Emmy Award-winning and Olivier nominated New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck will star in the West End premiere of the first full scale production of new musical Little Dancer at the Theatre Royal Haymarket early next year.
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High Society – Barbican Theatre and Touring
High Society was reviewed at the Barbican Theatre, London where it continues until 11 July 2026. The tour continues until 14 November 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This production is performed with enough pure unbridled, exuberant joy, to ensure that a swellegant, elegant time is had by all.
Freddie Fox to make genre debut in Barbican’s High Society
Freddie Fox will make his musical theatre debut in the highly anticipated new production of the classic Cole Porter musical High Society at London’s Barbican next month.
Five Questions With: Julian Ovenden
Olivier Award-nominated actor and singer Julian Ovenden is setting off on a Cathedral Tour in January 2026.
Sondheim in the City: Melissa Errico – Cadogan Hall
Sondheim in the City: Melissa Errico at Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ For more than two and a half hours, multi-talented New York songstress Melissa Errico enchanted, enthralled and captivated.
Full cast for Little Dancer – A New Musical In Concert
Further casting has been announced for the highly anticipated UK premiere of Little Dancer – A New Musical later this month.
Five Questions With: Melissa Errico
Described by the New York Times as “one of Sondheim’s deepest-hearted yet lightest-touch interpreters”, Melissa Errico will be performing her Sondheim in the City concert at London’s Cadogan Hall on 12 July 2025.
Exclusive: Listen to ‘This is Our Story’ from the Jo – The Little Woman Musical Studio Cast Recording
Thanks to our friends at Center Stage Records, we can share with you an exclusive listen to the track ‘This is Our Story’ featuring Christine Allado from the studio Cast Recording of Jo – The Little Woman Musical, being released on streaming and digital formats on Friday 23 May.
The Wonderful Music and Lyrics of Jerry Herman – Cadogan Hall
The Wonderful Music and Lyrics of Jerry Herman at Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ An unforgettable evening celebrating an enormous body of work, still relevant today in its bold subject matter, conveyed in simple, but meaningful and ultimately timeless, melodies and lyrics that go straight to the human heart and soul.
First four stars and extra performance announced for special Rodgers and Hammerstein concert
Six-time Tony Award winner, double Grammy Award winner and Emmy Award winner Audra McDonald, Olivier Award nominees Julian Ovenden and Marisha Wallace and double Tony and Golden Globe nominee and Emmy nominee Patrick Wilson are the first four big names announced for this December’s My Favourite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 8oth Anniversary Concert.
Rachel Tucker to star in Annie Get Your Gun concert
West End and Broadway star Rachel Tucker will star as legendary sharp-shooter Annie Oakley in the first UK concert production of the classic musical Annie Get Your Gun at the London Palladium in the spring.
South Pacific – Sadler’s Wells Theatre and Touring
South Pacific continues at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London until 28 August 2022 before touring until 19 November 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ For many, a big-budget musical revival must do more to justify its existence than any other type of theatrical production. New writing is chronically under-supported, and although showbusiness […]
Full cast for South Pacific’s Sadler’s Wells season and UK and Ireland tour
Full casting has been confirmed for the highly-anticipated Sadler’s Wells season and UK and Ireland tour of Chichester Festival Theatre’s crowd-pleasing production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic South Pacific. Lee Ross (EastEnders, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Birdsong) will take on the role of Luther Billis alongside the previously announced returning original cast members Julian Ovenden […]
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends – Sondheim Theatre
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends at the Sondheim Theatre, London (and live-streamed at the Prince Edward Theatre). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It must be a record! The fastest time to stop a show after curtain-up came at the Sondheim Theatre when Julia McKenzie stepped on to the stage and softly sung […]
Tickets for a live screening of the sold-out Sondheim’s Old Friends Gala to be released
Tickets for a live screening at the Prince Edward Theatre of the sold-out Sondheim’s Old Friends Gala are to be released today, 30 March 2022. Priority will be given to the thousands of people who signed up in the hope of securing tickets but couldn’t be accommodated for the performance at the Sondheim Theatre. Booking […]
Principal cast for Chichester Festival Theatre’s South Pacific UK and Ireland tour
A number of original cast members will return when Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic South Pacific embarks on a UK and Ireland tour this summer. Julian Ovenden (Merrily We Roll Along, Grand Hotel) will reprise his performance as Emile de Becque opposite the previously announced Gina Beck (Matilda, Show Boat) returning […]
Chichester’s hit South Pacific to tour UK and Ireland in 2022
Chichester Festival Theatre’s crowd-pleasing production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic South Pacific will embark on a UK and Ireland tour next summer. Gina Beck (Matilda, Show Boat) and Julian Ovenden (Merrily We Roll Along, Grand Hotel) will reprise their performances in the starring roles of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque when the touring production […]
South Pacific – Chichester Festival Theatre
South Pacific continues at the Chichester Festival Theatre until 5 September 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Forgive me if I get emotional but South Pacific was the show that gave birth to a lifelong passion for musical theatre 68 years ago when, as an 11-year-old, I was taken to Drury […]
Monday Night at the Apollo – Apollo Theatre
Monday Night at the Apollo (the first in the series at the Apollo Theatre, London. Other dates are 14 June and 5 July 2021). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ As lockdown eases and the West End begins to reopen, it’s clear that the online concerts which have kept performers and audiences […]
Chichester Festival Theatre announces full cast for South Pacific
Full casting has been confirmed for the Chichester Festival Theatre’s eagerly-anticipated production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic South Pacific. As previously announced artistic director Daniel Evans will direct a cast headed by Gina Beck (Matilda, Show Boat) as Nellie Forbush, Julian Ovenden (Merrily We Roll Along, Grand Hotel) as Emile de Becque, Joanna Ampil (Avenue […]
