Daniel Krikler will take on the central role in the world premiere of the musical adaptation of Wladyslaw Szpilman’s memoir The Pianist at London’s Park Theatre this autumn.
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Dracapella – Park Theatre
Dracapella continues at the Park Theatre, London until 17 January 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ As an a cappella musical, it has just enough originality to become a great and popular work with a life far beyond this Christmas season.
A Song of Songs – Park Theatre
A Song of Songs continues at the Park Theatre, London until 15 June 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A triumph of adventurous collaboration, exhilarating world music, and a radical rereading of Biblical canon.
On the Ropes – Park Theatre
On the Ropes continues at the Park Theatre, London until 4 February 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
New musical drama On The Ropes to debut at the Park Theatre
A musical drama inspired by the true story of boxer Vernon Vanriel will receive its world premiere as part of the 2023 season at London’s Park Theatre. Debuting from 6 January until 4 February 2023, On The Ropes is written by Dougie Blaxland and Vanriel and directed by Anastasia Osei-Kuffour.
Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] – Park Theatre
Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] continues at the Park Theatre, London until 9 July 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Everyone with an interest in UK politics has an opinion about ex-Prime Minister Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair. Whether positive or negative, that opinion might put one off attending a show called […]
Cast unveiled for Tony (The Tony Blair Rock Opera)
Comedian and singer Charlie Baker will play Tony Blair alongside West End star Gary Trainor as Gordon Brown when Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s Tony (The Tony Blair Rock Opera) receives its world premiere at London’s Park Theatre this summer. Baker, whose comedy credits include appearing on hit TV shows including Harry Hill’s Teatime, The […]
World premiere for satirical show Tony (The Tony Blair Rock Opera)
Comedy star Harry Hill and composer Steve Brown’s Tony (The Tony Blair Rock Opera) will receive its world premiere at London’s Park Theatre this summer. Featuring a book by Hill and music and lyrics by Brown, the show which takes a comic look at the controversial former PM and his journey from student wannabe rock […]
Critically-acclaimed hit Julie Madly Deeply is heading to London’s Park Theatre
In the charming yet cheeky cabaret Julie Madly Deeply, playing at London’s Park Theatre from 20 December 2021 to 1 January 2022, award-winning performer Sarah-Louise Young pays tribute to beloved showbiz icon Dame Julie Andrews while at the same time taking an engaging look at fame and fandom. Sarah-Louise (Fascinating Aida, An Evening Without Kate […]
Little Women – Park Theatre
Little Women continues at the Park Theatre, London until 19 December 2021. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ When I was a child, I loved Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel Little Women. I grew up, avidly watching various TV and film adaptations, culminating in my favourite interpretation of all: the critically-acclaimed 2019 film, […]
Cast for London premiere of Little Women
Casting has been confirmed for the upcoming London premiere of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical Little Women at London’s Park Theatre. The March sisters, Jo, Beth, Amy and Meg, will be played by Lydia White (Chess, Nuffield Southampton Theatre, Rags, Hope Mill Theatre), Anastasia Martin (Legends TV series), Mary Moore (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Southwark Playhouse) and […]
Little Women and Tony Blair musicals lined up for new season at London’s Park Theatre
The London premiere of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical Little Women and a work-in-progress presentation of Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s Tony!(The Tony Blair Rock Opera) will feature in the autumn to spring season at London’s Park Theatre. Presented by the team behind last year’s successful transfer season of RAGS The Musical, Aria Entertainment, Hope Mill […]
The Theatre Channel Episode 8 will celebrate the work of Stephen Schwartz
The work of multi-award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz will be in the spotlight when the popular pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series The Theatre Channel returns next month. Presented by Adam Blanshay Productions, Park Theatre, Playbill and The Theatre Café, the special episode will be narrated by Schwartz who will also join the resident […]
The Last Five Years and Rags share the musical theatre honours at the 2021 Offies
There were two wins each for the Southwark Playhouse run of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years and the Park Theatre transfer of Hope Mill Theatre’s critically-acclaimed production of Rags (Charles Strouse, Stephen Schwartz, Joseph Stein), directed by Bronagh Lagan, at OffWestEnd’s 2021 Offies Awards. Jonathan O’Boyle won in the Director category for his […]
Doing, rather than waiting – An interview with acclaimed producer Katy Lipson (Part One)
KATY LIPSON is the director of Aria Entertainment, a company which has been at the forefront of reimagining how theatre can operate given our current world of lockdowns and social distancing. Her Park Theatre production of Rags (originally at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre) and Southwark Playhouse production of The Last Five Years have been nominated […]
