Welcome to Musicals Mash Up in which we catch up with lots of the week’s stories that haven’t yet appeared on the Musical Theatre Review pages. News editor Angela Thomas reports
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Musicals Mash Up: 10-16 October 2022
Welcome to Musicals Mash Up in which we catch up with lots of the week’s stories that haven’t yet appeared on the Musical Theatre Review pages. We hope you approve! News editor Angela Thomas reports.
Musicals Mash Up: 2-9 October 2022
Welcome to the first instalment of Musicals Mash Up in which we catch up with lots of the week’s stories that haven’t yet appeared on the Musical Theatre Review pages. We hope you approve! News editor Angela Thomas reports New cast for Get Up, Stand Up! final performances The producers of the Olivier Award-winning musical […]
Five Questions With: Michael Duke
MICHAEL DUKE plays the title role in the Olivier Award-nominated production of Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at London’s Lyric Theatre, booking through to 8 January 2023. Developed with the backing of Bob Marley’s family and with unlimited access to the musician’s platinum-selling catalogue of music, Billy Elliot The Musical writer Lee Hall’s […]
Final performance date for West End’s Get Up Stand Up! plus tour is planned
Olivier Award-winning musical Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical will take its final bow at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue on 8 January 2023. Following the end of the world premiere West End run the production will embark on a UK tour and discussions are also underway for the musical to play overseas […]
West End LIVE – first 34 shows confirmed and rooftop preview pop-ups planned
Thirty-four of the West End’s most popular shows will be on hand to turn London’s iconic Trafalgar Square into the ultimate open-air theatre when West End LIVE returns to the capital in June The organisers of the crowd-pleasing live entertainment event have revealed the list of 34 shows already confirmed to feature in the weekend […]
Cabaret triumphs with seven awards at Olivier Awards 2022 while Back To The Future wins Best New Musical
The winners have been unveiled for this year’s Olivier Awards with Mastercard, British theatre’s biggest night, which took place at London’s Royal Albert Hall in London, hosted by Jason Manford. The biggest winner of the night was Cabaret, a revival of the 1966 Kander and Ebb musical which has transformed the West End’s Playhouse Theatre […]
Performances and presenter line-up announced for Olivier Awards 2022
With under a week to go until the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard, details have been revealed for British theatre’s most prestigious and glamorous night, including the star-studded list of award presenters and performances. The Olivier Awards take place on Sunday 10 April at the Royal Albert Hall – returning after a two-year pandemic hiatus […]
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 […]
Cabaret leads nominations for Olivier Awards 2022
Musicals are once again making their presence felt in the nominations for the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard with the innovative West End revival of Cabaret topping the list with 11 nominations. In the running for the Magic Radio Best Musical Revival, the production which has transformed the Playhouse Theatre into the Kit Kat Club […]
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 […]
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 […]
Premiere of Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical postponed
The world premiere of Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical has been delayed until the autumn. Featuring Arinzé Kene as the iconic music star, the musical will now begin preview performances at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue on 1 October 2021 ahead of an opening night on 20 October. Produced by Playful Productions, […]
Tickets on sale for Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical
Tickets have gone on sale for the world premiere of Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical featuring Arinzé Kene as the iconic music star. Produced by Playful Productions, Stage Play and Cedella Marley, the musical will now begin preview performances at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue on 28 May 2021 ahead of an […]
