In Dreams continues at the Courtyard Theatre, Leeds Playhouse until 5 August 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A rollicking musical about imminent death is scarcely the most obvious premise for a feel-good show in these troubled times.
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First casting news for world premiere of In Dreams at Leeds Playhouse
Tony Award-winner Lena Hall will join West End star Oliver Tompsett in new musical In Dreams at Leeds Playhouse this summer.
But I’m a Cheerleader The Musical – Turbine Theatre
But I’m a Cheerleader The Musical continues until 27 November 2022 at the Turbine Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
More cast details confirmed for premiere of The Rhythmics
Further casting news has been announced for the premiere of new feel-good musical The Rhythmics at the Southwark Playhouse this Christmas. As previously announced, former pop star turned musical theatre favourite Noel Sullivan (School of Rock, We Will Rock You) will play single dad Grey with recent graduate Zweyla Mitchell Dos Santos making her professional […]
First cast news & new video for The Rhythmics premiere at Southwark Playhouse
Noel Sullivan will star alongside recent graduate Zweyla Mitchell Dos Santos in the premiere of new feel-good musical The Rhythmics at the Southwark Playhouse this Christmas. The former pop star turned musical theatre favourite will play single dad Grey with Dos Santos making her professional debut as his supportive teenage daughter Silva in the production […]
London return for musical theatre-themed RE:arrangement
Award-winning musical director Nick Barstow will bring his hit concert series RE:Arrangement back to London later this month at Udderbelly’s London Wonderground for one night only. After debuting at Crazy Coqs in London and entertaining audiences aboard the Stages Floating Festival musical cruise in 2019, musical director, composer and arranger Barstow will bring his musical […]
Starting Here, Starting Now – Waterloo East Theatre
Starting Here, Starting Now continues at the Waterloo East Theatre until 18 July 2021. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire are together best known as collaborators on revue show Closer Than Ever, but their history dates to their days as Yale students together. After leaving university, they […]
Waterloo East to reopen with Maltby and Shire’s Starting Here, Starting Now
A trio of West End favourites will feature in a new production of Maltby and Shire’s Starting Here, Starting Now which will be the first show to play the Waterloo East Theatre in 16 months. Nikki Bentley (Wicked, Apollo Victoria), Gina Murray (Mamma Mia! Novello Theatre) and Noel Sullivan (School of Rock, Gillian Lynne Theatre) […]
Adrian Mole musical writers join the Floating Festivals Stages cruise line-up
The team behind the hit new British musical The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾: The Musical have joined the star-packed list of attractions due to climb aboard the second edition of Stages – The Musical Theatre Festival at Sea this autumn. Writers Pippa Cleary and Jake Brunger will offer passengers a glimpse behind […]
Noel Sullivan is the new Dewey in West End’s School of Rock
Former pop star Noel Sullivan will step into the central role of Dewey Finn in the West End production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Olivier Award-winning School of Rock – The Musical in August. Sullivan, who first found fame as a member of Hear’Say (the pop group created by ITV talent show Popstars nearly two decades […]
It’s Only Life – Union Theatre
It’s Only Life continues at the Union Theatre, London until 7 July 2018. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ One disadvantage with songwriters that write highly personal, intimate songs is that there is often a preponderance of numbers about writing. This is often true with It’s Only Life, a revue of songs by John Bucchino that was originally put together […]
UK debut For John Bucchino’s It’s Only Life
Award-winning musical revue It’s Only Life will receive its UK premiere with a limited run at the Union Theatre this summer. Produced by Katy Lipson for musical theatre specialists Aria Entertainment, the show about love, loss and longing will run from Wednesday 13 June until Saturday 7 July 2018. Featuring the work of songwriter John […]
Tiger Bay the Musical – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Tiger Bay the Musical continues at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff until 25 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ An instant reaction to any show titled Tiger Bay the Musical is that it is going to tell the story of the legendary Shirley Bassey, born there 80 years ago. However, we are in […]
Tiger Bay the Musical at Wales Millennium Centre – full cast details for premiere
The full cast has been announced for the premiere of Tiger Bay the Musical at Wales Millennium Centre (running from 13 to 25 November, with opening night on 15 November). Bringing to life on stage this epic story of romance, revenge, heartbreak and hope will be a 39-strong cast, led by the previously announced West […]
Tiger Bay the Musical – Suzanne Packer makes Cardiff homecoming
Casualty’s Suzanne Packer will be heading home to Cardiff to take on a leading role in the premiere of Tiger Bay the Musical at Wales Millennium Centre this November. Packer will join the previously announced West End and Broadway actor John Owen Jones (Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera), former Hear’Say singer and local […]
Seasons of Larson – Anton Stephans and Noel Sullivan join line-up
Joining the line-up for Seasons of Larson, a one-off concert celebrating the life and music of legendary Broadway composer Jonathan Larson, are Anton Stephans and Noel Sullivan. The concert will take place on Monday 25 January 2016 at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. Anton Stephans most recently graced the nation’s screens as a contestant on The X Factor, mentored […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 24 October and then on tour until 28 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Since Musical Theatre Review saw Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in the early stages of its tour at the Liverpool Empire in July, Gary Wilmot has taken over […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Empire Theatre, Liverpool and Touring
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was reviewed at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool and continues its UK tour until 28 November 2015. Rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It may not have lasted the course in the West End but that hasn’t and isn’t stopping Jerry Mitchell’s UK production and new cast of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels giving the audience exactly what they […]
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels tour – full casting announced
The national tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, opening at the New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham on 5 May 2015, will star Michael Praed as Lawrence, Noel Sullivan as Freddy, Carley Stenson as Christine and Mark Benton as Andre. They are joined by Geraldine Fitzgerald as Muriel. The rest of the company includes Emma Caffrey; Andy Conaghan; Phoebe Coupe; Soophia Faroughi; Jonny Godbold; Orla Gormley; Patrick Harper; Justin Lee-Jones; Jordan Livesey; Lisa Mathieson; Andy […]
Rock of Ages – Manchester and Touring
Rock of Ages continues at the Palace Theatre, Manchester until 10 May, and then tours until 22 November. You can’t knock the statistics that Rock of Ages has accumulated. A two-year run in the West End, a movie adaptation starring Tom Cruise, and a run that still continues on Broadway well into its sixth year […]
