Saving Mozart continues at The Other Palace, London until 30 August 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Anybody who knows anything about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has most likely had that biography shaped, at least in part, by Peter Shaffer’s play Amadeus and its Oscar-laden film adaptation. That work, […]
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UK premiere of Saving Mozart – full cast
Casting has been unveiled for the upcoming UK premiere of writer and composer Charli Eglington’s Saving Mozart at London’s The Other Palace.
Musical Con 2024 – check out the schedule
The full schedule has been unveiled for Musical Con 2024 – the world’s biggest musical theatre fan convention which returns for the third consecutive year this weekend (19 and 20 October).
Star line-up revealed for Musical Con 2024
Over 700 special guests will take part in the world’s biggest musical theatre fan convention Musical Con when the popular event returns for the third consecutive year on 19 and 20 October 2024.
Cast for West End premiere of Hadestown
The cast has been unveiled for the West End premiere of American folk singer Anaïs Mitchell’s record-breaking and multi-award-winning Hadestown.
Rehab: The Musical – Playground Theatre
Rehab – The Musical continues at the Playground Theatre, London until 17 September 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ One of musical theatre’s greatest strengths is when a show takes inspiration from real-life times of difficulty and creates something positive out of them. Bringing light to shade and turning trauma into […]
First casting news for Rehab The Musical
Initial casting has been announced for new British show Rehab The Musical which is due to make its debut at The Playground Theatre in September 2022. Stage and screen star Keith Allen (Celebration, Almeida Theatre, Trainspotting) will appear alongside Jonny Labey (Strictly Ballroom, Piccadilly Theatre, EastEnders), Gloria Onitiri (Cinderella, Gillian Lynne Theatre, The Bodyguard, Adelphi […]
Cynthia Erivo and Danny Sapani to co-host Black British Theatre Awards
Grammy, Tony and Emmy Award-winner Cynthia Erivo and Black Panther, Star Wars and Killing Eve actor Danny Sapani will co-host the 2021 Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs) on 21 November 2021. Commenting on the awards, stage and screen star Erivo said: “I am so proud as a Black British actress to return from Los Angeles to the […]
Nominees for 2021 Black British Theatre Awards
The Color Purple – At Home, The Last Five Years and West End Musical Celebration are in the running for the Best Musical Production Award at the 2021 Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs) next month. Following on from last year’s special socially distanced event at London’s Young Vic Theatre which was broadcast on Sky Arts, the winners of the third BBTAs […]
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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Anderson and Petty announce virtual concert A Christmas Wish in aid of Acting For Others
Songwriters Anderson and Petty have announced A Christmas Wish, a virtual concert with West End stars from Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Six: The Musical, Wicked and more, available to stream at select times from 17-20 December 2020. The concert is hosted by Ben Stock and Hilary O’Neil and is in aid of theatrical charity Acting For Others who provide emotional and financial support to […]
Amber Gray and Patrick Page to return to Hadestown roles in National Theatre production
Amber Gray and Patrick Page will reprise their original roles in American folk singer Anaïs Mitchell’s record-breaking Hadestown when it debuts at the National Theatre in November 2018 prior to a Broadway run in 2019. The actors who played the central roles of Persephone and Hades in the original New York Theatre Workshop will be […]
The Stripper – St James Studio
The Stripper continues at the St James Studio, London until 13 August 2016. Rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ With The Rocky Horror Show, writing creators Richard Hartley (music) and Richard O’Brien (lyrics) paid homage to the cinema world of double features and tacky Gothic B-movies. The show took on a cult following, […]
The Stripper at St James Studio – casting news
Casting has been announced for the revival of musical whodunnit The Stripper, will open at London’s St James Studio next month. Hannah Grover (The Toxic Avenger), Gloria Onitiri (The Bodyguard), Marc Pickering (The Toxic Avenger), Michael Steedon (Hairspray) and Sebastien Torkia (Travels With My Aunt) began rehearsals for the show this week. Based on the […]
Anderson & Petty write charity single for Alzheimer’s Society – performed by Gloria Onitiri
Auburn Jam Records have released the Alzheimer’s Society charity single ‘Dignity’, written by trans-Atlantic writing duo Anderson & Petty, and featuring the vocals of West End leading lady Gloria Onitiri (The Bodyguard, The Lion King, Avenue Q). The single is available to download via all major online stores including iTunes, Google Play and Amazon, and the official video […]
