Back to the Future’s Hugh Coles and Jersey Boys’ Ben Joyce will battle it out in two categories at The Stage Debut Awards. The two actors have received nominations in both the Best Performer in a Musical and Best West End Debut categories. In the musical category they will be up against Elijah Ferreira for […]
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Public Domain – Vaudeville Theatre
Public Domain continues at the Vaudeville Theatre, London until 30 May 2021. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Remember when Facebook used to be about connecting with friends and sharing life updates, rather than being bombarded by ads and conspiracy theories? So do Francesca Forristal and Jordan Paul Clarke, who created verbatim […]
Forristal and Clarke’s new musical Public Domain gets West End transfer
Following an acclaimed digital debut at Southwark Playhouse, Francesca Forristal and Jordan Paul Clarke’s new musical Public Domain, composed entirely from the real-life words of YouTube vloggers, Instagram influencers, Facebook’s tech giants and everyday internet users, will transfer to the West End’s Vaudeville Theatre for five performances from 27-30 May 2021 (press night is 27 […]
Encore streams for The Fabulist Fox Sister and Public Domain
The critically-acclaimed livestream productions of new British musicals The Fabulist Fox Sister and Public Domain have been made available for an extra two weeks in response to high public demand. First seen as part of a mini-season of musical livestreams from The Little Theatre space at Southwark Playhouse in December, the encore streaming of both […]
Public Domain – Southwark Playhouse
Public Domain was broadcast via live-stream from Southwark Playhouse, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Public Domain has had its first outing, live-streamed from Southwark Playhouse. Writers Francesca Forristal (book, lyrics) and Jordan Paul Clarke (music/lyrics/orchestrations) were hard at work a year ago on a show about searching for authentic forms of connection […]
Three new musicals to be livestreamed from Southwark Playhouse
In December The Little theatre space at Southwark Playhouse will stop becoming a bar and host a mini-season of three musical live streams: The Fabulist Fox Sister on 4 and 5 December 2020, Public Domain on 11 and 12 December and Stay Awake, Jake on 18 and 19 December. All tickets for the livestreams are […]
London workshop for new musical P.S. I’m A Terrible Person
Pint of Wine Theatre Company will present a three-week development workshop of new dark comedy musical P.S. I’m A Terrible Person in London next month. Culminating in two invitation-only performances at the Cockpit Theatre on 22 and 23 October 2020, the workshop will feature an innovative projected set designed by illustrator Larisa Bulb. Featuring a […]
Casting for second MTPRIDE event
Casting has been announced for Sinqueerly, Me, the second event in MTPRIDE – the online music festival celebrating Pride past, present and future through performances of musical theatre stars from the LGBTQ+ community. Following on from last week’s launch event, Queered, Sinqueerly, Me will turn the spotlight on Queer Womxn and Trans folk with Since […]
Musical theatre writers unite for second live-stream SIGNAL ONLINE performance
Musical theatre writers from Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA will perform new material in a live-streamed concert on 14 April 2020 at 7.30pm GMT (3.30pm EST). Some of the biggest names currently working in the genre will join virtual forces for the second free global, multi-location SIGNAL ONLINE event. Writers confirmed to perform […]
Oddball – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Oddball at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ Oddball is undoubtedly an ambitious task undertaken by Francesca Forristal (writer and solo performer) and Micha Mirto (director) bravely trying to make a musical comedy about Forristal’s experience with anorexia. It is personal, complex, and unfortunately disconnected. We follow […]
DragProv Revue – The Miller, London and Edinburgh Festival Fringe
DragProv Revue at The Miller, London ahead of its run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 2-13 and 15-26 August at Venue 188 (Sweet Novotel – Novotel 1). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ DragProv is, as the name might suggest, a comedy improvisation act that features drag artists. Two, to be precise, in the […]
