The full cast has materialised for the eagerly awaited West End premiere of Beetlejuice: The Musical next month.
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Come Fall in Love: The DDLJ Musical – Opera House, Manchester
Come Fall in Love continues at the Opera House, Manchester until 21 June 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ It is still a big, brash, enjoyable night at the theatre that captures some of the joy of the communal viewing experience that made the original film such an enduring hit.
Fundraising anniversary stream for acclaimed Now or Never
The Barn Theatre’s acclaimed recording of its ambitious live stream concert performance of song cycle Now or Never will receive a one-night-only anniversary stream next month to raise money for The Suzie Mackie Fellowship. Originally performed at the Barn Theatre in 2021, the digital song cycle which marked Matthew Harvey’s first collaboration with the Barn […]
CD Review: Rumi: The Musical – Original Concept Recording
RUMI: THE MUSICAL – Original Concept Recording (Broadway Records – digital) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Three years since the birth of the idea, the studio album of RUMI: The Musical has finally arrived. Written by Dana Al Fardan and Nadim Naaman, this musical follows the story of the transformative and […]
Now or Never – Barn Theatre, Cirencester
Now or Never was streamed from the Barn Theatre, Cirencester. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Since the start of the first lockdown over a year ago, Cirencester’s Barn Theatre has led the way in finding avenues for live theatre in a socially distanced world. Be that live circus shows, YouTube reimaginings […]
Barn Theatre to premiere new song cycle Now or Never with live digital concert
Casting has been confirmed for the Barn Theatre’s most ambitious live-stream to date, the premiere of new song cycle Now or Never next month. Marking Matthew Harvey’s first collaboration with the Barn since the composer, lyricist and performer took up the post of associate artist at the popular Cirencester venue, the live ‘one-shot’ digital concert […]
Concept album to be released for Nadim Naaman and Dana Al Fardan’s Rumi: The Musical
West End star Nadim Naaman and Qatar-based composer Dana Al Fardan have revealed plans for the release of a concept album for their second stage musical. Featuring Naaman and fellow Phantom of the Opera star Ramin Karimloo, the full-length concept album for Rumi: The Musical has been recorded during the pandemic in London and Doha. […]
West End stars and Beirut musicians unite for fundraising video
Over 40 artists have united to record a music video of ‘All I Longed To See’ from musical Broken Wings to raise funds for the Red Cross’ Beirut Emergency Appeal set up in the wake of the devastation caused by the explosion on 4 August 2020. The video features West End stars and former cast […]
Charlie Kristensen chats with the stars in new online series
Inspirational young anti-bullying campaigner Charlie Kristensen has launched a series of lockdown interviews with star guests on his YouTube channel. Supported by The Theatre Café, Musical Chairs with #CheerUpCharlie! features the Berkshire 10-year-old chatting with a range of interviewees from the UK and the US. The Musical Chairs line-up to date includes: Iain Armitage, Luke […]
RSC’s The Boy in the Dress – full cast unveiled
Full casting has been announced for the eagerly-anticipated Royal Shakespeare Company’s musical version of David Walliams’ best-selling The Boy in the Dress which will debut in Stratford-upon-Avon this Christmas season.
Rufus Hound among first cast revealed for RSC’s The Boy in the Dress
First casting has been announced for the eagerly-anticipated Royal Shakespeare Company’s musical version of David Walliams’ best-selling The Boy in the Dress which will debut in Stratford-upon-Avon this Christmas season. Featuring music by Robbie Williams and his long-time songwriting partner Guy Chambers, Walliams’ successful debut novel is being transformed into a stage musical by playwright […]
Broken Wings – Theatre Royal Haymarket
Broken Wings continues at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London until 4 August 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Based on Kahlil Gibran’s 1912 novel, this curiously old fashioned (traditional?) musical is touching without being mawkishly sentimental. The autobiographical source material tells the story of Gibran’s returning to his native Beirut after spending most […]
Nadim Naaman leads cast of Broken Wings West End run – new pictures released
Nadim Naaman will head the cast of the West End debut of Broken Wings, the musical created by the West End star and Qatar-based composer Dana Al Fardan. Following on from a series of London workshops and the recording of a concept album, a semi-staged production of the show is due to play the Theatre […]
Nadim Naaman to release concept album for debut musical Broken Wings
West End star Nadim Naaman and Qatar-based composer Dana Al Farden will release a concept album for their debut musical Broken Wings later this year. Following on from a series of London workshops, the show which features a book by Naaman and music and lyrics by Naaman and Al Farden, will take another step towards […]
Artists’ agency Jewell Wright celebrates its first decade in business
Leading artists’ agency Jewell Wright is celebrating its first decade in the business of representing stage, screen and radio performers. Founder Jimmy first met his business partner Neal Wright in 1999 in the first year of the hit show Mamma Mia! in which Wright created the role of Pepper, and the pair have worked closely […]
