My Fair Lady continues at Chichester Festival Theatre until 5 September 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I have no doubts this production will transfer to the West End, so catch it at Chichester while you can.
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Chichester finds its My Fair Lady cast
Casting has been confirmed for Chichester Festival Theatre’s (CFT) first ever production of Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady this summer.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – London Palladium
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in Concert was performed at the London Palladium. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Ramin Karimloo and Hadley Fraser to star in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels concert
West End and Broadway stars Ramin Karimloo and Hadley Fraser will play the double-dealing title characters in a concert presentation of the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at the London Palladium in November.
Opening Night – Gielgud Theatre
Opening Night continues at the Gielgud Theatre, London until 27 July 2024. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ In 2024, the adaptation is even more of a mess than the play at its heart.
Full cast for premiere of Opening Night musical
Benjamin Walker, Rebecca Thornhill, Cilla Silvia, Ian McLarnon and Jos Slovick lead the final additions to the cast for the world premiere of the stage musical version of acclaimed film director John Cassavetes’ 1977 film Opening Night.
Live at Lola’s – London Hippodrome
Live at Lola’s – new concert series at the London Hippodrome. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Not every night needs to be an enormous book musical, and this show gets that elusive low pressure fun vibe just right with its blend of art and laughs. A stagey good time is guaranteed.
Chess the Musical in Concert – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Chess the Musical in Concert was performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ For three performances only, the Theatre Royal Drury Lane served as the venue for a concert version of Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ musical Chess, starring the magnificent Samantha Barks […]
Extra performance and full cast for Chess concert
This summer’s Chess the Musical in Concert will play an additional performance at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London next month. After selling out its initial single date (1 August) in just seven days, and the addition of a second performance on 2 August, the concert will now play a matinee show on 2 […]
LMTO to present summer concert versions of Chess, Kinky Boots and Treason
The London Musical Theatre Orchestra will present star-studded concert versions of Chess, Kinky Boots and new British musical Treason at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London this summer. Currently starring in Frozen at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Samantha Barks will take to the same stage on 1 August 2022 in another guise, as […]
One-off concert of The Secret Garden The Musical at the London Palladium
Tony Award-winning musical The Secret Garden, based on the 1911 novel of the same name, returns to the West End for a one-night-only concert celebration at the London Palladium on 28 August 2022. In a lonely manor house on the Yorkshire Moors, Archibald Craven (Hadley Fraser) is stifled by his manipulative brother (Mark Feehily) and […]
CD Review: Theatre – Joe Stilgoe
THEATRE – Joe Stilgoe (Westway Records – Download and CD) Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Stilgoe’s ninth album, now on Westway Records, is a tribute to the theatre or, to be precise, to the great songwriters through the years (plus three new songs written by Stilgoe himself). Simon Callow appears on […]
West End stars feature in Crazy Coqs’ reopening plans
Sophie-Louise Dann, Dominic Ferris, Ria Jones and Cassidy Janson will be among the line-up of artists to feature in the reopening programme at London’s Crazy Coqs from 17 May 2021. Subject to the Government’s ability to stick to its proposed roadmap to recovery, the popular venue within the Brasserie Zédel complex in Soho has announced […]
Southwark Playhouse announces encore screenings of new musicals Fiver, Before After and Stay Awake, Jake
The critically-acclaimed live-stream productions of new British musicals FIVER, Before After and Stay Awake, Jake have been made available for an extra two weeks in response to high public demand. First seen as part of a mini-season of musical livestreams from The Little Theatre space at Southwark Playhouse late last year, the encore streaming of […]
Monday Night At The Apollo – new dates announced
Revised dates have been announced for the new live and live-streamed fundraising concert series Monday Night At The Apollo. Originally due to play two shows in front of a socially distanced audience at the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury this month with a third concert in early February, the shows will now take place on 12 […]
New West End concert series Monday Night at the Apollo announced
Tickets have gone on sale for Monday Night at the Apollo – a brand new concert series taking place in front of a socially distanced audience at London’s Apollo Theatre. The concerts will take place at 7pm on 11 January 2021, 25 January and 8 February, and will also be live-streamed to audiences at home. […]
Rosalie Craig and Hadley Fraser to star in live-stream musical Before After
Real-life husband and wife Rosalie Craig and Hadley Fraser will star in a staged reading of new musical Before After at the Southwark Playhouse. Evening Standard Award-winner Craig (Company, Gielgud Theatre, City of Angels, Donmar Warehouse) and Fraser (Young Frankenstein, Garrick Theatre, Saint Joan, City of Angels, The Vote, Coriolanus – all Donmar Warehouse) will […]
West End stars sign up for online coaching
West End stars are among the leading industry professionals contributing to a new digital platform offering personal one-to-one masterclasses. With all profits going to Acting for Others, SLOCOACH ARTS provides access to world-class vocal coaches, leading dancers from international dance companies and tuition from experts in a range of disciplines including ‘Fosse’, accents and improvisation. […]
Video of winning Song For Our Time released
