Waitress was reviewed at Curve Leicester where it continues until 25 July 2026. The tour continues until 31 October 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ An excellent cast and a score that remains among the finest of the past decade.
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Waitress – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Waitress continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 4 April 2026. The tour continues until 31 October 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★★ ★ ★ This touring production is both a celebration of the show’s legacy and a testament to its lasting appeal.
Full cast for UK and Ireland tour of Waitress
The full cast has been confirmed for the upcoming second UK and Ireland tour of the Broadway and West End hit Waitress.
Les Dennis, Sandra Marvin and Evelyn Hoskins join Waitress tour
Les Dennis, Sandra Marvin and Evelyn Hoskins will join the previously announced Carrie Hope Fletcher in the upcoming second UK and Ireland tour of the Broadway and West End hit Waitress.
Halloween release for live cast album for new musical Unbound
A live cast recording of Matthew Harvey’s new musical Unbound will be released on 31 October as part of this year’s Halloween festivities.
42 Balloons – The Lowry, Salford
42 Balloons continues at The Lowry, Salford, until 19 May 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 42 Balloons is a joyous, funny and, above all, heartwarming show about the power of dreams and the importance of love and friendship, and it is guaranteed to leave you with a smile on your face and a head full of earworms. I will eat my hat if it doesn’t have a very long life beyond this run.
Concert to mark 15th anniversary of London debut of Spring Awakening
The 15th anniversary of the original London production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s multi-award-winning Spring Awakening will be celebrated with a special concert production this summer.
The Mill at Sonning’s Gypsy is named Best Musical at UK Theatre Awards 2023 while Lena Hall wins for In Dreams
The 2023 UK Theatre Awards winners have been revealed in a ceremony at London’s Guildhall, hosted by musical theatre star Zoe Birkett. Best Musical Production was awarded to The Mill at Sonning for its revival of Gypsy.
Gypsy – The Mill at Sonning
Gypsy continues at The Mill at Sonning until 15 July 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The first thing to say is that this is a rattling good revival of a rattling good musical.
Mill at Sonning’s Gypsy – full cast confirmed
The full cast has been unveiled for The Mill at Sonning’s new production of the classic musical Gypsy in the summer. As previously announced, Rebecca Thornhill will take on the role of the ultimate domineering stage mother Mama Rose alongside Evelyn Hoskins as the neglected daughter who becomes a burlesque sensation from 24 May until 15 July 2023.
Mill at Sonning’s Gypsy to star Rebecca Thornhill as Mama Rose
Rebecca Thornhill will take on the role of the ultimate domineering stage mother, Mama Rose alongside Evelyn Hoskins as her daughter Louise in The Mill at Sonning’s new production of the classic musical Gypsy in the summer.
West End stars to step out on stage and on the pitch for charity football event
A host of West End favourites will feature in a fundraising football and concert event in aid of theatrical charity Acting For Others and child bereavement charity Sands London in July. The fundraiser on 17 July 2022 at the New River Sports and Fitness Centre in Wood Green will open with a short concert at […]
David Hunter and Wendy Mae Brown join the UK and Ireland tour of Waitress
David Hunter and Wendy Mae Brown will join the cast of the UK and Ireland tour of the hit romantic musical comedy Waitress as Dr Pomatter and Becky. Wendy Mae Brown joins the production from 30 March 2022, David Hunter will appear in Llandudno from 30 March to 2 April 2022 and then from 30 […]
Waitress – New Victoria Theatre, Woking and Touring
Waitress, continues at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking until 19 February 2022, before touring until 20 August 2022. More dates to be announced soon. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Based on Adrienne Shelly’s 2007 film, Jessie Nelson and Sara Bareilles’ acclaimed Waitress presents the complex and at times bittersweet story of the […]
Waitress – Opera House, Manchester & Touring
Waitress continues at the Opera House, Manchester until 20 November 2021 and then tours until 20 August 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Waitress’ West End run was cut short by Covid in March 2020, so this tour feels like an opportunity for UK audiences to enjoy a welcome extra slice […]
Chelsea Halfpenny to star in the Waitress UK and Ireland tour from January 2022
Chelsea Halfpenny will join the cast of hit romantic musical comedy Waitress as Jenna from 10 January 2022 at the Royal & Derngate, Northampton. Halfpenny will take over the role from Lucie Jones who leaves the production to move on to a soon to be announced new project. Halfpenny will join Sandra Marvin as Becky, […]
Waitress – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
Waitress continues at Milton Keynes Theatre until 9 October 2021 and then tours until 20 August 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The sugary sweet smash hit musical comedy Waitress lands at Milton Keynes Theatre this week, with all the warmth and gumption associated with its West End residency. Featuring plenty […]
Waitress – New Wimbledon Theatre & Touring
Waitress continue at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 11 September 2021, and then tours until 20 August 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There is much to love about Waitress, a bittersweet, hilarious and often near-the-knuckle feminist musical that has done good business on Broadway and in London and now goes on […]
The Wind in the Willows – The Turbine Theatre On The Jetty
The Wind in the Willows was performed as part of Summer Showtime on The Coaling Jetty at the Turbine Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Forget Cool Britannia, how’s about Coal Britannia. The impressive residential and retail total revamp of the fabulous Grade II Battersea PowerStation is now really starting […]
First look at The Wind in the Willows at the Turbine Theatre
The Turbine Theatre has given theatre-lovers a first glimpse of the upcoming special outdoor version of The Wind in the Willows with the release of photographs of the cast in rehearsal for the production. Due to bring its tales of the riverbank to life from 21-25 July 2021 as part of the Thameside venue’s second […]
West End’s Waitress stars to headline first UK tour
