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Musical Theatre Review contributors pick their top shows of 2024
A selection of Musical Theatre Review critics were asked to choose their ‘show of the year’ from all the productions they had seen in 2024. As you can see below, some struggled to pick just one!
Dear Evan Hansen – Nottingham Playhouse and Touring
Dear Evan Hansen was reviewed at Nottingham Playhouse where it runs until 28 September 2024. The tour continues until 24 May 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Dear Evan Hansen is one of the most powerful and important musicals to emerge from the genre in recent years.
New Dear Evan Hansen to tour UK in 2024
The first new UK production of the multi-award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen will embark on a major UK tour next year.
UK Theatre Awards 2022 – The nominees
Leicester Curve’s Billy Elliot, Storyhouse Chester’s Now Is Good, and the Watermill Theatre’s production of Whistle Down the Wind will battle it out for the title of Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards 2022. Returning after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the three hit shows are of among the 2022 nominees […]
Identical – Nottingham Playhouse
Identical continues at Nottingham Playhouse until 14 August 2022. The production will then play a transfer run at The Lowry in Salford from 19 August until 3 September. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Based on the 1949 book Lisa and Lottie (which itself inspired Disney’s The Parent Trap franchise), Identical tells […]
Trevor Nunn-directed Identical musical finds it trio of twin stars
Following a five year talent search and multiple auditions across the UK, the team behind the Trevor Nunn-directed Identical has revealed the three sets of identical twins selected to star in the new British musical which makes its long-awaited debut this summer. Due to receive its world premiere in Nottingham from 26 July until 14 […]
Michèle Taylor appointed MBE for services to Theatre and Disabled People
Michèle Taylor has been appointed MBE for services to Theatre and People with Disabilities as part of the New Year’s Honours list. Taylor works as Director for Change for Ramps On The Moon. This is the Arts Council-funded consortium aiming to change the theatre sector by bringing more Deaf and disabled people into the sector […]
New musical Identical to debut at Nottingham Playhouse in 2022
The Trevor Nunn-directed new British musical Identical will make its long-awaited debut at the Nottingham Playhouse next summer two years later than originally planned. Co-produced by Nottingham Playhouse and Kenny Wax Ltd (producer of the Goes Wrong shows and Six) the musical based on the best-selling book Lottie and Lisa which inspired the hit 1961 […]
Barry Humphries to bring new show to UK in 2022
Australian entertainment legend Barry Humphries is heading back to the UK in 2022 with his new show Barry Humphries: The Man Behind The Mask. The entertainer will step away from his larger than life alter-egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Paterson to take British audiences on a trip through his life and a career […]
Online release of hit show Piaf
An online version of the hit Nottingham Playhouse and Leeds Playhouse production of Pam Gems’ Piaf will be available to rent until 31 December 2021. Directed by the Nottingham Playhouse’s artistic director Adam Penford, the reopening production at the venue this summer stars Olivier Award-winner Jenna Russell (Sunday in the Park With George, Merrily We […]
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 […]
Nottingham Playhouse to reopen with Piaf starring Jenna Russell
Tony nominated and Olivier Award-winning actress Jenna Russell will step into the spotlight as Edith Piaf in Pam Gems’ Piaf – the reopening production at Nottingham Playhouse this summer. Presented by Nottingham Playhouse and Leeds Playhouse, the production which is directed by Nottingham’s artistic director Adam Penford had been due to debut in 2020 with […]
Graeae launches Beyond scheme to give a voice to disabled artists after Covid
Graeae, the UK’s leading disabled-led theatre company, has launched a major new initiative aiming to shape the role that disabled artists will play as UK theatre tries to rebuild following the Covid-crisis. Championed by Graeae patrons Harriet Walter and Mat Fraser, BEYOND aims to integrate disabled artists into the creative structures of theatres and to create […]
Open letter to theatre and performance makers
Just hours before the first meeting of the Government’s new recreation and leisure taskforce, a wide-range of companies and venues signed an open letter to theatre and performance makers urging them to become part of a new industry-led freelancers’ task force. Amid warnings that over 1,000 theatres across the country will be closed permanently by […]
The cast of Nottingham Playhouse’s Piaf gives lockdown digital performance
The stars of Piaf – which should have been performed at Nottingham Playhouse and Leeds Playhouse this spring – have come together for an exclusive performance of ‘Hymne a L’Amour’. The piece, initiated by director Adam Penford and musical director Alex Parker, gives audiences an exclusive taste of what to expect from the postponed production. […]
Parent Trap musical Identical delayed until 2021
The world premiere of Identical, the major new British musical based on best-selling novel Lottie and Lisa and the two Disney films The Parent Trap, has been postponed for a year. Co-produced by Nottingham Playhouse and Kenny Wax Ltd (producer of the Goes Wrong shows and Six) and directed by Trevor Nunn, the show was […]
Sweet Charity – Nottingham Playhouse
Sweet Charity at the Nottingham Playhouse. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ Sweet Charity is back in vogue, if it was ever out. The Watermill, Newbury’s wildly popular production has just closed. Over the pond, Marriott Theater in Illinois is mounting an eight-week run through September and October. Long Island’s BroadHollow Theatre will stage it throughout January […]
Rebecca Trehearn to play title role Sweet Charity at Nottingham Playhouse
Olivier Award-winner Rebecca Trehearn will take on the title role in the Nottingham Playhouse’s production of Broadway hit Sweet Charity. The Show Boat star will take on the central role of Charity Hope Valentine, the unlucky in love taxi dancer, in the major new production which will play the Nottingham venue from 31 August until […]
