Becoming Nancy continues at the Birmingham Rep until 2 November 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Absolute feel-good entertainment guaranteed to make you smile, Becoming Nancy will hopefully help a new generation to find their authentic selves and their communities.
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Becoming Nancy – cast recording tracks released and cast confirmed
Brimingham Rep has released selected tracks from the cast recording of Becoming Nancy ahead of the musical’s UK premiere this autumn.
Jerry Mitchell to direct and choreograph UK premiere of Becoming Nancy
Double Tony Award-winner Jerry Mitchell (La Cage Aux Folles, Kinky Boots) will direct and choreograph the UK premiere of the new musical Becoming Nancy at the Birmingham Rep this autumn.
Rehab: The Musical – Playground Theatre
Rehab – The Musical continues at the Playground Theatre, London until 17 September 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ One of musical theatre’s greatest strengths is when a show takes inspiration from real-life times of difficulty and creates something positive out of them. Bringing light to shade and turning trauma into […]
Jodie Steele and Annabel Giles join cast of Rehab The Musical
West End star Jodie Steele (Six The Musical, Heathers) and TV presenter Annabel Giles have been added to the cast of Rehab The Musical, ahead of the new British show’s debut at The Playground Theatre next month. The pair will join the previously announced Keith Allen (Celebration, Almeida Theatre, Trainspotting), Jonny Labey (Strictly Ballroom, Piccadilly Theatre, […]
First casting news for Rehab The Musical
Initial casting has been announced for new British show Rehab The Musical which is due to make its debut at The Playground Theatre in September 2022. Stage and screen star Keith Allen (Celebration, Almeida Theatre, Trainspotting) will appear alongside Jonny Labey (Strictly Ballroom, Piccadilly Theatre, EastEnders), Gloria Onitiri (Cinderella, Gillian Lynne Theatre, The Bodyguard, Adelphi […]
Would-be musical theatre stars get a chance to shine in DIY festive show
Musical theatre fans are being given the chance to star alongside Simon Callow in a new DIY musical created for this year’s festive season. Produced by the British Youth Music Theatre, Saving Christmas is a solo Christmas musical designed to be performed by anyone of any age anywhere. Based on a concept by Steven Dexter, […]
Loserville team to reunite for Barn Theatre’s virtual Elliot Davis concert
Busted’s James Bourne will re-unite (virtually) with his Loserville co-writer Elliot Davis this weekend for the third concert in the Barn Theatre’s new online series showcasing the work of Britain’s musical theatre composers. Bourne will join an all-star line-up of West End favourites for the musical celebration of the work of the award-winning British composer […]
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 […]
Line-up for Barn Theatre’s celebration of the work of Finn Anderson
Cirencester’s Barn Theatre has unveiled another star-studded line-up for the second concert in the venue’s new virtual series showcasing the work of Britain’s musical theatre composers. Celebrating the work of Scottish musical theatre composer and singer/songwriter Finn Anderson, the concert will be released on 23 May 2020 at 7.30pm BST on the venue’s Facebook, YouTube […]
Luke Bayer and Millie O’Connell are cast in Soho Cinders at Charing Cross Theatre
West End stars Luke Bayer and Millie O’Connell will head the cast when George Stiles, Anthony Drewe and Elliot Davis’ re-imagining of the Cinderella story, Soho Cinders, returns to London later this month at the start of a nine-week season at Charing Cross Theatre. With music by Stiles, lyrics by Drewe (Mary Poppins, The Wind […]
Soho Cinders – Union Theatre
Soho Cinders continues at the Union Theatre, London until 22 December. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ At the moment, this revival of Stiles and Drewe’s modern reworking of Cinderella with a rent boy in the Cinders role falling in love with a prospective London Mayor while a millionaire Tory lord of […]
Out There – Union Theatre
Out There continues at the Union Theatre, London until 8 October. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ After the success of its 2015 revival of Loserville, which earned itself a rare second run later the same year, the Union Theatre is justly enamoured of the musical writings of Elliot Davis and James […]
Bourne and Davis musical Out There to play Union Theatre
The latest from the team behind the hit Loserville, the country-tinged Out There, will play the London’s Union Theatre later this month. An original tale from the writing partnership of Busted’s James Bourne and Elliot Davis will run from 21 September until 8 October. Directed by Michael Burgen, the cast includes Dave Willetts, Luke Street, […]
What I Go to School For – The Busted Musical – Youth Music Theatre UK – Theatre Royal Brighton
What I Go to School For – The Busted Musical was performed by Youth Music Theatre UK at the Theatre Royal, Brighton. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was with some trepidation that your aged scribe accepted the Editor’s invitation to review this musical built round the story of super group […]
