The original London cast of the award-winning puppet show with bite – Avenue Q – will join the current West End cast for a special finale performance later this month.
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Oh, Mary! – Trafalgar Theatre
Oh, Mary! continues at the Trafalgar Theatre, London, booking until 25 April 2026. Star rating: fours stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Cole Escola’s writing is tight, quick-witted and consistently funny with plenty of surprises along the way.
West End premiere of Oh, Mary! to open at Trafalgar Theatre in December 2025
The Tony Award-winning smash hit comedy Oh, Mary! will have its West End premiere at Trafalgar Theatre from 3 December 2025.
Jon Robyns In Concert– His Majesty’s Theatre
Jon Robyns performed in concert at His Majesty’s Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This was a wonderful reminder of some lesser-known musical gems and a genuine pleasure to experience.
Passing Strange – Young Vic Theatre
Passing Strange continues at the Young Vic Theatre, London until 6 July 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Giles Terera’s narrator has a twinkly irreverence that helps propel Passing Strange throughout. With him at the helm the whole evening just sings.
Cast for Young Vic’s Passing Strange
Olivier Award winner Giles Terera, Rachel Adedeji and Keenan Munn-Francis will lead the cast of the European premiere of the multi-award-winning rock musical Passing Strange at the Young Vic.
Trio of West End stars to play title roles in The Witches of Eastwick concert
Carrie Hope Fletcher, Danielle Steers and Laura Pitt-Pulford, will join the previously announced Giles Terera in a special concert performance of The Witches of Eastwick at the Sondheim Theatre on 20 June 2022. Currently starring in the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella (until 12 June), Hope Fletcher (The Addams Family, UK tour, Heathers, […]
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 […]
Giles Terera to star in one-off concert performance production of The Witches Of Eastwick
Olivier Award-winner Giles Terera will star as Darryl Van Horne in a special concert performance of The Witches Of Eastwick for one night only this summer. The Hamilton star will play the devilish central character in a production directed by triple Olivier Award-winner Maria Friedman with musical staging by double Olivier Award-winning choreographer Stephen Mear […]
Hamilton return for Olivier Award winner Giles Terera
Giles Terera will reprise his Olivier Award-winning performance as Aaron Burr in the West End production of Hamilton for six weeks from 17 December 2021. Terera (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, National Theatre, The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre) will step back into the production at the Victoria Palace Theatre to replace the musical’s […]
Cast of West End stars announced for Michael Xavier’s eighth Christmas charity concert
Thirteen major musical theatre stars will take to the stage at St Paul’s (The Actors) Church in Covent Garden for this year’s edition of Michael D. Xavier’s festive fundraiser Christmas With the Stars on 19 December 2021. Organised by Michael Xavier’s MX Masterclass and featuring MXM students, West End and Broadway leading man Xavier will […]
Giles Terera recollects theatre directly and authentically from the actor’s perspective in Hamilton and Me
Tom Martland writes: July marks the 17th, and hopefully final, month in which curtains have been down and house lights shut off across the West End and the rest of the country’s usually vibrant theatres. It also marks the publication of Hamilton and Me: An Actor’s Journal by London’s original Aaron Burr, Giles Terera. If […]
Hamilton And Me: An Actor’s Journal – Giles Terera
HAMILTON AND ME: AN ACTOR’S JOURNAL – Giles Terera (Nick Hern Books – Hardback, Ebook and Audiobook) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★★ Giles Terera MBE is an award-winning actor, musician and writer. In 2017 he was cast as Aaron Burr in the London production of Hamilton. It was in that role that […]
Special streaming event to celebrate publication of Giles Terera’s Hamilton book
Olivier Award-winning actor Giles Terera will mark the publication of his book Hamilton and Me: An Actor’s Journal by returning to Hamilton’s London home, the Victoria Palace Theatre, for an exclusive event. Featuring guest appearances from original London cast members including Jamael Westman (Alexander Hamilton) and Rachel John (Angelica Schuyler), the special event which will […]
Giles Terera hosts new Hamilton-themed podcast series
