Angela Thomas rounds up all the latest news in regional and touring theatre in the UK and Ireland.
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Little Shop of Horrors – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Little Shop of Horrors continues at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until 18 January 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ There is a much to enjoy in this production, especially musically.
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 ★ ★ ★ ★
Robert Hastie’s final Sheffield Theatres season to include festive Little Shop of Horrors
A new Sheffield Theatres’ production of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s Little Shop of Horrors will be part of artistic director Robert Hastie’s final season at the helm.
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.
Ian McKellen adds star quality to am dram society’s Little Shop of Horrors
A London amateur dramatic society’s production of monster musical Little Shop of Horrors has been given a boost of superstar power by Ian McKellen. The multi-award-winning stage and screen actor’s distinctive tones will be heard narrating Geoids Musical Theatre’s version of the hit show at London’s Bridewell Theatre from 26-30 April 2022. McKellen’s guest star contribution […]
Little Shop of Horrors – Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre, Birmingham
Little Shop of Horrors continues at the Old Joint Stock Pub & Theatre, Birmingham until 26 September 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This sizzling production of Little Shop of Horrors is an in-house staging by Birmingham’s Old Joint Stock, which doubles as a pub – with a revered history as a bank – […]
CD Review: Little Shop Of Horrors – New Cast Album
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS – New Cast Album (Ghostlight Records – CD and digital album) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Ashman and Menken’s musical Little Shop of Horrors is a classic and the original cast recording from 1982 with Ellen Greene and Lee Wilkof is one of those ‘must-have’ recordings for […]
Little Shop of Horrors – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Little Shop of Horrors continues at George Watson’s College Open-Air Theatre, Edinburgh until 14 August 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ A-Team Productions’ open-air revisit of Little Shop of Horrors delivers in spades. A clearly passionate youth theatre cast has firmly grasped the nettle and presented a show that all involved should be […]
Productions of Avenue Q and Little Shop of Horrors planned for the Old Joint Stock Theatre’s summer season
Birmingham’s Old Joint Stock Theatre will bring a touch of Broadway magic to the city with back-to-back productions of hit shows Avenue Q and Little Shop of Horrors. Running from 27 July until 26 September 2021, the ambitious summer season will open with Avenue Q (27 July-21 August) followed by Little Shop of Horrors (1-26 […]
A Strange Loop voted Outstanding Musical in New York’s Drama Desk Awards.
A Strange Loop capped its winning streak in the 2019/2020 New York theatre season, as it grabbed the Outstanding Musical Award from the Drama Desk. The 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced on 13 June 2020 in a special pre-recorded presentation on a local television news channel. The awards are usually handed out with […]
Five Questions With: Romantic Anonymous’ Marc Antolin
MARC ANTOLIN is playing Jean-René in the musical adaptation of Romantics Anonymous, presented by Emma Rice’s Wise Children company at the Bristol Old Vic until 1 February 2020. The production, which previously enjoyed a critically-acclaimed London debut, will then go on a US tour. Angélique is a gifted chocolate maker inhibited by social anxiety and Jean-René […]
Waitress is the big winner at the West End Wilma Awards 2019
The West End Wilma Awards, now into their sixth year, are a rather more informal affair than some of theatreland’s more established ceremonies. Here, the theatregoing audience mingles freely with the stars whose work they have enjoyed and voted for in one of the awards’ ten categories. At this year’s ceremony, held at London’s Café […]
Little Shop of Horrors – Storyhouse Theatre, Chester
Little Shop of Horrors continues at the Storyhouse Theatre, Chester – until 2 June 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Much of the charm of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s Little Shop of Horrors is in its small-scale cast and orchestration. Stephen Mear, who has directed and choreographed this new production for Chester’s Storyhouse […]
Little Shop of Horrors – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Little Shop of Horrors continues at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London until 22 September 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Under Maria Aberg’s direction, this production of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s 1982 classic glitters, often literally, with quality. From the moment the anonymous hooded figures slide on to the all grey impoverished Skid […]
Marc Antolin and Jemima Rooper cast in Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s Little Shop of Horrors
Marc Antolin and Jemima Rooper will head the cast of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s version of hit monster musical The Little Shop of Horrors. The final production of the 2018 season will also feature Forbes Masson, Matt Willis and US drag queen Vicky Vox. Returning to the Open Air Theatre following appearances in Hello, […]
Little Shop of Horrors set for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre in 2018
Monster musical The Little Shop of Horrors will be the final production in Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s 2018 season. Running from 3 August until 15 September, the new production of the musical which features music by Alan Menken and a book and lyrics by Howard Ashman will be directed by Maria Aberg (Fantastic Mr […]
Interview – actor and singer Harry Kit Lee opens up about his latest solo show
HARRY KIT LEE is an actor and singer who has created So This Is Who I Am, an autobiographical show based on aspects of his life and the songs he has chosen to illustrate it. Michael Darvell wonders if this is a true picture of the performer… Did you start singing from an early age, […]
Little Shop of Horrors – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Little Shop of Horrors continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London and tours until 26 November. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Somewhere in the darkest back streets of New York, a shop assistant is struggling with her abusive boyfriend, whose violent outbursts have left her with bruises and even broken bones. […]
Little Shop of Horrors new UK tour – cast revealed
Full casting has been revealed for musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors, bringing everyone’s favourite carnivorous plant to theatres across the UK in a brand new tour for 2016, opening at Bournemouth Pavilion on 4 August 2016. There will be a press night at New Wimbledon Theatre on 23 August. The cast will feature Sam Lupton […]
New Little Shop of Horrors tour stars Rhydian as The Dentist
Hit musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors is back in a brand new UK 2016 tour, opening at Bournemouth Pavilion on Thursday 4 August 2016 (press night at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 23 August). Rhydian Roberts will play The Dentist, Orin Scrivello. Rhydian rose to fame on ITV’s X Factor and has sold in excess […]
Little Shop of Horrors – Salisbury Playhouse
Little Shop of Horrors continues at the Salisbury Playhouse until 16 May, then transfers to the Mercury Theatre, Colchester from 27 May to 13 June. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Any show that rhymes ‘greatest’ with ‘semi-sadist’ and ‘Audrey’ with ‘tawdry’ gets my vote. In fact, Little Shop of Horrors has been in my […]
Little Shop of Horrors at Salisbury Playhouse – casting news
Full casting has been announced for a major new production of Little Shop of Horrors opening at Salisbury Playhouse on Thursday 23 April (press night is Tuesday 28 April). Ben Stott (Wicked, West End and Sweeney Todd, West Yorkshire Playhouse) will play Seymour, the down and out shop worker who becomes an overnight sensation when he grows […]
