Barnum was reviewed at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury where it continues until 28 March 2026. The tour continues until 31 October 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A very enjoyable show with incredibly skilled performers.
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Barnum – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Barnum continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 8 September 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Don’t be a sucker, get tickets while you can and enjoy this exuberant revival at the Watermill.
Newbury’s Watermill to stage Barnum revival
A revival of the classic American musical Barnum will be the centrepiece of the 2024 season at the Watermill Theatre this summer.
The Cher Show – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
The Cher Show continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 13 August 2022 and then tours until 18 March 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The much-anticipated jukebox musical about Cher’s life struts onto the stage at Milton Keynes Theatre this week. Written by Tony Award-winning Rick Elice (Jersey Boys), directed […]
The Cher Show – Opera House, Manchester
The Cher Show continues at the Opera House, Manchester until 21 May 2022 and tours the UK until 18 March 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s hard to believe that it took until 2018 for there to be a full-blown Broadway musical based on Cher’s life. The rags-to-riches tale of gawky, deep-voiced Cherilyn Sarkisian’s […]
Performances and presenter line-up announced for Olivier Awards 2022
With under a week to go until the Olivier Awards 2022 with Mastercard, details have been revealed for British theatre’s most prestigious and glamorous night, including the star-studded list of award presenters and performances. The Olivier Awards take place on Sunday 10 April at the Royal Albert Hall – returning after a two-year pandemic hiatus […]
The Cher Show tour – full cast announced
The full cast has been unveiled for the UK and Ireland tour of hit Broadway jukebox musical The Cher Show ahead of the production’s opening run at Leicester Curve next month. As previously announced the cast will be headed by Debbie Kurup (The Bodyguard at the Adelphi Theatre, The Prince of Egypt, Dominion Theatre), Danielle […]
The three faces of The Cher Show revealed
Debbie Kurup, Danielle Steers and Millie O’Connell will play the three stages in the sequin-drenched life of the legendary Cher when hit Broadway jukebox musical The Cher Show launches in the UK this spring. Directed by Arlene Phillips reuniting with ex Strictly pro Oti Mabuse as choreographer, with the musical’s all-important costumes designed by Six […]
Arlene Phillips and Oti Mabuse head creative team for The Cher Show’s UK and Ireland debut
Arlene Phillips and Oti Mabuse are joining forces to help bring hit Broadway jukebox musical The Cher Show to the UK and Ireland next year with a major production launching at Leicester Curve. The Strictly alumni will head the creative team with Phillips taking charge as director and Mabuse stepping up as choreographer of the […]
McOnie Company launches Micro Musical Lockdown
The McOnie Company has launched the Micro Musical Lockdown, a series of musical masterclasses as part of its Digital Dance Season. The online event, hosted on the company’s Instagram account this weekend, will see some of the industry’s leading composers and choreographers partnering to create four original musical numbers. Each will be accompanied by a […]
‘It was a perfect fit that I came into musical theatre’: INTERVIEW: Strictly’s Oti Mabuse works her choreography magic
Best known as one of the most popular dancers on BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing, OTI MABUSE has enjoyed a new move into musical theatre, having choreographed Ain’t Misbehavin’ at Colchester Mercury and Southwark Playhouse earlier this year, and recently working her magic on Kiss Me, Kate at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury. Born in Pretoria, […]
Kiss Me, Kate – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Kiss Me, Kate continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 21 September 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The great thing about theatre is that it transcends all boundaries. Gender stereotypes, wife-slapping and husband-beating, psychological coercion – they all started way before Shakespearean times and then good old Cole Porter came […]
Rebecca Trehearn and David Ricardo-Pearce to star in Watermill’s Kiss Me, Kate
Rebecca Trehearn and David Ricardo-Pearce will play the warring couple at the heart of the Watermill Theatre’s version of Cole Porter’s classic Kiss Me, Kate this summer. Olivier Award-winner Trehearn (Show Boat, New London Theatre, Sweet Charity, Nottingham Playhouse) will take on the role Lilli Vanessi (Katherine) opposite Ricardo-Pearce who returns to the Newbury venue […]
Tyrone Huntley and Oti Mabuse to bring new production of Ain’t Misbehavin’ to the Southwark Playhouse
Award-winning actor Tyrone Huntley will make his directorial debut with the first London revival of Ain’t Misbehavin’ in almost 25 years at the Southwark Playhouse in April 2019. Presented by Paul Taylor-Mills and the Mercury Theatre Colchester in association with the Tamasha Theatre Company, the production will arrive in London following its premiere run in […]
