Jason Donovan will return to the West End to play Teen Angel for selected performances in the hit new production of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s Grease at the Dominion Theatre. Currently as Pharaoh on tour in the London Palladium production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the stage and screen favourite will play […]
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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Curve Leicester and Touring
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical continues at Curve Leicester until 12 March 2022, and then tours until 15 October. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The path of the jukebox musical is so often strewn with bad decisions, but sometimes a show comes along which vindicates its entire genre. Beautiful is a […]
Five Questions With: Molly-Grace Cutler
MOLLY-GRACE CUTLER (The Worst Witch, Girls Don’t Play Guitars, We’ll Live and Die in these Towns) plays singer/songwriter Carole King in the major new touring production of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical in 2022, opening this week at Leicester Curve. Based on the early life and career of legendary singer/songwriter Carole King, Beautiful – The Carole […]
Peter Andre to make West End debut in Grease
Peter Andre will return to Rydell High to make his West End debut playing Vince Fontaine when the new production of Grease arrives at London’s Dominion Theatre in May. The former pop star and television personality who previously played both Teen Angel and Vince Fontaine on tour will play the latter at certain performances in […]
Cast for new touring production of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical
Molly-Grace Cutler (The Worst Witch) will play singer/songwriter Carole King in a major new touring production of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical in 2022. Co-produced by Leicester Curve, Theatre Royal Bath Productions and the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton, the cast of actor/musicians will also include Tom Milner (American Idiot, UK tour) as King’s former husband […]
Five Questions With: Adam Cooper
Award-winning performer ADAM COOPER plays the intimidating director/choreographer Zach in Curve Leicester’s production of the groundbreaking musical A Chorus Line, directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Ellen Kane (running until 31 December 2021). Having gained acclaim for creating the lead role of the Swan/Stranger in Matthew Bourne’s production of Swan Lake – a role […]
A Chorus Line – Leicester Curve
A Chorus Line continues at Leicester Curve until 31 December 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was so great to be back at the Curve in Leicester for real after the cancellation of Roman Holiday (originally due to be staged in the summer of 2020) which I pray will some […]
West End return for Grease in May 2022
Featuring new staging and choreography, the hit new production of much-loved musical Grease will follow its successful UK tour by returning to the Dominion Theatre in the West End in 2022. The first new production of Grease in the West End for nearly three decades will be rocking and rolling in London from early May […]
Sally Ann Triplett steps into cast for White Christmas tour
West End and Broadway star Sally Ann Triplett will join the UK tour of Made at Curve’s critically-acclaimed production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas when it launches later this month. The actress whose extensive credits include Cats and Guys and Dolls in London and Finding Neverland and Sting’s The Last Ship in New York has […]
New UK tour of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical to open at Curve Leicester
Curve, Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Mayflower Theatre Southampton have announced plans to launch a new UK tour of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, opening at Curve in February 2022. Directed by Curve’s artistic director Nikolai Foster (Sunset Boulevard, West Side Story), Beautiful will open at Curve […]
Cast for UK tour of Made at Curve’s White Christmas
Olivier-nominated Dan Burton will reprise his scene-stealing performance as Phil Davis when the Made at Curve’s critically-acclaimed production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas embarks on its UK tour later this month. The actor who was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance as Tulsa in Gypsy at the Savoy Theatre will return to the […]
Curve to stage first new UK production of Billy Elliot Musical in 2022
Leicester’s Curve theatre will stage the first new UK production of the multi-award-winning Billy Elliot the Musical next summer. Directed by the theatre’s artistic director Nikolai Foster, the Made at Curve production will run exclusively at Curve for a limited six-week season from 7 July to 14 August 2022. Announcing the production, Foster and Curve’s […]
Curve’s Christmas A Chorus Line to be led by Adam Cooper and Carly Mercedes Dyer
