An Evening With David Bedella live-streamed from Crazy Coqs, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ London-based American David Bedella’s first solo cabaret for 15 years made light of the absence of a live audience at Piccadilly nightspot Crazy Coqs with a smooth, polished performance of the highest class for all his unseen, forced-to-stay-at-home […]
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How to survive two weeks of isolation with free online musicals
Have a slight cough and a finely-honed sense of anxiety? Facing two weeks of self-isolation in home lockdown? Worried whether your body can even cope with an entire fortnight away from kick-lines, high Eb belts, and getting charged £10 for a house red? Here are 14 pieces of musical theatre you can watch online for […]
Jerry Springer the Opera – Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Jerry Springer the Opera continues at Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester until 31 August 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ From its modest beginnings at Battersea Arts Centre, Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee’s Jerry Springer the Opera went on to create quite a stir at the National Theatre in 2003. There and in subsequent touring […]
Casting revealed for Hope Mill Theatre’s Jerry Springer The Opera
Details of the Northern-based talent lined up to appear alongside Michael Howe in the eagerly-awaited revival of Jerry Springer The Opera at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre this summer have been partly revealed. As previously announced the veteran stage and screen actor known for his roles in TV shows Life Begins, Solo and Hollyoaks, and on […]
New Northern producers debut with return of Jerry Springer
New production company Northern Ricochet is the driving force behind plans for a major revival of Jerry Springer The Opera at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre this summer. Nearly 15 years after the controversial multi-award-winning musical debuted in the UK, the new production will play the Ancoats’ venue from 8 until 31 August 2019. The production […]
Interview – David Bedella is Sweeney Todd at Twickenham Theatre
New theatres seem to be opening at a rate of knots. Recent times have seen the St James at Victoria, The Park in Finsbury Park and now the Twickenham Theatre which opened this week with Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Playing the title role is David Bedella, who’s no stranger to Sondheim, with past credits […]
MTN & MMD Joint Conference 2014 takes place this week
Olivier Award-winning writer Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer the Opera) West End producer Kim Poster, and writer Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham) have joined the line-up of practitioners taking part in the Musical Theatre Network/Mercury Musical Developments annual joint conference at the Almeida Theatre on 21 March. The day runs from 10am–4.30pm and includes a number of […]