From Page to Stage season of new musicals – full programme
The full programme has been revealed for the From Page to Stage season of new musicals at Tristan Bates Theatre this autumn. New musicals, chosen from over 130 entries, include Heart of Winter by Tim Connor (The Stationmaster and winner of the Stiles + Drewe Prize for Best New Song), Bananaman the Musical by Leon Parris […]
Loserville – Union Theatre
Loserville continues at the Union Theatre, London until 20 December. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It’s 1971. High school students are looking for a way out of their quiet American town – dubbed Loserville – to a brighter more exciting future. For some, the future clearly lies with computers and the development of email which […]
Loserville returns to the Union Theatre in December
Loserville, the musical co-written by Busted star James Bourne and Elliot Davis is returning to London’s Union Theatre this December. In the week it was announced that pop group Busted had re-formed, the 2009 musical based on Welcome to Loserville – the 2005 album by Bourne’s second group Son Of Dork – is revived by director Michael Burgen (Our […]
Bourne and Davis Busted musical features in Youth Music Theatre 2016 season
Youth Music Theatre UK is looking for 300 talented young performers and musicians to join the YMT Company of 2016 and star in new musicals next summer. The 2016 season features the return of Busted star James Bourne and award-winning composer Elliot Davis with their third show in association with the YMT, Year 3000 – the Busted musical, […]
Peter Pan concert staging – Bradley Walsh and Jenna Russell cast
Bradley Walsh and Jenna Russell are the first performers to be cast in the concert staging of Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure, making its return to the London stage at the Adelphi Theatre on Sunday 25 October for a matinee and evening performance. Entertainment stalwart and star of stage and screen, Bradley Walsh (Coronation Street, […]
From Page to Stage season of new musicals – nine shows announced
Aria Entertainment has revealed the full programme of work for the third From Page to Stage season of new musicals. Tickets are now on sale ranging from £12 to £18. Nine shows have been announced as part of the third season. Readings include a new musical by Loserville writing duo Elliot Davies and James Bourne and also a new piece from Tim Sanders and Charles […]
Of Thee I Sing – Royal Festival Hall
Of Thee I Sing was performed at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ For their second presentation at the South Bank Centre, Senbla with Elliot Davis presented Of Thee I Sing, the first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama when it was produced on Broadway in 1931. […]
Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan presented in London concert
Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure, featuring music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, will be presented live in concert at London’s Adelphi Theatre on 25 October for a matinee and evening performance. Producers Ollie Rosenblatt (for Senbla Ltd) and Elliot Davis said; “We are so proud to present Peter Pan as art […]
Cynthia Erivo and Clarke Peters join How to Succeed concert line-up
Further cast details have been announced today for the Gala Concert Presentation of Frank Loesser’s classic 1961 musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Produced by independent promoter Senbla in association with Elliot Davis, British/American actor Clarke Peters (The Wire, Treme) and Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple, Dessa Rose, A Midsummer Night’s Dream) join […]
Jonathan Groff leads How to Succeed concert at Festival Hall
Direct from his current role in Hamilton at the Public Theater in New York, Jonathan Groff (HBO’s Looking, Glee) will play J. Pierrepont Finch in a concert production of Frank Loesser’s classic 1961 musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at the Royal Festival Hall on 19 May. Also in the cast are Game of Thrones and […]
Loserville – Union Theatre
Loserville continues at the Union Theatre, London until 21 March. Star rating: 3 stars ★ ★ ★ James Bourne and Elliot Davis’ musical, originally performed by Youth Music Theatre UK before a West Yorkshire Playhouse production that briefly visited the West End in 2012, is one of the most musically accessible of recent British musicals. The Son of […]
Loserville revived at the Union Theatre
Elliot Davis and James Bourne’s musical Loserville will be revived at London’s Union Theatre (25 February to 21 March), directed by Michael Burgen and featuring Any Dream Will Do finalist Lewis Bradley (Wicked, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) as Eddie. It’s 1971. Michael Dork may be a computer geek but he’s invented something that could change the world. He’s also discovered girls: a prospect (almost) as […]
Collaborations – The Songs of Elliot Davis
On 23 September, SimG Records – the leading independent label devoted to new writers and artists – is to release Collaborations – The Songs of Elliot Davis. Collaborations brings together some of the best songwriters in the music industry with an array of performers currently working in the West End, and is sold in aid of the […]
