Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize 2020 – a virtual concert streamed online via YouTube. While the annual Sondheim Student Performer of the Year contest fell victim to Covid-19, the Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize which has run alongside it since 2008 was happily saved with the bonus of top musical theatre […]
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All-star line-up for Stiles and Drewe Prize online concert
A host of West End stars have been enlisted to perform the shortlist of 15 compositions in the running for the 2020 Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize in a virtual concert to be streamed online next Sunday (5 July 2020). With musical direction by Steve Ridley, the songs will be performed by: Allyson […]
Twang!! – Union Theatre
Twang!! continues at the Union Theatre, London until 5 May 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The original production of Lionel Bart’s Twang!! opened in the West End in December 1965 and despite a stellar cast including James Booth, Barbara Windsor, Ronnie Corbett and Bernard Bresslaw, it ran for only 43 […]
Updated version of Lionel Bart’s Twang!! to play at the Union Theatre
The updated version of Lionel Bart’s 1965 musical Twang!! will make its professional debut at Union Theatre next month. Featuring Bart’s original music and lyrics, a new book by Julian Woolford and arrangements and orchestrations by Richard John and Oli Jackson, the production will play the London venue from 11 April until 5 May. The […]
CD Review – Comrade Rockstar – Studio Cast
COMRADE ROCKSTAR – Studio Cast (SimG Records – SimGR-CD033) Comrade Rockstar is the latest offering from SimG Records. Written by Julian Woolford and Richard John, this is a musical based on the life of Dean Reed – known in the 1980s as the Soviet Elvis. I was a little wary at first because I am […]
Comrade Rockstar – Ivy Arts Centre, Guildford
Comrade Rockstar was performed in concert at the Ivy Arts Centre, Guildford. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Having previously been workshopped at drama schools across the UK across a period of some ten years, the complete performance in concert of Julian Woolford and Richard John’s Comrade Rockstar at the Ivy Arts Centre, […]
The Bakewell Bake Off arrives at the Landor
Following a sell-out run at London’s Waterloo East Theatre in August, new British musical The Bakewell Bake Off will transfer to the Landor Theatre on 8 October 2013 (officially opening on 10 October). The action throws the spotlight on seven eager contestants, three feuding judges and one bewildered hostess all taking part in a high-pressure […]
