Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2026 at the Sondheim Theatre, London. Another triumphant event that both celebrated the genius of Stephen Sondheim and showcased emerging talent of an exceptionally high standard.
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18th annual Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year – the finalists
The Stephen Sondheim Society has announced the 12 finalists in the running for the 18th annual Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year (SSSSPOTY).
Royal Academy of Music – Nine
Nine was performed by the Royal Academy of Music’s Musical Theatre Company at the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ What you are guaranteed when RAM ventures into the world of musical theatre is that the roles will be well sung.
Royal Academy of Music – Spring Awakening
Spring Awakening was performed by students from the Royal Academy of Music’s Musical Theatre Company at the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The punchy pop-rock score is played with relish by MD/pianist Felix Elliott and his eight fellow RAM musicians and sung by some of the most thrilling young voices around.
How Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year supports the next generation of musical theatre writers
As well as being an opportunity to see the stars of tomorrow performing classic works by the great Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year also proudly shines a spotlight on new writing.
Cast update for Menier Chocolate Factory’s Jerry’s Girls
Jessica Martin will complete the cast of the Menier Chocolate Factory’s upcoming revival of Jerry Herman and Larry Alford’s Jerry’s Girls.
Menier Chocolate Factory to stage revival of Jerry’s Girls
Hannah Chissick (Pack of Lies, Eugenius) will return to the Menier Chocolate Factory to direct a major revival of Jerry Herman and Larry Alford’s Jerry’s Girls next month.
Police Cops: The Musical and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button are among the winners of the Offies 2024
The Offies Awards 2024 – celebrating the best of independent, alternative and fringe theatre – across Greater London and at selected fringe festivals around the UK – have been announced in a ceremony at London’s Woolwich Works. The winners from 2023 were invited to return to present the awards to this year’s recipients. Among the musical […]
Treason – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh and Touring
Treason was reviewed at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh. The production then tours until 22 November 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair – Curve Leicester
The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair was reviewed at Leicester’s Curve Theatre (Studio Space). Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Royal Academy of Music – Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre was performed by the Royal Academy of Music’s Musical Theatre Company at the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year – Sondheim Theatre
There was no arguing with the judges’ choice for Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year (SSSSPOTY for short) after a knock-’em-dead performance of ‘The Worst Pies in London’ by star of the future Milly Willows.
World premiere and two classic musicals to feature in NYMT’s summer season
The world premiere of the stage musical adaptation of Lara Williamson’s best-selling novel The Boy Who Sailed The Ocean In An Armchair is one of three major musical productions to feature in the National Youth Music Theatre’s (NYMT) summer season.
Full cast for Turbine Theatre’s Eugenius!
London’s Turbine Theatre has unveiled the full cast for the re-worked version of cult British musical Eugenius! ahead of its debut at the Battersea venue on 17 March 2023.
Autumn debut for first full production of Treason and concert album released
Following successful London concert performances last summer, and a livestream performance in 2021, new British musical Treason will make its debut as a fully staged production at a number of theatres across the UK this autumn.
National Youth Music Theatre – Ragtime
Ragtime, performed by National Youth Music Theatre, continues at MCT at Alleyn’s until 27 August 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens’ Ragtime is a magnificent, brave, visceral show and it’s hard to imagine it in better hands than those of the National Youth Music […]
Royal Academy of Music – The Light in the Piazza
The Light in the Piazza at the Royal Academy of Music’s Susie Sainsbury Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Between Adam Guettel’s sumptuous, demanding score, Craig Lucas’ Italian language-heavy book, and a tradition of extravagantly beautiful scenic design, The Light in the Piazza is not an obvious choice for a […]
Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2022 – Sondheim Theatre
Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2022 at the Sondheim Theatre, London. Back after a long, Covid-enforced break and showcasing an even greater array of dazzling international young talent than before, the 14th SSSSPOTY emphatically demonstrated that the future of musical theatre in the UK is in the best of hands. The competition, […]
Additional performance for concert version of Treason in response to high public demand
After selling out within two weeks of tickets going on sale the star-studded concert version of new British musical Treason will now play an extra date at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane this summer. Originally due to play the prestigious venue on 22 August 2022, the live stage debut of the new musical will also […]
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 […]
Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2022 – 12 finalists announced
The Stephen Sondheim Society has announced the 12 finalists in the running for the 2022 Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year (SSSSPOTY) contest. Returning to the West End for the first time since the competition’s two-year Covid-enforced hiatus, the nominees will take to the stage of the Sondheim Theatre during the gala final […]
New tracks released from Treason
