Don Black’s From the Heart continues at the Garrick Theatre, London until 18 October 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This long overdue and highly personal reflection, in revue form, is a marvellous reminder of the considerable lyrical talents of Don Black.
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London transfer of One Day – the full cast announced
The full cast has been confirmed for the upcoming West End transfer of the hit world premiere production of new musical One Day.
Frances Mayli McCann and Shona McCarty join cast of Don Black’s From the Heart
Olivier Award nominee Frances Mayli McCann and EastEnder Shona McGarty are the latest additions to the cast of Don Black’s From the Heart next month.
West End transfer for hit One Day The Musical
The hit world premiere production of the new musical based on David Nicholls’ best-selling book One Day will transfer to London’s West End in November.
The Producers – Garrick Theatre
The Producers continues at the Garrick Theatre, London until 21 February 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Everything that was stunning at the Menier is only bigger and better at the Garrick.
West End transfer of Menier’s The Producers – full creative team confirmed
The full creative team has been unveiled for the upcoming West End transfer of Menier Chocolate Factory’s critically acclaimed revival of Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan’s classic musical The Producers.
West End transfer for Menier’s hit revival of The Producers
The Menier Chocolate Factory’s critically acclaimed revival of Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan’s classic musical The Producers will transfer into the West End in the autumn.
Why Am I So Single? to leave West End early
Despite rave reviews from audiences and nightly standing ovations, the West End debut run of Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ Why Am I So Single? will take its final bow at London’s Garrick Theatre on 19 January 2025.
Why Am I So Single? – Garrick Theatre
Why Am I So Single? continues at the Garrick Theatre, London until 13 February 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Like Nancy and Oliver, it puts on this face of being a sparkly jamboree of whimsical silliness. But inside is a heart of gold.
West End’s Why Am I So Single? – the full cast
The full cast has been unveiled for the West End debut of Why Am I So Single?, the latest musical from the creators of Six The Musical, Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss this summer.
Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ new big fancy musical Why Am I So Single? heads to the West End in August 2024
‘Big Fancy Musical’ Why Am I So Single?, the second musical from the multi-award-winning writers of Six Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, will arrive at London’s Garrick Theatre on 27 August 2024, running to 13 February 2025.
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 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.
West End debut for Off-Broadway hit Emojiland
Off-Broadway hit Emojiland will make its West End debut for a one night only concert performance at the Garrick Theatre later this month. Featuring music by Keith Harrison Dworkin, and a book and lyrics by Dworkin and Laura Schein, the award-winning new musical will arrive in London on 31 October. The new production of the […]
West End transfer for My Son’s A Queer, (But What Can You Do?)
Award-winning show My Son’s A Queer, (But What Can You Do?) will become the Turbine Theatre’s first West End transfer when it plays the Garrick Theatre this autumn. Written and performed by Rob Madge (Les Misérables, 25th anniversary tour and O2 concert, Millennials, The Other Palace Studio) and directed by Luke Sheppard (& Juliet, Shaftesbury […]
The Drifters Girl – Garrick Theatre
The Drifters Girl continues at the Garrick Theatre, London until 15 October 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s not an easy task to follow in the footsteps of national treasure Beverley Knight but Broadway star (and Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee) Felicia Boswell makes a fine West End debut […]
Drifters Girl to take final bow at the Garrick in October – 2023 UK tour planned
Producers Michael Harrison and David Ian have confirmed their acclaimed new musical The Drifters Girl will play its final performance at the Garrick Theatre on 15 October 2022. The new musical inspired by the life of the woman behind legendary vocal group The Drifters which received its world premiere at Newcastle Theatre Royal in October […]
The Drifters Girl’s West End run extended into 2023
Michael Harrison and David Ian’s hit new musical The Drifters Girl will continue its debut West End run at the Garrick Theatre until February 2023. Originally due to play a 20-week season at London’s Garrick Theatre from 4 November 2021 following its world premiere at Newcastle Theatre Royal a month earlier, the new musical inspired […]
Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2021
At the end of each year Musical Theatre Review news editor Angela Thomas normally puts together a round-up of all the shows that have received four and five star reviews during the last 12 months, but this year we thought a different approach might be more appropriate. For a start, MTR wants to congratulate all […]
The Drifters Girl – Garrick Theatre
The Drifters Girl continues at the Garrick Theatre, London. There is so much that is perfect about The Drifters Girl, the musical that tells the story of Faye Treadwell (Beverley Knight), a woman of colour who broke into a male-controlled music industry more than 60 years ago. So we have the inspirational story of Faye Treadwell, […]
West End performers feature in cast for The Chamber Musical Sessions Concert
Aria Entertainment and Adam Lenson Productions have unveiled the cast of West End artists lined-up to showcase the work of the UK-based writing teams behind 15 new chamber musicals in The Chamber Musical Sessions Concert. Celebrating the first year of the Aria-ALP Chamber Project, the concert at the Garrick Theatre on 4 October 2021 will […]
The Last 5 Years – Garrick Theatre
The Last 5 Years continues at the Garrick Theatre, London until 17 October 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jason Robert Brown’s autobiographical musical, he wrote music and lyrics, has finally arrived in the West End in a glittering production from Southwark Playhouse, first seen in February 2020. Premiered in Chicago in […]
15 new musicals to be showcased at The Chamber Musical Sessions event in October
