Elvis Evolution hosted an exclusive VIP screening of Elvis’ iconic ’68 NBC Special and a Q&A with Elvis expert Jonathan Wingate, Elvis Evolution music director Kojo Samuel and Elvis Evolution head of studio Simon Reveley at the Curzon Soho, London.
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This Is Elvis – New Wimbledon Theatre & Touring
This Is Elvis continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 17 March, then on tour until 4 August 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s exhausting just watching Elvis-lookalike Steve Michaels gyrating and belting the guts out of 40 Presley hits in this hugely enjoyable nostalgia-fest. How on earth he finds the […]
Vegas Elvis reborn in new touring production
The Vegas years of Elvis Presley will be re-created in a major new touring show presented by Bill Kenwright. Featuring award-winning tribute artist Steve Michaels as the music legend, This Is Elvis – Burbank and Vegas celebrates 50 years since Presley’s iconic comeback special aired on NBC Television. Opening at Theatre Royal Windsor on 24 […]
Elvis – Young and Beautiful – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Frankenstein Pub
Elvis – Young and Beautiful continues at Frankenstein Pub until 28 August. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This year marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, and to celebrate the life of The King, 24-year-old Oliver Harris brings him back to life in a month-long tribute at Frankenstein’s […]
Million Dollar Quartet embarks on first ever UK tour
Tony Award-winning Broadway show Million Dollar Quartet is to embark on its first ever UK tour, opening at Leicester Curve on 14 September 2016. Inspired by the true story of the famed recording session where Sam Phillips, the ‘Father of Rock’n’Roll’ brought together icons Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley, Million Dollar Quartet will play Sheffield Lyceum, Nottingham Theatre Royal, Malvern […]
Love Me Tender – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Love Me Tender continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre until 27 June, then tours until 26 September. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The resounding success on both sides of the Atlantic of Joe DiPietro’s Tony Award-winning Memphis won’t harm the box-office takings for the UK debut of his first Broadway show, All Shook Up, and here […]
There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 28 June. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A nostalgic, funny but quite hard-hitting evening among the warm theatrical Gatehouse community sees a long-held idea of Ovation’s director John Plews brought gutsily to life by close […]
Love Me Tender – full cast revealed for UK and Ireland tour
The full cast has been revealed for the UK and Ireland tour of Love Me Tender, the new musical inspired by and featuring the music of Elvis Presley. The tour will open on Friday 5 June 2015 at the Manchester Opera House. Joining the previously announced Mica Paris as Sylvia will be Sian Reeves as Mayor Matilda Hyde and Shaun Williamson as Jim with Ben Lewis as Chad. The […]
Elvis musical Love Me Tender will tour from June 2015
The UK tour of Love Me Tender – a new musical inspired by and featuring the music of Elvis Presley – will open on Friday 5 June 2015 at the Manchester Opera House. Casting will be announced shortly. From the producers of Hairspray, Jersey Boys and West Side Story, Love Me Tender is a feel-good musical featuring Elvis Presley’s greatest hits. In a small town in 1950s America, a […]
