Shrek the Musical continues at the Eventim Apollo, London until 31 August 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It delivers spectacle, toilet humour, cuteness and a quotidian but time-tested plot without apology.
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London run of Shrek the Musical to feature Todrick Hall as Donkey
Singer/songwriter and choreographer Todrick Hall will join the London cast for of Shrek the Musical when the hit touring production plays at the Eventim Apollo for six weeks this summer.
Shrek – Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham and Touring
Shrek was reviewed at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham where it runs until 14 April 2024. The tour continues until 4 May, followed by a London run at the Eventim Apollo from 19 July to 31 August. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Musical theatre debut for singer Michelle Ndegwa in Hairspray on tour
Soul and gospel singer Michelle Ndegwa will make her professional acting debut as Motormouth Maybelle in the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of Hairspray.
Shrek The Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Shrek The Musical continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 30 September 2023. The tour continues until 21 April 2024. Star rating: two stars ★ ★
The National Lottery’s Big Night Of Musicals – AO Arena, Manchester
Was there any hankie big enough to disguise the tears when children and adults with learning difficulties, all members of David Stanley’s Music Man Project, joined Michael Ball during The National Lottery’s Big Night Of Musicals at the AO Arena, Manchester?
New Shrek tour – principal cast announced
Antony Lawrence will star as Shrek opposite Joanne Clifton’s Princess Fiona when the highly anticipated new production of Shrek The Musical hits the road for a major UK and Ireland tour this summer.
Cast announced for Jack and the Beanstalk musical film
Former Strictly champion turned musical theatre star Joanne Clifton (Flashdance, The Rocky Horror Show) will play The Giant in a modern musical re-imagining of Jack and The Beanstalk. Streaming on Broadway on Demand from 22 July, the filmed musical also stars Natalie Paris (Six The Musical, The Regulars) as Fairy Sunflower, Georgie Lovatt (Les Misérables, […]
Star line up for West End for Ukraine at the Charing Cross Theatre
A top line-up of West End stars will be taking to the stage at West End for Ukraine on 9 May 2022 at the Charing Cross Theatre. The musical fundraiser is in aid of the UNICEF Ukraine Emergency Appeal, raising vital urgent funds for children in desperate need. The line-up for West End for Ukraine […]
The Addams Family – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
The Addams Family continues at Milton Keynes Theatre until 15 January 2022 and then tours until 11 June. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The musical adaptation of comedy classic The Addams Family rises from the dead to take to the stage at Milton Keynes Theatre this week. The quirky show follows the well-known […]
Joanne Clifton to play Morticia in The Addams Family
Former Strictly pro-champ turned musical theatre star Joanne Clifton will replace the previously announced Samantha Womack as Morticia in the new UK and Ireland touring production of The Addams Family, A Musical Comedy when it opens at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham on 5 November 2021. The dancer who won the glitterball trophy in 2016 with […]
Eurobeat: The Pride of Europe – Stream.Theatre
Eurobeat: The Pride of Europe is streaming via Stream.Theatre until 10 May 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s May, which can only mean one thing: the Eurovision Song Contest will be on our screens soon! And what better way to get in the mood than watching the latest iteration of Eurobeat: […]
West End stars line up for new version of Eurobeat musical
Fourth Wall Live presents the world premiere of a new online version of the cult West End musical Eurobeat – The Pride of Europe. This irreverent, hilarious homage and celebration of the world’s best loved song contest will be filmed at The Clapham Grand and streamed globally from 30 April to 10 May 2021 on […]
The Last Five Years and Rags lead the musical theatre nominees for 2021 Offies
The Southwark Playhouse run of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years and the Park Theatre transfer of Hope Mill Theatre’s critically-acclaimed production of Rags lead the musical theatre finalists for OffWestEnd’s 2021 Offies Awards. Jonathan O’Boyle’s actor-musician production of The Last Five Years and Bronagh Lagan’s staging of Rags The Musical lead the list […]
Spotlight On The Future Live! announces drive in concert
Following the success of the streamed online concert Spotlight on the Future LIVE!, Louis Rayneau and The Drive In London have announced the return of Spotlight on the Future LIVE! at The Drive In. Taking place on 6 December at 6pm the concert sees stars from leading West End shows including Mamma Mia!, Wicked, The […]
West End stars and recent graduates to unite for charity concert
West End favourites and potential stars of tomorrow will join forces for an online charity concert in November. Hosted by Britain’s Got Talent’s Michael Auger and Charlotte Jaconelli, Spotlight on the Future LIVE! will be recorded live and streamed online from 6 to 9 November 2020. Featuring a mix of solos, duos, trios and quartets, […]
Pippin – The Eagle Garden Theatre
Pippin continues at The Eagle Garden Theatre, London until 11 October 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Despite being a Broadway hit, Pippin (book by Roger O. Hirson, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz) has divided audiences ever since its Bob Fosse-directed debut in 1972. Can this 1960s-inspired production at The Eagle’s ever-evolving […]
