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First casting news for Bank of Dave The Musical
Producers ROYO, Future Artists Entertainment, Curve and The Lowry have announced initial casting for the world premiere of Bank of Dave The Musical in May.
Bank of Dave The Musical to receive its world premiere in 2026
Presented by ROYO, Future Artists Entertainment, Curve and The Lowry, Bank of Dave The Musical has a book and lyrics by Rob Madge, with music and lyrics by Pippa Cleary.
My Son’s A Queer, (But What Can You Do?) new UK tour
Award-winning solo show My Son’s A Queer, (But What Can You Do?) will return for a new UK tour this summer.
Music Review: The Great British Bake Off Musical – Original London Cast
The Great British Bake Off Musical – Original London Cast (Sony Masterworks). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Star presenters revealed for Olivier Awards
A star studded line-up of presenters and attendees has been announced for Sunday’s Olivier Awards 2023 at the Royal Albert Hall.
The Great British Bake Off Musical – Noel Coward Theatre
The Great British Bake Off Musical continues at the Noël Coward Theatre, London until 13 May 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This new British musical is theatre escapism at its heart-warming best.
Original London cast recording of The Great British Bake Off musical to be released
Sony Music Masterworks will release the ‘Original London Cast Recording of The Great British Bake Off the Musical’ on 28 April 2023 via Masterworks Broadway.
Second West End run for My Son’s a Queer
Award-winning show My Son’s a Queer, (But what can you do) will follow its Garrick Theatre debut West End transfer run with a strictly limited season at the Ambassadors Theatre in January.
Full cast for Bake Off Musical’s West End transfer
Quadruple Olivier nominee Hadyn Gwynne will play sharp-tongued judge Pam Lee alongside West End and Broadway star John Owen-Jones as silver-fox judge Phil Hollinghurst when hit show The Great British Bake Off the Musical makes its debut in the West End early next year at London’s Noël Coward Theatre.
The Great British Bake Off Musical to play transfer season at the Noël Coward Theatre
Hit musical The Great British Bake Off Musical will make its West End debut early next year when it plays a limited 12-week transfer run at the Noël Coward Theatre.
My Son’s a Queer, (But what can you do?) – Garrick Theatre
My Son’s a Queer, (But what can you do?) continues at the Garrick Theatre, London until 6 November 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Music Review: Rob Madge: My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) – Cast Album
ROB MADGE: MY SON’S A QUEER (BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO?) – Cast Album (Westway). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Why on Earth haven’t I seen Rob Madge’s acclaimed show, My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) yet? I’m certain it is fantastic. I have friends who have heartily recommended […]
My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) is Westway’s first cast album release
The original cast recording of award-winning show My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) will be first original cast release from new London-based musical theatre record label Westway. Due for release on 21 October 2022 as the musical becomes the Turbine Theatre’s first West End transfer when it begins a limited season at […]
The Great British Bake Off: The Musical – Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
The Great British Bake Off: The Musical was performed at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ To see a world premiere of a production based around a much-loved TV show at a theatre very close to my heart makes me beam with excitement and pride. The team at […]
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ The Musical – Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ – The Musical continues at the Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch until 21 May 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Written by Jake Brunger (book and lyrics) with lyrics by Pippa Cleary (music and lyrics), this show is based on the original book by Sue Townsend, […]
Adrian Mole team to write songs for Great British Bake Off: The Musical
Multi-award-winning writers Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary will provide the original score for Great British Bake Off: The Musical, a major new musical inspired by the enduringly popular television series. Presented by Mark Goucher Productions Ltd and endorsed and created in association The Great British Bake Off’s executive producer Richard McKerrow, CEO of Love Productions […]
Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch plans new actor/musician production of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ – The Musical
Queen’s Theatre artistic director Douglas Rintoul will direct a major new production of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ – The Musical at the popular Hornchurch venue next spring. Announced as part of a packed spring 2022 season, the new actor/musician production of Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary’s musical version of Sue Townsend’s […]
