The producers of the multi-award-winning Come From Away have announced the first dates and venues for the West End production’s first UK and Ireland tour.
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Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical – Phoenix Theatre
Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London until 26 August 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Come From Away to tour the UK and Ireland from February 2024
The multi-award-winning musical Come From Away, which celebrated its 1,000th performance in the West End this week (28 November 2022), will launch its first ever tour of the UK and Ireland, opening in Leicester in February 2024. Further information on tour venues and dates will be announced soon.
‘When he told us the towers had collapsed we couldn’t believe it’: My cousin Suzie’s Come From Away experience
A few weeks ago my cousin Suzie Nash saw a post on the Musical Theatre Review Instagram account about my return trip to see the West End production of Come From Away, writes Musical Theatre Review editor Lisa Martland. After we exchanged a few messages – she was curious to know more about the show – I discovered that Suzie was on a British Airways flight from London to the US on September 11 2001.
Final curtain for London’s Come From Away in January 2023
The producers of the multi-award-winning Come From Away have announced a final extension to the show’s West End run with its last performance at the Phoenix Theatre scheduled for 7 January 2023. By the time the West End company takes its final bow, the critic and crowd-pleasing production will have played 1,048 performances in London […]
Come From Away welcomes new and returning cast to its London production
The multi-award-winning London production of hit musical Come From Away welcomes new and returning cast members to the Phoenix Theatre from June 2022. Kirsty Malpass has returned to the London Come From Away family in the role of Bonnie and others, Olivier Award-nominated Robert Hands returns to the role of Nick/Doug and others, Lejaun Sheppard […]
Come From Away – Phoenix Theatre
Come From Away continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ You can tell, simply by observing the pre-set simplicity of Come From Away that this is a story not about spectacle or glittering chorus lines. There are towering tree trunks flanking the stage and the cyclorama has the appearance […]
Two newcomers join Come From Away cast ahead of reopening
Multi-award-winning Best New Musical Come From Away will welcome two new cast members when the West End production makes its long-awaited return to London’s Phoenix Theatre later this month. Gemma Knight Jones (Falsettos, The Other Palace, Sister Act UK tour, Hairspray UK tour) will join the Come From Away London family to play Hannah and […]
Come From Away set for summer return to West End
Olivier award-winning Best New Musical Come From Away will make its long-awaited return to London’s Phoenix Theatre in July. The curtain will rise on 22 July for the first time since the Covid-closedown halted performances just a few weeks after the critically-acclaimed production celebrated its first birthday in the West End. Announcing the production’s West […]
Come From Away concert cancelled – ATG theatres to remain closed until April
The special staged concert production of the Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical, Come From Away has become the latest casualty of the current lockdown. Originally due to play the hit show’s West End home, the Phoenix Theatre from 10-27 February 2021, performances of Come From Away: The Concert have now been cancelled with performances of […]
Concert version of Come From Away is coming back to the West End
Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical, Come From Away is heading back to the West End with a special staged concert version at the Phoenix Theatre in February 2021. Running from 10-27 February, Come From Away: The Concert will reunite the London cast, band and company for a specially adapted staging of the hit show created […]
Come From Away – Cast changes and first year anniversary
Come From Away continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London and this week celebrates its first year in London’s West End. Is there a show in the West End that has a bigger heart or that delivers a more affecting, emotional punch than Come From Away? I seriously doubt it. Sure, there are musicals with grander […]
Come From Away’s West End run is extended as first birthday celebrations begin
Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical Come From Away is celebrating its first birthday in London with the release of more tickets, taking its Phoenix Theatre run through to 17 October 2020. The extra tickets have gone on sale just a few weeks after the production welcomed new cast members taking on multiple roles including Tarinn […]
Andy Nyman and Jenna Russell join Imelda Staunton in Hello Dolly!