Further two-week extension for Garden Theatre’s Pippin
The Garden Theatre’s upcoming production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Pippin has been extended for a second time in response to high public demand. Just days after the first batch of extra tickets were made available (the original 12 performances sold out within 72 hours), another two weeks of performances have been added to […]
More tickets available for Garden Theatre’s Pippin
Extra tickets are being made available for The Garden Theatre’s upcoming production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Pippin after tickets for the original 12 performances sold out within 72 hours. Following on from the recently extended critic and audience-pleasing production of Fanny and Stella, the second production will now play the new outdoor venue […]
Aimie Atkinson’s 24-hour charity musical-a-thon raises over £10,000 for Save The Children
Following on from their 24-hour all-singing-all-dancing Musical-athon, Aimie Atkinson, star of Six the Musical and Pretty Woman, and Tom Gribby, agent and producer of the UK premiere of The Pirate Queen, raised £10,421 for the Save the Children Coronavirus Appeal. The fully live-streamed event featured the pair singing and dancing along to musical theatre soundtracks […]
Line-up for Barn Theatre’s celebration of the work of Finn Anderson
Cirencester’s Barn Theatre has unveiled another star-studded line-up for the second concert in the venue’s new virtual series showcasing the work of Britain’s musical theatre composers. Celebrating the work of Scottish musical theatre composer and singer/songwriter Finn Anderson, the concert will be released on 23 May 2020 at 7.30pm BST on the venue’s Facebook, YouTube […]
West End stars add their voices to On Hope: A Digital Song Cycle
A host of musical theatre stars are among the cast of over 100 performers due to make a contribution to the inspirational on hope: a digital song cycle which will be live streamed in the coming weeks. Performers from hit shows including Bat Out of Hell, Les Misérables, Six and Wicked will make their contributions […]
All The Web’s A Stage – schedule announced
The full programme for tomorrow’s (Thursday 23 April 2020) Theatre Together online fundraising event All The Web’s A Stage has been announced. Featuring live performances across a variety of entertainment genres, All The Web’s A Stage will be streamed tomorrow on www.theatretogether.co.uk from midday to midnight and will include Stephen Fry reading Michael Rosen’s These […]
Charities to benefit from All The Web’s A Stage event announced
Acting For Others, Help Musicians and The Golsoncott Foundation are the charitable organisations set to benefit from Theatre Together’s upcoming online event All The Web’s A Stage. Over 60 artists and industry professionals are now involved in the project which was set up to find ways to raise money for those in the arts facing […]
The Rocky Horror Show – Theatre Royal, Brighton and Touring
The Rocky Horror Show continues at the Theatre Royal, Brighton until 5 January 2019 and then on tour until 2 November. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ In the 45 years since Richard O’Brien debuted The Rocky Horror Show, it has accrued the kind of fanatical cult status that very few shows can. Corset and […]
Trigger Happy Dom Joly and Corrie’s Beverley Callard are among the star narrators for the Rocky Horror tour
Comedian Dom Joly and Coronation Street favourite Beverley Callard are among the stars lining up to take on narrating duties when Richard O’Brien’s cult classic The Rocky Horror Show returns to the road next month for a major 12-month tour of the UK. Joly and Callard will join former Big Brother contestant turned TV presenter […]
Top Hat – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Top Hat continues at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London until 28 January 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★. Featuring songs from the Irving Berlin catalogue (like White Christmas and Holiday Inn), this Fringe premiere of Top Hat is following in the footsteps of successful in-house-productions of the Gershwins’ Crazy For You […]
Flashdance – Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury and Touring
Flashdance The Musical continues at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury until 25 November and then tours until 25 August 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ As many fans of the hugely popular 1983 film will know, Flashdance focuses on teenager (and welding apprentice) Alex Owens as she step by step gets closer […]
Strictly’s Joanne Clifton to continue in Flashdance tour in 2018
Strictly Come Dancing’s reigning champion Joanne Clifton will continue in her starring role in the UK touring production of Flashdance The Musical following a Christmas break from 9 December until 29 January 2018 [during this time Clifton will feature in the London Fringe premiere of the stage version of the classic 1935 film Top Hat at North London’s […]
Strictly’s Joanne Clifton to star in London Fringe production of Top Hat
Strictly Come Dancing reigning champion Joanne Clifton will star in the London Fringe premiere of the stage version of the classic 1935 film Top Hat at North London’s Upstairs at the Gatehouse in December. Clifton, who starred in the touring production of Thoroughly Modern Millie this year, will follow in the footsteps of Hollywood Golden […]
Joanne Clifton and Ben Adams to star in Flashdance – The Musical UK tour
