Amber Davies will reprise her performance as Elle Woods when the hit Made at Curve UK and Ireland touring production of Legally Blonde The Musical plays a transfer season at the London Coliseum next year.
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Michael Ball to star as Willy Wonka in the West End
Musical theatre royalty Michael Ball will step into another iconic role when he stars as Willy Wonka in a strictly limited London season of a major new production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – The Musical.
Total Eclipse: Symphonic Jim Steinman – London Coliseum
Total Eclipse: Symphonic Jim Steinman was performed at the London Coliseum. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ With the Steinman torches well and truly lit, this London audience stomped, gestured and roared.
Kinky Boots – London Coliseum
Kinky Boots continues at the London Coliseum until 11 July 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Johannes Radebe feels like he inhabits the character of Lola throughout. Partly that’s made easier by Fierstein’s book making Lola a character who is being an overt performer, but it’s also down to Radebe’s innate charisma and a genuinely great performance.
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – London Coliseum
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny continues at the London Coliseum until 20 February 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ If you like great tunes and a powerful, thought-provoking show, then this is for you.
Matt Cardle and Tosh Wanogho-Maud star in Kinky Boots at the London Coliseum
X Factor champion turned musical theatre star Matt Cardle will step into the role of Charlie Price when a new production of Kinky Boots marches into the London Coliseum.
Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2025
We have asked Musical Theatre Review’s brilliantly talented team of expert critics, based across the UK, to name one particular show that made the biggest impression on them during the last 12 months.
HMS Pinafore – London Coliseum
HMS Pinafore continues at the London Coliseum until 7 February 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This excellent laugh-a-minute production is suitable for all the family from age five and up.
Strictly’s Johannes Radebe to make West End debut in Kinky Boots
Strictly Come Dancing favourite Johannes Radebe will make his West End debut in a new production of the Olivier, Grammy and Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots.
The Great Gatsby: A New Musical – London Coliseum
The Great Gatsby: A New Musical continues at the London Coliseum until 7 September 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Have a glass of champagne, enjoy the revelry, and if you’re left pondering deeper questions afterward, that is just a bonus.
Corbin Bleu, Rachel Tucker and more join the West End cast of The Great Gatsby
Joining the previously announced Jamie Muscato and Frances Mayli McCann in The Great Gatsby at the London Coliseum are Corbin Bleu, Amber Davies, Joel Montague, John Owen-Jones, Jon Robyns and Rachel Tucker.
First casting news for Coliseum’s The Great Gatsby
Jamie Muscato and Frances Mayli McCann will star in the West End debut of the new Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic Jazz Age romantic tragedy, The Great Gatsby at the London Coliseum in April.
The Pirates of Penzance – London Coliseum
The Pirates of Penzance continues at the London Coliseum until 21 February 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This is family entertainment at its best.
London Coliseum debut for Broadway hit The Great Gatsby
The new Tony Award-winning musical adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic Jazz Age romantic tragedy, The Great Gatsby will make its West End debut at the London Coliseum in April 2025.
London dates for Broadway legends Bernadette Peters and Patti LuPone
Broadway legends Bernadette Peters and Patti LuPone are heading back to London to play one-night-only concerts.
Spirited Away – London Coliseum
Spirited Away continues at the London Coliseum until 24 August 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Spirited Away has long ago cemented its status as a classic of cinema, and I am delighted to report that it is now also an outstanding work of live theatre.
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas – Apple TV+
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas is available on Apple TV+. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ Move over, Mariah, there’s a new Christmas queen in town.
The Mongol Khan – London Coliseum
The Mongol Khan continues at the London Coliseum until 2 December 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
On sale dates for London Coliseum debut of original Japanese stage production of Spirited Away
Tickets will go on sale next week for the eagerly anticipated European premiere of the original Japanese stage version of Studio Ghibili’s Oscar-winning Japanese animated film fantasy Spirited Away at the London Coliseum next year.
We Will Rock You – London Coliseum
We Will Rock You continues at the London Coliseum until 27 August 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Stage acting debut for Ben Elton in We Will Rock You
Comedian Ben Elton will make his stage acting debut when his hit Queen-themed show We Will Rock You returns to the West End this summer for a strictly limited season at the London Coliseum.
London Coliseum We Will Rock You – first star casting announced
Brenda Edwards and Lee Mead will lead the cast of hit show We Will Rock You when it returns to the West End this summer for a strictly limited residency at the London Coliseum.