Lucie Jones (Rent, Legally Blonde) will return to the role of Jenna for the first UK and Ireland tour of Broadway and West End hit Waitress which will now open at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 4 September 2021. The X Factor finalist turned musical theatre favourite who had just returned to the hit West […]
Somerset’s finest to star in One Enchanted Evening fundraiser
Cameron Mackintosh and the Glastonbury Festival’s founder Michael Eavis have lent their support to special fundraising concert amid the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey later this month. The brainchild of West End choreographer and director Andrew Wright, One Enchanted Evening on 30 August 2020 will feature professional theatre and music talent from across the county of […]
Marisha Wallace releases ‘Tomorrow’ to raise money for Broadway Cares and Make A Difference Trust
West End and Broadway star and recording artist Marisha Wallace (Waitress, Dreamgirls, Aladdin) has released a cover of the timeless ‘Tomorrow’ from the musical Annie to raise funds for Broadway Cares and the Make a Difference Trust. One hundred per cent of the funds raised from the song will be donated to both organisations to […]
Evelyn Hoskins joins the cast of Waitress in January 2020 while Marisha Wallace returns
There will be a new Dawn in the London production of hit Broadway show Waitress at the Adelphi Theatre from 25 January 2020 when Evelyn Hoskins steps into the role following the departure of current Dawn, Hannah Tointon. Hoskins, whose musical theatre credentials include playing the title role in Carrie at the Southwark Playhouse and […]
Assassins – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Assassins continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 26 October 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Every time I see Assassins, I like it more and more and this darkly comic Watermill revival of the controversial Stephen Sondheim/John Weidman take on the American dream that “every now and then goes a […]
UK premiere cast for Cruel Intentions announced
Casting has been unveiled for the UK premiere of immersive jukebox-style show Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Two of the stars of the West End’s premiere production of Heathers: The Musical, Dominic Andersen and Sophie Isaacs will star alongside Rebecca Gilhooley (UK premiere of The Last Ship), Evelyn Hoskins […]
West End stars line up for Night Caps concert series at MT Fest UK
Paul Taylor-Mills has revealed the line-up of West End stars who will perform in the Night Caps concert series that will form part of MT Fest UK, the festival of new musical theatre at The Other Palace in February 2019. Described as an opportunity for audiences to get to know some of the country’s eminent […]
Lock and Key – Vault Festival
Lock and Key was performed at the The Vaults, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This Warehouse Musical Productions’ show at the fabulous, cavernous Vault venue, set entirely in an office, appeared on paper, about as appealing as a drama about estate agents. Yet as the story unfolds, song after song impresses. Throw in […]
Cast for Joybubbles – the next Work In Progress at The Other Palace
Rehearsals have begun for Joybubbles, the third production in The Other Palace’s Work In Progress series. With Jonathan Slinger (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) in the title role, the cast also features Evelyn Hoskins (Spring Awakening) as Little Joe, supported by Esh Alladi, Emma Thornett, Ben Fox, Ceri-Lyn Cissone, Terence Frisch, Julie LeGrand and Stuart […]
The Hired Man – Cadogan Hall
The Hired Man at the Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The Hired Man, the 1984 love-child of Howard Goodall and Melvyn Bragg, is based on the latter’s 1969 novel, a semi-biographical account of his grandfather Harry Bragg’s life – one of millions of men caught between the poverty-stricken […]
More musical theatre stars lined up for new Live At Zédel
Further details have been announced of the musical theatre stars lined up to launch London’s new entertainment concept Live At Zédel. Artistic director in residence, American singer-songwriter Scott Alan, has added a number of acts to the autumn line-up alongside previously announced stars including Rachel Tucker, Shoshana Bean, Matt Cardle and Maria Friedman. Actress Evelyn Hoskins (Carrie), actress-turned-singer […]
West End Wilma Awards 2015 – winners revealed
The second annual West End Wilma Awards have taken place at The Hippodrome Casino, Leicester Square. Theatre blogger West End Wilma is everyone’s favourite nana in Theatreland – running around the West End interviewing stars and reviewing as many shows as she can fit in to her busy OAP lifestyle. Wilma was awarded the 2014 Ticketmaster Blog […]
Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure in Concert – Adelphi Theatre
Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure in Concert at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There is something about the innocence of childhood that must act as a draw for theatrical folk, for how else could one explain the multiplicity of musical adaptations of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan. […]
Carrie – Southwark Playhouse
Carrie continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 30 May. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ There are parallels between Carrie, the musical adaptation of the 1976 screen version of the Stephen King horror story, and the story of its eponymous anti-heroine, Carrie White. Both started out as ostracised, belittled and laughed at: in the world […]
Carrie: The Musical – Evelyn Hoskins and Kim Criswell cast in lead roles
Evelyn Hoskins will take on the role of Carrie White and Kim Criswell will play her mother Margaret in the London premiere of Carrie: The Musical in The Large at Southwark Playhouse from Friday 1 to Saturday 30 May 2015, with a press night on Wednesday 6 May. Preview performances are now sold out, following the best on-sale week of any show in the venue’s […]
This is My Family – Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
This is My Family continues at the Lyceum Theatre until 18 October before touring until 15 November. Some may think the Lyceum Theatre has taken a bit of a risk reopening after a nine-week refurbishment with a new British musical about a modern family. Bear in mind though the words and music of This is My Family are by Tim Firth […]
The Boy Who Fell Into a Book – Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
The Boy Who Fell into a Book continues at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough until 31 August. There are some who would be surprised to learn that Alan Ayckbourn is not entirely new to musical theatre. He opened the Stephen Joseph Theatre (SJT) with By Jeeves, which he co-wrote with Andrew Lloyd-Webber, in 1996. The current production at […]