Adam Cooper and Carly Mercedes Dyer will take the lead in Leicester Curve’s eagerly-awaited new production of classic Broadway musical A Chorus Line this Christmas. Currently reprising his acclaimed performance in the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Singin’ in the Rain at Sadler’s Wells, award-winning dancer and choreographer Cooper (Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, Swan […]
Leicester Curve’s Rent: The Concert postponed
In the wake of the Government announcement delaying step four of the roadmap Leicester Curve has made ‘the difficult decision’ to postpone its Made at Curve production of Rent: The Concert. Although the special concert version of Jonathan Larson’s rock musical Rent was not due to debut in Leicester until August, a statement released by […]
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber – Leicester Curve
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber continues at Leicester Curve until 19 June 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s easy to forget, when examining the legend of Andrew Lloyd Webber, the sheer proliferation of work which has gone into a career spanning decades. Not to worry – Nikolai Foster and […]
After 14 long months in the desert Leicester Curve has reopened
Aura Simon reports: After 14 long months in the desert, it’s a strange and beautiful thing to be standing once more in a queue for the theatre. On one hand, everything feels potently bittersweet and cathartic after more than a year of having to swallow the loss of our ways of life. Somehow at the […]
Leicester Curve to stage Rent: The Concert in August 2021
Leicester Curve’s artistic director Nikolai Foster will direct a special concert version of Jonathan Larson’s rock musical Rent this summer. Staged in-the-round in Curve’s specially adapted auditorium the Made at Curve production of Rent: The Concert will run from 10 to 21 August 2021. Announcing the latest addition to Curve’s reopening programme, Foster and Curve […]
Leicester Curve reopening season announced
A celebration of the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber will be part of a special socially distanced season at Leicester Curve when the theatre welcomes audiences back into its auditorium on 20 May 2021 for the first time in over a year. The reopening programme which also includes a new comedy musical and events showcasing […]
Re-release of Curve’s Sunset Boulevard – At Home to raise funds in memory of Andy Nairn
The critically-acclaimed Made at Curve production Sunset Boulevard – At Home is being made available once again next month to raise funds for the newly launched Andy Nairn Bursaries in Technical Theatre. All money raised from ticket sales and donations for the week-long run will go towards the scheme which has been launched in memory […]
Grease with Peter Andre – new tour dates announced
The producers of the newest production of the enduringly popular Grease have announced revised dates for the show’s postponed UK tour. Originally due to hit the road again from May 2020, the tour will now play its launch run at Curve Leicester from 30-31 July. As planned pop star and television personality Peter Andre will […]
Curve to bring in A Chorus Line to replace delayed Wizard of Oz
Leicester Curve’s artistic director Nikolai Foster will direct a major new production of classic Broadway musical A Chorus Line this Christmas. Running from 3 to 31 December 2021, the Made In Curve production will replace the planned festive run of the regional premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s version of The Wizard of Oz which has […]
Curve to reunite with Birmingham Hippodrome for The Color Purple – At Home
Leicester Curve will follow its critically-acclaimed Sunset Boulevard – at Home by reuniting with Birmingham Hippodrome to stream The Color Purple – at Home, a concert reworking of their hit 2019 production. The concert version of the first co-production between Birmingham Hippodrome and Curve had been due to be part of Curve’s reopening season, but […]
Curve extends online run of Sunset Boulevard – At Home
In response to popular demand Leicester Curve has announced an extended run for its critically-acclaimed Sunset Boulevard – At Home which will now continue streaming until 17 January 2021. Following the decision to turn the planned live theatre production of Sunset Boulevard In Concert into an online event in response to December’s lockdown restrictions, in […]
Sunset Boulevard in Concert – Curve Leicester
Sunset Boulevard in Concert at Home is streaming from Curve Leicester until 9 January 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Talk about making the very best of a bad job, Leicester Curve has dazzlingly turned the body-blow of having its planned Sunset Boulevard in Concert live-audience season scuppered by the new […]
Curve’s Sunset Boulevard Concert to be turned into online event
Forced to re-think its reopening season once again, with Leicester having entered Tier 3, Leicester Curve announced plans to turn the eagerly-anticipated concert version of Curve’s hit production of Sunset Boulevard into an online event. Plans for the return of live theatre are now on hold until the city can exit the country’s toughest restrictions, […]
