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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jewish Hollywood – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Jewish Hollywood continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 17 April 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A solo saxophone wails the opening bars of George Gershwin (Jacob Gershwine)’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’. A musical hint of what’s to come in this high-octane revue. Chris Burgess’ informative and entertaining script takes a […]
Cast for Jewish Hollywood at Upstairs at the Gatehouse
The inspirational stories of the Jews who spearheaded the creation of Hollywood as the heart of the cinema industry are being celebrated in musical revue Jewish Hollywood. Presented by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment, the production which has a script by Chris Burgess (Bette Midler and Me, The Great Jewish American Songbook) will play London’s […]
Marti Webb joins Tommy Steele’s Glenn Miller Show
West End favourite Marti Webb has joined Tommy Steele for the veteran entertainer’s celebration of band leader Glenn Miller at the London Coliseum which is due to run until 18 August 2018. Marking over 60 years since Steele first stepped on to the stage at the London Coliseum in a sold-out run of Rodgers and […]
Interview – Howard Samuels celebrates the genius of Fran Landesman in Invade My Privacy at the Crazy Coqs
Lisa Martland writes: This week (starting today, Tuesday May 12!) HOWARD SAMUELS and LUCY DIXON return to London’s Crazy Coqs for three performances of their sell-out show Invade My Privacy, a cabaret devoted to the genius that is and was Fran Landesman. Dixon and Samuels first met in the Sondheim musical Company and worked together again in the […]
The Story of Bart – London Hippodrome
The Story of Bart was performed at the London Hippodrome Matcham Rooms. For almost two hours at the London Hippodrome, John Barr WAS Lionel Bart, so much so that my companion asked innocently on the way out: “I wonder what Lionel’s doing next?” Say no more! Bart died in sad circumstances in 1999, but Barr brought […]
Lucy Dixon and Howard Samuels – Invade My Privacy – Crazy Coqs
Lucy Dixon and Howard Samuels performed Invade My Privacy at the Crazy Coqs, London There are some evenings at the theatre that forever stick in the mind. Invade My Privacy: A Musical Celebration of the Works of Fran Landesman, performed at London’s Riverside Studios in early 1993, was one. Since then, there has been little opportunity to relive […]
A Catered Affair – London Theatre Workshop
A Catered Affair continues at London Theatre Workshop, Fulham, until 20 June. Almost a year to the day since the Royal Academy of Music graduates introduced many of us to A Catered Affair comes the professional UK premiere of this thought-provoking piece at the go-ahead London Theatre Workshop. More a play with music than a musical, […]