Casting for first Monday Night at the Apollo show
Casting has been announced for the first concert in the re-scheduled live and live-streamed fundraising series of Monday Night at the Apollo shows on 24 May 2021. West End stars Aimie Atkinson (SIX, Pretty Woman), Cassidy Janson (& Juliet, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), Lucie Jones (Waitress, Rent), Cedric Neal (Chess, Motown the Musical) and […]
South Pacific set to be Chichester Festival Theatre’s reopening production
The Chichester Festival Theatre will reopen its doors this summer with the venue’s new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic South Pacific. Originally planned as the centrepiece of the 2020 season, the production will now make its eagerly-awaited debut at the Festival Theatre from 5 July until 13 July 2021. Announcing the new dates, executive […]
Monday Night At The Apollo – new dates announced
Revised dates have been announced for the new live and live-streamed fundraising concert series Monday Night At The Apollo. Originally due to play two shows in front of a socially distanced audience at the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury this month with a third concert in early February, the shows will now take place on 12 […]
A Marvellous Party – A streamed revue celebrating Noël Coward
A Marvellous Party – A streamed revue celebrating Noël Coward. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Star quality – I don’t know what it means but I have it.” Noël Coward never knowingly undersold himself and his bon mots were legendary. The genius of The Master was in evidence throughout this classy […]
Transatlantic party to celebrate Noël Coward
Stage and screen acting royalty Judi Dench and Derek Jacobi are among the stars from both sides of the Atlantic who have recorded contributions to a special fundraising online celebration of the life and times of Noël Coward. Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the legendary writer and actor’s West End debut as a 19-year-old […]
South Pacific stars to join Chichester Festival Theatre outdoor bank holiday event
Lead cast members from the postponed Chichester Festival Theatre production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic South Pacific will be among the star-studded line-up for the venue’s August Bank Holiday outdoor event. Gina Beck, Rob Houchen and Julian Ovenden will join Gabrielle Brooks, Giles Terera and CFT artistic director Daniel Evans for a musical theatre flavoured […]
New productions of South Pacific and Assassins for Chichester 2020
Gina Beck, Julian Ovenden, Joanna Ampil and Rob Houchen will star in a major new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic South Pacific, one of two major musicals to feature in a packed 2020 season at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Due to play the prestigious venue from 6 July until 29 August 2002, the new […]
Julian Ovenden – Live at Zédel
Julian Ovenden continues at at Live at Zédel, London until 14 February. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There’s not much that the multi-talented Julian Ovenden cannot do. TV audiences will know him from Downton Abbey and, before that, Foyle’s War. He’s played two Kennedys, JFK in SMASH and Robert in The Crown. […]
Louise Dearman joins cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein concert
West End leading lady Louise Dearman has joined the all-star cast lining up to perform with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at a special event to celebrate the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein in September. Dearman, the first and only actress to have played both witches in the smash hit Wicked will join the already […]
Julian Ovenden stars in Rodgers and Hammerstein concert
Stage and screen artist Julian Ovenden will be one of the stars performing with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at a special event to celebrate the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein in September. The Downton Abbey actor who starred in ITV’s Sound of Music Live and has recently released his latest album as a solo singer, […]
Julian Ovenden to host Sondheim Society student award gala
Stage and screen actor Julian Ovenden will host a special event to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year and the Stiles & Drewe Prize. The Downton Abbey actor, who has just released his latest album as a solo singer, will take to the stage to present the 2016 competition gala show […]
Interview – Julian Ovenden on new album Be My Love – and being struck by lightning
From Broadway to the West End, to the dappled light of Downton Abbey, JULIAN OVENDEN has been delighting audiences with acting and song since the age of seven (starting as a choir boy at St Paul’s Cathedral). Twenty years and a hugely varied career later, he releases his second solo album, Be My Love, a smooth […]
ITV’s The Sound of Music Live! is broadcast today – are you ready to singalong?
TV audiences will today get to judge whether ITV’s multi-million-pound investment in a one-off, live pre-Christmas version of The Sound of Music Live! has paid off. Viewers have already caught a glimpse of former soap star and Strictly Come Dancing champion Kara Tointon (EastEnders) as the singing novice nun turned governess Maria in a special teaser […]
Julian Ovenden will release album in February 2016
Downton Abbey’s Julian Ovenden will follow up his ITV Christmas double in the BAFTA Downton Special and The Sound of Music Live with the release of a new album in February. The actor and classically trained tenor has followed in the footsteps of his Sound of Music co-star Alexander Armstrong by signing a new deal with […]
Kara Tointon plays Maria in ITV’s The Sound of Music Christmas broadcast
Mr Selfridge co-stars and former soap performers Kara Tointon (EastEnders) and Katherine Kelly (Coronation Street) will be among the performers in a special production of The Sound of Music which will be broadcast live on ITV this Christmas. Tointon, who won critical acclaim for her performance in Pygmalion at the Garrick Theatre four years ago, will […]
Olivier Awards – Katie Brayben, Beverley Knight and Nicole Scherzinger all to perform
The Olivier Awards with MasterCard – the most prestigious event in the UK’s theatrical calendar – has revealed further details of the 2015 ceremony to be held on Sunday 12 April at the Royal Opera House and broadcast from 10.15pm that evening on ITV in a full highlights package. The evening will feature exclusive performances from […]
Michael Feinstein and Friends – Palace Theatre
Michael Feinstein and Friends at the Palace Theatre, London. Small, dapper and a ridiculously young-looking 57, Michael Feinstein bounded on to the Palace stage and gave us a two-hour trawl through the Great American Songbook with brief assistance from Elaine Paige and Julian Ovenden in this flagship event of the first London Festival of Cabaret. […]
