Matthew Bugg’s Second World War set musical Miss Nightingale’s run at London’s Hippodrome Casino, its West End debut, closes today (although we have heard there are plans for the show to travel overseas soon). Set in an underground cabaret club in London during the Blitz and featuring 16 original songs, the show premiered in Salford […]
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Interview: Matthew Bugg and Tobias Oliver reflect on the London production of Miss Nightingale
Matthew Bugg’s Second World War set musical Miss Nightingale’s run at London’s Hippodrome Casino, its West End debut, closes today. Set in an underground cabaret club in London during the Blitz and featuring 16 original songs, the show premiered in Salford in 2011 and has been playing the 180-seat Leicester Square space since March. Produced […]
Interview: Gus Gowland on sharing his new musical Pieces of String with audiences at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Pieces of String is a new musical set simultaneously in the 1940s and the present day: following her father’s death, Jane is clearing out his house, but while she is going through his possessions she unearths a secret that she is unprepared for. GUS GOWLAND has written the book, music and lyrics for the show […]
Interview: Just one week left to see Oliver Mawdsley and Matthew Floyd Jones in Miss Nightingale at the London Hippodrome
Matthew Bugg’s Second World War set musical Miss Nightingale is just a week away from the end of its run at London’s Hippodrome Casino where the show has been enjoying its West End debut. Set in an underground cabaret club in London during the Blitz and featuring 16 original songs, the show which premiered in […]
Miss Nightingale – Hippodrome Casino
Miss Nightingale continues at the Hippodrome Casino, London until 6 May 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Matthew Bugg’s Second World War-set musical first appeared in London seven years ago as a late night chamber piece at the King’s Head. Since then it has been reworked, toured a series of venues […]
Miss Nightingale to play limited London season at the Hippodrome
Matthew Bugg’s 1940s-set musical Miss Nightingale will make its West End debut at the Theatre at the Hippodrome Casino next month. Set in London during the Second World War and featuring 16 original songs, the show which premiered in Salford in 2011 will play the 180-seat Leicester Square space from 21 March until 6 May. […]
The Threepenny Opera leads New Wolsey Theatre season
The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich’s season for spring 2014, which goes on general sale on Saturday 16 November, features four musicals. The Threepenny Opera is a New Wolsey’s co-production of Brecht and Weill’s musical masterpiece with Nottingham Playhouse, Birmingham Rep, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Graeae Theatre Company (12–22 March). Familiar faces from Our House and Reasons […]