Andy Nyman and Jenna Russell will join Imelda Staunton in the eagerly-anticipated new production of the classic musical Hello, Dolly! at the Adelphi Theatre this summer. Fresh from his critic and crowd-pleasing performance as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, multi award-winner Nyman will play Horace Vandergelder with Olivier Award winner Russell (The Bridges of […]
New cast members for Come From Away
Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical Come From Away will mark its second year in London by welcoming new cast members from 10 February 2020. The new cast of Come From Away in the West End will include Tarinn Callender (Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre, Kiss Me Kate, Kilworth House), James Doherty (Lipstick, Pleasance Theatre, Aladdin, Lyric […]
Come From Away’s West End run extended again
Multi-award-winning musical Come From Away celebrated its 300th performance and welcomed its 300,000th visitor in the West End by announcing a newly extended run taking the show’s London run up to 23 May 2020. Inspired by the remarkable true story of the 7,000 stranded air passengers who found refuge in a small Canadian town in the […]
Alexandra Burke and Duncan James to play extra dates in West End’s Chicago
Alexandra Burke and Duncan James will be spending a little more time in the hit revival of Chicago at London’s Phoenix Theatre in response to public demand. Originally scheduled to give her last performance as Roxie Hart last Saturday (14 October 2018), X Factor winner and recording artist Burke will now return to the show […]
Rachel Tucker leads cast of European premiere of Come From Away
Thirteen actors will take on both lead and supporting roles in the Tony Award-winning new musical Come From Away which is due to land on this side of the Atlantic in December with a premiere run in Ireland ahead of its West End debut in early 2019. Inspired by the remarkable true story of the […]
Chicago’s new Velma Kelly is Laura Tyrer
Laura Tyrer whose West End credits include Matilda and Ruthless! secured the role of Velma Kelly in the West End production of Chicago at London’s Phoenix Theatre with an audition which will be screened as part of the new ITV series The Big Audition. From the makers of the First Dates television series, Twenty Twenty Productions, […]
Injured Denise Van Outen forced to postpone return to Chicago
Denise Van Outen has been forced to withdraw from her eagerly-anticipated run in the role of Velma Kelly in the hit revival of Chicago at London’s Phoenix Theatre due to injury. The actress and television presenter who previously won rave reviews for her performance as Roxie Hart in the West End and Broadway productions of […]
Denise Van Outen is heading back to Chicago
Denise Van Outen will take on the role of Velma Kelly in the hit revival of Chicago at London’s Phoenix Theatre later this month. The actress and television presenter who previously played Roxie Hart in the West End and Broadway productions of the show, will return to Cook County Jail as Kelly from 24 September […]
Acclaimed musical Come From Away to debut in Dublin and London
Tony Award-winning new musical Come From Away is due to land on this side of the Atlantic in December with a premiere run in Ireland ahead of its West End debut in January 2019. Inspired by the remarkable true story of the 7,000 stranded air passengers who found refuge in a small Canadian town in […]
Martin Kemp to play West End’s Billy Flynn in Chicago
Former pop star Martin Kemp will take over from Cuba Gooding Jr, as Billy Flynn in the hit revival of Chicago at London’s Phoenix Theatre from Monday 2 July 2018. Recently seen on stage in the UK tour of Million Dollar Quartet, the Spandau Ballet guitarist will step into the role of the smooth-talking lawyer […]
Chicago the Musical – Phoenix Theatre
Chicago the Musical continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The critics are giving this revival of Chicago a rough ride, some only giving it two stars, but don’t be put off – it’s still a very entertaining night out. How could it be otherwise? Bob Fosse’s […]
It’s opening night for Chicago in the West End – we interview Ruthie Henshall, Josefina Gabrielle, Sarah Soetaert & Cuba Gooding Jr
After five years away, Bob Fosse and Kander and Ebb’s Chicago has found a new home at the Phoenix Theatre and has its official opening tonight (Wednesday 11 April 2018). The cast is led by Josefina Gabrielle as Velma Kelly, Sarah Soetaert as Roxie Hart, Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr as Billy Flynn and Ruthie Henshall […]
Paul Rider back in role of Amos Hart in West End Chicago
