Sylvia: A Musical Revolution continues at the Royal Albert Hall, London until 15 November 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ In a venue so steeped in the history of the suffrage movement, it was a fittingly powerful way to bring Sylvia’s tour to a close.
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Sylvia – Curve Leicester and Touring
Sylvia was reviewed at Curve Leicester. The tour continues until 15 November 2026, including a run at the Royal Albert Hall, London from 13-15 November 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The musical Sylvia has returned to our stages on a UK tour, showing the same amount of fierce drive and determination as […]
Sylvia – Old Vic Theatre
Sylvia continues at the Old Vic Theatre, London until 8 April 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Rather than being a mere copycat, Sylvia now has the confidence to reuse Hamilton’s techniques rather than be a facsimile of them.
Beverley Knight to return as Emmeline Pankhurst in musical Sylvia
Beverley Knight will return as Emmeline Pankhurst in the world premiere of hip hop musical Sylvia at The Old Vic early next year. Presented by The Old Vic and Zoonation: The Kate Prince Company in association with Sadler’s Wells, the musical which debuted as a work-in-progress at the venue in 2018 will return as a […]
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – The Lowry, Salford and Touring
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie ran at The Lowry, Salford from 1-12 September 2021 and tours until 30 April 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The clock on the wall has moved by quite a considerable amount since Everybody’s Talking About Jamie was due to tour around the UK tour for the first time. […]
Message in a Bottle – Peacock Theatre
Message in a Bottle continues at the Peacock Theatre, London until 21 March 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ [Pictures: Roy Tan] Choreographer Kate Prince comes of age with an intelligent and vital contemporary dance piece inspired by the music of Sting. Prince is probably known for her Sadler’s Wells commissions Into […]
Sylvia – The Old Vic
Sylvia continues at The Old Vic, London until 22 September 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ At a comedy fundraising night for the Women’s Equality Party at their conference two weeks ago, comedian Sophie Duker talked about this year’s 100th anniversary of the first women in the UK being allowed to vote. […]
The Old Vic announces cast for Suffragette musical Sylvia
Casting has been announced for choreographer Kate Prince’s latest work, the suffragette-inspired SYLVIA which will receive its world premiere at London’s Old Vic in September. Co-written by Prince, the founder of dance company Zoonation, Prince and Priya Parmar with music by Josh Cohen and DJ Walde, SYLVIA is a modern musical that will celebrate the […]
An Officer and a Gentleman – Curve Leicester and Touring
An Officer and a Gentleman continues at Curve Leicester until 21 April and then tours until 15 September 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ There’s enough energy coming off the stage in Nikolai Foster’s production to power the whole of Leicester and the actors have got to be as fit as the […]
An Officer and a Gentleman Musical world premiere – Jonny Fines and Emma Williams lead cast
Jonny Fines and Emma Williams will be the romantic leads in the musical version of the 1980s classic movie An Officer and a Gentleman when it receives its world premiere at Leicester Curve in April ahead of a UK and Ireland tour. Most recently seen in Annie at the Piccadilly Theatre, Fines (UK tours of […]
World premiere for Kate Prince’s Sylvia at The Old Vic in 2018
Choreographer Kate Prince’s latest work Sylvia will receive its world premiere at London’s Old Vic next autumn. Co-written by the founder of dance company Zoonation Prince and Priya Parmar with music by Josh Cohen and DJ Walde, Sylvia is a modern musical that will celebrate the life of Sylvia Pankhurst and her pivotal role in […]
An Officer and a Gentleman musical adaptation to debut at Leicester Curve before tour
A major musical version of the 1980s classic movie An Officer and a Gentleman will receive its world premiere at Leicester Curve next year ahead of a UK and Ireland tour. Directed by Curve’s artistic director Nikolai Foster [pictured below] and produced by Jamie Wilson and Curve, the show will make its debut in Leicester […]
Drunk with Drew McOnie – Interview
Drew McOnie is becoming one of the UK’s most sought after choreographic talents. Last year saw him collaborate with Matthew Bourne on an original piece for the Coronation Festival Gala at Buckingham Palace, and most recently he choreographed the new production of Chicago at Leicester’s Curve Theatre. Indeed he is now an associate artist at the […]