West End stars Bradley Jaden, Lucie Jones and Cedric Neal feature on three new acoustically performed tracks from the Gunpowder Plot-inspired musical drama Treason. The trio who previously appeared in the digital concert premiere of the show which was performed and filmed live at London’s Cadogan Hall in March feature on the studio recordings of […]
Treason: The Musical in Concert – Cadogan Hall
Treason: The Musical in Concert at Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ In current times with theatres closed and only online options available, getting attention to new works of musical theatre can be even harder than usual – not that they were ever easy. Ricky Allan and Kieran Lynn’s Treason: […]
Cast and new streaming dates for Treason The Musical In Concert
Casting has been announced for the digital concert premiere of the new Gunpowder Plot-inspired musical drama Treason next month. Due to be performed and filmed live at London’s Cadogan Hall, the concert production will feature West End stars including Lucie Jones (Legally Blonde, Waitress), Oliver Tompsett (& Juliet, Kinky Boots), Daniel Boys (Falsettos, Nativity Rocks!), […]
Early closing date for Amour at Charing Cross Theatre
The well-received UK professional premiere of multi-award-winning composer Michel Legrand’s musical fantasy Amour is to end its run at London’s Charing Cross Theatre early after just 45 performances. Initially due to run until Saturday 20 July, the show which features music by legendary film composer Legrand with English lyrics by Jeremy Sams (from the original […]
Royal Academy of Music – The Sweet Smell of Success
The Sweet Smell of Success is performed by the Royal Academy of Music’s Musical Theatre Company at the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The musical The Sweet Smell of Success is based on a story by Ernest Lehman who wrote the screenplay with Clifford Odets for the film of the […]
BEAM 2018 – shining a light on talent with 58 new British musicals in development
Musical Theatre Review’s Tina Foote previews BEAM 2018, the Biennial Industry Showcase for New British Musical Theatre Writing, running from 1-2 March at London’s Theatre Royal Stratford East. This weekend Everybody’s Talking About Jamie won Best New Musical in the WhatsOnStage Awards after a successful transfer from the Sheffield Crucible to the West End, now happily […]
Directors announced for BEAM 2018 showcase event
Musical Theatre Network and Mercury Musical Developments have revealed the directors enlisted to take the helm of the eight musicals chosen to feature as 25-minute extracts at BEAM2018 at Theatre Royal Stratford East on Thursday 1 and Friday 2 March 2018. Hannah Chissick will direct The Season by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, a satirical […]
Side Show – Southwark Playhouse
Side Show continues at Southwark Playhouse, London until 3 December. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Broadway has twice given Side Show the thumbs-down – it lasted only 91 performances in 1997 and even fewer when reimagined and darkened in 2014 – but this curio of a musical, loosely based on fact, makes a […]
Brass – National Youth Music Theatre – Hackney Empire
Brass was performed by the National Youth Music Theatre at the Hackney Empire on 27 and 28 August 2016 Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘Pals battalions’ were First World War military units formed from local recruitment offices that promised to keep friends, families and neighbours together in a battalion, rather than assign […]
Side Show receives UK premiere at Southwark Playhouse
Broadway musical Side Show is to receive its UK premiere in October at the Southwark Playhouse. The new production of the show which was nominated for four Tony Awards when it first opened in New York in 1997, will run from 21 October until 3 December. Inspired by the true story of the 1920s vaudeville stars, […]
Seasons of Larson concert – Debbie Kurup among cast
First names have been announced for Seasons of Larson, a one-off concert celebrating the life and music of legendary Broadway composer Jonathan Larson. The concert will take place on Monday 25 January 2016 at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. Debbie Kurup, Krysten Cummings and Damien Flood, all previous cast members of Larson’s hit rock musical Rent, […]
Rent composer Jonathan Larson celebrated in one-off West End concert
The life and music of legendary Broadway composer Jonathan Larson will be celebrated in a special one-off concert on Monday 25 January 2016, when Seasons of Larson will play for one night only at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. On 25 January 1996, the day of the first preview of Rent Off-Broadway, its composer Jonathan Larson […]
London School of Musical Theatre – Redhead
Redhead was performed by students from the London School of Musical Theatre at the Bridewell Theatre, London. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s a real treat to go to a show not really knowing what to expect and then discovering a wonderful ‘lost musical’ performed by an exciting cast. And so it was at the […]
Marry Me a Little returns to St James Studio for extra week
Following a critically acclaimed sell-out run in August, Stephen Sondheim’s Marry Me a Little will return to St James Studio, London for an extra week of performances from 6–11 October 2014. Marry Me a Little pieces together a selection of songs by Stephen Sondheim to tell a tale of love, loneliness and survival as a modern singleton. […]
Marry Me a Little – St James Studio Theatre
Marry Me a Little continues at the St James Studio Theatre, London until 10 August. The chemistry between extravagantly talented Laura Pitt-Pulford and the perfectly-pitched Simon Bailey in this slight but charming two-hander turns a reed-thin storyline of New York love and loss, ecstasy and regret, into a hypnotic Sondheim hour that passes all too quickly. […]
Marry Me a Little – Simon Bailey and Laura Pitt-Pulford cast
When Stephen Sondheim’s Marry Me a Little returns to the London stage for the first time in 17 years in a brand new production at St James Studio, Simon Bailey will star as Man and Laura Pitt-Pulford will star as Woman (the production runs from 29 July to 10 August, press night is 31 July). Simon Bailey was most recently seen as Liam in […]
