A group of leading Sondheim interpreters will appear alongside a company of 14 young, emerging Sondheim performers chosen from over 260 video submissions for the candlelit concert Colour & Light at St James’s Church Piccadilly on 21 November 2026.
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Boum! C’est Chantastique – Crazy Coqs
Boum! C’est Chantastique was reviewed at Crazy Coqs, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Certainly, come the end, the audience had been charmed by this highly individual tribute to three fine artists.
Stars to come out for Janie Dee-led Beautiful World cabaret shows
Double Olivier Award-winning actress and singer Janie Dee’s series of star-studded Beautiful World Cabaret shows at London’s Crazy Coqs, celebrating the Earth, begins today (13 May).
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Musical – Theatre Royal Bath
Alfred Hitchcock Presents – The Musical continues at Theatre Royal Bath until 12 April 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Such a sophisticated and innovative production is a rare gem, making a visit to the beautiful Theatre Royal Bath a must-do before the show concludes its run.
Music Review: The Stationmaster – Original Cast Album
The Stationmaster: A Musical Drama (Auburn Jam Records). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Any live production of The Stationmaster will have to match the standards of this album, which has set the bar high.
Exclusive: Listen to a track from the much-anticipated release of The Stationmaster musical concept album
The concept album recording of new British musical The Stationmaster will be released on all major digital platforms on 26 July and we are delighted to share with you the first exclusive play of the epic anthem ‘Anna’ (sung by Nigel Richards).
Side by Side by Sondheim – Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Side by Side by Sondheim was performed at the Byre Theatre, St Andrews. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Last month, the lucky residents of St Andrews were treated to a weekend of Sondheim courtesy of a student production of the revue show Side by Side by Sondheim.
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella to dance into the Hope Mill Theatre in November
Cinderella will finally go to the ball when the delayed UK theatrical premiere of the Broadway version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella dances into Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre in November. Originally due to make its debut at the popular Ancoats venue in 2020, the production will take to the stage in Manchester from 1 November […]
Comparing Notes: Oscar Conlon-Morrey with Edward Seckerson – Crazy Coqs
Comparing Notes: Oscar Conlon-Morrey with Edward Seckerson at Crazy Coqs, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There cannot be a better way of spending a Sunday afternoon than in the company of the outrageously talented Oscar Conlon-Morrey which is what those lucky enough to be at the Crazy Coqs did for […]
Crazy Coqs announces August and September live and live-streamed programme
Janie Dee, Maria Friedman, Lauren Samuels, Sophie Evans, Cedric Neal and a celebration of the work of Andrew Lloyd Webber will be among the attractions lined up to feature over the next two months at London’s Crazy Coqs within the Brasserie Zédel complex. Subject to Government guidelines and any changes to lockdown rules, the popular […]
Janie Dee and Joanna Riding reunite for outdoor staging of A Little Night Music
Janie Dee and Joanna Riding will star in a special outdoor version of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s evocative A Little Night Music in London. The pair who previously appeared together in the National Theatre’s hit production of Follies will reunite for the socially distanced concert performance in Holland Park on 15 August 2020. They […]
Sondheim Sessions: Oscar Conlon-Morrey
Sondheim Sessions: Oscar Conlon-Morrey (Crowdcast, 7 June 2020). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Only Fools and Horses The Musical star Oscar Conlon-Morrey launched the new Stephen Sondheim Society season of virtual cabarets while theatreland is unavoidably dark with a half-hour taster of his exceptional brand of humour and song. Accompanied by world-renowned […]
Home Again: Lorna Dallas – Crazy Coqs YouTube channel
Home Again: Lorna Dallas on Stay At Home With Crazy Coqs YouTube channel. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In these depressing times, the chance to spend 75 minutes in the company of a true star of a bygone era, the exquisite American soprano Lorna Dallas, was a rare treat. This was Dallas’ 2017 […]
& Juliet leads the Olivier Awards 2020 nominations followed by Fiddler, Dear Evan Hansen and Mary Poppins
New British musical & Juliet topped the list of Olivier Awards 2020 nominations with recognition in nine categories. Once again illustrating the range and diversity of musical theatre currently playing in the West End, the three shows to attract the most Olivier nominations are all genre favourites with Trevor Nunn’s revival of the classic Fiddler […]
Casts announced for MTFestUK at the Turbine Theatre
A number of West End stars have been lined up to appear in each of the new musicals chosen to feature in the programme for Paul Taylor-Mills’ MTFestUK at the Turbine Theatre next month. Running from 3-15 February 2020 at the newly opened venue on the banks of the Thames in Battersea, the second MTFestUK […]
Fiddler On the Roof – Menier Chocolate Factory
Fiddler On the Roof continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory until 9 March 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Rehearsals for Trevor Nunn’s intimate but full-blooded revival of Fiddler On the Roof must have only just begun days after it was announced that anti-semitic attacks in the UK were numbering more than […]
Competition: Win tickets to Send in the Clowns: Sondheim’s Extraordinary Women at the Lichfield Festival & drinks with the cast!
