A major new production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – The Musical will be this year’s Christmas gift to audiences at Leicester’s Curve Theatre.
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On Broadway with Patrick Honoré
Patrick Honoré has been giving his regards to Broadway… Dancin’, Some Like it Hot, Bad Cinderella and Kimberly Akimbo.
NBC’s Hairspray Live! is this week’s Shows Must Go On offering
The US TV production of Hairspray Live! starring Harvey Fierstein, Martin Short, Maddie Baillio, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth, Dove Cameron and Billy Eichner will be the next show available free of charge on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. First broadcast live in the US in the run-up to Christmas 2016, the […]
Stage version of TV show Smash in development
Superstar filmmaker Steven Spielberg will follow his eagerly-anticipated big screen re-working of West Side Story by making his debut as a lead producer on a Broadway musical with the stage version of hit TV show Smash. Spielberg is part of the high-powered team of producers (with Neil Meron and Robert Greenblatt) who developed the original […]
‘Brings some much-needed magic and colour into our lives’: Mary Poppins Returns – plus Q&A with director Rob Marshall
Tal Fox review Mary Poppins Returns and reports from a special Q&A with director Rob Marshall. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s been nearly 55 years since Mary Poppins last flew into our lives and 25 years since she left the Banks family. But now that Michael and Jane are all […]
Hairspray – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff and Touring
Hairspray was reviewed at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff; the tour then continues until 3 June 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Off to a head start (if you’ll forgive the pun) in the Donald Gordon Theatre at Wales Millennium Centre, this brand new touring production of Hairspray ticks most of […]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory continues at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Whatever changes were wrought in the recipe for Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in its trip across the Atlantic, it remains a family-sized, mouth-watering mélange of eccentric perversity and tender-hearted […]
Hairspray back on national tour in 2017
Producers have confirmed the successful touring production of the hit musical Hairspray will begin its second major UK and Ireland tour in Cardiff on 16 August 2017. The production of the multi-award winning show will visit more than 30 venues on its return trip around the country which will last until the early summer of […]
Hairspray to tour UK for second time in 2017
The highly successful touring production of the hit musical Hairspray which is due to end in May will hit the road for a second major UK tour in 2017. The new production of the multi award-winning show began its UK tour last year at the Curve Theatre, Leicester, and is due to end its current […]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory celebrates 1,000th performance and extends booking period
The London production of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Sam Mendes, will tonight mark its 1,000th performance in the West End, since opening in June 2013. To celebrate this milestone, producers have today announced that the booking period for the show has been extended for a further six months, until 3 December 2016. […]
Bette Midler – Divine Intervention Tour – The O2 Arena, London
Bette Midler performed at the The O2 Arena, London as part of her Divine Intervention Tour. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ After admiring an artist for decades, there is always the prospect of disappointment when one finally gets the opportunity to see them in action. Thank you then to The Divine Miss M for not […]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – new cast revealed
As West End show Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Sam Mendes, approaches its second anniversary, producers today announced the cast that will take it into its third year. Alongside Jonathan Slinger as Willy Wonka will be Kraig Thornber (Grandpa George), Lara Denning (Mrs Bucket) and Mark Oxtoby (Jerry), among other new names. Originating […]
Hairspray set to tour in 2015, directed by Paul Kerryson
A new production of Hairspray will embark on a major UK tour in 2015/16. The musical comedy will begin its UK tour at Leicester’s Curve theatre on 9 September 2015 and will then tour to 29 venues across the UK, including a Christmas residency at Birmingham Alexandra Theatre in December 2015. Hairspray will be directed by […]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory celebrates first birthday
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Sam Mendes, last night marked the first anniversary of its opening at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane with a gala performance and party for cast, crew and special guests. Jake Poolman, one of the four young actors who shares the role of Charlie Bucket, led the curtain […]
Alex Jennings is new Willy Wonka
Alex Jennings will play Willy Wonka in the West End production of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the role currently played by Douglas Hodge. Jennings’ first performance will be on Monday 19 May 2014. Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has broken records at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, where it has been seen […]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Drury Lane
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Booking until 31st May, 2014. On many different levels much is expected of Sam Mendes’ production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. On one level, Roald Dahl’s story of the mysterious confectioner and his quest for a successor is a much loved piece of British culture, not […]