We Will Rock You to return to London 21 years after its debut
Queen and Ben Elton’s hit show We Will Rock You will return to West End next summer for a strictly limited residency at the London Coliseum 21 years after its London stage debut.
The Yeomen of the Guard – London Coliseum
The Yeomen of the Guard continues at the London Coliseum until 2 December 2022. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
My Fair Lady – London Coliseum
My Fair Lady continues at the London Coliseum until 27 August 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Following in the footsteps of icons of the magnitude of Julie Andrews and Audrey Hepburn has to be a pretty daunting prospect but the fearless Amara Okereke makes Eliza Doolittle truly her own in this […]
Broadway florist to accompany My Fair Lady to London
The London Coliseum will be saying it with flowers in celebration of the arrival of the hit US production of My Fair Lady by introducing Broadway florist boo•kay to Londoners. When New York’s Lincoln Center Theater’s multi-award-winning production of My Fair Lady arrives at the prestigious West End venue for a limited summer season from […]
Stephen K Amos and Malcolm Sinclair join the cast of My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum
The full cast line-up has been announced for Bartlett Sher’s lavish production of My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum. Stephen K Amos, playing the role of Alfred P. Doolittle, is a BAFTA Award-winning comedian whose stage work includes My Night With Reg and One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest. Malcolm Sinclair will play the […]
Amara Okereke will star as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum
The first casting news has been announced for Bartlett Sher’s award-winning production of My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum from 7 May to 27 August 2022. Amara Okereke will star as Eliza Doolittle. Okereke was recently seen in the Almeida’s acclaimed production of Spring Awakening and she won the Stage Debut Award for her […]
Rumi: The Musical – London Coliseum
Rumi: The Musical at the London Coliseum. A new musical, taking its inspiration from the life of the 13th century poet, philosopher and musician Rumi made its debut in the epic arena of the London Coliseum. It is a perfect setting for the telling of such a phenomenon – Rumi and his teachings have been […]
London Coliseum summer season for Bartlett Sher’s award-winning revival of My Fair Lady
New York’s Lincoln Center Theater’s multi-award-winning production of My Fair Lady will transfer to the London Coliseum for a limited summer season in May next year. Directed by Bartlett Sher, the critic and crowd-pleasing production will become the first major West End revival of Lerner and Loewe’s show in 21 years when performances begin on […]
HMS Pinafore – London Coliseum
HMS Pinafore continues at the London Coliseum until 11 December 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Colourful costumes, bawdy jokes, silly songs, Les Dennis: oh, how we have missed panto season! That isn’t quite fair of course. Dennis has recently been praised for a string of RSC acting roles, proving himself […]
Full cast for Rumi: The Musical at the London Coliseum
Final casting has been confirmed for the world premiere performances of Nadim Naaman and Dana Al Fardan’s Rumi: The Musical at the London Coliseum next month. As previously announced West End stars Ramin Karimloo and Naaman will follow their performances on the musical’s concept album by playing Rumi and his mentor Tabrizi in the semi-staged […]
Cal McCrystal directs ENO’s first ever production of HMS Pinafore
The English National Opera will present its first ever production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic masterpiece HMS Pinafore at the London Coliseum later this month. Directed by Cal McCrystal, the award-winning Irish director who returns to the ENO for the first time since the hit 2018 production of Iolanthe, the new version of the much-loved […]
Ramin Karimloo and Nadim Naaman to star in premiere performances of Rumi: The Musical
West End stars Ramin Karimloo and Nadim Naaman will take the lead in the world premiere performances of Naaman and Dana Al Fardan’s Rumi: The Musical at the London Coliseum in November. The actors who also feature on the concept album of the musical will bring their portrayals of Rumi and his mentor Tabrizi to […]
Hairspray – London Coliseum
Hairspray continues at the London Coliseum until 29 September 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ During the curtain call for the new West End production of Hairspray I took in the view from my seat in the stalls. A full standing ovation has never looked so beautiful. Yes, there were 1,000 rather than […]
Les Dennis to return as Wilbur Turnblad in Hairspray at the London Coliseum
Entertainment favourite Les Dennis will return to the role of Wilbur Turnblad when the eagerly-anticipated London Coliseum production of Hairspray the Musical begins performances on 21 June 2021. The stage and screen star whose varied career has taken him from the Northern club circuit to the RSC stage in Stratford-upon-Avon via the cobbles of Coronation […]
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… […]
