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Grease – Kilworth House Theatre
Grease continues at Kilworth House Theatre, Leicestershire until 7 September 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Half a century young, this new production proves that Grease still has groove and it still has meaning.
Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical – Battersea Park
Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical continues at Evolution London, Battersea Park until 7 September 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Pink Ladies and T-Birds are given the chance to step into the magical world of Grease through the use of promenade theatre.
Grease – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Grease continues at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre until 27 September 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A delicious romp enjoyed by the enthusiastic audience – singing and dancing through the curtain calls – definitely a blast!
Grease – Empire Theatre, Liverpool and Touring
Grease was reviewed at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool where it continues until 1 June 2024. The tour continues until 16 November 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This revival finds a balance that adds an extra layer of theatricality for fans familiar with the silver screen rendering, and more than satisfies those looking for the promised edginess of the source material.
Tour News: 101 Dalmatians, & Juliet, Burlesque The Musical, Chicago, Heathers The Musical, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical and more
Angela Thomas rounds up some of the latest musical theatre tour news, from 101 Dalmatians to Only Fools and Horses, via & Juliet and Burlesque.
Newsfeed 15 November 2023: Pasha Kovalev choreographs Barista The Musical, Michael Ball and Lucy St Louis cast in My Favorite Things and more
Former Strictly Come Dancing glitterball-winning pro Pasha Kovalev will provide the Latin-flavoured choreography for the new original production Barista The Musical next year.
Casting update – West End, regional and touring theatre, plus London concerts too
Sometimes there are so many exciting press releases arriving in the Musical Theatre Review email inbox, that it’s hard to keep up, so we asked our news editor Angela Thomas if she could round up all the very latest casting news related to West End, regional and touring productions (and even a few London concerts […]
West End’s Grease to feature Louise Redknapp as Teen Angel
Louise Redknapp will return to the West End this summer to play Teen Angel in Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s Grease as it returns to the Dominion Theatre for another summer season.
Dominion encore season for hit production of Grease
Grease will be the word again next summer when the hit new production of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s Grease returns to the Dominion Theatre for another summer season.
WhatsOnStage Awards 2023 – the nominees
Daniel Fish’s innovative 2019 Tony Award-winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s much-loved Oklahoma! leads the musical theatre nominees for the 23rd WhatsOnStage Awards.
Remembering Olivia Newton-John (1948-2022): Chart-topping singer, actress and fervent charity activist
How will audiences remember Olivia Newton-John, who has died from breast cancer at age 73? Michael Darvell looks back at an artist who was very much more than just a pop singer with an astonishing musical career… Will they remember her as a singer of 11 chart-topping singles and 15 albums, with over 100 million […]
West End’s Grease dedicates all performances to Olivia Newton-John
The team behind the current hit West End production of Grease has dedicated the rest of the run at the Dominion Theatre to the memory of Olivia Newton-John following the announcement of the much-loved star’s death at 73. Describing the singer on Twitter as ‘an icon who has inspired countless young performers across the world, […]
Grease The Musical – Dominion Theatre
Grease continues at the Dominion Theatre, London until 29 October 2022. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The clue lies on the marquee where, under the title, credits are given to Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, the writers of the original Broadway show, to which this new production, directed by Nikolai Foster […]
Watch Olivia Moore sing ‘Hopelessly Devoted to You’ from Grease
Enjoy this new video of actress Olivia Moore singing ‘Hopelessly Devoted to You’ from Grease. Moore plays Sandy in the new West End production of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s iconic musical, opening at the Dominion Theatre on 17 May 2022, with previews from 3 May 2022. Moore stars alongside Dan Partridge as Danny and […]
Jason Donovan to guest star as Teen Angel in West End production of Grease
Jason Donovan will return to the West End to play Teen Angel for selected performances in the hit new production of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s Grease at the Dominion Theatre. Currently as Pharaoh on tour in the London Palladium production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the stage and screen favourite will play […]
Peter Andre to make West End debut in Grease
Peter Andre will return to Rydell High to make his West End debut playing Vince Fontaine when the new production of Grease arrives at London’s Dominion Theatre in May. The former pop star and television personality who previously played both Teen Angel and Vince Fontaine on tour will play the latter at certain performances in […]
West End return for Grease in May 2022
Featuring new staging and choreography, the hit new production of much-loved musical Grease will follow its successful UK tour by returning to the Dominion Theatre in the West End in 2022. The first new production of Grease in the West End for nearly three decades will be rocking and rolling in London from early May […]
Grease – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
Grease continues at Milton Keynes Theatre until 28 August and then tours until 27 November 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The much-loved musical Grease is lighting up the stage of Milton Keynes Theatre this week, with the one and only Peter Andre stealing the show as Teen Angel and heartthrob Vince […]
Grease with Peter Andre – new tour dates announced
The producers of the newest production of the enduringly popular Grease have announced revised dates for the show’s postponed UK tour. Originally due to hit the road again from May 2020, the tour will now play its launch run at Curve Leicester from 30-31 July. As planned pop star and television personality Peter Andre will […]
Grease UK and Ireland tour rescheduled for January 2021 launch