Rescheduled dates and cast for Curve’s rescheduled reopening season
Leicester Curve has revealed new dates and further casting for the highly anticipated reopening season delayed by the current national lockdown. Live theatre will now return to Leicester Curve for the first time since the venue closed its doors to the public in March, on 18 December (four days later than originally planned) with the […]
Concert versions of The Color Purple and Sunset Boulevard to feature in Curve’s comeback season
Live theatre will return to Leicester Curve next month for the first time since the venue closed its doors to the public in March with the launch of an autumn season that will feature two re-imagined, socially distanced concert versions of two Made at Curve productions. Launching on 12 November 2020 with an exclusive event […]
Grease UK and Ireland tour rescheduled for January 2021 launch
The producers of the newest production of the enduringly popular Grease have announced revised dates for the show’s UK and Ireland tour. Originally due to hit the road again from May this year, the tour will now launch at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth from 22-30 January 2021. As previously announced pop star and television personality […]
Curve launches its own Rainbows Of Hope campaign
Leicester’s Curve theatre has taken inspiration from the current Rainbows Of Hope campaign to offer youngsters the chance to make a contribution to the set for its eagerly-anticipated regional premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s version of The Wizard of Oz. Following on from the ongoing #RainbowsOfHope initiative which invites children across the country to create […]
TOUR NEWS: The Addams Family, Blood Brothers, Grease, Million Dollar Quartet, Milky Peaks and Everything Is Absolutely Fine
Angela Thomas catches up with the latest touring news… THE ADDAMS FAMILY Samantha Womack and Cameron Blakely will return as Morticia and Gomez when they take their creepy and kooky brood on the road again this summer in a new touring production of The Addams Family musical. Presented by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and […]
Curve to stage UK debut of Roman Holiday musical
The UK premiere of the stage musical version of the Academy Award-winning movie Roman Holiday is one of a trio of new Made at Curve productions lined up for 2020 at the prestigious Leicester Curve venue. Featuring the timeless music of Cole Porter and with a libretto by Kirsten Guenther and the book writer for […]
INTERVIEW: Nikolai Foster on seeing West Side Story differently for a 21st century audience
Musical Theatre Review contributor Tina Foote counts herself very lucky in that she saw NIKOLAI FOSTER direct West Side Story with NYMT in 2013 at Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse. Foster was joined by a dream creative team including Drew McOnie (choreographer), takis (designer) and Tom Deering (MD), plus a wonderful cast of 40 young performers and […]
White Christmas – Dominion Theatre
White Christmas continues at the Dominion Theatre, London until 4 January 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It isn’t difficult getting into the Christmas spirit at the Dominion Theatre with the giant foyer and the twin staircase bedecked with sparkling decorations and a female trio of singers spreading their message of […]
Curve’s West Side Story cast revealed
Heathers leading man Jamie Muscato and newcomer Adriana Ivelisse will play star-crossed lovers Tony and Maria in the eagerly-anticipated Leicester Curve production of the classic musical West Side Story. Following on from last year’s Made at Curve seasonal production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, the team at Leicester’s major new production of the Romeo and […]
Michael Brandon, Danielle Hope, Clare Halse and Brenda Edwards join White Christmas at the Dominion
Michael Brandon will take on the role of General Waverly when Leicester Curve’s critically-acclaimed 2018 production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas plays its festive season at London’s Dominion Theatre. The star of the classic TV crime series Dempsey & Makepeace, who created the role of Jerry Springer in the National Theatre’s Jerry Springer The Opera, […]
White Christmas – Curve Leicester
White Christmas continues at Curve Leicester until 13 January 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ A year after Scrooge, artistic director of Curve, Nikolai Foster, is treating Leicester audiences to much lighter fare with a brand new staging of White Christmas, the famous holiday movie favourite put on the musical theatre […]
West Side Story will Be Curve’s Christmas 2019 production
Classic Broadway musical West Side Story will be Leicester Curve’s Made at Curve Christmas production next year. Just a few weeks before the debut of this year’s eagerly-anticipated production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, the team at Leicester have announced plans for a major new production of the Romeo and Juliet-inspired musical which will run […]
