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Music Review: Mayflies – York Theatre Royal production
MAYFLIES – Original Cast EP recording. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
New musical theatre announced for Tania Azevedo’s MT Pride Lab season at the King’s Head
The King’s Head Theatre has announced details of Tania Azevedo’s LGBTQ+ musical theatre focused season, MT PrideLab, celebrating the best in developing musical theatre.
Creatives for premiere of Gus Gowland’s Mayflies
Tania Azevedo will direct the world premiere of award-winning composer, lyricist and playwright Gus Gowland’s new musical Mayflies at York Theatre Royal this spring.
New UK Musicals: Live in Concert – The Other Palace
New UK Musicals: Live in Concert at The Other Palace, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In the UK, new musical theatre writing, and particularly new British writing, is something of a Cinderella – it tends to get overlooked. With the West End filled with established long-runners and an endless cycle of […]
Gus Gowland’s Subway available to stream on major music platforms
Subway, the new musical short from the award-winning creator of the musical Pieces of String, Gus Gowland, is now streaming across all major music platforms. Starring award-winning actors Nicholas McLean (Best Supporting Actor at The Black British Theatre Awards 2020 for Wicked) and Jack Reitman (Best Actor at 2020 Off-West End Award for Thrill Me), […]
New EP from West End star and award-winning writer marks Mental Health Awareness Week
In Motion, an EP of five original pop songs co-written by Craig Mather and Gus Gowland, has been released. Early in the pandemic, writer Gowland (Pieces of String) and performer Mather (Les Misérables, The Wind In The Willows) began sharing their experiences of mental health challenges via WhatsApp, to stay connected and to support one another. These messages evolved into lyrics […]
Gus Gowland new musical short available to watch
Subway, a new musical short from the award-winning creator of the musical Pieces of String, Gus Gowland is now available to download. Featuring award-winning actors Nicholas McLean (Best Supporting Actor at The Black British Theatre Awards 2020 for Wicked) and Jack Reitman (Best Actor at 2020 Off-West End Award for Thrill Me), the love story […]
Five Questions With: Nicholas McLean
NICHOLAS MCLEAN is starring in West End Acoustic – an unplugged celebration of popular musicals presented by New Frame Productions – at London’s Riverside Studios on 8 December 2020 alongside Maiya Quansah-Breed, Renée Lamb, Nicholas McLean and Sam Tutty, with musical direction by Chris Poon. Nicholas’ credits include Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre – Black British Theatre […]
Line-up for Barn Theatre’s Dominic Powell online concert
The Barn Theatre has announced the line-up of performers for the sixth virtual concert in the venue’s popular on-line series showcasing the work of Britain’s musical theatre composers. Celebrating the work of actor, writer and composer Dominic Powell, the concert this Saturday (8 August 2020) will include performances from Andrew Patrick-Waller (Brooklyn, Bat Out of […]
New musicals sheet music site to launch
Performers and fans of new UK musicals will be able to purchase sheet music from their favourite shows with the launch of a new store of digital sheet music next week. Launching on Monday (1 June), New UK Musicals is the brainchild of Darren Clark, the multi-award-winning composer and lyricist of new shows The Wicker […]
Pieces of String – Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Pieces of String at Mercury Theatre, Colchester – streamed online for the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One musical that was gone as quickly as it arrived on our screens and may have been missed among the galaxy of free treats laid on by theatre companies […]
First Writers’ Guild musical theatre writing award shortlist revealed
Tom MacRae, Sam Kenyon and Gus Gowland have made the shortlist for the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain new award launched to recognise the creativity of musical theatre writers. MacRae’s Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Kenyon’s Miss Littlewood and Gowland’s Pieces of String are all in the running for the inaugural Musical Theatre Bookwriting Award. Coinciding […]
Interview: Gus Gowland on sharing his new musical Pieces of String with audiences at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Pieces of String is a new musical set simultaneously in the 1940s and the present day: following her father’s death, Jane is clearing out his house, but while she is going through his possessions she unearths a secret that she is unprepared for. GUS GOWLAND has written the book, music and lyrics for the show […]
Pieces of String – Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Pieces of String continues at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester until 5 May 2018. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ Pieces of String tells a Second World War story like no other, highlighting new themes that have rarely been explored in this way before. The piece also sees the talented Gus Gowland debuting his first full-length musical […]
Cast for Colchester’s premiere production of Pieces of String
Colchester’s Mercury Theatre and TBO Productions have announced casting for the world premiere of new musical Pieces of String. Developed by non-profit theatre company Perfect Pitch, supported by the Arts Council England, the musical drama focuses on three generations of one family and a secret held since the Second World War. With a book, music […]
Mercury Theatre premiere for new musical Pieces of String
Colchester’s Mercury Theatre and TBO Productions have unveiled details of the world premiere of new musical Pieces of String. Developed by non-profit theatre company Perfect Pitch and supported by Arts Council England, the musical drama focuses on three generations of one family and a secret held since the Second World War. With a book, music […]
Accidents and Emergencies – Lost Theatre
Accidents and Emergencies continues at the Lost Theatre, London until 21 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ From ER to Casualty, the hospital drama has always been a popular source of entertainment on TV, although aside from a few exceptions – Informed Consent at Jermyn Street is the last one this reviewer can remember – the […]
Next UK – Battersea Barge
Next UK was performed at the Battersea Barge, London. Next – or NEXT: Now Entering the Crossroads (X-roads) of Theatre, if you indulge the rather clunky and contrived acronym – is a showcase of emerging musical theatre talents that enjoyed a successful rollout in New York in 2009 and which has now made it across the […]
