The West End production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will welcome a number of new cast members in October as the hit show celebrates its fifth year at the Piccadilly Theatre.
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New 2025 cast and extension for West End’s Moulin Rouge! The Musical
The West End production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will welcome a number of new cast members next month as the hit show extends into its fifth year at the Piccadilly Theatre.
New Satine and Christian for West End’s Moulin Rouge
The West End production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will welcome a new cast of bohemians and aristocrats next month as the hit show enters its third year at the Piccadilly Theatre.
Moulin Rouge The Musical – Piccadilly Theatre
Moulin Rouge! The Musical continues at the Piccadilly Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ From the moment you enter the Piccadilly Theatre’s transformed auditorium – complete with elaborately wrought red and gold metal work, giant blue elephant, and lounging, corseted performers – the investment of artistic (and financial) resources is inescapably and impressively evident. In almost every way, this is a great thing. The experience is decadent, opulent, beautiful: everything about it is Moulin Rouge.
New cast for Moulin Rouge! The Musical
The West End production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will welcome a number of new cast members next month as the hit show enters its second year at the Piccadilly Theatre. From 17 October 2022, Melissa James (The Bodyguard UK tour, Cats, UK tour) will play showgirl Satine, opposite Jamie Muscato (Heathers: The Musical, The […]
Teenage Cancer Trust and Moulin Rouge unite for special charity gala
Hit show Moulin Rouge! The Musical will play a special gala performance in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust at the Piccadilly Theatre on 29 September 2022. The exclusive event which will feature VIP guests and a glitzy Rouge carpet experience will raise money to fund the charity’s specialist nurses, youth support teams and hospital […]
Moulin Rouge! The Musical – Piccadilly Theatre
Moulin Rouge! The Musical continues at the Piccadilly Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It is hard to envisage now, some 20 years on, just how remarkable and visually unique Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! was when it hit cinemas in 2001. Not only was it a period in which movie […]
Moulin Rouge! to celebrate opening night on 9 January 2022
In the week when preview performances of Moulin Rouge! The Musical have resumed in the West End, the show’s producers have announced the production will now celebrate its official opening night at the Piccadilly Theatre on 9 January 2022. To allow the venue to welcome back audiences further Covid health and safety measures are being […]
Cast unveiled for Moulin Rouge’s West End debut
Liisi LaFontaine has won the coveted role of Santine in the first UK production of the stage musical version of Baz Luhrmann’s vibrant movie Moulin Rouge. The actress who previously starred as Deena Jones in the Savoy Theatre production of Dreamgirls, will step into the role famously played by Nicole Kidman on screen opposite West […]
Moulin Rouge musical to open in the West End in November 2021
The producers of the eagerly-anticipated first UK production of the stage musical version of Baz Luhrmann’s vibrant Moulin Rouge have confirmed the show will now sashay into London’s Piccadilly Theatre in November. Originally due to follow its success on Broadway by opening in London in March, the spectacular show will now begin its West End […]
Moulin Rouge UK debut delayed until autumn 2021
The producers of the eagerly-anticipated first UK production of the stage musical version of Baz Luhrmann’s vibrant Moulin Rouge have confirmed the show will now sashay into London’s Piccadilly Theatre a few months later than planned in the autumn of 2021. Originally due to follow its success on Broadway by opening in London in March […]
Full cast details for Pretty Woman The Musical in the West End
The team behind the eagerly-anticipated West End debut of Pretty Woman: The Musical have marked the first week of rehearsals by announcing the full cast for the production which is due to begin previewing at the Piccadilly Theatre on 13 February 2020. As previously announced, Six’s Aimie Atkinson (In The Heights, King’s Cross Theatre) and […]
Aimie Atkinson and Danny Mac are the West End leads for Pretty Woman The Musical
Aimie Atkinson and Danny Mac have snagged the leading roles of Vivian and Edward in next year’s West End debut of Pretty Woman: The Musical which is due to begin previewing at the Piccadilly Theatre on 13 February 2020 ahead of a strictly limited 46-week run. Announcing the production’s two leads, producer Paula Wagner said: […]
West End debut for Moulin Rouge! The Musical in 2021
The eagerly-anticipated first UK production of the stage musical version of Baz Luhrmann’s vibrant Moulin Rouge! will sashay into London’s Piccadilly Theatre in March 2021. Currently wowing the crowds on Broadway, the spectacular show will be brought to the UK by Global Creatures, the Australian company behind the hit musical version of Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom […]
Heartbeat of Home – Piccadilly Theatre
Heartbeat of Home continues at the Piccadilly Theatre, London until 13 October 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s now been over two decades since Riverdance first made its debut after an interval performance during the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. Since then, the show has been viewed as the pinnacle for […]
Valentine’s Day 2020 London debut for Pretty Woman: The Musical
There will be a touch more romance in London’s West End next Valentine’s Day, when Pretty Woman: The Musical begins previewing at the Piccadilly Theatre. Following a Broadway run that ended last month (August), the musical based on the much-loved 1990 romantic comedy Pretty Woman will head over to this side of the Atlantic to […]
Matt Cardle to join Strictly Ballroom cast