What a competition we have for fans of Sondheim! Two tickets to the concert Send in the Clowns: Sondheim’s Extraordinary Women at the Lichfield Festival on Saturday 14 July at 2.30pm An invite to a drink with the cast afterwards AND free membership to the Sondheim Society for a year! As part of the 2018 Lichfield […]
Anne Reid – A Night at the Pictures – Live at Zédel
Anne Reid – A Night at the Pictures at Live at Zédel, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ One of Britain’s favourite actresses, Anne Reid, celebrated for her work on stage, in films and on television, is now doing what she always wanted to do, namely cabaret. Her latest one-woman show […]
Highlights of next Live At Zédel season revealed
The European premiere of Ryan Scott Oliver’s Southern gothic thriller We Foxes Come and an appearance by US musical theatre rising star Joey Contreras are among the genre highlights at London’s Live At Zédel this September. Award-winning New York-based Oliver’s latest musical We Foxes Come will be performed as a one night only concert reading […]
Lorna Dallas – Home Again – Live At Zédel
Lorna Dallas performed her show Home Again at Live At Zédel, London. She also brings the show to the venue on Tuesday 4 July. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ London fell in love with American singer and actress Lorna Dallas and she with the city in 1971 when she sang the […]
Seth Sikes – Judy Garland’s 95th Birthday – Live At Zédel
Seth Sikes performed his show Judy Garland’s 95th Birthday at Live At Zédel, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Saturday 10 June this year would have been the 95th birthday of the legend that is Judy Garland. How fitting that a small gathering of fans should assemble at Live At Zédel to raise a glass in […]
Lorna Dallas to return to London cabaret for first time in 20 years
International theatre and singing star Lorna Dallas is to return to the world of cabaret for the first time in two decades with her new show at London’s Live At Zédel. The singer, who first won the hearts of UK audiences when she appeared alongside Cleo Laine in the hit 1971 revival of Show Boat […]
Lenny and Steve: Maria Friedman – Live At Zédel
Lenny and Steve: Maria Friedman continues at Live At Zédel, London until 20 May. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ British artists who truly understand the intimate art of cabaret are few and far between, but the wonderful Maria Friedman is one who stands alongside the very best and an evening in […]
Lenny and Steve – Maria Friedman – Live at Zedel
Lenny and Steve – Maria Friedman continues at Live at Zedel, London until 14 November. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ British artists who truly understand the intimate art of cabaret are few and far between but the wonderful Maria Friedman is one who stands alongside the very best Americans, and an evening with her […]
Rodgers Revealed – JW3
Rodgers Revealed was performed at JW3, London. Rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The duo that put together Bernstein Revealed at St James Studio reprised a former show in a similar format, Rodgers Revealed. Edward Seckerson and Jason Carr drew upon their vast knowledge of the scores and the stories behind them to create an intimate […]
Bernstein Revealed – St James Theatre Studio
Bernstein Revealed at the St James Theatre Studio, London as part of the London Festival of Cabaret. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Following their successful Rodgers Revealed, the expert team of broadcaster Edward Seckerson and musical director Jason Carr reunited, as part of the London Festival of Cabaret, to celebrate the […]
Anne Reid – I Love To Sing – Crazy Coqs
Anne Reid performs I Love to Sing at the Crazy Coqs, London until 2 April. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Much-loved actress Anne Reid returns to the Crazy Coqs where she triumphed last year when she presented a long-deserved tribute to the prolific songwriting team of Comden and Green – an evening that made this old […]
Chichester Youth Theatre to revive A Christmas Carol – music and lyrics by Jason Carr
Following a highly acclaimed production of Running Wild during Festival 2015, Chichester Festival Youth Theatre returns at the end of their 30th anniversary year with a revival of A Christmas Carol, adapted from the Charles Dickens novel by Bryony Lavery (playing from 18 December 2015 to 2 January 2016). Dale Rooks, Chichester’s Youth Theatre and Education director co-directs this production with […]
Maria Friedman – Back To Before – The Pheasantry
Maria Friedman: Back to Before continues at The Pheasantry, London, until 26 October. Nobody understands the art of cabaret better than Maria Friedman, actress, singer, director and now EastEnder extraordinaire, and her new show, Back to Before, in residence for two weeks at The Pheasantry on Chelsea’s Kings Road, is, as expected, a joy from […]
Darren Day and Oliver Tompsett lead White Christmas cast at West Yorkshire Playhouse
Casting has been revealed for the first major new UK production of White Christmas, produced by West Yorkshire Playhouse and directed by Nikolai Foster. Taking centrestage in the Quarry Theatre from 24 November 2014 to 17 January 2015, this original staging of Irving Berlin’s iconic musical brings together an ensemble of 17 led by Darren Day and Oliver Tompsett as entertainers Bob Wallace and Phil […]
Rodgers Revealed – St James Theatre Studio
Rodgers Revealed, with Anna Francolini, Edward Seckerson and Jason Carr, was performed as part of the London Festival of Cabaret at the St James Theatre Studio, London. From the moment the piano started up with those well-known tunes deftly strung together by the pianist and composer Jason Carr, we knew we were in for a […]
Janie Dee and Jason Carr – The Pheasantry
Janie Dee and Jason Carr performed their shows at The Pheasantry, London. It was little wonder that the divine Janie Dee chose the old Liza Minnelli number ‘Yes’ for her late-show cabaret at The Pheasantry as the Kander & Ebb classic encapsulates exactly the sort of trip this extraordinary actress-singer is on right now. You […]
Maria Friedman and Jason Carr – The Pheasantry
Maria Friedman sings Lenny & Steve with Jason Carr (musical director) at The Pheasantry, London, until 19 January. British artists who truly understand the intimate art of cabaret are few and far between, but the wonderful Maria Friedman is one who stands alongside the very best Americans – and above most of them. Seventy minutes […]
