Pippin continues at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester until 23 September. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Given the huge success of its 1972 Broadway premiere, enjoying almost 2,000 performances in five years, it seems strange that Pippin has only relatively recently returned to the theatre world’s consciousness. Major revivals have only […]
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Hope Mill Theatre’s Pippin – cast revealed
Jonathan Carlton will take on the title role in the Manchester premiere of Pippin which is due to begin a four-week run later this month at the award-winning Hope Mill Theatre. The fourth production from the successful partnership between the Manchester venue and London arts producer Aria Entertainment, the revival of the Tony Award-winning Broadway […]
Hair at The Vaults extends until January 2018
The eagerly-anticipated London run of the new 50th anniversary production of the classic rock musical Hair has been extended into January 2018. Opening at The Vaults in October, Hair will now play the distinctive subterranean arts venue in London’s Waterloo until Sunday 14 January. Directed by Jonathan O’Boyle, the new production of the cult show […]
Hope Mill Theatre’s Hair transfers to The Vaults
The acclaimed Hope Mill Theatre production of the iconic rock musical Hair transfers to London in autumn 2017, celebrating its 50th anniversary year. Directed by Jonathan O’Boyle, the show plays The Vaults from 4 October to 3 December (press night is 10 October). The production of Hair created a huge buzz in Manchester when it opened […]
Hair – Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Hair continues at Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester until 3 December. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Viewed 49 years after it first blasted onto the Off-Broadway stage in a waft of illicit cigarette smoke and body parts, Gerome Ragni, James Rado and Galt MacDermot’s counterculture rallying cry is probably more significant for […]
Hair lined up as next in-house musical at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre
Classic rock musical Hair will be the second in-house musical theatre production at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester’s new independent theatre and event space. With a creative team led by director Jonathan O’Boyle (Four Play and Sense of an Ending at Theatre503, The Surplus at the Young Vic and associate director on Mack & Mabel, The Scottsboro Boys and The Judas Kiss) and […]
The Verb, ‘To Love’ – Old Red Lion Theatre
The Verb, ‘To Love’ continues at the Old Red Lion Theatre, London until 23 May. Star rating: 3 stars ★ ★ ★ To the intimate surroundings of the Old Red Lion Theatre comes The Verb, ‘To Love’, a new musical by Andy Collyer, directed by Jonathan O’Boyle, who was named as one of the Guardian’s Stage Rising Stars in 2014. Martin […]
New musical The Verb, To Love – cast revealed
This May, Katy Lipson of Aria Entertainment presents the world premiere of a new musical The Verb, To Love by Andy Collyer at the Old Red Lion Theatre, London from Wednesday 29 April to Saturday 23 May (press night is 1 May). Simon is lost, abandoned by his partner of 23 years. He is alone for the first time, until he […]
