Amélie the Musical has had a remarkable journey: from a Broadway under-performer; to an exciting British reinterpretation at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre, on tour, and at London’s Other Palace Theatre; to an acclaimed run reopening the West End’s historic Criterion Theatre after the Covid-19 shutdown. Musical Theatre Review’s Ian Bowkett spoke to four of its […]
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Amélie the Musical – Criterion Theatre
Amélie the Musical continues at the Criterion Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It has become the hot take du jour to be cynical about Amélie, the 2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet film that so delighted us all those years ago. In real life, wouldn’t such a person – quirky nearly to […]
Amelie The Musical transfers to the West End’s Criterion Theatre in May 2021
Following its opening at the Watermill Theatre, a critically-acclaimed sell-out tour in 2019, a highly successful Christmas season at The Other Palace in 2019, a Grammy nomination and three Olivier Award nominations, Amélie The Musical arrives in the West End this summer. Following the government roadmap announcement, tickets are on sale now for a socially […]
London cast recording of Amélie to be released
Craft Recordings and Concord Theatricals will release the Original London Cast Recording of Amélie in digital form on Friday (5 June 2020). Now available for pre-order, the recording features the cast of 13 actor-musicians who took to the stage at The Other Palace for the successful London transfer run of the Watermill Theatre’s hit production […]
Amélie The Musical to premiere at the Watermill Theatre before tour
The musical version of hit French film Amélie will receive its UK premiere at Newbury’s Watermill Theatre in 2019 ahead of an extensive UK tour. Directed by Michael Fentiman, Amélie The Musical will debut at the distinctive Berkshire venue from 11 April until 18 May 2019 before heading out on the road from 20 May. […]
Royal Academy of Music – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London was performed by students of the Royal Academy of Music. Rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ While their own theatre in Marylebone is being rebuilt, students of the Royal Academy of Music have been on the road and there […]
