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Five Questions With: Michael Duke

MICHAEL DUKE plays the title role in the Olivier Award-nominated production of Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at London’s Lyric Theatre, booking through to 8 January 2023. Developed with the backing of Bob Marley’s family and with unlimited access to the musician’s platinum-selling catalogue of music, Billy Elliot The Musical writer Lee Hall’s […]

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Black British Theatre Awards 2022 – nominees announced

The Royal Court’s production of For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy and Hope Mill Theatre’s production of The Wiz lead the way in the shortlist for the 2022 Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs). Both productions have received six nominations, with Matthew Xia (The Wiz,  Hope Mill Theatre) and […]

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Final performance date for West End’s Get Up Stand Up! plus tour is planned

Olivier Award-winning musical Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical will take its final bow at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue on 8 January 2023. Following the end of the world premiere West End run the production will embark on a UK tour and discussions are also underway for the musical to play overseas […]

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Booking for Get Up, Stand Up! extended into 2023 – first images of Michael Duke as Bob Marley released

The world premiere run of Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue has been extended for second time, taking the quadruple 2022 Olivier Award-nominated production through to 29 January 2023. The extension announcement coincided with the release of images of new lead Michael Duke (West Side Story, Manchester […]

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Cast revealed for Into the Woods at the Cockpit Theatre

Casting has been announced for All Star Productions and Trilby Productions’ fresh new version of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods which is due to play at London’s The Cockpit from 23 May to Sunday 24 June 2018 (press night is 25 May). Following on from a sold-out run in 2014 at All Star’s […]

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