Musical Theatre Review critics offer their Top 5 theatre picks from 2020
As each year draws to a close, Musical Theatre Review usually pulls together a round-up of all the productions covered that have received four and five star reviews. After such an extraordinary year, during which any production staged has been a triumph over adversity, such an approach seemed inappropriate. Instead, I asked a small group […]
Arts Council grant boost for Park Theatre
London’s Park Theatre has been awarded £35,000 in emergency funding from Arts Council England to help the popular venue survive the lockdown and social distancing measures necessitated by the Covid-19 crisis. The support from ACE coincides with news that the Park Theatre’s public Go Fund Me campaign, Park Life, has already reached 50% of its target […]
Park Theatre launches Park Life fund
London’s Park Theatre has launched a new fund aimed at securing the future of the venue while theatres remain closed during the COVID-19 crisis. Announced by artistic director Jez Bond, the setting up of the Park Life fund follows Bond’s own fundraising efforts which raised £300,000 from key donors in 48 hours. The money raised […]
Full cast for Rags The Musical’s London transfer
Carolyn Maitland, Dave Willetts and Sam Attwater will star in the London transfer run of Hope Mill Theatre’s critically acclaimed RAGS The Musical at Finsbury Park’s Park Theatre early next year. With starring roles in genre hits including Ghost (UK tour) and Groundhog Day (The Old Vic) Maitland will play Rebecca opposite The Phantom of […]
One-night only celebration of Stephen Schwartz will raise funds for the London transfer of Hope Mill’s Rags
Aria Entertainment and Hope Mill Theatre will continue their on-going successful partnership with Stephen Schwartz with a special gala fundraiser celebrating the writer’s work. Timed to raise funds to help finance the London transfer run of Hope Mill’s critically-acclaimed production of Schwartz’s Rags The Musical at the Park Theatre in North London, the show on […]
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice – Park Theatre
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice continues at the Park Theatre, London until 15 September 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This is a very funny show. It’s also deeply tragic. And director Tom Latter has made a remarkably good job of linking those elements so that it rarely feels disparate. Mari, […]
Janie Dee – Live at Zédel
Janie Dee continues at Live at Zédel, London on 16 and 17 March 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Janie Dee returns to cabaret after her sensational performance in the National Theatre’s production of Follies. After the ice cold Phyllis, Dee transforms herself into a sultry piece of mischief, sweeping into the room and […]
Rothschild & Sons – Park Theatre
Rothschild & Sons continues at the Park Theatre, London until 17 February 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ At the heart of this UK premiere, directed by Jeffrey B. Moss, is a must-see performance by American actor Robert Cuccioli, re-creating his New York performance as Mayer Rothschild, along with Glory Crampton as his […]
Rothschild & Sons at the Park Theatre – Gary Trainor, Robert Cuccioli and Glory Crampton cast
A cast of Broadway and West End actors will feature in the UK premiere of the musical Rothschild & Sons which will open the new season at London’s Park Theatre in January 2018 (24 January until 17 February, press night is 29 January). Tony nominee Robert Cuccioli as Mayer and Glory Crampton as Gutele, will play the roles they […]
Park Theatre to stage UK premiere of Rothschild musical
The UK premiere of the musical Rothschild & Sons will open the new season at London’s Park Theatre in January. Written by Broadway songwriters Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock (creators of Fiddler On the Roof, She Loves Me) and Tony-nominated writer Sherman Yellen, Rothschild & Sons traces the journey of the Rothschild family from humble beginnings […]
tick, tick… BOOM! – Park Theatre
tick, tick… BOOM! continues at the Park Theatre, London until 27 May. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ That Jonathan Larson created the multi award-winning Broadway musical Rent would be enough to secure his place in musical theatre history. The tragedy of his death, on the last day of rehearsals for the […]
Tick, Tick…BOOM! at the Park Theatre – cast details
Full casting has been announced for Park Theatre’s production of tick, tick…BOOM!, the autobiographical rock musical that traces Jonathan Larson’s creation of his multi-award winning Rent. Taking on the central role of Jon, Chris Jenkins returns to Park Theatre following his appearance in 2016’s quadruple Offie (Off West End Theatre awards) nominated musical The Burnt Part […]
tick, tick… BOOM! to feature in new Park season
Park Theatre’s new spring/summer 2017 season will include rock musical tick, tick… BOOM! by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Jonathan Larson (playing from 3-27 May 2017, press night is 10 May) . An aspiring composer questions his life choices on the eve of his 30th birthday in Larson’s autobiographical rock musical. His girlfriend wants to get married and move out […]
This Little Life of Mine – Park Theatre
This Little Life of Mine continues at the Park Theatre, London until 29 October. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ This Little Life of Mine is a musical which takes the life of an ordinary couple, Izzy (Kate Batter) and Jonesy (James Robinson), and places it under a microscope. After recently moving into their […]
