Beauty and the Beast continues at the London Palladium until 17 September 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Stage adaptations of popular Disney movie musicals are an interesting mix. Some are visually spectacular but beyond a few hits lack a memorable score, others feature one great song after another but somehow the creative […]
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Beauty and the Beast – Palace Theatre, Manchester and Touring
Beauty and the Beast runs at the Palace Theatre, Manchester until 4 June 2022 and then tours the UK until 8 January 2023 (including a run at the London Palladium from 24 June to 17 September 2022). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ It’s a tale almost as old as time. Disney […]
London Palladium season for new Beauty and the Beast
The re-imagined and re-designed production of the Olivier Award-winning stage musical version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast will play a limited season at the London Palladium this summer as part of its successful UK and Ireland tour. After impressing regional audiences and the critics with her performance as Belle, Courtney Stapleton (Six, Dear Evan Hansen) […]
Beauty and the Beast – Edinburgh Playhouse and Touring
Beauty and the Beast continues at the Edinburgh Playhouse until 27 November 2021 before touring until November 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ There is a babble and hum of excitement before the lights even dim as the packed audience delights in simply being in a theatre once again. This unique […]
Courtney Stapleton and Emmanuel Kojo to star in new look Beauty and the Beast on tour
Courtney Stapleton and Emmanuel Kojo will take on the title roles in the re-imagined and re-designed production of the Olivier Award-winning stage musical version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast when the production launches at the Bristol Hippodrome on 24 August 2021. Two of musical theatre’s rising stars Stapleton (Six, Dear Evan Hansen) and Kojo […]
New look Beauty and the Beast to debut in UK in 2021
A re-imagined and re-designed production of the Olivier Award-winning stage musical version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast will open a UK and Ireland tour at Curve Leicester in May next year. Reuniting the original award-winning creative team led by director Rob Roth, the production will make use of advanced theatrical techniques which were not […]