Paul Rider will return to the role of Amos Hart in Chicago when the multi award-winning show returns to the West End for the first time in five and a half years later this month. Rider (Hairspray UK tour), who previously played Amos at both the Adelphi and Cambridge Theatres, will join the previously announced […]
Cuba Gooding Jr to make musical debut in Chicago at the Phoenix Theatre
Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr will be making his British stage debut and his musical debut as smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn in the multi award-winning Chicago at the Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End. Following a successful UK and international tour and after a five and a half year absence from London, the winner of […]
Award-winning Chicago returns to the West End
The world’s longest-running American musical, the multi award-winning Chicago, is to return to London’s West End after a five and a half year absence. Following a successful UK and international tour, Chicago will be transferring into London, with performances at the Phoenix Theatre from Monday 26 March 2018. Tickets will go on sale at 10am […]
Evita at the Phoenix Theatre – exclusive production images
Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan has taken a selection of exclusive images of hit musical Evita which has returned to the West End. Presented by Bill Kenwright for a strictly limited 12-week season, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s multi award-winning musical continues at the Phoenix Theatre until 14 October. This year’s Eva is played […]
Evita – Phoenix Theatre
Evita continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London until 14 October. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ After touring since January, the last and best Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice collaboration is settling in at the Phoenix for a strictly limited 12-week West End run and, like vintage wine, it improves with age. This […]
Evita returns to the West End for limited season
Hit musical Evita is to make a return to visit to the West End to mark the 65th anniversary of the death of Eva Peron next month. Presented by Bill Kenwright for a strictly limited 12-week season, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s multi award-winning musical will play the Phoenix Theatre from 28 July until […]
The Girls – Phoenix Theatre
The Girls continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Musical adaptations of films are nothing new. Nor are adaptations of plays. Adaptations of plays that were themselves based on plays are rarer – but having the film, play and now musical written by the same person is unique. […]
The Girls – 67-year-old understudy makes West End debut in leading role
In spite of intensive medical treatment, Michele Dotrice, who has never missed a performance in her entire career, has been diagnosed with acute bronchitis and is therefore unable to perform for the time being. The part of Jessie in Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s new British musical The Girls will now be played by Judith […]
The Girls dress rehearsal – nurses offered free seats
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth are offering nurses free seats to see the dress rehearsal of their new musical comedy The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre in London on Saturday 28 January at 2.30pm. Tickets will be available in person from the theatre box office at 10am on Saturday 28 January on a first-come-first-served basis, […]
The Girls and Gary Barlow – see behind the scenes
Here’s a first look at rehearsal photos of Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s new British musical, The Girls. Based on the true story, the film and the award-winning play by Tim Firth, Calendar Girls, The Girls will open in London’s West End at the Phoenix Theatre, with performances from 28 January 2017. The West End premiere […]
Dirty Dancing – Phoenix Theatre
Dirty Dancing continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London until 31 December. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Dirty Dancing has become one of the most loved dance musical romance films of all time; even those who have never seen the 1987 film know to not put Baby in a corner. The classic has now […]
Dirty Dancing tour has Christmas season in the West End
Baby and Johnny will be having the time of their lives this Christmas when the new touring production of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage moves into the West End for 30 performances. Re-conceived in an all-new production, the much-loved love story of dance instructor Johnny Castle and shy Baby Houseman features Lewis Griffiths […]
The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre – Sophie-Louise Dann and Joanna Riding among cast
