The acclaimed original principal cast of Cameron Mackintosh’s award-winning production of Lionel Bart’s timeless Oliver! will remain with the production as enters its second year at London’s Gielgud Theatre.
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Oliver! – Gielgud Theatre
Oliver! continues at the Gielgud Theatre, London, booking until until 29 March 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A marriage made in heaven between arguably Charles Dickens’ finest work, indubitably Lionel Bart’s – so many instantly recognisable songs – and the supreme Matthew Bourne as director-choreographer.
Opening Night – Gielgud Theatre
Opening Night continues at the Gielgud Theatre, London until 27 July 2024. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ In 2024, the adaptation is even more of a mess than the play at its heart.
Full cast for premiere of Opening Night musical
Benjamin Walker, Rebecca Thornhill, Cilla Silvia, Ian McLarnon and Jos Slovick lead the final additions to the cast for the world premiere of the stage musical version of acclaimed film director John Cassavetes’ 1977 film Opening Night.
West End return for Sheridan Smith in world premiere of Opening Night
Sheridan Smith will be back in the West End next year in the world premiere of a major musical based on acclaimed film director John Cassavetes’ Broadway based Opening Night.
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends – Gielgud Theatre
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends continues at the Gielgud Theatre, London until 6 January 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What a glorious evening of unalloyed brilliance at the Gielgud with a superb cast headed by Sondheim muse Bernadette Peters and fellow Broadway legend Lea Salonga feasting on the works of the greatest composer of our time in a glittering revue originally conceived as a one-off tribute by entrepreneur Cameron Mackintosh after he left us at 91 with so many rich and profound memories.
Clare Burt steps in to Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Award-winning actress Clare Burt will join the cast of the highly anticipated West End return of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends following the departure of Hadyn Gwynne who was forced to withdraw due to ‘sudden personal circumstances’.
Short delay for Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends following departure of Hadyn Gwynne
The highly anticipated West End return of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends has been delayed by four days after one of the show’s stars, Hadyn Gwynne was forced to withdraw due to ‘sudden personal circumstances’.
Full company confirmed for Sondheim’s Old Friends
The full cast has been unveiled for the highly anticipated West End return of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends with a strictly limited season at the Gielgud Theatre later this year.
Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga to star in West End run of Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Broadway legend Bernadette Peters will be appearing in a West End run for the very first time when Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends returns to the West End to play a special limited season at the Gielgud Theatre.
Barry Humphries to bring new show to UK in 2022
Australian entertainment legend Barry Humphries is heading back to the UK in 2022 with his new show Barry Humphries: The Man Behind The Mask. The entertainer will step away from his larger than life alter-egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Paterson to take British audiences on a trip through his life and a career […]
Girl from the North Country – Gielgud Theatre, London
Girl from the North Country continues at the Gielgud Theatre until 1 February 2020. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ When it opened at The Old Vic in 2017 (transferring into the West End the following year), Conor McPherson’s tale of Depression-era Duluth, Minnesota was truly something very special. Its use of music […]
Les Misérables: The Staged Concert – Gielgud Theatre
Les Misérables: The Staged Concert continues at the Gielgud Theatre, London until 30 November 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When it comes to international musical phenomena of apparently boundless longevity and popularity, Les Misérables is the unquestionable champion. Cameron Mackintosh’s decision to, once again, stage a concert version of the […]
Final casting for star-studded concert version of Les Misérables
Rehearsals have begun for the eagerly-anticipated, star-studded concert version of Les Misérables which is due to play the intimate Gielgud Theatre for 16 weeks from early next month. As previously announced by Cameron Mackintosh, Les Misérables – The Staged Concert will feature returning stars including Michael Ball as Javert opposite Alfie Boe as Jean Valjean, […]
West End return for Girl From The North Country
The Old Vic’s critically acclaimed world premiere production of Girl From The North Country will return to the West End for an eight-week run beginning in December. Written and directed by multi award winning playwright Conor McPherson (The Seafarer, The Weir) and featuring the songs of Bob Dylan, the production will play the Gielgud Theatre […]
Original Les Misérables production to move to the Gielgud – new production to open at refurbished Queen’s in December
Theatregoers have just a few months left to see the world’s only original production of Cameron Mackintosh’s record-breaking Les Misérables at the Queen’s Theatre before the London venue closes for four months of refurbishing work. After taking its final bow at the Queen’s Theatre on 13 July 2019, the original 1985 production will continue in […]
Company – Gielgud Theatre
Company continues at the Gielgud Theatre, London until 22 December 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fuddy-duddy traditionalists who don’t normally like great works being tweaked or updated will be approaching this gender-bending revival of Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 musical Company with trepidation but they needn’t worry – it’s wonderful. This most […]
Mel Giedroyc joins cast of Company at the Gielgud alongside Rosalie Craig and Patti LuPone
Mel Giedroyc will join the cast of Elliott & Harper’s highly-anticipated new production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Tony Award-winning musical Company, directed by Marianne Elliott. It will run at the Gielgud Theatre from 26 September 2018 for a limited run. Giedroyc will play Sarah and joins Rosalie Craig as Bobbi, a role re-imagined […]
Patti LuPone and Rosalie Craig cast in gender-bending production of Company
Actresses Rosalie Craig and Patti LuPone will lead the cast in Marianne Elliott’s forthcoming production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company at the Gielgud Theatre (beginning for a limited season on 26 September 2018), presented by Elliott & Harper Productions (the company she recently founded with producer Chris Harper). It is the first time the […]
