New UK Musicals: Live in Concert at The Other Palace, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In the UK, new musical theatre writing, and particularly new British writing, is something of a Cinderella – it tends to get overlooked. With the West End filled with established long-runners and an endless cycle of […]
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New UK Musicals concert announced
West End stars Tyrone Huntley (Jesus Christ Superstar, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Anoushka Lucas (Oklahoma, Young Vic), Michael Rouse (A Christmas Carol, Old Vic) and Gemma Sutton (Follies, National Theatre) will appear alongside a new generation of performers in a special concert celebrating new UK musicals early next month. Produced by Darren Clark for […]
Beauty and The Beast – Rose Theatre, Kingston
Beauty and The Beast continues at the Rose Theatre, Kingston until 2 January 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ To craft and create a show that holds equal appeal to every age from eight to 80 requires a special talent and Ciaran McConville’s re-imagining of this famed 18th century French folk […]
Cast announced for Rose Theatre’s Beauty and the Beast
2020 graduate Amelia Kinu Muus will be the Beauty to Stanton Wright’s Beast in a new version of the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast at the Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames this Christmas. Central School of Speech and Drama graduate Muus whose professional credits in her native Austria include roles in productions […]
Perfect Pitch to develop four new musicals in partnership with Broadway Licensing
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 […]
Sondheim Society to launch the Sondheim Sessions online
With this year’s Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year (SSSSPOTY) shelved due to the Covid-19 crisis, the organisers are launching the Sondheim Sessions, a series of free online concerts celebrating the timeless work of Stephen Sondheim this weekend. SSSSPOTY 2017 prize-winner Oscar Conlon-Morrey will take centre stage on Sunday (7 June 2020) for […]
New musicals sheet music site to launch
Performers and fans of new UK musicals will be able to purchase sheet music from their favourite shows with the launch of a new store of digital sheet music next week. Launching on Monday (1 June), New UK Musicals is the brainchild of Darren Clark, the multi-award-winning composer and lyricist of new shows The Wicker […]
Hansel and Gretel – Rose Theatre, Kingston
Hansel and Gretel continues at the Rose Theatre, Kingston until 6 January 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Forget all those predictable pantos, especially those with smutty innuendo that you just hope and pray your children/grandchildren won’t understand and get yourselves down to Kingston for this brilliant adaptation of one of […]
Mrs Beeton Says – Redgrave Theatre, Bristol
Mrs Beeton Says was performed at the Redgrave Theatre, Bristol. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ‘As with the commander of an army, so it is with the mistress of the house.’ Penned in 1859, these words were to provide women with a route map towards domestic bliss, and greatly broadened horizons, for a hundred […]
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – National Youth Music Theatre – The Other Palace
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow continues at The Other Palace, London until 25 August 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Washington Irving’s short horror story, set in a secluded, superstitious community in post-Revolutionary New York state, has proven a fertile basis for many an adaptation, from Disney animations to Tim Burton blockbusters and […]
NYMT announces three-week London season
The National Youth Music Theatre a three-week summer residency at The Other Palace will include a new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton’s award winning Beautiful Game. Running from 15-18 August 2018, the musical set during ‘The Troubles’ in Belfast in 1969 will feature Jasper Britton, the NYMT alumnus who spoke the first lines […]
Alice in Winterland – Rose Theatre, Kingston
Alice in Winterland continues at the Rose Theatre, Kingston until 7 January. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ “A work of genius” pronounced my grown-up daughter after the first act of the Rose Theatre’s Christmas show. That might be over-egging it a bit, but it certainly held its predominantly young audience enthralled […]
Interview – Andy Barnes on why Perfect Pitch is dedicated to new British musical theatre
When new British chamber musical The House of Mirrors and Hearts had its official opening at the Arcola Theatre this week, it was partly due to the backing of Perfect Pitch, the UK company dedicated to the creation and development of new British musicals. Perfect Pitch executive producer ANDY BARNES took time out to give Musical Theatre […]
The House of Mirrors and Hearts – Gillian Kirkpatrick and Graham Bickley cast
Casting has been revealed for the world premiere of The House of Mirrors and Hearts, a new British chamber musical by Eamonn O’Dwyer and Robert Gilbert which will open the summer/autumn season at Arcola Theatre from Thursday 2 July to Saturday 1 August, with a press night on Tuesday 7 July. The cast features Gillian Kirkpatrick […]
New musical The House of Mirrors and Hearts opens at Arcola Theatre in July
A new British chamber musical The House of Mirrors and Hearts will play in Studio 1 at Arcola Theatre from Thursday 2 July to Saturday 1 August, with a press night on Tuesday 7 July. When Anna’s husband is killed in a tragic accident at their home, her family’s life is changed forever. Seven years […]
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Rose Theatre, Kingston
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe continues at Rose Theatre, Kingston until 4 January 2015. It’s stretching it to call the Rose’s Christmas offering a musical, but there’s no doubt that Eamonn O’Dwyer’s sumptuous score adds considerably to the charm of CS Lewis’ enduring classic that first saw light of day 64 years ago […]
Next UK – Battersea Barge
Next UK was performed at the Battersea Barge, London. Next – or NEXT: Now Entering the Crossroads (X-roads) of Theatre, if you indulge the rather clunky and contrived acronym – is a showcase of emerging musical theatre talents that enjoyed a successful rollout in New York in 2009 and which has now made it across the […]
GOD, a Musical Celebration and Parody of Sondheim – London Theatre Workshop
GOD, a Musical Celebration and Parody of Stephen Sondheim at the London Theatre Workshop, Fulham continues until 12 July. We’ve had a glut of Sondheim compilation shows recently – Just Another Love Story at the same London Theatre Workshop venue as this affectionate homage to his genius was one of the best – but GOD is one with a delightful difference and one […]