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s new British musical, The Girls, based on the true story, the film and the award-winning play by Tim Firth, Calendar Girls, will open in London’s West End at the Phoenix Theatre, with performances from 28 January 2017. The West End premiere follows sold-out runs at the Grand Theatre, Leeds and the […]
London Guys and Dolls to close early
Producers of Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows’ Guys and Dolls at London’s Phoenix Theatre have confirmed that the show will close four months early, on 21 August 2016. The closure will coincide with the departure of award-winning actor Rebel Wilson (playing Miss Adelaide) who joined the West End cast for a strictly limited eight weeks only on 28 June. A […]
Guys and Dolls – Phoenix Theatre
Guys and Dolls continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ Damon Runyon’s stories of 1950s New York, which form the basis of Frank Loesser’s musical Guys and Dolls, show a side of Broadway vastly at odds with the backstage antics and tap dancing mayhem of the usual […]
Guys and Dolls – Simon Lipkin joins Rebel Wilson in West End cast
Simon Lipkin will take over the role of Nathan Detroit opposite Australian screen star Rebel Wilson’s Miss Adelaide in Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows’ Guys and Dolls at London’s Phoenix Theatre later this month. Lipkin who trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and then at Arts Ed, will join the West End cast […]
Barlow and Firth’s The Girls opens in the West End January 2017
The Girls, Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s musical version of The Calendar Girls story, is heading for the West End in January next year. Barlow’s take on the inspirational story of the Rylstone Women’s Institute members’ headline-grabbing fundraiser, has been co-written with his childhood friend, Firth, the writer of the original award-winning film and stage versions of The Calendar […]
Nigel Lindsay joins Guys and Dolls at the Phoenix
Nigel Lindsay will be joining the West End cast of Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows’ Guys and Dolls for a limited time at the Phoenix Theatre to play the part of Nathan Detroit. Lindsay will take over from American star Richard Kind who will give his last performance as commitment-phobic gambler Detroit on 22 May. The […]
Guys and Dolls – Phoenix Theatre
Guys and Dolls continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London until 30 October. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Frank Loesser’s iconic musical, reckoned by some to be the greatest of them all, is not only back in town after its nine-week run at the Savoy – it’s all over the place with […]
Guys and Dolls extended run – Samantha Spiro, Richard Kind and Oliver Tompsett cast
Following critical acclaim at the Savoy Theatre, the Chichester Festival Theatre revival of Guys and Dolls will be extending its run at the Phoenix Theatre from 19 March 2016. Casting for the West End extension includes multiple Olivier Award-winning actress Samantha Spiro (Hello, Dolly!) as Miss Adelaide, Richard Kind (Disney/Pixar’s BAFTA award-wining Inside Out) as […]
Guys and Dolls transfers to Phoenix Theatre while also touring UK
Following critical acclaim at the Savoy Theatre, the Chichester Festival Theatre revival of Guys and Dolls will transfer to the Phoenix Theatre (following the closure of Bend It Like Beckham) while simultaneously touring the UK from March 2016. The West End production opens 19 March and is booking until 30 October while the UK tour […]
Bend It Like Beckham – Jamie Muscato joins cast
From 14 December 2015 Jamie Muscato joins the cast of Bend It Like Beckham The Musical at the Phoenix Theatre to play coach Joe alongside Natalie Dew as football crazy Jess and Lauren Samuels as Jules, a player with the Harriers, a local women’s football team. Sophie-Louise Dann plays the role of Paula with Jamal Andréas as Jess’ good friend Tony. Preeya Kalidas plays Pinky, Jess’ sister, with Tony Jayawardena and Natasha […]
Bend It Like Beckham – first look at production images
First production images have been released for the new British musical Bend It Like Beckham, currently in previews with opening night on 24 June 2015. Earlier this year a further 200,000 tickets were released for sale at the Phoenix Theatre, taking bookings to 24 October 2015. Pictures by Ellie Kurttz. Natalie Dew plays football crazy Jess with Lauren Samuels as Jules, […]
Ronan Keating in Once the Musical – Phoenix Theatre
Once the Musical continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London until 21 March 2015, prior to a European tour. If my experience of chatting to a handful of theatregoers during the last few days is anything to go by, Once the Musical is something of a Marmite affair. Either you fall in love with the show and want […]
