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Movie review: Frozen: The Musical – Disney+

Frozen: The Musical is streaming on Disney+. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It will be a real treat for fans of the animated original and Theatre Royal stage door devotees alike.

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Frozen – Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Frozen continues at at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ After a year of magic in the West End, Frozen has had some cast changes. What a splendid excuse to open up the gates for a celebratory media night.

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Date set for West End Musical Christmas Live in London

The team behind the popular West End Musical Brunch events, the West End Musical Drive-In series and the hit West End Musical Celebration shows will return to London with another star-packed celebration of musical theatre this festive season. Featuring a cast of West End stars, a live band and a dance ensemble, West End Musical […]

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Frozen – Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Frozen continues at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ On first hearing that Disney’s most successful animated franchise would make its move to the stage I was, admittedly, slightly sceptical. Since the extraordinary breakthrough made by The Lion King, further attempted animation adaptations seem to me to […]

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‘It’s so exciting to be part of something that people hold so dear to their hearts’: Oliver Ormson relishes being a Disney villain in Frozen the Musical

Following its success on Broadway and for the first time in forever, Frozen the Musical is set to open at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane tonight (8 September 2021). With music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and book by Jennifer Lee, the musical based on the popular Disney film of […]

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Bookings open for West End’s Frozen as new images and photoshoot video are released

Public booking is now open for the eagerly-anticipated West End debut of Tony-nominated musical Frozen. Now due to begin preview performances from 27 August 2021 at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane with an official opening night on 8 September, the Disney Theatrical Productions show is now taking bookings until 3 April 2022. West […]

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West End production of Frozen to officially open in September 2021

The eagerly-anticipated West End debut of Tony-nominated musical Frozen will preview from 27 August 2021, with a press night on 8 September at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Joining Samantha Barks (Elsa) and Stephanie McKeon (Anna) are Obioma Ugoala (Kristoff), Craig Gallivan (Olaf), Oliver Ormson (Hans), Richard Frame (Weselton), and alternating the role of […]

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Roles We’ll Never Play – West End to be streamed to home audiences

A live recording of last month’s West End debut of the popular Roles We’ll Never Play concert series will be streamed to home audiences next weekend. Featuring a cast of over 25 the performance which was filmed live during the concert’s sold-out run at London’s Apollo Theatre in December will be streamed via stream.theatre at […]

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West End debut for Roles We’ll Never Play series

The popular Roles We’ll Never Play concert series will make its West End debut at London’s Apollo Theatre in December. Following two successful years of sold-out concerts in the capital, Roles We’ll Never Play West End on 7 December 2020 will once again offer a host of West End favourites the chance to perform songs […]

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The Theatre Channel – Episode One

The Theatre Channel – Episode One – The Theatre Café/Adam Blanshay Productions Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The Theatre Café, a hub for West End musical theatre loving audiences is brought to life like you’ve never seen it before by The Theatre Channel. Producer Adam Blanshay feels passionately that this socially distanced musical […]

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New Theatre Channel launches on 2 October 2020

Adam Blanshay Productions and The Theatre Café will release the first episode of their new pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series on 2 October 2020. Featuring a mix of West End stars and leading creatives, The Theatre Channel will be available via a new platform hosted on The Theatre Café’s website. The opening episode will […]

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September launch for new web series The Theatre Channel

West End stars and creatives will feature in a new pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series presented by Adam Blanshay and The Theatre Café. Launching with a pilot episode in September followed by a full season of nine episodes, The Theatre Channel will be available via a new platform hosted on The Theatre Café’s website. […]

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West End Frozen cast and new dates confirmed

Full casting and new dates have been announced for Disney Theatrical Productions’ eagerly-anticipated West End production of Tony-nominated musical Frozen. Originally due to skate into the refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the autumn, the production will now open in London on 14 April 2021 with preview performances from 2 April. The initial booking period […]

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Line-up for Barn Theatre’s celebration of the work of Finn Anderson

Cirencester’s Barn Theatre has unveiled another star-studded line-up for the second concert in the venue’s new virtual series showcasing the work of Britain’s musical theatre composers. Celebrating the work of Scottish musical theatre composer and singer/songwriter Finn Anderson, the concert will be released on 23 May 2020 at 7.30pm BST on the venue’s Facebook, YouTube […]

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High Fidelity – Turbine Theatre

High Fidelity continues at the Turbine Theatre, London until 7 December 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel High Fidelity has had a circuitous route in its various adaptations. Five years later, the story of slacker record shop workers discussing music and failing at relationships moved from North London to […]

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Oliver Ormson leads the cast of Turbine Theatre’s High Fidelity

Oliver Ormson will take on the central role in the musical version of Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity when it receives its UK premiere at the newly opened London venue, The Turbine Theatre next month. Recently seen in the Kilworth House Theatre’s production of Cats and on tour in The Addams Family, Ormson will take the […]

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