Following a sold-out, record-breaking season in the summer, manga musical Death Note: The Musical will return to London’s Barbican Theatre for a limited season from 23 March to 15 May 2027.
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Death Note: The Musical – Barbican Theatre
Death Note: The Musical continues at the Barbican Theatre, London until 12 September 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ There is no denying that the result is a taut, compelling tale that is accessible to anyone unfamiliar with the source material.
Cast for Barbican’s Death Note: The Musical
The full cast has been unveiled for the world premiere run of the new production of Manga musical Death Note: The Musical at London’s Barbican Theatre this summer.
Barbican premiere for major new production of Manga musical Death Note: The Musical
A major new production of Manga musical Death Note: The Musical will receive its world premiere at London’s Barbican Theatre.
Bonnie & Clyde – Old Joint Stock, Birmingham
Bonnie & Clyde continues at the Old Joint Stock, Birmingham until 2 November 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Something as entertaining as this really should be against the law.
Music Review: Your Lie in April The Musical – London Cast Recording
Your Lie in April The Musical – London Cast Recording (Ghostlight Records). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ With any luck, this cast recording will inspire the musical theatre powers-that-be to revive the show in some capacity in the future.
Exclusive: Listen to ‘One Hundred Thousand Million Stars’ from the Your Lie in April Original London Cast Recording
Thanks to our friends at Ghostlight Records, we can share with you an exclusive listen to the track ‘One Hundred Thousand Million Stars’ performed by Mia Kobayashi and Zheng Xi Yong from the forthcoming Original London Cast Recording of Frank Wildhorn’s Your Lie in April: The Musical.
Early final curtain for West End’s Your Lie In April
The West End premiere run of the first fully staged production of Your Lie in April will end earlier than planned, taking its final bow at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Your Lie in April – Harold Pinter Theatre
Your Lie in April continues at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London until 21 September 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A gracefully beautiful story of love and music, told with heart by some great performances and some of the best classical musicianship you’ll likely ever see.
Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical – Filmed Live – Streaming
Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical is available to stream at bonnieclydelive.com from 24 June 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It is a shot of musical theatre adrenaline.
Your Lie in April – West End cast confirmed
The full cast has been confirmed for the West End premiere of the first fully staged production of Your Lie in April at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre.
Your Lie in April West End – lead cast announced
Lead casting has been confirmed for the West End premiere of the first fully staged production of Your Lie in April at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Your Lie in April The Musical to return as fully staged production
Just two months after the European premiere of Your Lie in April with two sold-out concerts at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, the musical will return to the West End as a fully staged production at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre from 28 June until 21 September 2024.
Your Lie in April: The Musical in Concert – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Your Lie in April: The Musical in Concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is the strongest debut of a new piece of large-scale musical theatre writing London has seen in a long time. Keep a look out for this one.
Newsfeed: Cast for European premiere of Your Lie In April, West End debut for Golda, Talawa to co-produce touring production of Play On! and more
Zheng Xi Yong (Spring Awakening, Almeida Theatre) and Rumi Sutton (Hex, National Theatre) will play the central characters in the European premiere of Your Lie in April – The Musical. The latest from the producers of last year’s English language premiere of Death Note: The Musical in Concert will make its debut in the West […]
Another extra show for Death Note: The Musical in Concert
After selling out three shows at the London Palladium in just hours and with high public demand for the six scheduled performances at the Lyric Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, the producers of the English language premiere of Manga musical Death Note: The Musical in Concert have added an extra matinee performance.
Extra London shows for Death Note: The Musical
The English language premiere of Manga musical Death Note: The Musical will follow its three sold-out performances at the London Palladium next month by transferring to the Lyric Theatre to play six extra shows in September.
Music Review: Bonnie & Clyde The Musical – Original West End Cast Recording
BONNIE & CLYDE THE MUSICAL – Original West End Cast Recording (Broadway Records). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ While already an impressive score in itself, the principal cast is what really exalts the West End version of the soundtrack to a league of its own, lending emotional depth and vulnerability to this ill-fated love story.
First star casting for Death Note: The Musical
Frances Mayli McCann, Dean John-Wilson and Joaquin Pedro Valdes will star in the English language premiere of Manga musical Death Note: The Musical at the London Palladium in August.
English language premiere for Death Note: The Musical
Manga musical Death Note: The Musical will receive its English language premiere with two concert performances at the London Palladium in August.
First UK and Ireland tour of Bonnie & Clyde The Musical
Following two successful West End seasons, the DLAP group’s hit production of Bonnie & Clyde The Musical will embark on its first major UK and Ireland tour early next year.
Full cast confirmed for Bonnie and Clyde at the Garrick Theatre
Bonnie & Clyde The Musical’s Frances Mayli McCann and Jordan Luke Gage will be joined in the cast by Jodie Steele as Blanche Barrow, Dom Hartley-Harris as Preacher with Cleve September returning as Ted.
