Musik continues at Wilton’s Music Hall, London until 25 October 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A charming and an outrageously funny way to spend an evening.
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Here You Come Again – Riverside Studios and Touring
Here You Come Again was reviewed at Riverside Studios, London where the show runs until 18 January 2025. The tour continues until 22 February 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Parton with a panto twist – the perfect offering for a Dolly good time.
Here You Come Again – The Alexandra, Birmingham and Touring
Here You Come Again was reviewed at The Alexandra, Birmingham where it continues until 14 September 2024. The tour continues until 7 December 2024. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Here You Come Again defies its description and primarily offers an insight into one man’s inner struggles, underscored by some massive country hits.
Closer to Heaven – Turbine Theatre
Closer to Heaven continues at the Turbine Theatre, London until 30 June 2024. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ This isn’t necessarily perfect for every theatregoer, but it is certain to be a night to remember for many.
Cast for Turbine Theatre’s Closer to Heaven
West End star Frances Ruffelle will play Billie Trix in the Turbine Theatre’s new production of Jonathan Harvey and The Pet Shop Boys’ Closer to Heaven.
Steven Webb to star in Here You Come Again – more tour dates added
West End star Steven Webb will star in the UK premiere production of Dolly Parton-inspired musical Here You Come Again.
More venues added to Mother Goose touring schedule
Ambassador Theatre Group Productions has added three extra venues to the UK and Ireland tour of the hit new production of classic pantomime story Mother Goose.
Mother Goose – Theatre Royal, Brighton
Mother Goose was reviewed at Theatre Royal, Brighton. A season at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London (15 December 2022-29 January 2023) will be followed by a UK and Ireland tour. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Anna-Jane Casey joins Ian McKellen and John Bishop in the UK and Ireland tour of Mother Goose
Ambassador Theatre Group Productions has announced final casting for the UK and Ireland tour of the pantomime Mother Goose. Anna-Jane Casey will join the show as Cilla The Goose with Mairi Barclay, Becca Francis, Shailan Gohil and Laura Tyrer also confirmed to join the company.
NEW VIDEO: Ian McKellen to play Mother Goose in major new touring panto
Ian McKellen will take on the title role in a star-studded special touring production of the classic pantomime Mother Goose. Presented by Ambassador Theatre Group Productions, after famously playing another iconic character Widow Twankey in Aladdin at the Old Vic in 2004 and 2005, theatrical knight McKellen will step into the role of Mother Goose, […]
Rescheduled dates for launch of My Best Friend’s Wedding musical
Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced the new dates for the world premiere of My Best Friend’s Wedding The Musical. Featuring former X Factor winner turned musical theatre leading lady Alexandra Burke (The Bodyguard, Chicago, Sister Act) as meddling food critic Julianne Potter, the show will now open at the Manchester Palace Theatre on […]
Hope Mill to celebrate writer Jonathan Harvey and launch writing prize
Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre will host a star-studded online celebration of the work of writer Jonathan Harvey, scheduled for 18 July 2020. Coinciding with the launch of Through The Mill, a new playwrighting prize which will include the opportunity of a mentorship with Harvey, An Evening With Jonathan Harvey will include an interview with the […]
Musik – Leicester Square Theatre
Musik continues at the Leicester Square Theatre, London until 1 March 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Judging by the stone-cold faces of some of my fellow reviewers, Musik might well be one of those Marmite musicals you either love or hate. It’s rude, it’s scatalogical, it’s loud, it’s chaotic. And […]
Alexandra Burke to headline My Best Friend’s Wedding The Musical
Former X Factor winner turned musical theatre leading lady Alexandra Burke will star in the world premiere of My Best Friend’s Wedding The Musical. Based on the hit 1990s movie that starred Julie Roberts and featured a scene-stealing performance from Rupert Everett, the musical will debut at the Plymouth Theatre Royal on 16 September 2020 […]
