Tag Archives | Gary Trainor

West End’s Back to the Future celebrates first year with new summer 2023 extension

The producers of the crowd-pleasing Back to the Future the Musical have marked the first birthday of the award-winning production in the West End by announcing another extension to the show’s crowd-pleasing London run with performances at the Adelphi Theatre now booking up to 23 July 2023. Based on the Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment film, the […]

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New Marty McFly for West End’s Back To The Future

Recent Mountview Academy graduate Ben Joyce will step into the role of Marty McFly in crowd-pleasing Back To The Future The Musical as the award-winning production heads into its second successful year at the Adelphi Theatre. Joyce who made his professional debut last year as Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, is one of a number […]

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Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] – Park Theatre

Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] continues at the Park Theatre, London until 9 July 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Everyone with an interest in UK politics has an opinion about ex-Prime Minister Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair. Whether positive or negative, that opinion might put one off attending a show called […]

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Cast unveiled for Tony (The Tony Blair Rock Opera)

Comedian and singer Charlie Baker will play Tony Blair alongside West End star Gary Trainor as Gordon Brown when Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s Tony (The Tony Blair Rock Opera) receives its world premiere at London’s Park Theatre this summer. Baker, whose comedy credits include appearing on hit TV shows including Harry Hill’s Teatime, The […]

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Rothschild & Sons – Park Theatre

Rothschild & Sons continues at the Park Theatre, London until 17 February 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ At the heart of this UK premiere, directed by Jeffrey B. Moss, is a must-see performance by American actor Robert Cuccioli, re-creating his New York performance as Mayer Rothschild, along with Glory Crampton as his […]

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West End favourites line up to join The Barricade Boys’ Christmas shows

Les Misérables-inspired male vocal group The Barricade Boys has revealed a star-studded list of guest stars lined up to join them during their festive three-week season at the Studio at The Other Palace next month. School of Rock’s Gary Trainor will take to the stage with the group on the first night (5 December), with […]

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Rothschild & Sons at the Park Theatre – Gary Trainor, Robert Cuccioli and Glory Crampton cast

A cast of Broadway and West End actors will feature in the UK premiere of the musical Rothschild & Sons which will open the new season at London’s Park Theatre in January 2018 (24 January until 17 February, press night is 29 January). Tony nominee Robert Cuccioli as Mayer and Glory Crampton as Gutele, will play the roles they […]

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Interview – Gary Trainor chats about his ‘unique spin’ on School of Rock’s Dewey

GARY TRAINOR has been with the London production of School of Rock since it opened, initially playing the alternate Dewey Finn, but now he heads the cast full-time. He is also a veteran of several West End productions. Here he talks about his rising career… Are you from a showbusiness family and, if not, what […]

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School of Rock to host Radio 2 Children In Need show

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Olivier Award-winning School of Rock – The Musical will play host to this year’s BBC Radio 2’s Children In Need Gala on 6 November. The link with the popular BBC TV fundraiser was announced just weeks after the producers confirmed a fourth extension to the show’s West End run at the New […]

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West End’s School of Rock extends run until January 2019

School looks set to stay in session for at least two more years with the announcement of a fourth extension to the West End run of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock – The Musical. Now booking until 13 January 2019 at the New London Theatre, the production team also confirmed the dates for the next […]

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West End’s School of Rock – The Musical – Gary Trainor to take over lead role

Gary Trainor will step into the leading role of Dewey Finn in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Olivier Award-winning School of Rock – The Musical later this month. The actor, who has played the alternate Dewey since the show’s London premiere, will lead the cast from 17 May with Stephen Leask joining the cast as the new […]

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Beautiful – The Carole King Musical – West End Run extended

The producers of the multi award-winning Beautiful – The Carole King Musical have announced the show will be extending booking in the West End until 18 February 2017. The announcement came the morning after a star-studded gathering at the Aldwych Theatre celebrating the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award winning show’s first birthday in London’s West […]

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