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50 First Dates: The Musical – The Other Palace

50 First Dates: The Musical continues at The Other Palace, London until 16 November 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Enjoyable and easy to watch.

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50 First Dates musical – cast confirmed

The full cast has been confirmed for the upcoming world premiere of a new musical based on the hit Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore romantic comedy 50 First Dates.

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London world premiere for 50 First Dates The Musical

Georgina Castle and Josh St Clair will take the lead in the world premiere in London of a new musical based on the hit Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore romantic comedy 50 First Dates.

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June closing date for Mean Girls – 2026 UK tour announced

The award-winning West End production of the Broadway hit Mean Girls will end its Savoy Theatre run on 8 June 2025 ahead of a UK tour in 2026.

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Mean Girls – Savoy Theatre

Mean Girls continues at the Savoy Theatre, London (booking until 16 February 2025). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It used to be that musicals got made into movies. But now, has your movie really been a success until it’s been made into a musical? Is Mean Girls just the latest in the lineage […]

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London’s Mean Girls’ cast and creative team confirmed

The full cast and creative team have been unveiled for the eagerly anticipated West End debut of the Broadway hit Mean Girls this summer.

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Emmerdale’s Matthew Wolfenden will swap the Dales for North Pole to star in Elf

Emmerdale favourite Matthew Wolfenden will leave the Yorkshire Dales and head for the North Pole when he takes to the stage of London’s Dominion Theatre as Buddy the Elf when festive family favourite ELF: The Musical returns for its second consecutive Christmas season.

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Elf The Musical – Dominion Theatre

Elf The Musical continues at the Dominion Theatre, London until 7 January 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Elf The Musical, in short, is an easy Christmas watch, with enough thinly veiled innuendo to satisfy parents who aren’t particularly interested in children’s musicals otherwise. If you’re feeling like giving the local pantomime a miss this year, this is an excellent alternative.

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Tom Chambers to play Walter Hobbs in Elf

Tom Chambers will join the previously announced Simon Lipkin and Georgina Castle to lead the cast of Elf: The Musical when the festive family favourite returns to the Dominion Theatre to play a strictly limited eight-week season this Christmas. Chambers whose genre roles include Jerry Travers in Top Hat (Aldwych Theatre) and Bob Wallis in […]

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Millennials – The Other Palace

Millennials continues at The Other Palace, London until 4 September 2022. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ There has been a lot to applaud about the run of Millennials at The Other Palace Studio. Following on from the first Studio-produced production of Love Is Only Love, this is the world premiere of […]

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New cast for extended Millennials at The Other Palace

Six new cast members will join the world premiere run of 21st century pop musical Millennials at The Other Palace from 9 August 2022. Recently extended for an extra four weeks of performances up to 4 September 2022, the production newcomers will be Georgina Castle (Cinderella, Gillian Lynne Theatre, 9 to 5: The Musical, Savoy […]

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Elf The Musical starring Simon Lipkin and Georgina Castle heads for the West End

Simon Lipkin and Georgina Castle will lead the cast of festive family favourite Elf: The Musical when it returns to London in a new production at the Dominion Theatre, playing a strictly limited eight-week season this Christmas. Known for his scene-stealing performance as Mr Poppy in another seasonal classic Nativity! The Musical in London and […]

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Cinderella – Gillian Lynne Theatre

Cinderella continues at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Variants of the Cinderella story exist wherever folk tales have thrived. These days, we tend to regard the version collected by Charles Perrault as “the” version of the story – pumpkin, fairy godmother, glass slippers and all – […]

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World premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella is set for 25 August 2021

After a period of enforced closure, the world premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella will be on 25 August 2021. With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, written by Academy Award winning Emerald Fennell (Best Original Screenplay Oscar in April 2021) and with lyrics from David Zippel, the brand new musical will resume performances at the Gillian […]

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What do we really know about Andrew Lloyd Webber’s misfit Cinderella?

Emily Shepherd writes: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella is set to break stereotypes of the traditional Cinderella narrative that we’re all familiar with. Set to have its gala opening this week at London’s Gillian Lynne Theatre, the cast and creatives have given little away about the new interpretation of the classic fairy tale, keeping fans on […]

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Rebecca Trehearn, Georgina Castle, Laura Baldwin & Gloria Onitiri join the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella

The full cast has been announced for the forthcoming world premiere production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, with Rebecca Trehearn as The Queen, Georgina Castle and Laura Baldwin as Cinderella’s stepsisters Marie and Adele and Gloria Onitiri as The Godmother. They join Carrie Hope Fletcher as Cinderella, Ivano Turco as Prince Sebastian and Victoria Hamilton-Barritt […]

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9 to 5 The Musical – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring

9 To 5 The Musical continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 28 September 2019 and then tours until 5 September 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 9 To 5 the movie is legendary, with the infectious theme song and all-star cast of Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. It’s […]

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Mamma Mia! West End cast changes – Sara Poyzer to play Donna

Sara Poyzer will follow up her success as Donna Sheridan in the first tour of Mamma Mia! by reprising the role as part of the cast at London’s Novello Theatre from 12 June. Poyzer, whose previous West End credits include playing Billy’s Mum in Billy Elliot, will take to the stage alongside fellow Dynamos Kate Graham […]

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