CD Review: In The Willows The Musical – Studio Cast
IN THE WILLOWS: THE MUSICAL – Studio Cast Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I absolutely love it when someone takes a classic and turns it on its head to make it even more accessible to young theatregoers. Metta Theatre has done just that, in collaboration with Perfect Pitch, with their hip-hop version of […]
Studio cast recording for Metta’s In The Willows released
Leading independent theatre production company Metta Theatre has announced the release of the studio album for hip hop musical In The Willows. Working in collaboration with new musical development specialists Perfect Pitch, the cast album which was produced remotely during October and November last year, is now available via Spotify, iTunes and other digital media. […]
Perfect Pitch & Stream.Theatre collaborate on showcase of new British musicals
Not-for-profit theatre company Perfect Pitch is partnering with online venue stream.theatre to present a regular monthly preview series spotlighting new British musicals and UK writing talent and featuring performances from West End stars. Part of a drive to promote new contemporary musicals to a wider audience, each episode of Rise:Up will focus on a different […]
Metta and Aria to produce new British musical The Rhythmics
Leading independent theatre production companies Metta Theatre and Aria Entertainment are joining forces to produce new feel-good musical The Rhythmics. With a book and lyrics by Metta’s artistic director Poppy Burton-Morgan and music and lyrics by Stiles & Drewe prize-winner Ben Glasstone (Reanimator), The Rhythmics is one of three new British musicals already benefiting from […]
Arts Council aid for Metta Theatre’s new digital works
Metta Theatre has been granted emergency funds by Arts Council England to enable the award-winning company to continue developing three out of six of the new British musicals it announced in January this year. Originally scheduled to be showcased across the UK in the first half of 2020, the funding will be used exclusively to […]
Casts announced for MTFestUK at the Turbine Theatre
A number of West End stars have been lined up to appear in each of the new musicals chosen to feature in the programme for Paul Taylor-Mills’ MTFestUK at the Turbine Theatre next month. Running from 3-15 February 2020 at the newly opened venue on the banks of the Thames in Battersea, the second MTFestUK […]
Last few weeks in West End for Adrian Mole
Leicester Curve and Menier Chocolate Factory’s hit production of Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ – The Musical at London’s Ambassadors Theatre will close two weeks earlier than planned. Following the musical’s critically-acclaimed debut in Leicester in 2015 and the equally successful Menier Chocolate Factory production in Adrian’s 50th birthday […]
Adrian Mole musical writers join the Floating Festivals Stages cruise line-up
The team behind the hit new British musical The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾: The Musical have joined the star-packed list of attractions due to climb aboard the second edition of Stages – The Musical Theatre Festival at Sea this autumn. Writers Pippa Cleary and Jake Brunger will offer passengers a glimpse behind […]
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾: The Musical – Ambassadors Theatre
Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾: The Musical continues at the Ambassadors Theatre, London until 12 October 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ To paraphrase another 1980s hit, it’s ’orrible being in love when you’re 13 and three quarters. But Sue Townsend’s comic novel The Secret Diary […]
Child cast for West End’s Adrian Mole revealed
The producers of next month’s London transfer run of Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ¾ – The Musical have unveiled the young cast who will take on the pivotal roles of Adrian, Pandora, Barry and Nigel. With all child cast members aged between 12-14 years old, the title role will […]
Seann Miley Moore joins Clive Rowe in hip hop In the Willows
The X Factor’s Seann Miley Moore will join Olivier Award winner Clive Rowe, deaf street dancer Chris Fonseca and Let It Shine singer Matt Knight in a new hip hop musical re-working of the classic The Wind in the Willows from the award-winning Metta Theatre. Written and directed by Metta’s artistic director Poppy Burton-Morgan (Jungle […]
Clive Rowe to star in hip-hop In The Willows
Olivier Award winner Clive Rowe will star as Badger in a new hip-hop musical re-working of the classic The Wind in the Willows from the award-winning Metta Theatre. Written and directed by Metta’s artistic director Poppy Burton-Morgan (Jungle Book, UK and International tour), with music from award-winning composer Pippa Cleary (The Secret Diary of Adrian […]
Tess of the d’Urbervilles – Youth Music Theatre UK – The Other Palace