Marking 20 weeks since theatres across the country went dark, the organisers of the Song For Our Time competition have unveiled the winning song recorded by West End and Broadway star Hadley Fraser. Written by Amir Shoenfeld and Caitlyn Burt, ‘Looking At The Moon’ was chosen from nearly 300 entries from songwriters from across the […]
Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts to make her stage debut in City of Angels
Nicola Roberts will follow in the footsteps of her Girls Aloud bandmates Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding when she makes her stage debut in the long-awaited West End transfer of Josie Rourke’s Olivier Award-winning production of City of Angels. The BRIT award-winning singer will join the previously announced Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-nominee American singer […]
Hollywood & Broadway star Vanessa Williams to debut in West End run of Donmar’s City of Angels
American singer and actress Vanessa Williams will make her London theatre debut next year when the Donmar Warehouse’s Olivier Award-winning production of City of Angels makes its long-awaited West End transfer. The Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-nominee who starred in hit TV series Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives, on the big screen in action films […]
Trevor Dion Nicholas to join cast of Light Princess concert performance
Trevor Dion Nicholas will take time out from playing the Genie in Disney’s Aladdin to take on the role of King Darius in the first concert performance of The Light Princess at Cadogan Hall on Sunday 1 July 2018. Nicholas will join the previously announced Rosalie Craig (Company), Hadley Fraser (Young Frankenstein), Norman Bowman (42nd […]
Light Princess concert staging to star Rosalie Craig and Hadley Fraser
Rosalie Craig will revisit her award-winning performance in Tori Amos and Samuel Adamson’s musical The Light Princess when it receives its first ever concert performance this summer. Currently appearing in The Ferryman at the Gielgud Theatre, Craig won an Evening Standard Award for her performance in the central role of Althea in the magical show which won critical […]
Young Frankenstein – Garrick Theatre
Young Frankenstein continues at the Garrick Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Mel Brooks’ comedy musical monster lumbers into London 10 years after it opened on Broadway and, although leaner than before, only just about manages to squeeze itself on to the intimate Garrick stage. It certainly hasn’t matured over […]
Casting revealed for Committee… (A New Musical) at the Donmar Warehouse
The Donmar Warehouse has announced full casting for The Public Administration and Constitution Affairs Committee Take Oral Evidence on Whitehall’s Relationship with Kids Company, a new musical with music by Tom Deering, and book and lyrics by Hadley Fraser and Josie Rourke (running from 24 June to 12 August 2017 – press night is 3 […]
Young Frankenstein cast – Lesley Joseph, Hadley Fraser and Ross Noble join line-up
Comedian Ross Noble will take a break from his successful stand-up career to play Igor in Mel Brooks’ musical Young Frankenstein which will receive its West End premiere at London’s Garrick Theatre in the autumn. Prior to the announcement of his casting, the popular and award-winning comedian revealed on his Twitter feed that his ‘new […]
Donmar to turn Kids Company collapse into musical
A new musical based on the controversy surrounding the collapse of Kids Company will be part of the Donmar Warehouse 2017 spring season. The musical will feature book and lyrics edited from the transcript of the House of Commons Select Committee’s evidentiary session held to examine Whitehall’s links to the charity. Announcing details of the […]
CD Review – Before After – Original Cast
BEFORE AFTER – Original Cast (SimG Records – SimGR-CD031) The latest release from SimG records is a real humdinger! Wonderful concept, fantastic music, clever lyrics, stunning cast – what more could you want? [SPOILER ALERT!] The story concerns Ben and Ami who once were lovers. However, after a tragic accident which leaves Ben with no memory, they do […]
Ramin Karimloo – London Palladium
Ramin Karimloo at the London Palladium. Star rating: three stars ★★★✩✩ Portmanteau words get a bad rap, especially in these times of Brexit, but West End and Broadway performer Ramin Karimloo has coined his own, combining his own personal loves of Broadway and bluegrass music to coin the term ‘Broadgrass’. Karimloo has now released two […]
Of Thee I Sing concert – Hannah Waddingham and Hadley Fraser cast
West End leading lady and Game of Thrones star Hannah Waddingham leads the cast of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy Of Thee I Sing, presented in concert at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 30 July. Waddingham will play Diane Deveraux, alongside Hadley Fraser as President John P Wintergreen and Tom Edden as Vice President Alexander Throttlebottom. The first […]
City of Angels – Donmar Warehouse
City of Angels continues at the Donmar Warehouse, London until 7 February 2015. While it was obvious that many people in the Donmar Warehouse audience were seeing librettist Larry Gelbart, composer Cy Coleman and lyricist David Zippel’s City of Angels for the first time, it is a show which always remains in my musical theatre […]
Before After – St James Studio Theatre
Before After was performed at the St James Studio Theatre, London. For budding writers of new musical theatre there always comes a time in the process when the next step in development is to put the piece in front of an audience – to gauge their reaction and to invite (hopefully) constructive feedback before taking […]
Full casting revealed for City of Angels at Donmar Warehouse
Full casting has been announced for the Donmar Warehouse production of City of Angels, playing between 5 December 2014 and 7 February 2015 (press night is 16 December). Over a quarter of the tickets for this production have been held back, allowing for more than 550 tickets to go on sale each week, including Barclays Front Row (released […]
Hadley Fraser and Caroline Sheen star in new musical Before After
West End stars Hadley Fraser and Caroline Sheen are to feature in the world premiere of Stuart Matthew Price and Timothy Knapman’s new romantic musical, Before After, at London’s St James Studio. Everybody has one great lost love. They broke our hearts, they haunt our dreams, and we will never, ever forget it. But what […]