Aria Entertainment’s Katy Lipson and Adam Lenson of Adam Lenson Productions will showcase the results of the first year of their AriaALP Chamber Project with a concert celebration in London in October. Featuring the first two newly commissioned shows, The Chamber Musical Sessions at the Garrick Theatre on 4 October 2021 will celebrate the work […]
I Could Use a Drink – Garrick Theatre
I Could Use a Drink played at the Garrick Theatre, London on 2 August 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Drew Gasparini’s angst-ridden song cycle received its one-night-only live UK premiere at the West End’s Garrick Theatre, and it couldn’t have been more enthusiastically embraced by the young audience. Every musical theatre student […]
Adam J Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry and Tosh Wanogho-Maud cast in The Drifters Girl
Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced that Adam J Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry and Tosh Wanogho-Maud will play The Drifters in a brand new musical, also starring Beverley Knight, which tells the remarkable story of one of the world’s greatest vocal groups and the woman who made them. The Drifters Girl will begin […]
Garrick Theatre run lined up for Jonathan O’Boyle’s hit production of The Last Five Years
Jonathan O’Boyle’s award-winning actor-musician production of The Last Five Years will return to London for a limited season at the Garrick Theatre this autumn. Previously performed to sold-out houses at the Southwark Playhouse, the production will move into the larger Garrick Theatre from 17 September 2021 ahead of an opening night on 23 September. The […]
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical – Garrick Theatre
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical continues to play Mondays at the Garrick Theatre, London on 5 July, 9 August, 13 September and 11 October 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ As a reviewer who has never seen Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, I came to the Garrick Theatre with an open mind and […]
Roxanne Couch to replace Hiba Elchikhe in I Could Use A Drink premiere
Roxanne Couch will make her West End debut in the stage premiere of Drew Gasparini’s I Could Use A Drink at the Garrick Theatre on 2 August. The actress who appeared in The Addams Family UK tour will replace the previously announced Hiba Elchikhe following her return to the cast of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. […]
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical – Garrick Theatre
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical continues its residency at the Garrick Theatre, London until 22 March 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Being cynical, you could say that any audience able to attend any live show at the moment is very easily, rather too easily pleased. But, for those theatre-junkies seeking a cure for the […]
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical – Garrick Theatre
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical continues its residency at the Garrick Theatre, London until 22 March 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This reviewer will never tire of seeing The Showstoppers company perform. Each production in its own right is a once in a lifetime experience for cast, crew and audience that […]
Strictly pros to star in West End season of Here Come The Boys
Strictly Come Dancing professionals and one finalist will take centre stage at the Garrick Theatre for a 16-week season in the West End transfer of Here Come The Boys. Following on from a successful UK tour Aljaž Škorjanec, Graziano di Prima, Pasha Kovalev and Robin Windsor will step out for the club-set show which will […]
West End return for The Showstoppers with new season at the Garrick
After months of keeping homebound theatre-lovers entertained, improv specialists The Showstoppers are heading out of their homes and into the West End to play six Monday night shows at the Garrick Theatre. The team who turned their last West End performance at the Lyric Theatre in March into an impromptu live-stream event which has been […]
The Drifters Girl premiere and West End debut rescheduled
Michael Harrison and David Ian’s new musical The Drifters Girl will now premiere in Newcastle ahead of a West End run in the autumn of 2021, just over a year later than planned. Starring Beverley Knight, the major new musical inspired by the life of the woman behind legendary vocal group The Drifters will now […]
Theo James and Jonathan Slinger join West End’s City of Angels
Hollywood actor Theo James and accomplished stage and screen actor Jonathan Slinger are the latest additions to the cast for the long-awaited West End transfer of Josie Rourke’s Olivier Award-winning production of City of Angels. Best known for his role in the hit Divergent trilogy of movies, James will play Stone with Charlie and the […]
Strictly stars’ sixties song and dance show Rip It Up to play West End season
Strictly Dancing champions Harry Judd, Jay McGuiness, Louis Smith and recent celebrity contestant Aston Merrygold will take to the stage in London’s West End in dance and music show Rip It Up – The 60s in early 2019. Following a successful 2018 UK tour, McFly’s Judd, JLS’ Merrygold and former Olympic gymnast Smith will be […]
Young Frankenstein – Garrick Theatre
Young Frankenstein continues at the Garrick Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Mel Brooks’ comedy musical monster lumbers into London 10 years after it opened on Broadway and, although leaner than before, only just about manages to squeeze itself on to the intimate Garrick stage. It certainly hasn’t matured over […]
Young Frankenstein cast – Lesley Joseph, Hadley Fraser and Ross Noble join line-up
Comedian Ross Noble will take a break from his successful stand-up career to play Igor in Mel Brooks’ musical Young Frankenstein which will receive its West End premiere at London’s Garrick Theatre in the autumn. Prior to the announcement of his casting, the popular and award-winning comedian revealed on his Twitter feed that his ‘new […]
Young Frankenstein to be brought to life in the West End
The UK premiere of Mel Brooks’ musical Young Frankenstein will arrive at London’s Garrick Theatre in October. Based on the much-loved hit 1974 hit film which was written by Brooks and his regular collaborator the legendary Gene Wilder, the musical will arrive in the West End nearly 10 years after its Broadway debut. The London […]
Let It Be – Garrick Theatre
Let It Be continues at the Garrick Theatre, London until 27 September, before going on tour. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Let It Be is back in the West End for the third time, shamelessly packing audiences in by simply staying true to itself. Retro TV screens playing archive footage and hilarious vintage ads […]