Tess of the d’Urbervilles, performed by Youth Music Theatre UK, continues at The Other Palace, London until 14 April 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Youth Music Theatre UK continues its robust tradition of specially commissioned stage works inspired by literary classics, with two shows in alternation at The Other Palace […]
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ – The Musical – Menier Chocolate Factory
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ – The Musical continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London until 9 September. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I was slightly depressed to learn, on entering the Menier Chocolate Factory for the musical version of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged […]
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ musical to open at Menier Chocolate Factory
A brand new production of Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ – The Musical will opens at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory in Adrian’s 50th birthday year. Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary’s musical of Leicester’s favourite teen has undergone a period of further development since its original production at Curve in […]
NYMT’s Prodigy – original cast recording released
Auburn Jam Records and National Youth Music Theatre have released the original cast recording of Prodigy, the new musical from Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary, commissioned and developed by NYMT for its premiere production at the St James Theatre in August 2015. The recording is released today (Monday 25 July), with CDs available at http://prodigy.auburnjam.co.uk, and digital […]
Musical Theatre Workshop at Stratford East – seven new musicals in development
Seven new musical projects are currently under development at this year’s Theatre Royal Stratford East Musical Theatre Workshop (continuing until 22 July). A total of 15 artists are currently at work until 22 July under the guidance of members of the East London venue’s artistic team including MT New Writing manager Fadi ‘Sevan’ Tavoukdjian and […]
Red Riding Hood – Pleasance Theatre
Red Riding Hood continues at the Pleasance Theatre, London until 3 January 2016. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This upbeat, slightly off-beat take on the Red Riding Hood story is wholesome and fresh theatre for over-3s. I saw it with three primary school groups aged five to about nine and there was a high level of engagement and spontaneous response. […]
Competition – Win a family ticket to Red Riding Hood at the Pleasance Theatre
Red Riding Hood at the Pleasance Theatre, Islington (Monday 7 December to Sunday 3 January) “Little Red is clever, Little Red is bright Little Red will find a way to beat you in a fight.” Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary (The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ at Leicester Curve) bring a new musical twist […]
New musical version of Red Riding Hood plays the Pleasance in December
A new musical version of the classic fairytale Red Riding Hood will play the Christmas season at Pleasance Theatre, Islington this December. Red Riding Hood is the latest work from Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary, the writing team behind the stage musical adaptation of Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ which […]
Prodigy – National Youth Music Theatre – St James Theatre
Prodigy continues at the St James Theatre, London until 15 August. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ With the very physical motion of descent into the St James’ intimate and sheer curved arena, you may get the feeling you’re leaving your disbelief at sea level. The curved, violin-esque wooden set, with an inset piano and band at […]
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ – The Musical – Curve Leicester
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ – The Musical continues at Curve Leicester until 4 April. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Child actors who win plum parts like these are always going to be good, but 14-year old Joel Fossard-Jones – one of four Adrian Moles recruited for this world premiere production – has the audience on […]
Adrian Mole musical at Curve – full cast revealed
The full cast for the world premiere of Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ – The Musical has been revealed by Curve, Leicester today. The cast includes Rosemary Ashe (Grandma), Cameron Blakely (Mr Lucas), Amy Booth-Steel (Miss Elf/Doreen Slater/Mrs Lucas), Neil Ditt (George Mole), Kirsty Hoiles (Pauline Mole) and Neil Salvage (Bert Baxter). The role of Adrian will be shared by Lewis Andrews, Sebastian Croft, Joel Fossard-Jones and Toby […]
Adrian Mole musical to premiere in Leicester next year
Leicester’s favourite teenager, Adrian Mole, will be the star of Curve’s brand new musical which premieres in spring 2015. With book and lyrics by Jake Brunger and music and lyrics by Pippa Cleary, this new musical adaptation of Sue Townsend’s best-seller will open on 17 March 2015, with previews from 7 March, and runs until 4 April (tickets are on […]
