of work will include the world premiere of brand new British musical The Buskers Opera by Dougal Irvine, providing a refreshingly innovative take on John Gay’s classic The Beggar’s Opera. Before touring the country, The Buskers Opera will play […]
Teddy – Southwark Playhouse
Teddy continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 27 June. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Tristan Bernays’ Teddy doesn’t quite defy definition – it’s a play, written in free verse, featuring original songs – but its lyrical, musical and beat-poetical theatricality is refreshing and innovative and wholly welcomed. Teddy is set in the 1950s and located not too […]
Interview – Dougal Irvine, composer of Teddy at the Southwark Playhouse
Teddy is an original piece of writing set around London’s Elephant and Castle in the 1950s. Opening tonight at the Southwark Playhouse, just a minute’s walk from the Elephant’s infamous roundabout, the piece is described as a play with an original score and new songs. The show, produced by Snapdragon Productions and Theatre Bench, is the brainchild […]
