New musical psychodrama The Queen is Mad at Studio at ZOO Southside has received a Special Commendation from the Musical Theatre Review Best Musical Award panel at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025.
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The Queen is Mad – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Queen is Mad continues at Studio at ZOO Southside until 24 August 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This supremely well-crafted and faultlessly-performed musical revisits Joanna Queen of Castile’s lost 16th century life of missed opportunity and forced isolation.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 Musical Theatre Preview
There are several standout shows this year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – musical theatre continues to stretch the boundaries, taking inspiration from classic literature, faith, history, art and the environment.
The King and I – New Theatre, Oxford and Touring
The King and I continues at the New Theatre, Oxford until 7 October 2023. The tour continues until 2 March 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ No matter how many productions of The King and I have been staged since it premiered on Broadway in 1951, and no matter how many […]
Full cast for The King and I tour
Broadway and film star Darren Lee will play The King of Siam opposite the previously announced Call The Midwife’s Helen George as Anna Leonowens when the multi–Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production of The King and I embarks on its second UK tour early next month.
Star line-up for CheerUp Charlie Gala
A host of musical theatre favourites will join inspirational young anti-bullying campaigner Charlie Kristensen at The Actors’ Church in Covent Garden for his fundraising event, #CheerUp Charlie – The Show on 31 October 2021. Produced by Mark Robert Petty, the gala performance will feature: Lewis Asquith, Lizzie Bea, Nikki Bentley, Daniel Boys, Kieran Brown, Robin […]
West End stars feature in line-up of new London concert series
Musical theatre favourites will be among the singers taking centre stage in a series of live shows at Lola’s Underground at The Hippodrome in Leicester Square from 6 October 2021. Presented by Fourth Wall Live, the series will open with David O’Reilly (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Apollo Theatre, Grease, Piccadilly Theatre and UK tour). Former […]
West End stars and recent graduates to unite for charity concert
West End favourites and potential stars of tomorrow will join forces for an online charity concert in November. Hosted by Britain’s Got Talent’s Michael Auger and Charlotte Jaconelli, Spotlight on the Future LIVE! will be recorded live and streamed online from 6 to 9 November 2020. Featuring a mix of solos, duos, trios and quartets, […]
Sunday At The Musicals returns in October with a fundraiser
A host of West End favourites will take to the stage at The Actors’ Church when the popular Sunday at the Musicals returns on 4 October 2020 with a fundraising concert. Produced by Paul Burton Productions, the star-studded show which will be directed by Charlotte Peters will raise funds for Acting For Others. The line-up […]
Barn Theatre launches virtual concert series
Cirencester’s Barn Theatre will launch a new virtual concert series showcasing the work of Britain’s musical theatre composers on Saturday 9 May 2020. Launching at 7.30pm BST on the venue’s Facebook, YouTube and Twitter channels, The Barn Theatre Presents series will begin with a star-studded celebration of the music of the award-winning Welsh songwriters Daniel […]
Showtime Challenge 48-Hour Musicals: Singin’ in the Rain – Adelphi Theatre
Showtime Challenge 48-Hour Musicals: Singin’ in the Rain was performed at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This was a joyous occasion at the Adelphi Theatre, certainly for the audience and I hope for all the performers. Putting on a musical in 48 hours (and apparently not working […]
Star-packed music video accompanies Dan and Laura Curtis song which raises funds for Help For Heroes
Judi Dench, Paul McCartney, Whoopi Goldberg and Steve Martin are among a glittering group of stars who have joined a host of West End favourites in a very special musical video tribute to servicemen and women around the world. Aimed at raising funds for UK charity Help The Heroes, The Hero – A West End […]
Sunday At the Musicals Christmas style – female artists line up to join the cast
A host of female singers are lining up to play two special seasonal versions of the popular Sunday At the Musicals charity concerts in London’s West End next month. Produced by Paul Burton and Paul Burton Productions and directed by Roy Gould, Sunday At the Musicals – Christmas Special at the Phoenix Artist Club on […]
Nutcracker! The Musical at the Pleasance Theatre – casting revealed
Casting has been announced for the world premiere of Nutcracker! The Musical, which takes the classic ETA Hoffmann tale and Tchaikovsky’s soaring classical music – familiar to fans of The Nutcraker ballet – and gives them a modern twist with enchanting new musical theatre arrangements. Nutcracker! The Musical, with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, book and lyrics by multiple […]
Gatsby at the Arts Theatre – exclusive rehearsal images
Ruby in the Dust’s acclaimed musical reworking of The Great Gatsby returns to the London stage this month for a limited run at the Arts Theatre. Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan took some exclusive images behind the scenes. The exclusive showcase production of Gatsby opens on 26 October and runs on Monday nights until 16 November. Matilda Sturridge, who featured in the […]