X Factor winner Matt Cardle will take over from Will Young in the West End premiere run of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical later this month. Cardle, who made his award-winning West End debut in 2015 in Memphis will return to the London stage to play band leader Wally Strand at the Piccadilly Theatre […]
Strictly Ballroom the Musical – Piccadilly Theatre
Strictly Ballroom the Musical continues at the Piccadilly Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Pictures: Roy Tan Making a musical out of that fabulous Australian movie Strictly Ballroom must have seemed a good idea at the time but sadly it hasn’t quite worked out for creator Baz Luhrmann who directed […]
Strictly Ballroom the Musical launch – interviews with the cast and creatives plus exclusive images…
The Strictly Ballroom The Musical cast, lead by Jonny Labey, Zizi Strallen and Will Young, will be waltzing their way to their new home at the Piccadilly Theatre as the show makes its West End debut in March. The show is based on Baz Luhrmann’s classic film of the same name that inspired many to […]
Strictly Ballroom The Musical – Anna Francolini and Gerard Horan join cast
Performers Anna Francolini and Gerard Horan have joined the cast of the West End premiere run of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical. Taking on the comic roles of ambitious stage mum, Shirley Hastings, and corrupt ballroom king Barry Fife, Francolini will join the previously announced Jonny Labey, Zizi Strallen and Will Young in the […]
Meera Syal joins West End company of Annie as Miss Hannigan
From 27 November 2017 Meera Syal will join the West End company of Annie to play the role of Miss Hannigan for the duration of the run which concludes, as previously announced, on 18 February 2018 at the Piccadilly Theatre. Nikolai Foster’s West End production opened in May this year with Miranda Hart as Miss […]
Craig Revel Horwood joins the West End company of Annie
Last night (18 September) Craig Revel Horwood opened in the West End company of Annie; he will be playing the role of Miss Hannigan for the next 10 weeks. Nikolai Foster’s production is booking at the Piccadilly Theatre to 18 February 2018. Best known on television as a judge on the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, Craig Revel […]
West End opening for Strictly Ballroom The Musical in 2018
Strictly Ballroom The Musical is to make its West End debut at the Piccadilly Theatre in 2018. Following the success of its UK premiere at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2016, Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical will open in London on Wednesday 11 April (previews from 16 March). Based on the multi award-winning movie, […]
Craig Revel Horwood joins London company of Annie
From 18 September to 26 November 2017, Craig Revel Horwood will join the West End company of Annie to play the role of Miss Hannigan for 10 weeks. In addition, it is announced today that Nikolai Foster’s production will extend booking at the Piccadilly Theatre to 18 February 2018. Best known on television as a […]
Annie – Piccadilly Theatre
Annie continues at the Piccadilly Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This revival of Annie couldn’t have come at a better time. After all the bleak days we have faced recently, and the uncertain future ahead of us, Annie’s ability to stay optimistic and brave even in the darkest times […]
West End Daddy Warbucks Alex Bourne on appearing in ‘dream musical’ Annie
ALEX BOURNE is playing Daddy Warbucks in the West End production of Annie which opens at the Piccadilly Theatre this week, with opening night on 5 June. Bourne knows the role of Warbucks well after touring with the show across the UK during 2015/16. His other theatre credits include: Mamma Mia! and The Rocky Horror Show on tour in the UK, Midsummer Songs at the New […]
Annie in the West End – cast joining Miranda Hart revealed
Rehearsals began today (24 April 2017) for the West End production of Annie at the Piccadilly Theatre. Joining the previously announced Miranda Hart who will play Miss Hannigan are Alex Bourne as Daddy Warbucks, Holly Dale Spencer as Grace Farrell, Jonny Fines as Rooster and Djalenga Scott as Lily. The title role of Annie will be shared by Madeleine Haynes, 13 years old from Hadley Wood, Barnet; Lola Moxom, 12 years old […]
Extra performance of Jersey Boys added before West End production closes
Due to overwhelming public demand, there will be an extra performance of the West End musical Jersey Boys in its final week at the Piccadilly Theatre on Thursday 23 March at 3pm. This week – commencing 13 February 2017 – the show has broken the house record for ticket sales in the history of the Piccadilly […]
Miranda Hart confirmed as Miss Hannigan in West End Annie
Multi award-winning comedy writer, actor and author Miranda Hart, will make her West End Theatre debut as Miss Hannigan in Annie, opening in the West End in May 2017. Previews at the Piccadilly Theatre will begin on 23 May 2017 with opening night on 5 June. The production, directed by Nikolai Foster, will be produced by […]
West End Jersey Boys to close in March 2017 – tour to follow
Jersey Boys will close at the Piccadilly Theatre on Sunday 26 March 2017, following nine years in London. The musical is currently the sixth longest musical running in the West End. A second national tour of the show will open in December 2017. Producer Michael David said: “When we brought Jersey Boys here nine years ago, we hoped it […]
Four new Seasons join the cast of Jersey Boys at the Piccadilly Theatre
From Tuesday 15 March, there will be four new Seasons joining the cast of Jersey Boys at the Piccadilly Theatre ahead of its 8th anniversary on 18 March. This is the first time since the show opened in London that all four Seasons have changed. The musical has now been seen by more than 23 million people […]
Jersey Boys – Michael Watson is new Frankie Valli
Essex-born Michael Watson has taken on the role of Frankie Valli in the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys at the Piccadilly Theatre. Watson’s previous West End credits include We Will Rock You, Imagine This, Sister Act and Shrek the Musical. He will be appearing alongside Edd Post as Bob Gaudio, Jon […]
