It takes some chutzpah to choose as your showcase Christmas offering a radically different approach to a story that has become the festive icon for many a year at one of the world’s leading ballet companies. But this is what the Bristol Old Vic (and in particular departing artistic director Tom Morris) have done with their bold but flawed version of the Hoffmann classic The Nutcracker, minus the sumptuous Tchaikovsky score, that always plays to packed houses when performed by the Royal Ballet in Covent Garden.
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New British musical The Rhythm Method showcases at the Landor Theatre
A new British musical that tackles the subjects of sex, relationships and contraception will play seven showcase performances at The Landor from Monday 14 to Friday 18 May 2018. With a cast that includes award-winning actor Fra Fee (The Ferryman) as a ground-breaking scientist, The Rhythm Method will offer a unique mixture of performance, expert input […]
West End gala will showcase new musicals – cast includes Douglas Hodge, Haydn Gwynne and Alex Gaumond
West End one-off gala concert New Songs 4 New Shows at the Lyric Theatre will see theatre stars performing songs from four new musicals. The concert will take place on Monday 28 November and is produced by musical theatre production company The Stable. The star cast of New Songs 4 New Shows includes: Douglas Hodge (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones), Haydn Gwynne (Threepenny Opera), […]
Springtime For Henry (and Barbara) – Wilton’s Music Hall, London
Springtime For Henry (and Barbara) at Wilton’s Music Hall, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Unusual, bewildering, but strangely endearing, collaborators Gwyneth Herbert and Mel Brimfield bring a warm, exploratory musical comedy to the boards of the Wilton’s Music Hall in the form of Springtime For Henry (and Barbara). Part performance […]
Gwyneth Herbert and Mel Brimfield sculpture-inspired musical heads for Wilton’s Music Hall
Composer/performer Gwyneth Herbert and artist Mel Brimfield are presenting their latest collaboration, Springtime for Henry (and Barbara) – described as a fictitious ‘lost’ musical, reconstructed in fragments, centred around the lives of British sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. The production will run for three performances across two nights (26–27 January) at Wilton’s Music Hall, the world’s oldest surviving […]
Frances Ruffelle – I Say Yeh-Yeh – Crazy Coqs
Frances Ruffelle – I Say Yeh-Yeh continues at Crazy Coqs, London until 17 October. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s hard to believe that 30 years have gone by since the rich, smoky voice of Frances Ruffelle’s first Eponine in Les Misérables made us weep and when she stands atop the […]
The S&S Award Gala – St James Theatre
The S&S Award Gala was held at the St James Theatre, London. There will be 26 musical shows running in London this Christmas, that’s more than half the occupancy of the total number of theatres in the West End. Of those 26, 17 are largely original work, the remainder drawing on the back catalogue of songwriters from Irving Berlin […]