Olivier Award-winning actor Giles Terera is the host of a new podcast featuring fellow cast members and creatives from the London production of Hamilton. Created to accompany Terera’s upcoming book release Hamilton and Me: An Actor’s Journal – the star’s personal account of his experiences playing the role of Aaron Burr in the West End […]
Five Questions With: Lucy Eaton
LUCY EATON (who most recently starred with Michael Sheen and David Tennant in BBC’s Staged written by her brother Simon Evans) has launched the new theatre podcast series Hear Me Out. The first four episodes which include interviews with Mark Bonnar, Denise Gough, Adrian Lester and Claire Skinner are now available. Future episodes (to be […]
Black Matter – Crazy Coqs
Black Matter is available to stream on demand from 24-31 March 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and other crimes against people of colour, last year’s Black Lives Matter protests coincided with a pandemic lockdown, resulting in a conflict of personal isolation […]
Giles Terera to debut lockdown-inspired song cycle Black Matter
Olivier Award-winner Giles Terera takes centre stage online next month in Black Matter – a new song cycle written by the Hamilton actor inspired by the changes to life in London’s Soho during lockdown. Filmed using multiple cameras during lockdown at Soho’s Crazy Coqs, Black Matter features Terera accompanying himself on guitar and piano as […]
Chichester Festival Theatre offers another chance to see its Sondheim Celebration
Home viewers will get a second chance to enjoy Chichester Festival Theatre’s sold-out concert Celebrating Sondheim, an encore screening marking Stephen Sondheim’s 91st birthday on 22 March 2021. Hosted by the popular venue’s artistic director Daniel Evans, the star-studded celebration of the music of the legendary composer featured Evans’ co-star for the London and Broadway […]
Giles Terera’s Hamilton adventure to feature in new book
Olivier Award-winning actor Giles Terera’s personal account of the London production of Hamilton will be released in hardback, e-book and audiobook form by leading theatre publisher Nick Hern Books next summer. Based on the actor’s own experiences playing the role of Aaron Burr in the West End debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s multi-award-winning musical, Hamilton and […]
Transatlantic party to celebrate Noël Coward
Stage and screen acting royalty Judi Dench and Derek Jacobi are among the stars from both sides of the Atlantic who have recorded contributions to a special fundraising online celebration of the life and times of Noël Coward. Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the legendary writer and actor’s West End debut as a 19-year-old […]
Hello Harry! – YouTube
Hello Harry! is available to stream on YouTube. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Harry Gabriel has been the Stage Door Keeper at Shaftesbury Theatre for four decades. While watching some of London’s finest theatrical productions come and go, he has become something of a legend in his own right for the commitment, joy, and […]
South Pacific stars to join Chichester Festival Theatre outdoor bank holiday event
Lead cast members from the postponed Chichester Festival Theatre production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic South Pacific will be among the star-studded line-up for the venue’s August Bank Holiday outdoor event. Gina Beck, Rob Houchen and Julian Ovenden will join Gabrielle Brooks, Giles Terera and CFT artistic director Daniel Evans for a musical theatre flavoured […]
Giles Terera to host Mountview live-streamed interviews
Leading drama school Mountview Academy will launch a series of live-streamed conversations hosted by alumnus Giles Terera from Monday (11 May 2020) at 6pm. Launching with the actor who won the 2018 Best Actor in a Musical Olivier Award for his performance as Aaron Burr in Hamilton in conversation with the show’s creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, […]
Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell to lead series of Donmar shows
Olivier Award-winners Daniel Evans and Jenna Russell are reuniting to curate a series of special musical theatre-themes evening shows at the Donmar Warehouse. The pair who won Olivier Awards for their performances in the acclaimed 2007 production of Sunday in the Park With George, will join forces once again next month for four cabaret-style shows […]
Leslie Bricusse’s Sammy to close season at Lyric Hammersmith