West End cast album planned for Bonnie and Clyde
The DLAP Group has announced a cast recording of the hit production of Bonnie And Clyde The Musical will be released featuring stars Francis Mayli McCann and Jordan Luke Gage who are due to reprise their performances in the title roles in the West End in March.
Frances Mayli McCann and Jordan Luke Gage to play title roles in West End encore of Bonnie and Clyde
Frances Mayli McCann and Jordan Luke Gage will reunite to star in Bonnie And Clyde The Musical when it returns to the West End in early 2023.
West End encore for hit production of Bonnie and Clyde The Musical
Tony Award-nominated show Bonnie and Clyde The Musical will return to the West End in early 2023 with a strictly limited 11-week season at the Garrick Theatre from 4 March 2023.
Bonnie & Clyde – Arts Theatre
Bonnie & Clyde continues at the Arts Theatre, London until 10 July 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Where has Bonnie & Clyde, the lively, entertaining musical version of the most bloody, unforgettable and groundbreaking movie of the 1960s, been hiding since its inauspiciously short, 36-performance Broadway run in 2011? Despite […]
West End stars join Frank Wildhorn for London show
Seven West End favourites will join acclaimed Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn when he brings his popular Frank & Friends show to London for the first time with a performance at Cadogan Hall on 17 April 2022. Presented by Fourth Wall Live, the performance will feature the multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk Award nominated composer […]
West End premiere for full production of Bonnie and Clyde The Musical
Tony Award-nominated show Bonnie And Clyde The Musical will receive its West End premiere at the Arts Theatre in the spring. Announced on stage by producers, the DLAP group, during the second of this week’s two sold-out performances of Bonnie And Clyde In Concert at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the highly-anticipated full-length […]
West End stars to join Frank Wildhorn for London show
Five West End favourites will join acclaimed Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn when his popular Frank & Friends show makes its London debut for one night only early next year. Presented by Fourth Wall Live, the performance at Cadogan Hall on 16 January 2022 will feature the multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk award nominated composer […]
Development workshop announced for new production of Jekyll & Hyde – The Musical
Producers Lambert Jackson has unveiled plans for a new production of Leslie Bricusse and Frank Wildhorn’s Jekyll & Hyde – The Musical, beginning with a workshop presentation in April 2022. Auditions will be held from 11-14 January 2022 (with recalls in late January) for the development workshop which will be directed by Jonathan O’Boyle, with […]
Frank Wildhorn’s Frank & Friends show to play first London date
Acclaimed Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn will take centre stage when his popular Frank & Friends show makes its London debut for one night only early next year. Presented by Fourth Wall Live, the performance at Cadogan Hall on 16 January 2022 will feature the multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk award nominated composer on piano […]
Extra performance announced for Bonnie And Clyde In Concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Fourth Wall Live has announced an extra performance for next year’s London performance of Bonnie And Clyde In Concert in response to high public demand. Reuniting Broadway stars Laura Osnes and Jeremy Jordan the show will now play the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 17 and 18 January 2022. Marking the first time […]
Jekyll & Hyde – English Theatre Frankfurt
Jekyll & Hyde continues at the English Theatre Frankfurt until 4 March 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Two years after a great production of The Life which made its long overdue European premiere at the English Theatre Frankfurt before the Southwark Playhouse, the venue has again made the right choice by […]
Wonderland – Edinburgh Playhouse and Touring
Wonderland continues at the Edinburgh Playhouse until 28 January, before embarking on a UK tour until 19 August. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ In returning Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to the UK, this first touring production of 2011 American musical Wonderland has a lot going for it in terms […]
Frank Wildhorn & Friends – Palace Theatre, Manchester
Frank Wildhorn & Friends was performed at the Palace Theatre, Manchester. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ At one point in this enjoyable rattle through prolific Queens-born composer Frank Wildhorn’s greatest hits, the man himself introduces ‘The Longer I Live’ as the “11 o’clock song” from his ill-fated musical Dracula. The song, sung here by […]
Frank Wildhorn to make UK concert debut in Manchester
Acclaimed Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn will make his UK concert debut next month with a special one-night-only performance at Manchester’s Palace Theatre. The multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk award nominated creator of shows including Jekyll & Hyde, Dracula, Wonderland, Bonnie & Clyde and The Scarlet Pimpernel, will play the Palace on Tuesday 22 November. […]
Wonderland UK tour – Wendi Peters, Kerry Ellis and Dave Willetts in cast
Former soap favourite and stage actress Wendi Peters will star alongside West End leading man Dave Willetts in the 2017 UK tour of Frank Wildhorn’s Tony Award-nominated Wonderland. Peters, who starred in the UK tour of Oh What a Lovely War!, will play the Queen of Hearts opposite Willetts (Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera) as […]
Frank Wildhorn musical Wonderland tours the UK in 2017
The musical Wonderland, an adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice stories, will receive its UK and European premiere next year at the Edinburgh Playhouse prior to a UK tour. Following sold out seasons in Tampa, Texas and Tokyo, the multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk Award nominated Frank Wildhorn’s Wonderland will be presented in a brand new British production. Produced […]
