The Addams Family was reviewed at Curve Leicester where it runs until 10 August 2025. The tour continues until 30 August 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Some fantastic performances make it definitely worth a watch, it just should be much more of a scream.
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Pacific Overtures – Menier Chocolate Factory
Pacific Overtures continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London until 24 February 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ For some, this production of Pacific Overtures will be a revelation, a bold demonstration of what theatre is capable of when stupendously talented creators dare experiment and make something truly singular.
Ramin Karimloo and Michelle Visage to star in The Addams Family Live in Concert
West End and Broadway star Ramin Karimloo and international TV and radio personality Michelle Visage will play Gomez and Morticia Addams in a special concert presentation of The Addams Family A Musical Comedy at the London Palladium early next year. Presented by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and John Stalker Productions, the show’s West End […]
Cast for Menier’s Pacific Overtures
The Menier Chocolate Factory has unveiled the full cast for the venue’s revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Pacific Overtures.
Menier announces three major musical productions for 2023
The Menier Chocolate Factory is returning to its musical theatre roots with a 2023 season that will feature two world premiere musicals and a revival of a Stephen Sondheim classic.
Legacy: Maria Friedman and Friends extends run
The Menier Chocolate Factory in association with Sonia Friedman Productions, has confirmed an extension of the world premiere of new show, Maria Friedman & Friends – Legacy in response to high demand. Starring triple Olivier Award-winner Maria Friedman, the show which celebrates the genius of Marvin Hamlisch, Michel Legrand and Stephen Sondheim will now continue […]
Legacy: Maria Friedman and Friends – Menier Chocolate Factory
Legacy: Maria Friedman and Friends continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London until 17 April 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Maria Friedman – the three-time Olivier winner from nine nominations – is suddenly one of the busiest women in showbusiness. Having not long ago completed a week-long residency at the […]
Maria Friedman unveils new show celebrating the work of Hamlisch, Legrand and Sondheim
Triple Olivier Award-winner Maria Friedman will celebrate the genius of Marvin Hamlisch, Michel Legrand and Stephen Sondheim in a new show premiering at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory in March 2022. Presented by the Menier Chocolate Factory in association with Sonia Friedman Productions, Maria Friedman & Friends – Legacy will begin preview performances on 3 March […]
The Addams Family – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
The Addams Family continues at Milton Keynes Theatre until 15 January 2022 and then tours until 11 June. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The musical adaptation of comedy classic The Addams Family rises from the dead to take to the stage at Milton Keynes Theatre this week. The quirky show follows the well-known […]
Full cast and further dates announced for the UK and Ireland tour of The Addams Family
The final ensemble cast members for the UK and Ireland tour of The Addams Family, A Musical Comedy have been announced. The tour will open at Theatre Royal, Nottingham on 5 November 2021 with new dates added in 2022. The final members of the ensemble are Jessica Keable, Sario Solomon and Ying Ue Li. They […]
Joanne Clifton to play Morticia in The Addams Family
Former Strictly pro-champ turned musical theatre star Joanne Clifton will replace the previously announced Samantha Womack as Morticia in the new UK and Ireland touring production of The Addams Family, A Musical Comedy when it opens at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham on 5 November 2021. The dancer who won the glitterball trophy in 2016 with […]
Full cast for The Addams Family UK and Ireland tour
Full casting has been confirmed for the new UK and Ireland touring production of The Addams Family, A Musical Comedy which is due to open in Woking next month. Scott Paige (Nativity! UK tour, Eugenius! The Other Palace) will take on the role of Uncle Fester and Ahmed Hamad (Rent, Hope Mill Theatre, The Boy […]
Second UK and Ireland tour of Addams Family musical to launch in August
The new UK and Ireland touring production of The Addams Family, A Musical Comedy will make its delayed return to the road this summer. Originally due to be back on the road in the UK and Ireland last summer, the gothic musical comedy will now launch at Woking’s New Victoria Theatre from 17 August 2021. […]
New 2021 dates for second Addams Family musical tour
Samantha Womack and Cameron Blakely’s return visit to the roles of Morticia and Gomez in the touring production of The Addams Family musical has been rescheduled for early 2021. Originally due to be back on the road in the UK and Ireland this summer, the gothic musical comedy will now launch at Cardiff’s New Theatre […]
TOUR NEWS: The Addams Family, Blood Brothers, Grease, Million Dollar Quartet, Milky Peaks and Everything Is Absolutely Fine
Angela Thomas catches up with the latest touring news… THE ADDAMS FAMILY Samantha Womack and Cameron Blakely will return as Morticia and Gomez when they take their creepy and kooky brood on the road again this summer in a new touring production of The Addams Family musical. Presented by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and […]
The Boy Friend – Menier Chocolate Factory
The Boy Friend continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London until 7 March 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ One thing that’s noticeable about musicals is that the older they are, the thinner their plots tend to be. That’s especially true of The Boy Friend, written by Sandy Wilson in the […]
Casting for Menier Chocolate Factory’s The Boy Friend includes Amara Okereke, Janie Dee, Adrian Edmondson and Issy van Randwyck
