First-time theatre producer Tom Gribby has presented Leukaemia UK with a cheque for over £10,000 raised from the special charity performance of Boublil and Schönberg’s The Pirate Queen at the London Coliseum in February. Handing over a cheque for £10,058, Gribby [pictured left] said: “I am delighted at the amount raised from the Pirate Queen […]
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The Pirate Queen – London Coliseum
The Pirate Queen – A Charity Concert was staged for one night charity gala at the London Coliseum on 23 February 2020. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The historical swashbuckler written by composer Claude-Michel Schönberg and lyricist Alain Boublil (with additional lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr and John Dempsey) – and inspired […]
Final casting news for The Pirate Queen
Earl Carpenter and Daniel Boys will complete the line-up of West End stars assembled for the special charity performance of Boublil and Schönberg’s The Pirate Queen at the London Coliseum later this month. Carpenter, whose extensive musical theatre credits include leading roles in Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard and Evita, will […]
Hannah Waddingham, Steph Parry and Emma Norman join The Pirate Queen charity performance
Hannah Waddingham, Steph Parry and Emma Norman are the latest additions to the line-up for the special charity performance of Boublil and Schönberg’s The Pirate Queen at the London Coliseum on Sunday 23 February 2020. A triple Olivier Award nominee for her performances in Kiss Me, Kate, A Little Night Music and Spamalot, Waddingham will […]
Charity concert debut for Boublil & Schönberg’s The Pirate Queen
Come From Away’s Rachel Tucker will take the title role in a special charity performance of Boublil and Schönberg’s The Pirate Queen at the London Coliseum on 23 February 2020. The actress who famously played Elphaba in Wicked in the West End and on Broadway will be joined on stage by Britain’s Got Talent 2011 […]
‘It is going to be a week of how I want everyday life to be’ – Drew Baker on his role for Floating Festivals Stages
All aboard Explorer of the Seas for the Floating Stages Musical Theatre Festival at sea from 14 to 18 October 2019, leaving Southampton for Dublin and then returning to Southampton. On-board entertainment includes musical appearances by Alfie Boe, Sheridan Smith and Collabro plus the incorrigibly comic Joe Pasquale and popular show Avenue Q. DREW BAKER […]
Adrian Mole musical writers join the Floating Festivals Stages cruise line-up
The team behind the hit new British musical The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾: The Musical have joined the star-packed list of attractions due to climb aboard the second edition of Stages – The Musical Theatre Festival at Sea this autumn. Writers Pippa Cleary and Jake Brunger will offer passengers a glimpse behind […]
‘There are some amazing writers out there creating amazing work’: Theatrical Rights Worldwide’s Drew Baker on the British Musicals Collection
Thank you, Musical Theatre Review for sending me to the airiest, coolest, calmest spot in central London on one of the hottest days of the year, writes Susan Elkin. I’m in the Theatrical Rights Worldwide office with a pigeon’s eye view of Regent’s Street five floors below, lots of white paint, theatre posters and an atmosphere […]
Thoroughly Modern Millie Off-West End premiere postponed to 2015
The Off-West End premiere of the six-time Tony Award-winning tap dancing musical Thoroughly Modern Millie is being postponed to 2015. Due to star Russell Grant as the mysterious and sinister Mrs Meers and American actress Molly Marie Walsh in the title role of Millie Dillmount, Thoroughly Modern Millie was booked to play at London’s Theatro Technis from 1–25 […]
American actress Molly Marie Walsh stars opposite Russell Grant in Thoroughly Modern Millie
Mollie Marie Walsh will play the title role of Millie Dillmount alongside Russell Grant as the devious Mrs Meers in the Off-West End premiere of the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie (playing at Theatro Technis from 1-25 October, press night is 7 October). Thoroughly Modern Millie, with music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Dick Scanlan and a book by […]
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change – Battersea Barge
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change continues at the Battersea Barge, London until 17 July. Love in all its guises is the backbone of most musicals – and nowhere more so than in this structured revue with book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro (whose Memphis will open in the West End later this year) and music by Jimmy Roberts. […]
Zanna, Don’t! – Landor Theatre
Zanna, Don’t! continues at the Landor Theatre, London until 29 June. I’m not sure if the title of Zanna, Don’t! is playing with the word Xanadu, but what I do know is that I had a better time seeing this new version of the science fiction musical than I did at its previous incarnation five years ago at Upstairs at […]
