Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera continues at the Leicester Square Theatre, London until 21 May 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
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Cast for Tony Blair musical’s London run and tour
Jack Whittle will take on the title role in the London season and UK tour of Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s hit musical comedy TONY! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera). Whittle (The Play That Goes Wrong, Duchess Theatre) will play Tony Blair alongside original cast members Howard Samuels (The Sound of Music, UK tour) as Peter […]
West End season and tour for Tony (The Tony Blair Rock Opera)
Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s critically acclaimed Tony (The Tony Blair Rock Opera) will follow its sold-out world premiere run at London’s Park Theatre with a season in the West End ahead of a UK tour.
Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] – Park Theatre
Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] continues at the Park Theatre, London until 9 July 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Everyone with an interest in UK politics has an opinion about ex-Prime Minister Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair. Whether positive or negative, that opinion might put one off attending a show called […]
Star studded line-up for Barry Cryer tribute charity show
Stars from across the entertainment world will unite for a special tribute event celebrating the life of comedy legend Barry Cryer. Organised by Barry’s son, Bob Cryer, Barry Cryer: A Celebration at the Lyric Theatre on 13 June 2022 will pay tribute to the beloved funny man who died in January. All profits will go […]
Cast unveiled for Tony (The Tony Blair Rock Opera)
Comedian and singer Charlie Baker will play Tony Blair alongside West End star Gary Trainor as Gordon Brown when Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s Tony (The Tony Blair Rock Opera) receives its world premiere at London’s Park Theatre this summer. Baker, whose comedy credits include appearing on hit TV shows including Harry Hill’s Teatime, The […]
World premiere for satirical show Tony (The Tony Blair Rock Opera)
Comedy star Harry Hill and composer Steve Brown’s Tony (The Tony Blair Rock Opera) will receive its world premiere at London’s Park Theatre this summer. Featuring a book by Hill and music and lyrics by Brown, the show which takes a comic look at the controversial former PM and his journey from student wannabe rock […]
Little Women and Tony Blair musicals lined up for new season at London’s Park Theatre
The London premiere of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical Little Women and a work-in-progress presentation of Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s Tony!(The Tony Blair Rock Opera) will feature in the autumn to spring season at London’s Park Theatre. Presented by the team behind last year’s successful transfer season of RAGS The Musical, Aria Entertainment, Hope Mill […]
Musical Theatre Review campaign backs cast album for I Can’t Sing!
“Steve Brown’s original score for I Can’t Sing! features a selection of excellent and thankfully diverse musical numbers that both inform the narrative and entertain – a simple task that has been woefully lacking in the West End for a while now. “Original musicals are few and far between and Brown’s score has so much […]
I Can’t Sing! – the X Factor musical – to close, but why?
The demise of X Factor parody I Can’t Sing! – the third original West End musical to announce its closure in less than two months – is being blamed by critics on a combination of marketing, preparation and changing audience tastes. Co-producers Stage Entertainment UK and Simon Cowell’s Syco Productions (Cowell is believed to have […]
I Can’t Sing! – London Palladium
I Can’t Sing! continues at the London Palladium. Unless you have been living in a bubble for the last ten years then you can’t fail to have noticed the strangle-hold that Simon Cowell has over the entertainment industry. Depending on how you rate him, he has either killed or cured Saturday night television with the reinvention […]
I Can’t Sing – the X Factor musical – a sneak peek
Any opening of a West End musical is a much-anticipated event, but the buzz around Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s new X Factor musical I Can’t Sing! at the London Palladium has reached a new level, not least because of reported technical problems during previews. However, while the audience attending an evening performance on 17 […]
I Can’t Sing! – casting confirmed
Ahead of the broadcast of the Royal Variety Performance – in which cast members of I Can’t Sing! performed – full casting has been confirmed. The X Factor musical previews at the London Palladium from 27 February 2014 (press night is 26 March). As previously announced, Olivier Award-winner Nigel Harman will play X Factor judge Simon, and Cynthia Erivo […]