Following on from last year’s successful workshop presentation, Sammy, Leslie Bricusse’s musical celebration of the life of his friend, the legendary Sammy Davis Jr., will debut as a full-scale production at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in the summer. Presented in association with Anthology Theatre Productions and Aria Entertainment, Bricusse’s original work, Sammy, has been re-imagined […]
Sam Mendes, Giles Terera and Stephen Mear feature in New Year Honours list
Oscar-winning directors Sam Mendes and Steve McQueen, choreographer and director David Bintley, playwright Christopher Hampton, Olivia Newton-John and Elton John are among the famous names from the entertainment world celebrating their inclusion in this New Year Honours list. Mendes, McQueen, Bintley and Hampton all receive knighthoods while Newton-John becomes a Dame in recognition of her […]
Hamilton collects seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical
New American musical Hamilton collected seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards 2018 with Mastercard, the UK’s most prestigious stage honours, announced at London’s Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Catherine Tate. Composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and orchestrator Alex Lacamoire won Outstanding Achievement in Music (which Lacamoire accepted by singing a speech […]
New booking period for West End run of Hamilton – tickets go on sale 29 January
A new booking period for the hit London version of the multi-award-winning Broadway musical Hamilton has been announced. Tickets for performances from 30 July to 15 December will go on sale via official Hamilton ticketing channels from Monday (29 January) at 12 noon GMT. The new booking period follows on from the news that the team […]
Hamilton – Victoria Palace Theatre
Hamilton continues at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One of the key factors of David Korins’ stage design for Hamilton is exposed brickwork and wooden walkways. It signifies a work in progress, a modern yet timeless metaphor for the construction of the United States of America […]
West End gala to raise funds for victims of Grenfell Tower fire
Giles Terera and Danielle Tarento are presenting a West End fundraising gala evening of song, dance and comedy for the hundreds of families made homeless and the relatives of those who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire. Songs and Solidarity will take place at Trafalgar Studios 1 on Sunday 25 June at 7.30pm. […]
Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year and Stiles + Drewe Prize – finalists revealed
The 12 students who will perform at this year’s West End gala for the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year and the 10th anniversary of The Stiles + Drewe Prize have been announced. Chosen from performing arts schools across the country the finalists are: Tom Blackmore, Verity Blyth, Katie Buchholz, Oscar Conlon-Morrey, Georgia […]
Clive Rowe hosts Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year and Stiles + Drewe Prize
Olivier Award winner Clive Rowe will host the 11th annual West End gala for The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year and the 10th anniversary of The Stiles + Drewe Prize next month. Featuring a special performance by fellow Olivier Award winner and guest judge Janie Dee, the event will be staged at the […]
Hamilton West End – initial casting revealed
Initial casting has been announced for the West End production of Hamilton: Christine Allado (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Rachelle Ann Go (Eliza Hamilton), Tarinn Callender (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Rachel John (Angelica Schuyler), Jason Pennycooke (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Cleve September (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Giles Terera (Aaron Burr) and Obioma Ugoala (George Washington) will open the […]
Pure Imagination – The Songs of Leslie Bricusse – St James Theatre
Pure Imagination – The Songs of Leslie Bricusse continues at the St James Theatre, London until 17 October. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In a relatively short time this theatre has established itself as a home for exhilarating compilation shows. This latest one celebrates the long and prolific career of Leslie Bricusse. Some people […]
Pure Imagination at St James Theatre – cast includes Dave Willetts and Siobhan McCarthy
Final casting has been announced for the world premiere of Pure Imagination, which celebrates the songs of Leslie Bricusse, one of the most prolific and well-loved film and musical theatre songwriters of our time. Dave Willetts, Siobhan McCarthy, Niall Sheehy, Julie Atherton and Giles Terera will star in Pure Imagination, produced by Danielle Tarento and directed […]