New streamed production of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Lambert Jackson Productions and the London Coliseum have announced a virtual production of the long running Off-Broadway musical I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Written by Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts, the new production of the revue style show stars Trevor Dion Nicholas (Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre, Aladdin, Prince Edward Theatre), Brenda Edwards (White […]
[Title of Show] – London Coliseum
[Title of Show] at the London Coliseum, presented by Lambert Jackson Productions. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ In true [Title of show] style, the name of the word file I am writing this review in is ‘Tosser’. Tosser is apparently now the word for a fan of [Title of Show]. The unfortunate British […]
Lambert Jackson and London Coliseum to stage streamed production of (Title of Show)
Lambert Jackson Productions and the London Coliseum will present a virtual production of the Tony-nominated musical (Title of Show) next month. The production which will be filmed and edited at the London Coliseum in the chorus rehearsal room will be made available to stream on 12, 13 and 14 November 2020. Josh Seymour will direct […]
Tonight At The London Coliseum performance dates announced
The dates have been announced for the series of live acoustic concerts featuring a line-up of West End stars on stage at the London Coliseum. Presented by West End and Broadway producers Jack Maple and Brian Zeilinger for their new company Take Two Theatricals in association with Jamie Chapman Dixon and John-Webb Carter on behalf […]
Pirate Queen UK premiere concert raises over £10,000 for charity
First-time theatre producer Tom Gribby has presented Leukaemia UK with a cheque for over £10,000 raised from the special charity performance of Boublil and Schönberg’s The Pirate Queen at the London Coliseum in February. Handing over a cheque for £10,058, Gribby [pictured left] said: “I am delighted at the amount raised from the Pirate Queen […]
Musical theatre stars to headline London Coliseum concert series
Seven West End stars will take centre stage in a series of acoustic concerts at London’s Coliseum which will be streamed over one week in September. Presented by West End and Broadway producers Jack Maple and Brian Zeilinger for their company Take Two Theatricals in association with Jamie Chapman Dixon and John-Webb Carter on behalf […]
Hairspray at the London Coliseum is delayed once again – to April 2021
The producers of Hairspray the Musical have announced new 2021 dates for the eagerly-anticipated London Coliseum production. Originally due to open at the London venue in April this year, the production will now begin its strictly limited 19-week season a year later on 22 April 2021 (ending on 29 August). Featuring Michael Ball’s return to […]
Hairspray announces rescheduled season dates at the London Coliseum
The producers of Hairspray the Musical have announced new performance dates for the multi award-winning smash hit musical at the London Coliseum. The production will now begin performances on 1 September 2020 (press night is 8 September 2020) and plays a strictly limited 10-week season to 8 November. Until 4 May, all existing ticket holders […]
Final casting news for The Pirate Queen
Earl Carpenter and Daniel Boys will complete the line-up of West End stars assembled for the special charity performance of Boublil and Schönberg’s The Pirate Queen at the London Coliseum later this month. Carpenter, whose extensive musical theatre credits include leading roles in Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard and Evita, will […]
Paul Merton to star opposite Michael Ball in Hairspray
Comedy favourite Paul Merton will make his West End musical debut as Wilbur Turnblad in the eagerly-anticipated London Coliseum production of Hairspray the Musical. The stand-up star and long-time team captain on TV’s Have I Got News For You will join Michael Ball when he steps back into his Olivier Award-winning role as Edna Turnblad […]
Hannah Waddingham, Steph Parry and Emma Norman join The Pirate Queen charity performance
Hannah Waddingham, Steph Parry and Emma Norman are the latest additions to the line-up for the special charity performance of Boublil and Schönberg’s The Pirate Queen at the London Coliseum on Sunday 23 February 2020. A triple Olivier Award nominee for her performances in Kiss Me, Kate, A Little Night Music and Spamalot, Waddingham will […]
Lizzie Bea and Marisha Wallace are cast in West End production of Hairspray
Lizzie Bea and Marisha Wallace will join Michael Ball when he steps back into his Olivier Award-winning role as Edna Turnblad in the eagerly-anticipated London Coliseum production of Hairspray the Musical next year. Currently performing in the UK tour of Kinky Boots, Bea will star as Tracy Tunblad with Dreamgirls’ Wallace following her co-starring role […]
On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan – London Coliseum
On Your Feet continues at the London Coliseum until 31 August 2019 Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ Gloria Estefan, together with her husband Emilio and their band, the Miami Sound Machine, is one of the few artists who can honestly be said to have changed the face of contemporary pop music. […]
