Jamie Muscato – Live 2024 (Westway Music). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It is this playfulness, curiosity and sheer range of vocal skill that makes him such an excellent entertainer and top class performer.
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Little Shop of Horrors – Octagon Theatre, Bolton and Touring
Little Shop of Horrors was reviewed at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, where it runs until 18 May 2024, and then tours until 22 June 2024 (Hull Truck Theatre: 22 May-8 June and Theatre Royal Windsor: 18-22 June). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★
Cast for new Little Shop of Horrors co-production
A company of nine actors has been announced for the new touring production of hit monster musical The Little Shop of Horrors this spring.
My Fair Ladies – Live at Zédel
My Fair Ladies continues at Live at Zédel, London until 18 January. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Live at Zédel can only be described as a time machine. The art deco-style, intimate venue transports the audience to 1920s Paris, when femininity took on a brand new look. Women redefined their social […]
My Fair Ladies to celebrate Broadway divas
Three of the West End’s rising stars are joining forces for My Fair Ladies, a celebration of Broadway’s iconic ‘Divas’ at London’s Live at Zedel for four nights only this month. Presented by Scala Theatre Ltd, My Fair Ladies will showcase the talents of Lisa-Anne Wood (Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera), Maeve Byrne (Ghost the […]
The World Goes Round – The Best of Kander & Ebb – Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
The World Goes Round – The Best of Kander & Fred Ebb continues at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough until 3 September. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Staging musicals in-the-round is always a challenge. Just where, for example, should director Lotte Wakeham tell the the cast to focus for voice projection? The most successful at solving this […]
The World Goes Round at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre – casting news
The line-up of performers cast in Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough’s forthcoming 25th anniversary production of The World Goes Round – The Songs of Kander & Ebb has been announced. Part of the venue’s 2016 Summer Festival, the show was conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman and David Thompson, to celebrate the work of the prolific partnership of composer […]
Beyond the Fence – Arts Theatre
Beyond the Fence continues at the Arts Theatre, London until 5 March. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The best story creations begin with a ‘what if’”, and it’s no different with musicals. What if a boy in a striking mining town develops a talent for ballet? What if a man steals […]
First computer musical Beyond the Fence – Laura Jane Matthewson cast
Casting has been revealed for the world’s first ‘computer musical’, Beyond the Fence. Presented by Sky Arts and Wingspan Theatricals, Beyond the Fence will play at the Arts Theatre from 22 February to 5 March. Rehearsals are underway in London for this ground-breaking show, all of which is being documented for television in the documentary series Computer […]
From Page to Stage season – Sally Ann Triplett and David Burt among cast
Aria Entertainment today announced the casts and creative teams for the eight shows in the third From Page to Stage season of new musicals, running from Monday 26 October to Saturday 21 November. Among the wealth of major talent involved in the annual season at the Tristan Bates Theatre are West End and Broadway stars Sally Ann Triplett and David Burt and Laura Jane […]
Dogfight cast and creative team reunite for one-off concert
Exactly a year after Dogfight’s acclaimed European premiere season ended at Southwark Playhouse, the original cast and creative team are to reunite for a special concert version of the musical in the main theatre at St James Theatre on Sunday 11 October. Dogfight was nominated Best Musical and Laura Jane Matthewson named Outstanding Emerging Talent in […]
West End leading ladies join Alexander S. Bermange at The Pheasantry
Musical theatre composer/lyricist – and BBC comic songwriter – Alexander S. Bermange is bringing his blend of wit and whimsy to The Pheasantry in London on Tuesday 18 November. Bermange will be joined on stage by a selection of special guest leading ladies, currently scheduled to include Aimie Atkinson (Carnaby Street, Dirty Dancing, winner of the BBC Radio 2 Voice of Musical Theatre), Lucy […]
The Story of Bart – London Hippodrome
The Story of Bart was performed at the London Hippodrome Matcham Rooms. For almost two hours at the London Hippodrome, John Barr WAS Lionel Bart, so much so that my companion asked innocently on the way out: “I wonder what Lionel’s doing next?” Say no more! Bart died in sad circumstances in 1999, but Barr brought […]
Dogfight – Southwark Playhouse
Dogfight continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 13 September. It is November 1963 in San Francisco, and a group of young Marines are celebrating their last night before shipping out to Vietnam with a Jarhead tradition. The ‘dogfight’ which gives this musical, and the 1991 film upon which it is based, its name is […]
Pasek and Paul attend Euro premiere of Dogfight at Southwark Playhouse
Tony-nominated songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, together with book writer Peter Duchan, are to attend the European premiere of their musical Dogfight at Southwark Playhouse on Wednesday 13 August. They will then take part in an aftershow Q&A, hosted by critic Matt Wolf, London theatre critic of The International New York Times and London correspondent for broadway.com, following the performance of Dogfight on Thursday 14 August. […]
