The Stationmaster: A Musical Drama (Auburn Jam Records). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Any live production of The Stationmaster will have to match the standards of this album, which has set the bar high.
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Exclusive: Listen to a track from the much-anticipated release of The Stationmaster musical concept album
The concept album recording of new British musical The Stationmaster will be released on all major digital platforms on 26 July and we are delighted to share with you the first exclusive play of the epic anthem ‘Anna’ (sung by Nigel Richards).
Beauty and the Beast – London Palladium
Beauty and the Beast continues at the London Palladium until 17 September 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Stage adaptations of popular Disney movie musicals are an interesting mix. Some are visually spectacular but beyond a few hits lack a memorable score, others feature one great song after another but somehow the creative […]
Beauty and the Beast – Palace Theatre, Manchester and Touring
Beauty and the Beast runs at the Palace Theatre, Manchester until 4 June 2022 and then tours the UK until 8 January 2023 (including a run at the London Palladium from 24 June to 17 September 2022). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ It’s a tale almost as old as time. Disney […]
Beauty and the Beast – Edinburgh Playhouse and Touring
Beauty and the Beast continues at the Edinburgh Playhouse until 27 November 2021 before touring until November 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ There is a babble and hum of excitement before the lights even dim as the packed audience delights in simply being in a theatre once again. This unique […]
Courtney Stapleton and Emmanuel Kojo to star in new look Beauty and the Beast on tour
Courtney Stapleton and Emmanuel Kojo will take on the title roles in the re-imagined and re-designed production of the Olivier Award-winning stage musical version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast when the production launches at the Bristol Hippodrome on 24 August 2021. Two of musical theatre’s rising stars Stapleton (Six, Dear Evan Hansen) and Kojo […]
Competition: Win tickets to Send in the Clowns: Sondheim’s Extraordinary Women at the Lichfield Festival & drinks with the cast!
What a competition we have for fans of Sondheim! Two tickets to the concert Send in the Clowns: Sondheim’s Extraordinary Women at the Lichfield Festival on Saturday 14 July at 2.30pm An invite to a drink with the cast afterwards AND free membership to the Sondheim Society for a year! As part of the 2018 Lichfield […]
The Hired Man – Cadogan Hall
The Hired Man at the Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The Hired Man, the 1984 love-child of Howard Goodall and Melvyn Bragg, is based on the latter’s 1969 novel, a semi-biographical account of his grandfather Harry Bragg’s life – one of millions of men caught between the poverty-stricken […]
The World Goes Round – The Best of Kander & Ebb – Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
The World Goes Round – The Best of Kander & Fred Ebb continues at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough until 3 September. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Staging musicals in-the-round is always a challenge. Just where, for example, should director Lotte Wakeham tell the the cast to focus for voice projection? The most successful at solving this […]
The World Goes Round at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre – casting news
The line-up of performers cast in Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough’s forthcoming 25th anniversary production of The World Goes Round – The Songs of Kander & Ebb has been announced. Part of the venue’s 2016 Summer Festival, the show was conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman and David Thompson, to celebrate the work of the prolific partnership of composer […]
From Page to Stage season – Sally Ann Triplett and David Burt among cast
Aria Entertainment today announced the casts and creative teams for the eight shows in the third From Page to Stage season of new musicals, running from Monday 26 October to Saturday 21 November. Among the wealth of major talent involved in the annual season at the Tristan Bates Theatre are West End and Broadway stars Sally Ann Triplett and David Burt and Laura Jane […]
