Initial casting has been confirmed for the West End transfer of Jordan Fein’s multi-award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s magical musical Into the Woods.
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West End transfer season beckons for The Bridge’s Into the Woods
Jordan Fein’s multi-award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s magical musical Into the Woods will become the first West End transfer for London’s Bridge Theatre.
Avenue Q will return to the West End for its 20th anniversary
The three-time Tony Award-winning and Olivier Award-nominated musical, Avenue Q will return to the West End for its 20th anniversary, bringing the original Broadway puppets to the Shaftesbury Theatre for a strictly limited season from 20 March to 29 August 2026.
Carrie Hope Fletcher to star as Calamity Jane on tour
Carrie Hope Fletcher will take on the gun-toting title character in a revival of the Watermill Theatre’s whip-crackin’ production Calamity Jane early next year.
Jennifer Saunders, Beverley Knight, Keala Settle, Lesley Joseph, Clive Rowe and Lizzie Bea announced for Sister Act The Musical
Casting has been announced for the new production of Sister Act The Musical at London’s Eventim Apollo from 19 July to 28 August 2022. Jennifer Saunders will star as Mother Superior alongside Beverley Knight as Deloris Van Cartier, Keala Settle as Sister Mary Patrick, Lesley Joseph as Sister Mary Lazarus, Clive Rowe as Eddie Souther […]
Chichester’s hit South Pacific to tour UK and Ireland in 2022
Chichester Festival Theatre’s crowd-pleasing production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic South Pacific will embark on a UK and Ireland tour next summer. Gina Beck (Matilda, Show Boat) and Julian Ovenden (Merrily We Roll Along, Grand Hotel) will reprise their performances in the starring roles of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque when the touring production […]
Mrs Doubtfire musical to make UK premiere in Manchester in September 2022
Producers Kevin McCollum and Jamie Wilson have announced that the UK premiere of Mrs Doubtfire, the new comedy musical based on the iconic movie, will begin performances at Manchester Opera House on 2 September 2022, with a strictly limited season through until 1 October. Out-of-work actor Daniel will do anything for his kids. After losing […]
Jodie Prenger to star in UK tour of Tell Me On A Sunday
Jodie Prenger will be hitting the road across the UK this summer in a revival of the acclaimed 2016 Watermill Theatre production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s Tell Me On A Sunday. Presented by Jamie Wilson with Kevin McCollum and Gavin Kalin, the UK national tour will launch at the Malvern Festival Theatre […]
Sister Act’s London run is delayed until 2022
Whoopi Goldberg has been forced to shelve her planned London stage debut as Deloris Van Cartier following the decision to postpone the much-anticipated London’s Eventim Apollo run of the new version of Sister Act The Musical. Citing “current and ongoing pandemic restrictions and the knock-on effect on the international production’s schedule”, Goldberg and fellow producer […]
Sister Act The Musical reschedules performances
Due to current government guidelines resulting in a delay to the production, the producers of Sister Act announced today that performances in London and on tour have now been rescheduled. Sister Act was due to open at Curve, Leicester this month with a London run at the Eventim Apollo from 21 July to 30 August 2020. […]
Brenda Edwards will star in new look Sister Act touring production
Former X Factor finalist turned musical theatre favourite Brenda Edwards will take centre stage in a tailor-made new production of smash hit musical Sister Act next year. With the central role of Deloris Van Carter specially re-written for Edwards (We Will Rock You, Dominion Theatre and UK tour, Chicago, West End and 10th Anniversary Gala), the […]
An Officer and a Gentleman Musical world premiere – Jonny Fines and Emma Williams lead cast
Jonny Fines and Emma Williams will be the romantic leads in the musical version of the 1980s classic movie An Officer and a Gentleman when it receives its world premiere at Leicester Curve in April ahead of a UK and Ireland tour. Most recently seen in Annie at the Piccadilly Theatre, Fines (UK tours of […]
Nativity! The Musical to return to London next Christmas after 2018 UK tour
Christmas has come early for fans of the hit stage version of the much-loved film Nativity! with the news that the sell-out show which is currently playing London’s Eventim Apollo will return for an extended Christmas run in 2018. Produced by Jamie Wilson, Entertainment One, Ramin Sabi and Belgrade Theatre Coventry, the world premiere run […]
Curve reveals White Christmas will be 2018 festive musical to mark 10th birthday year
A brand new adaptation of festive favourite Irving Berlin’s White Christmas will be the 2018 festive musical at Curve. Chief executive Chris Stafford and artistic director Nikolai Foster have exclusively revealed Curve will be producing the classic musical and have hinted at other plans they have in store to celebrate 10 years of Curve. Curve […]
