Fourteen Again continues at the Victoria Wood Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere until 6 June 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a divinely entertaining and heartwarming show which is a fabulous credit to this lovely little theatre.
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Barnum – Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury and Touring
Barnum was reviewed at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury where it continues until 28 March 2026. The tour continues until 31 October 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A very enjoyable show with incredibly skilled performers.
First casting news for world premiere of Fourteen Again
Ria Jones and Sally Ann Triplett will star in the eagerly awaited world premiere of the new musical Fourteen Again at the newly named Victoria Wood Theatre in the heart of the Lake District.
Victoria Wood to be honoured with renamed theatre and new musical
The genius of Victoria Wood will be recognised with the official renaming of The Old Laundry Theatre in the heart of the Lake District in January 2026.
National Youth Music Theatre – Fame
Fame was performed at the Patrick Studio, Birmingham Hippodrome. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s hugely encouraging to see such young talent on the first steps of their potential careers.
Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London where it continues until 1 March 2025. The tour continues until 28 June 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★
UK pro premiere for Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Award-winning producer Jack Maple will present the UK professional premiere of the stage musical adaptation of Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame in London this summer.
Meet the Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Musical touring cast
The cast has been confirmed for the UK and Ireland tour of the stage musical version of the 1999 American film Cruel Intentions.
White Christmas – The Mill at Sonning
White Christmas continues at the Mill at Sonning until 25 January 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ White Christmas is a truly heartwarming spectacle that promises to leave audiences feeling full of holiday cheer well into the new year.
Barnum – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Barnum continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 8 September 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Don’t be a sucker, get tickets while you can and enjoy this exuberant revival at the Watermill.
Pippin 50th Anniversary Concert – Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Pippin 50th Anniversary Concert was reviewed at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ On a Monday night in London, this was Pippin perfection.
More star casting for Pippin in Concert
Olivier Award winner Patricia Hodge (Money, Private Lives) is among the latest star additions to the cast of next month’s 5oth anniversary concert production of Stephen Schwartz and Roger O Hirson’s Tony Award-winning Pippin.
Newbury’s Watermill to stage Barnum revival
A revival of the classic American musical Barnum will be the centrepiece of the 2024 season at the Watermill Theatre this summer.
London run of Cruel Intentions musical extended
Originally due to play a 14-week run at The Other Palace from 11 January until 14 April, Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical is now booking up to 19 May.
Palladium concert to celebrate 50th anniversary of Pippin
Tony Award winner Alex Newell will take centre stage in a 50th anniversary concert production of Stephen Schwartz and Roger O Hirson’s Tony Award-winning musical Pippin at the London Palladium this spring.
Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical – The Other Palace
Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical continues at The Other Palace Theatre, London until 14 April 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It is better than a time machine; better than a return to the economic prosperity of those years; better even than most ‘real’ musicals. Leave your good taste at home and enjoy this pure delight.
London debut for Cruel Intentions musical
The stage musical version of the 1999 American film Cruel Intentions will make its long-awaited London debut early next year. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the film which took its inspiration from the 18th century French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical will open at The Other Palace on 11 January 2024 where it will play a 14-week season.
Top Hat – The Mill At Sonning
Top Hat continues at the Mill at Sonning until 30 December 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Most impressive is the use of space. Director Jonathan O’Boyle works wonders with positioning actors up and around the auditorium and choreographer Ashley Nottingham has put together some beautiful vignettes with synchronised routines that are perfectly choreographed to fill the stage and create the feeling of a much larger production.
