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.
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Rehab: The Musical – Playground Theatre
Rehab – The Musical continues at the Playground Theatre, London until 17 September 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ One of musical theatre’s greatest strengths is when a show takes inspiration from real-life times of difficulty and creates something positive out of them. Bringing light to shade and turning trauma into […]
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 […]
First casting news for Rehab The Musical
Initial casting has been announced for new British show Rehab The Musical which is due to make its debut at The Playground Theatre in September 2022. Stage and screen star Keith Allen (Celebration, Almeida Theatre, Trainspotting) will appear alongside Jonny Labey (Strictly Ballroom, Piccadilly Theatre, EastEnders), Gloria Onitiri (Cinderella, Gillian Lynne Theatre, The Bodyguard, Adelphi […]
Strictly Ballroom the Musical – Piccadilly Theatre
Strictly Ballroom the Musical continues at the Piccadilly Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Pictures: Roy Tan Making a musical out of that fabulous Australian movie Strictly Ballroom must have seemed a good idea at the time but sadly it hasn’t quite worked out for creator Baz Luhrmann who directed […]
Strictly Ballroom the Musical launch – interviews with the cast and creatives plus exclusive images…
The Strictly Ballroom The Musical cast, lead by Jonny Labey, Zizi Strallen and Will Young, will be waltzing their way to their new home at the Piccadilly Theatre as the show makes its West End debut in March. The show is based on Baz Luhrmann’s classic film of the same name that inspired many to […]
Strictly Ballroom The Musical – Will Young, Jonny Labey and Zizi Strallen cast
Will Young, Jonny Labey and Zizi Strallen will lead the cast of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical when it makes its West End debut in 2018. Based on Baz Luhrmann’s classic film, Strictly Ballroom The Musical will begin performances at the Piccadilly Theatre on Friday 16 March 2018 (Press night is Wednesday 11 April). […]