Flashdance – The Musical is to return to the UK for the first time since 2011, starring Strictly favourite Joanne Clifton and singer/songwriter Ben Adams. The show will arrive at Glasgow King’s Theatre on 5 August 2017 prior to an extensive UK tour. Strictly Come Dancing champion Joanne Clifton is also a World and European […]
Music Theatre International presents Europe’s first Junior Theatre Celebration
Leading theatrical licensing agency Music Theatre International (Europe) Ltd will present the Europe’s first Junior Theatre Celebration at Leicester Curve next Sunday (12 March). Following on from similar annual events across the USA and in Australia, the UK’s inaugural Junior Theatre Celebration is designed to bring together schools and youth groups who have been introduced […]
Thoroughly Modern Millie – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
Thoroughly Modern Millie continues at Milton Keynes Theatre until 28 January before touring until 24 June. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ It’s ironic really that at the core of Thoroughly Modern Millie is a character who lives for being a ‘modern’ and keeping up with current trends, and yet the show is so […]
Thoroughly Modern Millie tour – further cast details
Further details have been revealed for the 2017 UK touring production of the musical comedy Thoroughly Modern Millie. Opening on Tuesday 17 January at the New Wimbledon Theatre, the production stars Strictly Come Dancing’s Joanne Clifton as Millie with former soap star Michelle Collins as the sinister Mrs Meers in the show until Saturday 4 […]
The Golden Age of Dance – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
The Golden Age of Dance at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ There has always been much to celebrate about the way practitioners of film and dance have collaborated; from iconic numbers in films such as The Band Wagon and Singin’ in the Rain, to the likes of […]
The Golden Age of Dance – Strictly’s Anton Du Beke and Joanne Clifton guest star
Strictly Come Dancing favourites Anton du Beke and Joanne Clifton will be the special guests at The Golden Age of Dance at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Sunday (13 November). Best known as professional dancers on the much-loved BBC Saturday night show, the pair will join a cast of accomplished West End dancers and […]
Michelle Collins to join Modern Millie UK tour
Former soap star Michelle Collins will join Strictly Come Dancing’s Joanne Clifton in next year’s UK touring production of the musical comedy Thoroughly Modern Millie which is due to open in January 2017. Collins, who starred in both Coronation Street and EastEnders before returning to the stage in hit shows including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang […]
Thoroughly Modern Millie UK tour stars Strictly’s Joanne Clifton
Thoroughly Modern Millie is set to tour the UK in 2017, opening at the New Wimbledon Theatre on Tuesday 17 January. World ballroom showdance champion and professional dancer Joanne Clifton (Strictly Come Dancing) will take on the title role of Millie Dillmount, a Kansas girl determined to make it big in New York City. Clifton’s credits […]
Summer At the Musicals to raise funds for Royal Variety charity
A host of female singers are lining up to play a special charity concert in London’s West End on Sunday 28 August. Produced by Paul Burton and Paul Burton Productions and directed by Carole Todd, Summer At the Musicals at the Phoenix Artist Club will raise funds for the Royal Variety Charity (formerly the Entertainment […]
Norma Jeane the Musical – Lost Theatre
Norma Jeane the Musical continues at the Lost Theatre, London until 18 June. Rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was appropriate to have the press night of Norma Jeane the Musical on 1 June, when, had she lived, the legendary Marilyn Monroe would have celebrated her 90th birthday. The Lost Theatre created a fabulous atmospheric welcome […]
Strictly’s Joanne Clifton to star as Marilyn in Norma Jeane the Musical
Strictly Come Dancing professional Joanne Clifton will play Marilyn Monroe in Norma Jeane the Musical which opens at south London’s LOST Theatre at the end of this month. The dancer, who won the BBC TV show’s Christmas Special last year when she partnered Harry Judd, is a ballroom dancing champion whose recent work included the 2015 […]
Face the Music – Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre
Face the Music continues at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, London until 3 July. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In an era when, for economic reasons, frequently revived musicals are narrowing down to about five titles sure to be known by the general public, it is so good that independent companies like All Star […]
Face the Music – interviews with Samuel Haughton and Joanne Clifton
All Star Productions is presenting the first UK stage production of Irving Berlin and Moss Hart’s musical comedy Face the Music at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, Walthamstow until 3 July. In the cast are JOANNE CLIFTON (World and European Professional Ballroom Dancing Champion, Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer 2014) as the Street Walker and actor/singer SAMUEL HAUGHTON (Wind in the Willows, […]
Irving Berlin’s Face the Music at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre – Strictly star cast
All Star Productions is presenting the first UK stage production of Irving Berlin and Moss Hart’s musical comedy Face the Music at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, Walthamstow from 9 June to 3 July (press night is 12 June). In the cast will be Joanne Clifton (World and European Professional Ballroom Dancing Champion, Strictly Come Dancing pro […]
