Yeast Nation continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 27 August 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Yeast Nation is a musical with a title every bit as intriguing as its equally audacious Tony-winning forerunner, Urinetown. Written by Mark Hollman (music and lyrics) and Greg Kotis (book and lyrics), the show […]
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Putting It Together – Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Putting It Together continues at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester until 24 November 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ ‘Having just a vision’s no solution, everything depends on execution: putting it together, that’s what counts’ – if ever there was a song to encapsulate the ethos behind the creation and development […]
Stars line up to record The Clockmaker’s Daughter studio album
Five leading West End stars will lend their voices to a new studio recording of Webborn and Finn’s The Clockmaker’s Daughter. Currently starring as Peggy Schuyler in Hamilton, Christine Allado (In The Heights) will record the role of Constance alongside Ramin Karimloo (The Phantom of the Opera and Love Never Dies) as Abraham, Fra Fee […]
The Clockmaker’s Daughter – Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music
The Clockmaker’s Daughter was preformed by students from the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music at the Laban Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was hugely exciting to get another opportunity to see this most impressive new musical once more after being spellbound by Robert McWhir’s profoundly beautiful production at […]
An Evening of Webborn and Finn to play St James Theatre
The work of new British musical theatre partnership Michael Webborn and Daniel Finn will be celebrated in a special concert at the St James Theatre on Sunday 20 November. An Evening of Webborn & Finn will feature songs from the duo’s well-received 2015 musical The Clockmaker’s Daughter, material from their second show, Animus, and a […]
Musical Theatre Academy – Animus
Animus, performed by the Musical Theatre Academy’s first-year students, continues at the Bridewell Theatre, London until 10 September. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ We’re in 18th century London. In a quasi revenge tragedy, heiress Charlotte Donne (Jenna Innes) seeks vengeance, but her judgement is not sound and she makes several (literally) fatal mistakes. It’s […]
The Clockmaker’s Daughter returns to London stage for one night only.
Following an acclaimed world premiere season at the Landor Theatre, the original cast and creative team of The Clockmaker’s Daughter, a new British musical by Michael Webbon and Daniel Finn, are to reunite for a special one-off concert version at St James Studio on Monday 2 November. The Clockmaker’s Daughter was praised by critics and the production was nominated for ten […]
Rhythm of Life: Cy Coleman – a Celebration in Song – St James Studio
Rhythm of Life: Cy Coleman – a Celebration in Song at St James Studio Theatre, London. Rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ As the composer of musicals including Sweet Charity, Barnum and City of Angels, Cy Coleman has contributed more than his fair share of numbers to the Great American Songbook. This new revue collects […]
Rent Boy – The Musical – Above the Stag Theatre
Rent Boy – The Musical continues at Above the Stag Theatre, London until 2 August. Star rating: 3 stars ★ ★ ★ The Above the Stag Theatre continues to play to its strengths by scheduling a raft of plays and musicals geared towards an LGBT audience. For the last two years, its revival of Bath House – The […]
The Clockmaker’s Daughter – Landor Theatre
The Clockmaker’s Daughter continues at the Landor Theatre, London until 4 July. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The fairytale, we are told in the programme for The Clockmaker’s Daughter, is one of the oldest forms of fiction, stretching back to a time, before books, when stories were spoken aloud and passed down from generation to generation. Yet, […]
New folk musical The Clockmaker’s Daughter at the Landor – casting revealed
The Clockmaker’s Daughter, a new musical from Daniel Finn and Michael Webborn, will be making its world premiere at London’s Landor Theatre this June (27 May to 4 July, press night is 1 June). The folk musical is set in the fictional Irish town of Spindelwood and tells a story built around prejudice, discrimination, animosity and […]
