Redcliffe A New Musical continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 4 July 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Redcliffe is an important piece not only because it offers a beautiful portrayal of queer love in the past, but because of the way it speaks to the present.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman – Curve Leicester and Touring
Kiss of the Spider Woman was reviewed at Curve Leicester where it continues until 25 April 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a bold, deeply moving revival.
Full cast for Redcliffe debut at Southwark Playhouse
The full cast has been confirmed for upcoming premiere of Jordan Luke Gage’s Redcliffe at Southwark Playhouse Borough.
Layton Williams and George Blagden join Kiss of the Spider Woman cast
Layton Williams and George Blagden are the latest additions to the cast of next year’s highly anticipated new production of the groundbreaking musical Kiss of the Spider Woman.
Extraordinary Women – Jermyn Street Theatre
Extraordinary Women continues at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London until 10 August 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a production that defines ‘niche chamber piece’.
Tell Me On A Sunday – Leicester Curve and Touring
Tell Me On A Sunday continues at Leicester Curve until 16 October 2021 and then tours until 20 November 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a brilliant musical. Perfect in so many ways. A delight of an evening. How come? Unusually, just one magnificent performer electrifies the whole show. […]
Jodie Prenger to star in UK tour of Tell Me On A Sunday
Jodie Prenger will be hitting the road across the UK this summer in a revival of the acclaimed 2016 Watermill Theatre production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s Tell Me On A Sunday. Presented by Jamie Wilson with Kevin McCollum and Gavin Kalin, the UK national tour will launch at the Malvern Festival Theatre […]
Curtains – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Curtains continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 18 January, then on tour until 11 April 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Musical murder mystery Curtains resumed its UK tour in Wimbledon after an unexpected five-week West End run at the Wyndham’s Theatre, rushed in because of the premature closing […]
Curtains – Wyndham’s Theatre
Curtains continues at the Wyndham’s Theatre, London until 11 January 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Instead of a holiday break for its extensive UK tour, the news of a limited engagement for the first big British production of Curtains at the Wyndham’s Theatre was indeed an exciting prospect. Thirteen years after its […]
Fascinating Aida – Queen Elizabeth Hall and Touring
Fascinating Aida continues at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London until 5 January 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The antidote to any Election Night blues arrived swiftly with the outrageous, hot-off-the-press satire of Fascinating Aida kicking off a month of wickedness and devilry on London’s South Bank before embarking on a […]
Curtains – Palace Theatre, Manchester and Touring
Curtains was reviewed at the Palace Theatre, Manchester and continues touring until 11 April 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Rodgers and Hammerstein (or Hart), Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, Lerner and Loewe may all be household names, but are Kander and Ebb? Yet John Kander and Fred Ebb gave us Cabaret […]
‘Another Op’nin’, Another Show’: Cindy Belliot plays Hattie in Kiss Me, Kate at Sheffield Crucible
Sheffield Theatres’ Christmas musical is a major revival of Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate at the Crucible Theatre, directed by Paul Foster. The production continues until 12 January 2019. CINDY BELLIOT plays Hattie. Her theatre credits include Sweet Charity (Nottingham Playhouse), Aladdin (Prince Edward Theatre), Motown (Shaftesbury Theatre), Fela (Broadway, National Theatre London and USA tour), The Hurly Burly Show […]
Kiss Me, Kate – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Kiss Me, Kate continues at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until 12 January 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Cole Porter’s music for Kiss Me, Kate has everything needed for a delightful evening in the theatre: comedic wit (‘Brush Up Your Shakespeare’); one of the greatest of torch songs (‘So in Love’); spectacular opportunities for […]
Crucible’s Christmas Kiss Me Kate – cast announced
Sheffield Theatres’ artistic director Robert Hastie has announced full casting details for Paul Foster’s major revival of Cole Porter’s classic Kiss Me, Kate, which is due to begin previewing at the Crucible from 7 December 2018. Due to run until 12 January 2019, with an opening night on 12 December, the new production of Porter’s […]
Alexander Bermange’s I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical – cast revealed
Casting has been announced for the world premiere of Alexander S Bermange’s musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical at London entertainment hub Live At Zédel. Wicked stars Suzie Mathers (Mamma Mia!) and Oliver Savile (The Phantom of the Opera) will join former Rocky Horror co-stars Liam Tamne (The Phantom of the […]
A Little Night Music – Watermill Theatre, Newbury
A Little Night Music continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, near Newbury, until 16 September. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This immaculate revival of surely one of the most perfect pieces of musical theatre ever written is worth going a long way to see. It is hard to believe Stephen Sondheim’s […]
Full cast for Watermill’s A Little Night Music
Full casting has been confirmed for the first actor/musician production of Stephen Sondheim’s haunting A Little Night Music at the Watermill Theatre this summer. Part of the Watermill’s 50th anniversary season and following on from the success of previous productions of Sondheim’s work at the intimate Berkshire venue, A Little Night Music will run from 27 […]
Watermill Theatre to stage A Little Night Music
The first actor/musician production of Stephen Sondheim’s haunting A Little Night Music will be part of the Watermill Theatre’s 50th anniversary season. Following on from the success of previous Sondheim productions at the intimate Berkshire venue, A Little Night Music will run from 27 July until 16 September. Directed by Paul Foster, with award-winning Sarah […]
Annie Get Your Gun – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Annie Get Your Gun continues at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until 21 January 2017. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Most prestige venues now opt for Christmas shows that, while they may be ‘family entertainment’, avoid Santas, sleighs or slapstick. This year’s Crucible Theatre offering transports us instead to the Wild West […]
Annie Get Your Gun at Sheffield Crucible extends run
Sheffield Theatres has announced that its major new revival of Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun has extended its run for one week due to public demand, now closing on 21 January. The show opens on 14 December, with previews from 8 December. Paul Foster directs Anna-Jane Casey as Annie Oakley and Ben Lewis as Frank Butler, with Nicolas Colicos (Buffalo […]
Annie Get Your Gun at Sheffield Crucible – Anna-Jane Casey and Ben Lewis lead cast
Sheffield Theatres has revealed the cast for its major new revival of Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun, playing from 14 December, with previews from 8 December, and running until 14 January. Paul Foster directs Anna-Jane Casey as Annie Oakley and Ben Lewis as Frank Butler, with Nicolas Colicos (Buffalo Bill), Mike Denman (Pawnee Bill), Lauren Hall (Winnie […]
Jodie Prenger stars in Tell Me On a Sunday tour
A national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black’s musical Tell Me On a Sunday, starring Jodie Prenger, will begin on Wednesday 2 March 2016, following a season at the Watermill Theatre from Thursday 28 January to Saturday 20 February 2016. Tell Me On a Sunday charts the romantic misadventures of a young English girl in […]
