The organisers of the upcoming concert version of feel-good musical Kinky Boots at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane have added an extra date, with the production now due to play two performances on 8 and 9 August 2022. As previously announced the first production of the multi-award-winning show in the West End in three years […]
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Chelsea Halfpenny to star in the Waitress UK and Ireland tour from January 2022
Chelsea Halfpenny will join the cast of hit romantic musical comedy Waitress as Jenna from 10 January 2022 at the Royal & Derngate, Northampton. Halfpenny will take over the role from Lucie Jones who leaves the production to move on to a soon to be announced new project. Halfpenny will join Sandra Marvin as Becky, […]
West End’s Waitress stars to headline first UK tour
Lucie Jones (Rent, Legally Blonde) will return to the role of Jenna for the first UK and Ireland tour of Broadway and West End hit Waitress which will now open at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 4 September 2021. The X Factor finalist turned musical theatre favourite who had just returned to the hit West […]
Little Shop of Horrors – Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Little Shop of Horrors continues at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London until 22 September 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Under Maria Aberg’s direction, this production of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s 1982 classic glitters, often literally, with quality. From the moment the anonymous hooded figures slide on to the all grey impoverished Skid […]
The Christmasaurus Live – Eventim Apollo London
The Christmasaurus Live continues at Eventim Apollo London until 28 December. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If you follow Tom Fletcher on social media, it will come as no surprise that his first musical is all about one thing: Christmas. Adapted from his hit novel The Christmasaurus (directed by Derek Bond, […]
The Christmasaurus Live – report and interviews from exclusive rehearsal room event
Musical Theatre Review’s Tal Fox reports from an exclusive rehearsal room event for the highly-anticipated stage adaptation of The Christmasaurus Live. The debut solo novel from McFly star and bestselling children’s author Tom Fletcher is in for a glitzy makeover as The Christmasaurus Live makes its stage debut at the Eventim Apollo London this Christmas […]
What I Go to School For – The Busted Musical – Youth Music Theatre UK – Theatre Royal Brighton
What I Go to School For – The Busted Musical was performed by Youth Music Theatre UK at the Theatre Royal, Brighton. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was with some trepidation that your aged scribe accepted the Editor’s invitation to review this musical built round the story of super group […]
