Glorious! was reviewed at the Theatre Royal, Windsor where it continues until 21 March 2026. The tour continues until 30 May 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ The overwhelming message that comes across is that no one could deny that Jenkins lived her dream.
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Glorious! – Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Glorious! continues at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester until 30 March 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A witty and joyful portrait of one of the musical world’s most unforgettable characters.
Buyer & Cellar – King’s Head Theatre
Buyer & Cellar continues at the King’s Head Theatre, London until 19 October 2024. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Rob Madge’s comic timing is at masterclass level.
The Distance You Have Come – Apollo Theatre
The Distance You Have Come continues at the Apollo Theatre, London on 28 June 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s the second time around for this song cycle by US composer-lyricist Scott Alan. From its premiere at London’s Cockpit Theatre in 2018, this two-act exploration of the vicissitudes of modern life […]
Nimax’s Rising Stars Festival showcases the work of 23 producers making their West End producing debuts
Twenty-three young theatre producers are being given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to present their work in the West End for the first time. Their 17 productions – plays, musicals, concerts and one-off events – have attracted a wide range of performers from emerging talent to popular West End stars. The Rising Stars Festival will run from […]
Intermissions goes Live at the Vaudeville Theatre
Following the success of last year’s digital shows Alice Fearn is back with Intermissions Live, this time in person at London’s Vaudeville Theatre on 24 May 2021. For one night only the Intermissions team, including vocalist Emma Lindars and musical director Nick Barstow, will reunite onstage for an evening of live music, interviews and very […]
Revival of Scott Alan’s The Distance You Have Come planned
Original cast members will reunite for the upcoming revival of award-winning composer and lyricist Scott Alan’s The Distance You Have Come at the Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue for two performances in June. The song cycle which was first seen at London’s Cockpit Theatre in 2018 will be performed at the Apollo Theatre on 21 […]
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change – London Coliseum
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change streamed from the London Coliseum and continues until 30 January 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ I Love You? Yes! You’re Perfect? Nothing ever is, is it, but this clever little revue is guaranteed to give you 80 minutes’ respite from the grim world outside, Now Change… […]
Hit revival of Marry Me a Little to be streamed by the Barn Theatre
The Barn Theatre’s recent critically acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Marry Me a Little will be streamed digitally later this month. Forced to end its run four days earlier than planned on 4 November 2020 due to the second lockdown, a recording filmed during the production’s final performances will be available for home viewing from […]
Marry Me A Little – Barn Theatre, Cirencester
Marry Me A Little continues at the Barn Theatre, Cirencester until 8 November 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s always an immense pleasure to visit The Barn Theatre in Cirencester. The quality of productions they have produced and collaborated on in the few years since they opened has been astonishing […]
INTERVIEW: Rob Houchen, Celinde Schoenmaker & MD Arlene McNaught discuss Marry Me A Little at the Barn Theatre Cirencester
Fresh from storming the barricades of Britain’s Got Talent, ROB HOUCHEN (Les Misérables, Light in the Piazza, Candide) joins his cast mate, CELINDE SCHOENMAKER (The Phantom of the Opera, Rocketman, Light in the Piazza) and musical director ARLENE MCNAUGHT (Six, Little Miss Sunshine) to talk about a new revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Marry Me A […]
Cast for Barn Theatre’s Recovery productions of Marry Me A Little and Peter Pan
Rob Houchen (Les Misérables) and Celinde Schoenmaker (The Phantom of the Opera) will take to the stage in the Barn Theatre’s new revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Marry Me A Little. Directed by Kirk Jameson, the production will reunite the stars who previously appeared together in the 2019 London premiere of the Adam Guettel musical The […]
Alice Fearn presents Intermissions – Kimberley Walsh
Alice Fearn presents Intermissions – Kimberley Walsh, available to stream online until 1 September 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Thank the musical theatre gods for the great online content being put out during these times of lockdown. It has been a blessed distraction from the tedium and worry. A particular joy in […]
Casting for BarnFest’s The World Goes ’Round
Casting has been announced for the new co-production of Kander and Ebb’s musical revue The World Goes ’Round at The Barn Theatre’s first summer outdoor festival later this month. Co-produced by The Barn Theatre and Piers Cottee-Jones, the cast consists of George Arvidson (The Outpost, Les Misérables), Jenny Fitzpatrick (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Ghost), […]
Cirencester’s Barn Theatre to debut outdoor festival
A new co-production of Kander and Ebb’s musical revue The World Goes Round will be among the attractions at the Barn Theatre’s first summer outdoor festival. Following on from the Cirencester venue’s popular lockdown online activity, Barn Fest – Outdoor Theatre Festival will run from Friday (25 July) until 5 September 2020 and will feature […]
Alice Fearn to host new live-stream Intermissions series
Come From Away and Wicked’s Alice Fearn is to host four interactive shows from her own home featuring live music from West End stars and recent graduates. Produced in partnership with AKT London and Stage Door, each of the four shows in the Intermissions The Summer Edition series will feature a mix of music and […]
Just So – The Musical – Barn Theatre, Cirencester