This Little Life of Mine at the Park Theatre – meet the creative team
Michael Yale’s This Little Life of Mine, a contemporary musical about life in London will have its world premiere at the capital’s Park Theatre next month. Directed by Yale, who also wrote the book with music by Charlie Round-Turner, the show will run from 4-29 October. The small cast consists of Greg Barnett, who takes […]
Interview – Matthew Iliffe – up and coming director of The Burnt Part Boys
Up and coming director MATTHEW ILIFFE has taken charge of the European premiere of the Off-Broadway hit musical The Burnt Part Boys at London’s Park90 until 3 September. Matthew, whose directing credits include last year’s production of Thoroughly Modern Millie at the Landor Theatre and Precious Little Talent (Gobstoppers Festival, The Albany) is also the co-founder of new writing […]
The Burnt Part Boys – Park Theatre
The Burnt Part Boys continues at the Park Theatre, London until 3 September. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The Burnt Part Boys takes a musical epic and brings it down in size for Park90’s intimate venue. The show relies largely on the audience’s imagination in picturing the mountain, forest, river and […]
New musical drama This Little Life of Mine to be staged at Park Theatre
The world premiere of This Little Life of Mine will run at Park Theatre for a limited season from 4-29 October, with press night on 5 October. This brand new musical drama, running as part of Park90, is a story about the gulf between desire and reality. This Little Life of Mine speaks with honesty and candour to a generation spoiled for choice, and challenged […]
The Burnt Part Boys receives European premiere at the Park Theatre
The Park Theatre will host the European premiere of Off-Broadway hit The Burnt Part Boys in August. The first musical to be staged in the venue’s Park90 space, the production will open on 10 August and will run until 3 September. A coming of age story set in rural West Virginia in 1962, the show has […]
The Buskers Opera – Park Theatre
The Buskers Opera continues at the Park Theatre, London until 4 June. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ In 1728, John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera debuted. A satirical sideswipe at the political figures of the day, it was one of the nascent breed of operas that dropped the sung recitative between arias, […]
The Buskers Opera at the Park Theatre – exclusive images
The Buskers Opera, a brand new musical from the pen of Dougal Irvine (Departure Lounge, The Snow Queen, Britain’s Got Bhangra), opens this week at the Park Theatre, playing until 4 June. In the cast are David Burt –the original revolutionary Enjolras in Les Misérables in 1985 – as Jeremiah Peachum, alongside comedian Simon Dylan-Kane (best known for regular appearances on Radio […]
The Buskers Opera – relaxed performance and crowdfunding scheme
The producers of The Buskers Opera, a brand new musical by Dougal Irvine (Departure Lounge, Laila, Britain’s Got Bhangra) and Park Theatre have announced the first ever ‘relaxed’ performance at the Park Theatre, to take place on Thursday 2 June 2016. The producers of the show have launched a unique crowdfunding scheme in order help deliver […]
The Buskers Opera at Park Theatre – George Maguire and Lauren Samuels cast
Casting has been revealed for The Buskers Opera, a brand new musical from the pen of Dougal Irvine (Departure Lounge, The Snow Queen, Britain’s Got Bhangra), which will open at Park Theatre on 28 April and play until 4 June, with a press night on 5 May. The Buskers Opera will star Olivier Award-winning George Maguire (Best Supporting Actor in a […]
Rapunzel – Park Theatre
Rapunzel continues at the Park Theatre, London until 2 January 2016. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This refreshing, original show is, I gather, part of a series of fairy tale reworkings set in a place called Waa which has a certain escapist affinity with Finsbury Park. My having not seen the others doesn’t […]
Park Theatre season includes new Dougal Irvine musical The Buskers Opera
As Park Theatre enters its third year, artistic director Jez Bond has announced its new season of work will include the world premiere of brand new British musical The Buskers Opera by Dougal Irvine, providing a refreshingly innovative take on John Gay’s classic The Beggar’s Opera. Before touring the country, The Buskers Opera will play […]
Rapunzel Christmas musical at the Park Theatre – Rolan Bell and Aretha Ayeh lead cast
Olivier Award nominee Rolan Bell (Memphis) and Aretha Ayeh (Love Me Tender) will head the cast of Rapunzel at London’s Park Theatre which opens in early December. The venue’s third in its popular series of Christmas shows will be directed by Jez Bond who also provides the production’s book, music and lyrics along with Mark […]
Thérèse Raquin – Park Theatre
Thérèse Raquin continues at the Park Theatre, London, until 24 August. Emile Zola’s mucky, macabre tale of the adultery and murder that ‘human animals’ get up to midst the tea-and-dominoes pseudo-gentility atop a little haberdashery shop in late 19th century Paris makes for a mighty unusual musical. If you head for the friendly 200-seater Park Theatre […]
Do I Hear a Waltz? – Park Theatre
Do I Hear A Waltz? continues at the Park Theatre, London, until 30 March. Watching the witty and charming end-product at the cosy 200-seater Park Theatre in Finsbury Park, it was hard to imagine that the birth of Do I Hear A Waltz? almost half a century ago was so beset by behind-the-scenes disharmony. With […]
