Coven continues at the Kiln Theatre, London until 17 January 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ One comes away believing that Brewer and Chute have nailed why the story is so relevant, but Coven, for all its attempts to do so, cannot decide how it wants to tell that story, or who it really wants to centre.
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Once on This Island – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Once on This Island continues at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London until 10 June 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Full cast for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s Once On This Island
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has confirmed the full cast and creatives for the upcoming production of the multi-award-winning Broadway musical Once On This Island.
Principal cast and creatives for Regent’s Park’s Once On This Island
Gabrielle Brooks and Stephenson Ardern-Sodje will star in Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s early summer production of the multi-award-winning Broadway musical Once On This Island.
Watch Musical Theatre Review’s exclusive video from the Olivier Awards Green Carpet
In this exciting video Musical Theatre Review’s Green Carpet host Andy Oliver chats to nominees and guests at the Olivier Awards on Sunday 10 April 2022 at London’s Royal Albert Hall (with huge thanks to Marc Jason Ali from The Fan Carpet). This was the first time the Olivier Awards had been held as a […]
Booking for Get Up, Stand Up! extended into 2023 – first images of Michael Duke as Bob Marley released
The world premiere run of Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue has been extended for second time, taking the quadruple 2022 Olivier Award-nominated production through to 29 January 2023. The extension announcement coincided with the release of images of new lead Michael Duke (West Side Story, Manchester […]
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical – booking period extended to autumn 2022
The world premiere run of Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at the Lyric Theatre has been extended up to 18 September 2022. Produced by Playful Productions, Stage Play and Cedella Marley, the production which stars Arinzé Kene (Misty, Bush Theatre/Trafalgar Studios, Girl from the North Country, The Old Vic) as Bob Marley […]
Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
Get Up Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical continues at the Lyric Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Getting truly under the skin of a music icon, translating that effectively to the stage and entertaining a West End audience was never going to be easy. Bob Marley, reggae superstar, political […]
Book Review: 50 Women In Theatre – Naomi Paxton, Susan Croft, Gabrielle Brooks, Cheryl Robson
50 WOMEN IN THEATRE – Naomi Paxton, Susan Croft, Gabrielle Brooks, Cheryl Robson (SUPERNOVA BOOKS and AURORA METRO – ISBN 978-1-913641-05-4) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Since 1660 when actresses first began performing on the English stage, women have forged bright careers in theatre, while men called the shots. Four hundred years […]
Cast confirmed for premiere of Bob Marley musical Get Up, Stand Up!
Full casting has been announced for the world premiere of Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical this autumn. As previously announced the production featuring Arinzé Kene as the iconic musician Bob Marley is due to begin preview performances at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue on 1 October 2021 ahead of an opening night […]
Chichester Festival Theatre offers another chance to see its Sondheim Celebration
Home viewers will get a second chance to enjoy Chichester Festival Theatre’s sold-out concert Celebrating Sondheim, an encore screening marking Stephen Sondheim’s 91st birthday on 22 March 2021. Hosted by the popular venue’s artistic director Daniel Evans, the star-studded celebration of the music of the legendary composer featured Evans’ co-star for the London and Broadway […]
Chichester’s Sondheim Celebration to be live-streamed
Home viewers will get their chance to enjoy Chichester Festival Theatre’s sold-out concert Celebrating Sondheim: Sunday In The Park With Daniel when the star-studded celebration of the music of Stephen Sondheim is streamed live from the Festival Theatre on 1 November at 1pm. Marking the legendary writer’s 90th birthday Celebrating Sondheim: Sunday In The Park With […]
Sondheim celebration planned for Chichester Festival Theatre autumn season
A star-studded celebration of the music of Stephen Sondheim looks set to be among the highlights of a live, socially distanced autumn season of entertainment unveiled by the team at the Chichester Festival Theatre. After hosting the crowd-pleasing Concert In The Park in August, artistic director Daniel Evans will take to the stage once again […]
South Pacific stars to join Chichester Festival Theatre outdoor bank holiday event
Lead cast members from the postponed Chichester Festival Theatre production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic South Pacific will be among the star-studded line-up for the venue’s August Bank Holiday outdoor event. Gina Beck, Rob Houchen and Julian Ovenden will join Gabrielle Brooks, Giles Terera and CFT artistic director Daniel Evans for a musical theatre flavoured […]
Twelfth Night – Young Vic
Twelfth Night continues at the Young Vic Theatre, London until 17 November 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Shakespeare has never been so accessible. This sparkling revamp of Twelfth Night fizzes away like a Berocca and injects vitality and much-needed zazz into the Bard’s ridiculous tale of gender-swapping, mistaken identity, and social […]
Young Vic’s Twelfth Night – full cast revealed
Full casting has been revealed for award-winning director and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub’s acclaimed re-working of Twelfth Night which will be set in London’s Notting Hill for its Young Vic run. Already tipped as one of the highlights of his first season as artistic director of the Young Vic, the show has been […]
Musical reworking of Twelfth Night opens Kwame Kwei-Armah’s first season at Young Vic
Award-winning director and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah’s acclaimed re-working of Twelfth Night will be one of the highlights of his first season as artistic director of the Young Vic. Originally performed at The Public Theater in New York in 2016 and revisited this summer as part of the free Shakespeare in the Park Delacorte season, the […]
The Wizard of Oz – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
The Wizard of Oz continues at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until 20 January 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ How do you energise a show that is already etched into the memories of 80% of the audience: they enter the auditorium hearing the voice of Judy Garland, mouthing the words to […]
Sheffield Theatres’ Wizard of Oz – cast details
Sheffield Theatres artistic director Robert Hastie has announced full casting details for his Christmas production of The Wizard Of Oz. With previews beginning on 7 December ahead of an opening night on 13 December, the production’s festive run at the Crucible has now been extended until 20 January 2018 in response to popular demand. Everybody’s […]