Just So – The Musical continues at the Barn Theatre, Cirencester until 13 January 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It is 33 years now since composer George Stiles and lyricist Anthony Drewe, then students at Exeter University, won the first-ever Vivian Ellis Prize with the musical Just So, currently settling in as the […]
New production of Stiles and Drewe’s Just So to play The Barn in Cirencester
Stiles and Drewe’s musical re-working of Rudyard Kipling’s classic Just So Stories will be the final production in The Barn Theatre’s autumn/winter season. Following on from the Cirencester venue’s hit launch production of the Tony Award-winning musical The Secret Garden, the family-orientated new production of Just So will feature a cast of actor/musicians directed by […]
Madagascar The Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Madagascar The Musical at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London then on tour until 1 June 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This is a four-star musical only because the two grandchildren I brought along thought it was “pretty awesome”. It is colourful and always lively but not grown-up entertainment. For any adult minus kids […]
Matt Terry makes acting debut in Madagascar musical
X Factor 2016 winner Matt Terry will make his musical theatre debut in the new stage adaptation of Dreamworks’ hit animated movie Madagascar which will debut at the New Theatre Wimbledon next month ahead of a UK tour. Terry will play Alex the lion in the production and he will be joined by a cast including Antoine Murray-Straughan, Timmika […]
Stagedoor to present new podcast series featuring West End performers
Musical theatre stars feature heavily among the leading West End performers featured in a series of conversations that make up Ad Lib, a new theatre podcast launched by popular London theatre app Stagedoor. Hosted by director Kirk Jameson, the conversations with some of London’s most exciting performers will be released in seven episodes available every […]
Privates on Parade – Union Theatre
Privates on Parade continues at the Union Theatre, London until 17 December. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Those of us who grew up in the 1970s will remember the BBC sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft about a group of Second World War entertainers […]
Cast for Union Theatre’s Privates On Parade
Full casting has been announced for The Union Theatre’s production of Privates On Parade which is due to play the London venue from 22 November. Joining the previously announced Simon Green (Priscilla Queen of the Desert) and Samuel Curry (Cesario) are: Robin McDonald (Amadeus), Matt Beveridge (Titanic), Tom Bowen (Dirty Dancing), and Tom Pearce (Jesus […]
Annie Get Your Gun – Union Theatre
Annie Get Your Gun continues at the Union Theatre, London, until 17 June. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s only when you work out how many unforgettable Irving Berlin tunes have been packed into one show that the enduring appeal of Annie Get Your Gun can be explained away. At least eight Great […]
London School of Musical Theatre – 9 to 5 The Musical
9 to 5 The Musical, performed by students from the London School of Musical Theatre, continues at the Bridewell Theatre, London, until 28 April. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 is the second of the London School of Musical Theatre’s spring offerings following the almost forgotten King […]
Annie Get Your Gun to be re-imagined at the Union Theatre
Irving Berlin’s classic Annie Get Your Gun will be re-imagined for a strictly limited run at London’s Union Theatre next month. Directed by Kirk Jameson whose previous productions at the theatre include On a Clear Day You Can See Forever and The World Goes Round, the story of the sharp-shooting Annie Oakley and her romance with […]
Rosemary Ashe cast in The Great Trailer Park Musical UK premiere
Olivier nominee Rosemary Ashe (The Witches of Eastwick, Mary Poppins) will head the first UK cast for the London premiere of The Great American Trailer Park Musical next month. Ashe will be joined by Sabrina Aloueche (We Will Rock You), Jemma Alexander (The Sound of Music), Jodie Steele (The War of the Worlds), Michelle Bishop […]
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change – Above the Arts Theatre
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change continues at Above the Arts Theatre, London until 18 July. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ These days Joe DiPietro is best known for Broadway and West End musical Memphis, for which he wrote the book and, with composer David Bryan, co-wrote the lyrics. But the smaller scale […]
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change revived – Julie Atherton and Simon Lipkin star
This June, Hartshorn – Hook Productions are proud to present a revival of the American revue I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change for a strictly limited run in the new studio space Above the Arts. The production will be the first musical venture for the space that officially opened its doors in March. The […]
The World Goes ‘Round – Union Theatre
The World Goes ‘Round: The Songs of Kander & Ebb continues at the Union Theatre, London until 8 February. You’d have to be seriously allergic to musicals not to enjoy this tuneful retrospective of the work of those Broadway giants John Kander and Fred Ebb, famous, of course, for Cabaret and Chicago as well as […]
The World Goes ‘Round at the Union Theatre
Jonathan Vickers writes: London’s Union Theatre is to stage the award-winning Kander & Ebb revue The World Goes ‘Round in a limited run beginning 17 January (previews on the 15 and 16 January) and ending on 8 February. The piece, exclusively featuring the music of admired writing team John Kander and Fred Ebb, parades some of […]
Seussical – Arts Theatre
Seussical continues at the the Arts Theatre, London until 5 January 2014. After Sell a Door’s success with its production of Seussical last year, the company has brought this theatre for young audiences version back to the West End (albeit with some different creative talent onboard) and the result is both fast and fun. The musical, which has a […]
Seussical – director Kirk Jameson makes musical magic
After a successful season in 2012, the Broadway musical Seussical – based on the books of Dr. Seuss – returns to London’s Arts Theatre, opening on 2 December (with previews from 30 November) and running until 5 January 2014. After Kirk Jameson’s success with On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, staged at the […]
