Thespians: Greece the Musical (But Not That One) was reviewed at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford. The tour continues until 18 July 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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Zorro – Charing Cross Theatre
Zorro continues at the Charing Cross Theatre, London until 28 May 2022. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Johnston McCulley’s pulp hero Zorro, the masked alias of Don Diego de la Vega who fights for justice in the Pueblo of Los Angeles in early 19th century Alta California, made his first appearance in […]
Full cast for reimagined Zorro The Musical at Charing Cross Theatre
Benjamin Purkiss will reprise his performance in the title role of Christian Durham’s production of Zorro The Musical when the innovative production makes its eagerly-anticipated debut at London’s Charing Cross Theatre next month. The alternate Strat in the original Manchester Opera House and Dominion Theatre production of Bat Out of Hell, Purkiss (Allegro, Southwark Playhouse) […]
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Southwark Playhouse
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice at Southwark Playhouse is streaming from Stream.Theatre until 14 March 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This is not a Harry Potter adaptation. After some time spent on Wikipedia rectifying my misremembering of those book titles, I discovered that this new show by Richard Hough (book/lyrics) and Ben […]
Online premiere of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice delayed
The online world premiere of new British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice will now take place a few weeks later than planned following a delay in filming the production which had been due to play a debut season at the Southwark Playhouse this month. Originally due to be streamed to home audiences from 26 January-14 February, […]
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice world premiere to move online
The world premiere of new British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice will now take place online following the cancellation of the show’s debut season at the Southwark Playhouse this month. Announcing the decision to move the production onto streaming platform stream.theatre, producer James Seabright said: “We are sorry not to be able to present this wonderful […]
Premiere for new British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in 2021
New British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice will receive its world premiere at the Southwark Playhouse in January 2021. Inspired by the 18th century poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the musical which has been created writer Richard Hough and composer Ben Morales Frost (Our Man In Havana, A Christmas Carol) will make its debut in […]
The Return of the Soldier – Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
The Return of the Soldier was reviewed at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester. The production transfers to the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich from 2-6 October 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★★ ★ Writing in 1918 as the effects of the First World War still raged around her, Rebecca West’s The Return of the Soldier holds […]
Southwark Playhouse’s Seussical The Musical cast announced
Marc Pickering’s mischievous Cat in the Hat will lead the line-up of fantastical characters taking over the Southwark Playhouse in a major new production of Seussical The Musical this Christmas season. One of the stars of the popular HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire, Pickering who previously appeared in the Southwark Playhouse’s The Toxic Avenger will […]
Bananaman The Musical – Southwark Playhouse
Bananaman The Musical continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 20 January. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Superheroes have rarely inspired much success in musical theatre. The Man of Steel was the first, in 1966’s It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman!, which at the best could be considered a […]
First look at Matthew McKenna as Bananaman at Southwark Playhouse
First pictures have been released of actor Matthew McKenna in the specially designed suit that will turn him into the stage incarnation of British comic book creation Bananaman who will bring his own eccentric brand of crime-fighting style to the Southwark Playhouse later this month. The real-life version of the print Bananaman suit has been […]
Bananaman the Musical – video released of Marc Pickering and cast in action
‘A Call to Action’, featuring Marc Pickering and the cast of Bananaman the Musical, is the first song and video from the world premiere of the new musical comedy by Leon Parris which will run at Southwark Playhouse from 15 December 2017 to 20 January 2018 (press night is 4 January). Bananaman, the Man-of-Peel, flies out of the pages […]
Bananaman the Musical at Southwark Playhouse – Matthew McKenna cast in lead role
Matthew McKenna has been unmasked as the star and “handsome hero” of Bananaman the Musical and will be attempting to save the world at London’s Southwark Playhouse this Christmas. Bananaman, the Man-of-Peel, is flying out of the pages of the much-loved comic Beano, and the hugely popular TV cartoon, in the world premiere of Bananaman […]
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – Wilton’s Music Hall
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying continues at Wilton’s Music Hall, London until 22 April. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The self-help book may not seem like the likeliest of genres from which to birth a musical comedy. But Shepherd Mead’s 1952 book How to Succeed in Business Without […]
Wilton’s Music Hall to revive How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Classic Broadway musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying will return to London over 50 years after its West End debut when it plays Wilton’s Music Hall in April. The revival of the show which launched on Broadway in 1961 will play the distinctive East London venue from 8 until 22 April with a […]
January – Live at Zédel
January continues at Live at Zédel, London until 26 January. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ TS Eliot was three months too late. The cruellest month is not April, but January – when the post-Christmas comedown collides with hard-to-maintain resolutions, topped off by grotty weather. Such is the premise of this nascent […]
The Stripper – St James Studio
The Stripper continues at the St James Studio, London until 13 August 2016. Rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ With The Rocky Horror Show, writing creators Richard Hartley (music) and Richard O’Brien (lyrics) paid homage to the cinema world of double features and tacky Gothic B-movies. The show took on a cult following, […]
The Stripper at St James Studio – casting news
Casting has been announced for the revival of musical whodunnit The Stripper, will open at London’s St James Studio next month. Hannah Grover (The Toxic Avenger), Gloria Onitiri (The Bodyguard), Marc Pickering (The Toxic Avenger), Michael Steedon (Hairspray) and Sebastien Torkia (Travels With My Aunt) began rehearsals for the show this week. Based on the […]
Julie Atherton debut at Crazy Coqs features special West End guests
Multi-talented West End star Julie Atherton will make her debut at London cabaret venue the Crazy Coqs tonight (16 February) in the first of five special shows. The Preston-born entertainer who created the roles of Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut in the hit show Avenue Q, will perform a set list of songs taken […]