Musik – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Assembly Rooms
Musik continues at the Assembly Rooms – Bijou, Edinburgh until 24 August 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It is a joy to watch Frances Barber strut the stage as this larger-than-life parody of a self-delusional pop icon and artist’s muse Billie Trix. First seen in the equally strange Closer to […]
Pet Shop Boys and Jonathan Harvey’s Musik is heading for London
Jonathan Harvey and The Pet Shop Boys’ (Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe) new cabaret show MUSIK will follow its world premiere run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a London transfer. The show which reunites the writers with stage and screen star Frances Barber who returns to the role she previously played in the trio’s […]
Closer To Heaven – Above The Stag Theatre
Closer To Heaven continues at the Above The Stag Theatre, London until 31 August 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Continuing this bijou but beautifully presented venue’s on-going retrospective of writer JonathanHarvey’s work, following productions such as Beautiful Thing and BoomBang-A-Bang, Closer To Heaven is a musical with impeccable creative credentials. […]
Rufus Hound and Roberta Taylor to co-star in Dusty the Musical
Rufus Hound and Roberta Taylor will join the previously announced Katherine Kingsley in Dusty, the major new musical about the turbulent life of Dusty Springfield which will receive its world premiere at Bath Theatre Royal from 23 June 2018. Comedian turned stage star Hound will follow up his appearance in the hit show The Wind […]
Open auditions for new Dusty Springfield musical
Open auditions are to be held in London next week for dancers and singers to appear in Dusty, the new musical about the turbulent life of one of British pop’s most distinctive singers, Dusty Springfield. Dancers and singers “who excel in commercial dance” are being invited to attend the auditions on Friday 19 January at […]
Maria Friedman to direct new Dusty Springfield musical in 2018
The turbulent life of one of British pop’s most distinctive singers, Dusty Springfield, will be the subject of a new musical to be directed by one of the West End’s most accomplished leading ladies, Maria Friedman. Billed as the first ‘authorised’ musical about Springfield, Dusty will be written by playwright, novelist and screenwriter Jonathan Harvey […]
Closer to Heaven at the Union Theatre – full cast details
The full cast for the Union Theatre’s revival of Closer to Heaven, the musical by Jonathan Harvey and the Pet Shop Boys which opens later this month has been announced. Alex Lodge (Titanic, Saturday Night Fever) will play the central role of Straight Dave, with Molly McGuire (Carrie –The Musical) as Shell, Jonathan David Dudley (Joseph, […]
Pet Shop Boys musical Closer to Heaven heads back to the Union Theatre
The distinctive music of the Pet Shop Boys will be filling the air around Southwark’s Union Theatre next month when the musical Closer to Heaven returns to the scene of its sell-out run in April this year. The musical tale of a young Irishman who finds himself at the heart of Soho’s vibrant club scene […]
Closer to Heaven – Union Theatre
Closer to Heaven continues at the Union Theatre, London until 23 May. Star rating: 3 stars ★ ★ ★ Few struggling musicals which closed on their original run have been talked about in such reverent tones as Closer to Heaven. A collaboration between Pet Shop Boys and Beautiful Thing playwright Jonathan Harvey, the Union Theatre’s revival is the first in the UK […]
Closer to Heaven London revival – full casting revealed
Full casting is announced today for Closer to Heaven, a musical by Jonathan Harvey and the Pet Shop Boys, which will receive its first London revival at the Union Theatre from Wednesday 22 April 2015, with a press night on Tuesday 28 April. The cast features Jared Thompson as Straight Dave, Katie Meller as Billie […]
Closer to Heaven – Pet Shop Boys musical has first London revival at Union Theatre
Closer to Heaven, a musical by Jonathan Harvey and the Pet Shop Boys, will receive its first London revival at the Union Theatre from 22 April to 23 May 2015, with a press night on Tuesday 28 April. Set against the backdrop of Soho’s pulsing clubland, Closer to Heaven tells the story of Dave, just […]
