Glory Ride was performed at The Other Palace, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Glory Ride, a new musical penned by daughter and father writing team Victoria and Todd Buchholz and directed by Shaun Kerrison, based on the truly inspirational figure of champion cyclist turned anti-Fascist Bartali, is a bold production that attempts to write his name back into the history books and give him the credit his incredibly brave escapades deserve.
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EP and music video released for Metta’s new musical The Minotaur
Award-winning theatre company Metta Theatre is offering theatre-lovers a first look and listen to the company’s newest environmental musical The Minotaur.
Pretty Woman confirms reopening date at the Savoy Theatre
Pretty Woman: The Musical will reopen in its new home, the Savoy Theatre, as planned on 8 July 2021 although social distancing measures will remain in place until 20 July. As previously announced Six’s Aimie Atkinson (In the Heights, King’s Cross Theatre) and Danny Mac (Sunset Boulevard UK tour, White Christmas, Dominion Theatre) will walk […]
Pretty Woman to reopen at the Savoy Theatre in July 2021
After breaking advance box office records at the Piccadilly Theatre last year, the London production of Pretty Woman: The Musical will take up residence in its new home, the Savoy Theatre this summer. Announcing the change and location and reopening dates for the show which had only just arrived in the West End when theatres […]
The Elf Who Was Scared of Christmas – Charing Cross Theatre
The Elf Who Was Scared of Christmas at Charing Cross Theatre, London (available to watch via Stream.Theatre). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s always a treat to see a joyful, affirmative Christmas show for preschoolers. And this year it carries a new resonance because it is such a relief to be […]
Gina Beck and Neil McDermott unite for new festive family show
West End stars Gina Beck and Neil McDermott have joined forces to create a new Christmas show which will receive its world premiere at London’s Charing Cross Theatre in December. Written and performed by Beck (Matilda The Musical, Show Boat) and McDermott (Pretty Woman, Shrek The Musical), The Elf Who Was Scared of Christmas will […]
Full album release for new British musical The Rhythmics
Leading independent theatre production companies Metta Theatre and Aria Entertainment have released the album for new feel-good musical The Rhythmics. Following on from the last month’s release of the single ‘Waiting To Begin’, the full, partially-Crowdfunded cast album is now available via Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, Apple Music and other digital platforms. Recorded in lockdown […]
Metta and Aria to produce new British musical The Rhythmics
Leading independent theatre production companies Metta Theatre and Aria Entertainment are joining forces to produce new feel-good musical The Rhythmics. With a book and lyrics by Metta’s artistic director Poppy Burton-Morgan and music and lyrics by Stiles & Drewe prize-winner Ben Glasstone (Reanimator), The Rhythmics is one of three new British musicals already benefiting from […]
Full cast details for Pretty Woman The Musical in the West End
The team behind the eagerly-anticipated West End debut of Pretty Woman: The Musical have marked the first week of rehearsals by announcing the full cast for the production which is due to begin previewing at the Piccadilly Theatre on 13 February 2020. As previously announced, Six’s Aimie Atkinson (In The Heights, King’s Cross Theatre) and […]
Eighties-inspired Club Tropicana star cast announced
Former Sugarbabe Amelle Berrabah will make her musical theatre debut alongside multiple TV talent show winner turned stage favourite Joe McElderry, former EastEnder Neil McDermott, comedian Kate Robbins and Wicked star Emily Tierney in Club Tropicana The Musical. Inspired by the distinctive sounds and colourful fashions of the 1980s, the musical comedy which has been […]
West End stars for Eugenius! Other Palace return
Rob Houchen will take the leading role in the Warwick Davis and Kevin Wood produced British musical Eugenius! when it returns to The Other Palace in September 2018 for a six-week season. Houchen (Titanic, Broken Wings), who will play central character Eugene, is one of a number of West End favourites lined up to play key […]
West End Wind in the Willows musical to play in cinemas at Easter
Cinema audiences across the UK and Ireland will get the chance to see the musical re-working of the classic The Wind in the Willows this Easter. Captured live during the show’s limited London Palladium run last year, the multi-camera production will be shown in high definition and surround sound at selected cinemas nationwide over the […]
Lucy O’Byrne and Neil McDermott to lead 2018 Sound of Music tour
Lucy O’Byrne will return to the role of Maria in Bill Kenwright’s touring production of The Sound of Music when the show goes back on the road in 2018 following a Christmas season in O’Byrne’s hometown of Dublin. The former star of BBC’s version of The Voice who famously went from theatre usher to leading lady […]
The Wind in the Willows at the London Palladium – exclusive new images
Adapted for the stage by the team of Julian Fellowes, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, the major new musical theatre adaptation of the family classic The Wind in the Willows has sped into the London Palladium. Here is a selection of brand new exclusive images from Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan. Rufus Hound […]
Wind in the Willows at the Palladium – full cast revealed
Denise Welch, Gary Wilmot, Simon Lipkin and Craig Mather will join Rufus Hound and Neil McDermott in the cast of The Wind in the Willows which will speed into the London Palladium in June. Announcing the new casting details, producer Jamie Hendry also revealed previews would begin ahead of schedule on Friday 16 June (opening […]
The Wind in the Willows press launch – London Palladium
The London Palladium will play host to the definitive musical theatre version of Kenneth Grahame’s book The Wind in the Willows this summer, according to producer Jamie Hendry. The musical features music by George Stiles and lyrics by Anthony Drewe, who are no strangers to adaptations of classic children’s stories from Honk! and Just So […]
Two songs from The Wind in the Willows musical released
Two songs from the highly-anticipated major new musical theatre adaptation of The Wind in the Willows have today been released. With music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, the tracks feature Rufus Hound as the lovable menace Mr Toad in ‘The Amazing Mr Toad’ and the full cast performing the opening song ‘Spring’. Premiering at Theatre Royal Plymouth from 8 October 2016, the production […]
Wind in the Willows – first look at rehearsal images
Rehearsals have begun for the highly-anticipated major new musical theatre adaptation of The Wind in the Willows, created by Julian Fellowes, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. Premiering at Theatre Royal Plymouth from 8 October 2016, the production will then open at The Lowry in Salford and Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, prior to opening in London’s West End. The production stars Rufus […]
The Wind in the Willows – Rufus Hound and Fra Fee among cast
Casting has been revealed for the major new musical theatre adaptation of The Wind in the Willows head of its world premiere at Theatre Royal in Plymouth from 8 October 2016, followed by dates at The Lowry in Salford and the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, prior to opening in London’s West End. Comedian, actor and presenter Rufus […]
Only the Brave – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Only the Brave continues at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff until 2 April. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Set against the background of the Second World War and based on a little-known true story of one of the dramatic events leading up to the D-Day landings, Only the Brave, from the book by Rachel Wagstaff, […]
Original musical Only the Brave – latest details
Emilie Fleming will join the previously announced David Thaxton, Caroline Sheen and Neil McDermott to head the cast of the new British musical, Only the Brave, premiering at the Wales Millennium Centre from 28 March to 2 April. Based on the real lives of men and women caught up in the D-Day landings, this new production […]
Original musical Only the Brave premieres at Wales Millennium Centre
This Easter, Wales Millennium Centre will premiere its first full-scale, original musical, Only the Brave, produced with Soho Theatre, Daniel Sparrow Productions and Birdsong Productions. Based on the real lives of men and women caught up in the D-Day landings, this new production (playing from 28 March to 2 April) will star David Thaxton, Caroline […]
