A group of the West End’s rising stars will play fairytale princesses with a difference in a new digital production of Off-Broadway hit Disenchanted. Jodie Steele (Six The Musical, Heathers: The Musical) will play Snow White with Sophie Isaacs (Six The Musical, Heathers: The Musical) featuring as Cinderella, Grace Mouat (& Juliet, Six The Musical) […]
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The Last Five Years and Rags lead the musical theatre nominees for 2021 Offies
The Southwark Playhouse run of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years and the Park Theatre transfer of Hope Mill Theatre’s critically-acclaimed production of Rags lead the musical theatre finalists for OffWestEnd’s 2021 Offies Awards. Jonathan O’Boyle’s actor-musician production of The Last Five Years and Bronagh Lagan’s staging of Rags The Musical lead the list […]
New West End concert series Monday Night at the Apollo announced
Tickets have gone on sale for Monday Night at the Apollo – a brand new concert series taking place in front of a socially distanced audience at London’s Apollo Theatre. The concerts will take place at 7pm on 11 January 2021, 25 January and 8 February, and will also be live-streamed to audiences at home. […]
The Last Five Years – Southwark Playhouse
The Last Five Years continues at Southwark Playhouse, London until 14 November 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When a relationship goes sour and a couple decide to go their separate ways, they might use the excuse of not being in the same place as that partner. Composer Jason Robert Brown […]
Southwark Playhouse run of The Last Five Years extended
With over two-thirds of tickets already sold, the Southwark Playhouse run of Jonathan O’Boyle’s hit actor-musician production of The Last Five Years has been extended for an extra two weeks. Presented by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment in association with Edward Prophet and People Entertainment, the production will now run from 1 October until 14 […]
Stars of The Last Five Years form support bubble for Southwark Playhouse return
Molly Lynch and Oli Higginson will return to the lead roles when Jonathan O’Boyle’s hit actor-musician production of The Last Five Years returns to the Southwark Playhouse next month. To avoid the need for social distancing on stage the two actors will remain in the same ‘support bubble’ for the length of the run in […]
The Last Five Years to return to Southwark Playhouse in October
Jonathan O’Boyle’s hit actor-musician production of the Last Five Years will return to the Southwark Playhouse in October with added social distancing measures in place. The new version of Jason Robert Brown’s award-winning musical had been playing to packed houses at the South London venue when the curtain came down on the production due to […]
INTERVIEW: Nikolai Foster on seeing West Side Story differently for a 21st century audience
Musical Theatre Review contributor Tina Foote counts herself very lucky in that she saw NIKOLAI FOSTER direct West Side Story with NYMT in 2013 at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse. Foster was joined by a dream creative team including Drew McOnie (choreographer), takis (designer) and Tom Deering (MD), plus a wonderful cast of 40 young performers and […]
Kerrigan-Lowdermilk: One (More) Night in London – St James Studio Theatre
Kerrigan-Lowdermilk: One (More) Night in London at the St James Studio Theatre, London. Writing duo Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk have crafted a number of musicals in their native America, none of which have yet found a secure foothold on this side of the Atlantic. That has not stopped appreciation of their songwriting talents, however, with […]
Guildford School of Acting – Footloose
Performed at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford. Set in the quiet town of ‘Bomont’ in Bible-belt America, Footloose the musical was a very ambitious choice of show for a cast of third-year drama school students. However, the musical theatre graduates of the Guildford School of Acting pulled it off with all the style and professionalism […]