Jonny Labey to star in The Mill at Sonning’s Top Hat
Former EastEnder Jonny Labey will step into the role of dance king Jerry Travers when The Mill At Sonning’s critically acclaimed version of the classic 1935 film musical Top Hat returns to play a special Christmas season. The actor who is currently starring in the popular venue’s production of Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park […]
Development workshop announced for new production of Jekyll & Hyde – The Musical
Producers Lambert Jackson has unveiled plans for a new production of Leslie Bricusse and Frank Wildhorn’s Jekyll & Hyde – The Musical, beginning with a workshop presentation in April 2022. Auditions will be held from 11-14 January 2022 (with recalls in late January) for the development workshop which will be directed by Jonathan O’Boyle, with […]
Top Hat – The Mill At Sonning
Top Hat continues at The Mill At Sonning until 8 January 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What a beautiful experience a night out in picturesque Sonning turned out to be and not just because The Mill’s Christmas show Top Hat is a cracker. It’s the whole package – a super […]
The Last 5 Years – Garrick Theatre
The Last 5 Years continues at the Garrick Theatre, London until 17 October 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jason Robert Brown’s autobiographical musical, he wrote music and lyrics, has finally arrived in the West End in a glittering production from Southwark Playhouse, first seen in February 2020. Premiered in Chicago in […]
Jack Butterworth to lead the cast of The Mill At Sonning’s Top Hat
Jack Butterworth will step into the role of dance king Jerry Travers in The Mill At Sonning’s eagerly-anticipated new stage version of the classic 1935 film musical Top Hat. The actor who won rave reviews for his performance as Bobby van Husen in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s 2019 production of The Boyfriend and played Samuel […]
Garrick Theatre run lined up for Jonathan O’Boyle’s hit production of The Last Five Years
Jonathan O’Boyle’s award-winning actor-musician production of The Last Five Years will return to London for a limited season at the Garrick Theatre this autumn. Previously performed to sold-out houses at the Southwark Playhouse, the production will move into the larger Garrick Theatre from 17 September 2021 ahead of an opening night on 23 September. The […]
The Last Five Years to transfer to the West End
After a critically-acclaimed run at Southwark Playhouse last year and a highly successful worldwide stream with stream.theatre, Jason Robert Brown’s award-winning musical The Last Five Years will play a limited season at London’s Vaudeville Theatre, previewing from 17 September 2021, with an opening night on 23 September and running until 13 October 2021. Directed by […]
Details confirmed for Mill At Sonning’s next season including its production of Top Hat
The Mill At Sonning has confirmed dates for its eagerly-awaited re-opening season of in-house productions after receiving a ‘life-saving’ grant of £448,550 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. Announcing a 2021/2022 season at the distinctive Thameside venue that includes a new stage version of the classic 1935 film musical Top Hat, The Mill’s […]
The Last Five Years and Rags share the musical theatre honours at the 2021 Offies
There were two wins each for 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 (Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz, Joseph Stein), directed by Bronagh Lagan, at OffWestEnd’s 2021 Offies Awards. Jonathan O’Boyle won in the Director category for his […]
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 […]
Southwark Playhouse’s The Last Five Years to be streamed
Home audiences across the world will get their chance to see the sold-out Southwark Playhouse production of The Last Five Years next month when a filmed performance is released on new platform stream.theatre. Recorded using multiple cameras, the filmed performance of Jonathan O’Boyle’s hit actor-musician production will be streamed from 26-29 November 2020 (with a […]
The Mill At Sonning to reopen on 30 October
After nine months in lockdown, the UK’s only dinner theatre, The Mill At Sonning will reopen its theatre on 30 October with a season of cabaret, comedy, magic and plays ahead of a 2021 season that will include a new production of classic musical Top Hat. The distinctive Thameside theatre which celebrated its 38th birthday […]
The Last Five Years – Southwark Playhouse
The Last Five Years continues at Southwark Playhouse, London until 14 November 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When a relationship goes sour and a couple decide to go their separate ways, they might use the excuse of not being in the same place as that partner. Composer Jason Robert Brown […]
Southwark Playhouse run of The Last Five Years extended
With over two-thirds of tickets already sold, the Southwark Playhouse run of Jonathan O’Boyle’s hit actor-musician production of The Last Five Years has been extended for an extra two weeks. Presented by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment in association with Edward Prophet and People Entertainment, the production will now run from 1 October until 14 […]
Stars of The Last Five Years form support bubble for Southwark Playhouse return
Molly Lynch and Oli Higginson will return to the lead roles when Jonathan O’Boyle’s hit actor-musician production of The Last Five Years returns to the Southwark Playhouse next month. To avoid the need for social distancing on stage the two actors will remain in the same ‘support bubble’ for the length of the run in […]
The Last Five Years to return to Southwark Playhouse in October
Jonathan O’Boyle’s hit actor-musician production of the Last Five Years will return to the Southwark Playhouse in October with added social distancing measures in place. The new version of Jason Robert Brown’s award-winning musical had been playing to packed houses at the South London venue when the curtain came down on the production due to […]
The Last Five Years – Southwark Playhouse
The Last Five Years continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 28 March 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ If ever proof was needed that the path of true love does indeed never run smooth, here it is, laid bare in this emotional and innovative rollercoaster of a musical. Jason Robert Brown’s musical, here […]