Rising star Amara Okereke will follow in the footsteps of Julie Andrews and Twiggy to play the effervescent Polly in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s much-anticipated version of Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend. Okereke, who graduated from the Arts Educational School just last year and went on to win The Stage Debut Award for Best Actress […]
Menier Chocolate Factory to revive The Boy Friend
The Menier Chocolate Factory will follow its current hit productions of The Bridges of Madison County and Fiddler on the Roof with the first major revival of Sandy Wilson’s The Boy Friend in over a decade. With previews from 22 November 2019 ahead of an opening night on 3 December, the production is due to […]
She Loves Me – Menier Chocolate Factory
She Loves Me continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London until 5 March 2017. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick wrote She Loves Me the year before they hit the jackpot with Fiddler On the Roof (1964). The initial Broadway production which starred Barbara Cook and Daniel […]
She Loves Me at the Menier – Les Dennis, Mark Umbers and Katherine Kingsley join cast
With his character’s days on screen numbered, Coronation Street’s Les Dennis is preparing for a role in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s new production of the 1963 Broadway musical She Loves Me. Former stand-up comedian and presenter turned actor Dennis will swap the cobbles of Weatherfield for the London stage when he joins the previously announced […]
She Loves Me at the Menier – Scarlett Strallen to lead cast
Leading lady Scarlett Strallen and director Matthew White will return to the Menier Chocolate Factory in November with a new production of the 1960s Broadway musical She Loves Me. The pair who previously worked together on the Menier’s production of Candide will join forces again on the show which will run from 25 November until […]
The Addams Family musical to tour the UK and Ireland in 2017
The creepy and kooky The Addams Family musical will debut in the UK next year when a major new touring production opens at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre. Directed by Matthew White (The Producers UK tour) the UK and Irish premiere of the show, which has a book by the creators of the multi-award winning Jersey Boys (Marshall […]
West Side Story – Kilworth House Theatre
West Side Story continues at the Kilworth House Theatre, Leicestershire until 17 July. Rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Kilworth House has come bounding out of hibernation with a grand and reverent, if slightly tame production of Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents’ epic musical, West Side Story. Despite being nearly hidden from sight in the beautiful Leicestershire […]
Kilworth House Theatre presents West Side Story this summer
Casting has been announced for Kilworth House Theatre’s upcoming production of the classic musical West Side Story . Liam Doyle will star as Tony with Laila Zaidi as his Maria. Other leading roles will be played by Sophia Ragavelas (Anita), Justin Thomas (Bernardo), Benjamin Yates (Riff), Dermot Canavan (Doc/Krupe) and Nicholas Tizzard (Schrank). The cast […]
The Producers – Churchill Theatre, Bromley and Touring
The Producers continues at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley and then tours until 11 July 2015. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Mel Brooks’ The Producers is a classic comedy musical that has featured a large range of talented comedic performers in the past, including Peter Kay, Joe Pasquale and Russ Abbot. This UK tour of the show […]
Interview – Tiffany Graves having a gigglefest on tour with The Producers
Actress and singer TIFFANY GRAVES is playing Ulla in the new UK tour of The Producers (based on Mel Brooks’ beloved movie), alongside comedian Jason Manford, as timid accountant Leo Bloom, and Cory English (reprising his role as Max Bialystock). Also in a high profile cast are David Bedella, Louie Spence, Ross Noble and Phill Jupitus (the latter two share a role at […]
The Producers tour – Phill Jupitus and David Bedella join cast
The full cast for the tour of The Producers (based on Mel Brooks’ beloved movie) has ben confirmed, with comedian Jason Manford as timid accountant Leo Bloom being joined by Cory English (reprising his role as Max Bialystock, one he played to critical acclaim in London’s West End) and Tiffany Graves as Ulla, the object of Leo Bloom’s affections. The tour opens at the Churchill […]
Louie Spence joins cast of The Producers UK tour
Dancer, choreographer and television personality Louie Spence will join comedian Jason Manford in the brand new UK tour of The Producers which opens at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley in March 2015. Based on Mel Brooks’ Academy Award-winning movie, The Producers won a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards. Spence will play Carmen Ghia, Roger De Bris’ flamboyant assistant, […]
Bat Boy: The Musical has London revival at Southwark Playhouse in January 2015
Ten years after its last known sighting, Bat Boy: The Musical will return to the London stage in a brand new production in The Large at Southwark Playhouse from 9–31 January 2015, with Matthew White as Dr Parker and Lauren Ward playing Meredith Parker. A strange bat-child is discovered in a dank cave in deepest, darkest West Virginia. For […]
Comedian Jason Manford plays lead role in UK tour of The Producers
Comedian Jason Manford will star in a brand new UK tour of The Producers. Based on Mel Brooks’ Academy Award-winning movie, The Producers won a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards. The musical opens its UK tour at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley in March 2015. Manford will take on the role of downtrodden accountant Leo Bloom in his […]
Top Hat UK tour – Alan Burkitt and Charlotte Gooch cast
Casting has been revealed for the UK tour of the Olivier Award-winning production of Top Hat, beginning its 47-week stint on the road (visiting 24 theatres nationwide) at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 12 August 2014. The production tours until 25 July 2015. Stepping into the shoes of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, in the […]