Peter Andre to join Curve’s Grease tour
Pop star and television personality Peter Andre will play Teen Angel for a number of dates when Curve’s hit version of Grease hits the road in 2019. The first new production of the much-loved musical in 25 years will follow its sold- out run in Leicester with tour dates from mid-June 2019. Directed by Curve’s […]
An Officer and a Gentleman – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
An Officer and a Gentleman continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 14 July 2018 before continuing touring. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Based on the 1982 original film starring Richard Gere and Debra Winger, An Officer and a Gentlemantouches down in the Milton Keynes Theatre as part of its first national tour. […]
An Officer and a Gentleman – Curve Leicester and Touring
An Officer and a Gentleman continues at Curve Leicester until 21 April and then tours until 15 September 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ There’s enough energy coming off the stage in Nikolai Foster’s production to power the whole of Leicester and the actors have got to be as fit as the […]
Sunset Boulevard – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Sunset Boulevard continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre until 14 April, then tours until 28 April 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The Sunset Boulevard tour has been on the go since September so it came as a surprise when Wimbledon threw a press night with only two more ports of […]
An Officer and a Gentleman Musical world premiere – Jonny Fines and Emma Williams lead cast
Jonny Fines and Emma Williams will be the romantic leads in the musical version of the 1980s classic movie An Officer and a Gentleman when it receives its world premiere at Leicester Curve in April ahead of a UK and Ireland tour. Most recently seen in Annie at the Piccadilly Theatre, Fines (UK tours of […]
Curve reveals White Christmas will be 2018 festive musical to mark 10th birthday year
A brand new adaptation of festive favourite Irving Berlin’s White Christmas will be the 2018 festive musical at Curve. Chief executive Chris Stafford and artistic director Nikolai Foster have exclusively revealed Curve will be producing the classic musical and have hinted at other plans they have in store to celebrate 10 years of Curve. Curve […]
Sunset Boulevard – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
Sunset Boulevard continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 2 December and then tours until 28 April 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ After a highly successful, if headline making, run last year by the English National Opera, this touring production of Sunset Boulevard has arrived at the Milton Keynes Theatre. […]
Scrooge The Musical – Curve Leicester
Scrooge The Musical continues at Curve Leicester until 7 January 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Strange to say, Scrooge is a story about death. And Leslie Bricusse’s musical, beautifully presented here by Made at Curve, creating exciting home-grown shows at the heart of Leicester, vividly makes that point. There’s an […]
Meera Syal joins West End company of Annie as Miss Hannigan
From 27 November 2017 Meera Syal will join the West End company of Annie to play the role of Miss Hannigan for the duration of the run which concludes, as previously announced, on 18 February 2018 at the Piccadilly Theatre. Nikolai Foster’s West End production opened in May this year with Miranda Hart as Miss […]
Craig Revel Horwood joins the West End company of Annie
Last night (18 September) Craig Revel Horwood opened in the West End company of Annie; he will be playing the role of Miss Hannigan for the next 10 weeks. Nikolai Foster’s production is booking at the Piccadilly Theatre to 18 February 2018. Best known on television as a judge on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, Craig Revel […]
An Officer and a Gentleman musical adaptation to debut at Leicester Curve before tour
A major musical version of the 1980s classic movie An Officer and a Gentleman will receive its world premiere at Leicester Curve next year ahead of a UK and Ireland tour. Directed by Curve’s artistic director Nikolai Foster [pictured below] and produced by Jamie Wilson and Curve, the show will make its debut in Leicester […]
Craig Revel Horwood joins London company of Annie
From 18 September to 26 November 2017, Craig Revel Horwood will join the West End company of Annie to play the role of Miss Hannigan for 10 weeks. In addition, it is announced today that Nikolai Foster’s production will extend booking at the Piccadilly Theatre to 18 February 2018. Best known on television as a […]
Sunset Boulevard UK and Ireland tour – full casting details
Full casting has been revealed for the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning musical Sunset Boulevard. Directed by Nikolai Foster, the tour will open at Curve on Saturday 16 September 2017 (press night is Thursday 28 September). Joining the previously announced Ria Jones as Norma Desmond and Danny Mac as Joe […]