The producers of the newest production of the enduringly popular Grease have announced revised dates for the show’s UK and Ireland tour. Originally due to hit the road again from May this year, the tour will now launch at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth from 22-30 January 2021. As previously announced pop star and television personality […]
TOUR NEWS: The Addams Family, Blood Brothers, Grease, Million Dollar Quartet, Milky Peaks and Everything Is Absolutely Fine
Angela Thomas catches up with the latest touring news… THE ADDAMS FAMILY Samantha Womack and Cameron Blakely will return as Morticia and Gomez when they take their creepy and kooky brood on the road again this summer in a new touring production of The Addams Family musical. Presented by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and […]
Peter Andre to join Curve’s Grease tour
Pop star and television personality Peter Andre will play Teen Angel for a number of dates when Curve’s hit version of Grease hits the road in 2019. The first new production of the much-loved musical in 25 years will follow its sold- out run in Leicester with tour dates from mid-June 2019. Directed by Curve’s […]
‘There are some amazing writers out there creating amazing work’: Theatrical Rights Worldwide’s Drew Baker on the British Musicals Collection
Thank you, Musical Theatre Review for sending me to the airiest, coolest, calmest spot in central London on one of the hottest days of the year, writes Susan Elkin. I’m in the Theatrical Rights Worldwide office with a pigeon’s eye view of Regent’s Street five floors below, lots of white paint, theatre posters and an atmosphere […]
Grease – Palace Theatre, Manchester and Touring
Grease continues at the Palace Theatre, Manchester until 25 March and then tours until 31 December. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ There are, of course, two versions of Grease. Firstly there’s Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s down and dirty original stage production, a paean to the oily quiffed, leather jacketed rock’n’roll […]
Grease UK tour – casting complete
Full casting has been revealed for this year’s national tour of the original West End production of Grease featuring Over the Rainbow winner Danielle Hope, The Wanted’s Tom Parker and former EastEnder Louise Lytton. Completing the cast are Tom Senior as Kenickie, Michael Cortez as Sonny, Oliver Jacobson as Roger, Ryan Heenan as Doody, Callum […]
Grease – Curve Leicester
Grease continues at Curve Leicester until 21 January 2017. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Grease might suggest a loud, eardrum-bursting undertaking, lacking in subtlety, coarse in its wit. But no, it’s none of that, as this brand new, scintillating in-house production of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s hit musical from Curve Leicester – […]
Danielle Hope to play Sandy in Grease UK tour in 2017
Actress and singer Danielle Hope will join The Wanted’s Tom Parker and former EastEnder Louise Lytton in the cast of next year’s national tour of the original West End production of much-loved musical Grease. Hope, who made her professional debut as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz after winning the television talent show Over The Rainbow, […]
Caroline Sheen – Feeling Lucky – Live At Zedel
Caroline Sheen – Feeling Lucky at Live At Zedel, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Feeling Lucky weren’t exactly the words used by the golden-voiced Caroline Sheen when she arrived at Live At Zedel with laddered tights and no spare pair, but by the end of a great-value, fun-filled set it was her […]
Grease tour 2017 – The Wanted’s Tom Parker headlines tour
Chart-topping The Wanted’s Tom Parker will head the cast of next year’s national tour of the original West End production of much-loved musical Grease. The former award-winning boyband singer will make his professional music theatre debut in the iconic role of Danny Zuko in the tour which will open at the Palace Theatre, Manchester on […]
Grease at Curve this Christmas – casting revealed
Casting has been revealed for for Curve’s Christmas production of hit musical Grease. Dex Lee and Jessica Paul lead the cast as Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski with Keisha Atwell, Darren Bennett, Sophie Camble, Jonny Fines, Courtney George, Luke George,Shobna Gulati, Patrick Harper, Abigayle Honeywill, Sophie Isaacs, Max Jorquera, Sinead Kenny, Nathanael Landskroner, Michael Lin, Martin McCarthy, Sam Murphy, Djalenga Scott, Justin Thomas and Natalie Woods completing the company. The production opens on 1 December, with previews from 26 November, and runs until […]
Curve Leicester’s Christmas musical is Grease
With their revival of Legally Blonde still running in the theatre, chief executive Chris Stafford and artistic director Nikolai Foster have announced a new season of Made At Curve productions for autumn and Christmas 2016, including a staging of the much-loved musical Grease. Foster will direct the brand new production of Grease in the Theatre from 26 November 2016 to 14 January 2017 (press night is 1 December), while at the […]
ITV2 broadcasts Grease: Live! on 3 February
ITV2 will present an unedited airing of Paramount Television’s star-studded production of Grease: Live!, the first-ever live television production of the iconic story, on 3 February at 8pm. Filmed and broadcast live in the US on 31 January and featuring a young ensemble cast, Grease: Live! draws upon both the hit crossover musical and iconic 1978 feature film to create […]
In memory of Robert Stigwood – impresario extraordinaire
Robert Stigwood (16 April 1934–4 January 2016): Impresario Extraordinaire who promoted The Bee Gees, John Travolta and Lloyd Webber musicals. Impresario Robert Stigwood, who has died aged 81, was a unique example of a businessman with his own vision that saw him achieving success in many forms of public entertainment. Not one to stick to […]
CD Review – Cool Rider – Original Studio Recording
COOL RIDER – Original Studio Recording (Featuring: Ashleigh Gray, Aaron Sidwell, Reece Sheersmith, Niki Evans, Mark Anderson, Bronté Barbé, Daniel Buckley, Joshua Dowen, Lucinda Lawrence, Hannah Levane and Niall Sheehy). When Cool Rider screeched into the West End last year, the popularity of the event took even the producers by surprise. Already big fans of the original movie, […]
Cool Rider – Mark Benton stars in Grease sequel
Mark Benton will star as Mr Stuart and Niki Evans as Ms Mason, as full casting is announced for Cool Rider, the cult musical sequel which will return to the West End via the Duchess Theatre (15–19 April), following the successful one-night-only concert at the Lyric Theatre. Benton was most recently seen competing on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing. […]
