Courtney Stapleton and Emmanuel Kojo will take on the title roles in the re-imagined and re-designed production of the Olivier Award-winning stage musical version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast when the production launches at the Bristol Hippodrome on 24 August 2021. Two of musical theatre’s rising stars Stapleton (Six, Dear Evan Hansen) and Kojo […]
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Treason: The Musical in Concert – Cadogan Hall
Treason: The Musical in Concert at Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ In current times with theatres closed and only online options available, getting attention to new works of musical theatre can be even harder than usual – not that they were ever easy. Ricky Allan and Kieran Lynn’s Treason: […]
Cast and new streaming dates for Treason The Musical In Concert
Casting has been announced for the digital concert premiere of the new Gunpowder Plot-inspired musical drama Treason next month. Due to be performed and filmed live at London’s Cadogan Hall, the concert production will feature West End stars including Lucie Jones (Legally Blonde, Waitress), Oliver Tompsett (& Juliet, Kinky Boots), Daniel Boys (Falsettos, Nativity Rocks!), […]
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 […]
West End stars line up for Footballers’ Wives – The Musical
An all-star cast has been unveiled for Friday’s London showcase presentation of new show Footballers’ Wives – The Musical. Simon Bailey (The Phantom of the Opera, I Can’t Sing! The X-Factor Musical) will play Jason with Natasha J. Barnes (Funny Girl, Spring Awakening) as Donna, Norman Bowman (42nd Street, Guys and Dolls) as Frank, Liam Doyle […]
Stars return to host 10th West End Bares
Graham Norton, Tom Allen and Michelle Visage will return as hosts for the tenth birthday of the burlesque-flavoured fundraiser West End Bares at East London’s Troxy on Sunday 13 October 2019. The trio, who all previously hosted the annual event will join forces to host West End Bares Stripped as it celebrates the annual event’s […]
Oklahoma! – Chichester Festival Theatre
Oklahoma! continues at the Festival Theatre, Chichester until 7 September 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Chichester’s reputation in its choice of musicals has been extremely high with the audience being treated to brand new shows or forgotten treasures unearthed. Therefore many people may have been disappointed when it was announced that the […]
David Thaxton and Savannah Stevenson star in LMTO’s Camelot
Olivier Award winner David Thaxton and Follies star Savannah Stevenson will head the cast of the London Musical Theatre Orchestra’s concert version of Camelot at the London Palladium next month. Thaxton, who won an Olivier Award in 2011 for his performance in the Donmar Warehouse’s Passion and has played multiple roles in the Les Misérables […]
UK Theatre Awards 2016 – nominees revealed
Flowers For Mrs Harris, Half a Sixpence and Show Boat will battle it out for the title of Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards next month. The three hit shows were among the list of nominees for the 2016 awards which will be presented at a ceremony at London’s Guildhall on Sunday 9 […]
Interview – Emmanuel Kojo takes on the role of Joe in Show Boat
EMMANUEL KOJO was thrust into the spotlight, fresh from drama school, less that two years ago, in The Scottsboro Boys, and has been working almost continuously since. He joined Musical Theatre Review’s Aura Simon, breathless and exhilarated, from a matinee performance playing Joe in the Sheffield Crucible production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s timeless masterpiece Show Boat, now […]