Cast for The Last Five Years at Southwark Playhouse announced
Casting has been announced for director Jonathan O’Boyle’s new actor-musician production of The Last Five Years at the Southwark Playhouse next month. Wasted’s Molly Lynch (Sunset Boulevard, UK tour) will return to the South London venue to play Cathy opposite Oli Higginson (Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s Globe, Napoleon Blown Apart, Arcola Theatre) as Jamie. After opening […]
Cruel Intentions – Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Assembly George Square Gardens
Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical continues at Assembly George Square Gardens – Palais du Variete, Edinburgh until 25 August 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Having seen the original film of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, I quickly recognised that this musical is another adaptation of the original novel by Laclos. I was […]
The View UpStairs – Soho Theatre
The View UpStairs continues at the Soho Theatre, London – until 24 August 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ In this, the 50th anniversary year of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, that act of uprising has come to symbolise the entirety of the struggle for LGBT civil rights. But there are other, […]
UK premiere cast for Cruel Intentions announced
Casting has been unveiled for the UK premiere of immersive jukebox-style show Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Two of the stars of the West End’s premiere production of Heathers: The Musical, Dominic Andersen and Sophie Isaacs will star alongside Rebecca Gilhooley (UK premiere of The Last Ship), Evelyn Hoskins […]
Aspects of Love – Southwark Playhouse
Aspects of Love continues at Southwark Playhouse, London until 9 February 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Ably directed by Jonathan O’Boyle, this bijoux revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Charles Hart’s 1989 show sits rather well in the intimacy of the Southwark Playhouse space configured in the round, […]
Classic musicals and new British work to play Hope Mill Theatre in 2019
The highly successful partnership between Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre and London arts producer Aria Entertainment continues with a 2019 season that will include the UK premiere of a new version of the Broadway musical RAGS, the first UK revival of classic musical Mame and new British musical The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit, inspired by A […]
Madalena Alberto and Eleanor Jackson join cast of Aspects of Love London run
Madalena Alberto and Eleanor Jackson will complete the cast for the London transfer of Hope Mill Theatre’s hit version of Aspects of Love early next year. One of the Southwark Playhouse’s final productions at its current Newington Causeway site, the London run of Aspects of Love will star most of those who appeared in the […]
Southwark Playhouse run for Hope Mill’s Aspects of Love plus new musicals Stay Awake, Jake & Benjamin Button feature in 2019 season
Hope Mill Theatre’s hit version of Aspects of Love, and the world premiere of a musical based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, will be among the Southwark Playhouse’s final productions to play the Playhouse’s current London site. Due to take up residence in two purpose-built new theatre spaces in late […]
Hope Mill Theatre’s Hair to tour the UK
Director Jonathan O’Boyle’s critically-acclaimed 50th-anniversary production of the classic rock musical Hair will take to the road in 2019. Following a successful transfer run at London venue The Vaults in 2017, the award-winning Hope Mill Theatre production of the cult show which captured the vibrancy of the youth movement in 1960s America will open at […]
Hope Mill Theatre’s Aspects of Love – cast and creatives revealed
Olivier Award nominees and West End regulars will take to the stage alongside newcomers making their professional debuts in the cast for the eagerly-anticipated intimate revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Aspects of Love at Manchester’s award-winning Hope Mill Theatre. Hope Mill favourite Jonathan O’Boyle (Hair, Pippin) will return to direct the ten-strong company in the […]
Pippin – Southwark Playhouse
Pippin continues at Southwark Playhouse, London until 24 March 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There has never been much of a love affair between London and Pippin. The original production which opened at Her Majesty’s Theatre in October 1973 was a dismal flop, despite the showstopping rendition of ‘No Time At All’ by […]
Casting revealed for Pippin at the Southwark Playhouse
Casting has been announced for Pippin at Southwark Playhouse with Jonathan Carlton reprising his role as Pippin and Genevieve Nicole returning as The Leading Player. The principal cast is completed with Mairi Barclay, Bradley Judge, Tessa Kadler and Rhidian Marc. Players include Michelle Andrews, Andrew Halliday, Scott Hayward and Ellie Seaton. Jonathan O’Boyle’s production of […]
Hope Mill Theatre and Aria Entertainment reveal first shows for 2018
The world premiere of new British musical The Toyboy Diaries will be the first of three in-house productions in early 2018 from the highly successful partnership between Manchester’s award-winning Hope Mill Theatre and London arts producer Aria Entertainment. Running from 18 January until 10 February, The Toyboy Diaries was announced as part of a 2018 […]
Hope Mill Theatre’s Pippin to transfer to Southwark Playhouse
Jonathan O’Boyle’s production of Stephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson’s Pippin will transfer to Southwark Playhouse’s Large space in spring 2018 (23 February to 24 March, press night on 28 February). A soul-searching exploration of one man’s journey to find himself, his place and purpose in life, Pippin is a musical about an ordinary man […]
Hair the Musical – The Vaults
Hair the Musical continues at The Vaults, London until 14 January 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When the Age of Aquarius arrives, it will be sheathed in a sheen of perspiration. At least, if the 50th anniversary revival of Hair is anything to go by. Staged in one of the […]
