The Last Twenty Five Years! was performed by the Royal Academy of Music’s Musical Theatre Company. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The talent on stage was amazing as usual, and it’s always exciting to see the stars of tomorrow showcased by the talented and imaginative Matt Ryan.
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Royal Academy of Music – Cy Baby: A Celebration of Cy Coleman
Cy Baby: A Celebration of Cy Coleman was performed by students from Royal Academy of Music’s Musical Theatre Company. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Royal Academy of Music – Colored Lights: The Songs of Kander and Ebb
Colored Lights: The Songs of Kander and Ebb was performed at the Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Hello, Jerry! – Royal Academy of Music
Hello, Jerry! was performed at the Susie Sainsbury Theatre at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ For two performances only the Royal Academy of Music Musical Theatre Company treated us to a glittering celebration of Jerry Herman and this was the best one I have ever […]
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – The Lowry, Salford and Touring
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie ran at The Lowry, Salford from 1-12 September 2021 and tours until 30 April 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The clock on the wall has moved by quite a considerable amount since Everybody’s Talking About Jamie was due to tour around the UK tour for the first time. […]
Calendar Girls The Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Calendar Girls The Musical continues at New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 5 October 2019 and then tours until 23 November. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Ee bah gum, as Yorkshire folk actually don’t say, this musical version of the true story about the good ladies of the WI making a calendar […]
Stay Awake, Jake – Vault Festival
Stay Awake, Jake continues at the Vault Festival, London until 7 February. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Composer/lyricist Tim Gilvin has developed and honed his one-act, one-man musical into a captivating journey that, with the help of a top-class performer (and some uncomfortable seating) keeps you on the edge of your seat. Stay Awake, […]
Dogfight cast and creative team reunite for one-off concert
Exactly a year after Dogfight’s acclaimed European premiere season ended at Southwark Playhouse, the original cast and creative team are to reunite for a special concert version of the musical in the main theatre at St James Theatre on Sunday 11 October. Dogfight was nominated Best Musical and Laura Jane Matthewson named Outstanding Emerging Talent in […]
Frances Ruffelle – Paris Original – St James Studio Theatre
Frances Ruffelle performs her show Paris Original at the St James Theatre Studio, London. Frances Ruffelle is one of those impressively versatile performers who has no problems shifting tickets for any of her shows, the Tony Award-winning actress here doing a three-night stint at the perfectly suited and highly intimate St James Studio. Being the […]
Interview – Frances Ruffelle brings her one-woman show Paris Original to the St James Studio
FRANCES RUFFELLE’s cabaret show Paris Original – running for three nights between 1–3 October at London’s St James Studio – is a celebration of French singers and songs, ranging from Françoise Hardy and Edith Piaf to Francis Lai and Claude-Michel Schönberg. The show, which premiered at the Crazy Coqs in October last year, represents something of a golden Gallic […]
Dogfight – Southwark Playhouse – casting revealed
Casting has been announced for the European premiere of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s musical Dogfight, produced by Danielle Tarento, the award-winning producer of Titanic, Parade and Mack & Mabel, and directed by Matt Ryan, in The Large at Southwark Playhouse for a six-week season from Friday 8 August to Saturday 13 September (press night is Wednesday 13 August). […]
Dogfight musical has European premiere at Southwark Playhouse
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s musical Dogfight will receive its European premiere, produced by Danielle Tarento – the award-winning producer of Titanic, Parade and Mack & Mabel – and directed by Matt Ryan, in The Large at Southwark Playhouse for a six-week season from 8 August to 13 September (press night is 13 August). Based on […]
Violet – London School of Musical Theatre
Violet, performed by students from the London School of Musical Theatre at the Bridewell Theatre, London, continues until 23 April. This British premiere of American composer Jeanine Tesori’s first musical Violet, with lyrics and book by Brian Crawley based on Doris Betts’ short story The Ugliest Pilgrim, does not make easy viewing but is well […]
