Merrily We Roll Along was performed by Associated Studios students at the Playground Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There’s something particularly moving about watching this back-to-front musical played by young people.
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Associated Studios – Legally Blonde – Playground Theatre
Legally Blonde was performed by students from Associated Studios at the Playground Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Legally Blonde is a near-perfect show. To see it elevated yet further by a company of stupendously talented new performers is nothing short of a delight.
Newsfeed: Rehab The Musical, Musical Con, The Choir of Man’s Christmas EP and more
Following a sold-out, critically acclaimed debut run at The Playground Theatre in 2022, Rehab The Musical will return to London early next year to play new venue Neon 194.
Rehab: The Musical – Playground Theatre
Rehab – The Musical continues at the Playground Theatre, London until 17 September 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ One of musical theatre’s greatest strengths is when a show takes inspiration from real-life times of difficulty and creates something positive out of them. Bringing light to shade and turning trauma into […]
Jodie Steele and Annabel Giles join cast of Rehab The Musical
West End star Jodie Steele (Six The Musical, Heathers) and TV presenter Annabel Giles have been added to the cast of Rehab The Musical, ahead of the new British show’s debut at The Playground Theatre next month. The pair will join the previously announced Keith Allen (Celebration, Almeida Theatre, Trainspotting), Jonny Labey (Strictly Ballroom, Piccadilly Theatre, […]
First casting news for Rehab The Musical
Initial casting has been announced for new British show Rehab The Musical which is due to make its debut at The Playground Theatre in September 2022. Stage and screen star Keith Allen (Celebration, Almeida Theatre, Trainspotting) will appear alongside Jonny Labey (Strictly Ballroom, Piccadilly Theatre, EastEnders), Gloria Onitiri (Cinderella, Gillian Lynne Theatre, The Bodyguard, Adelphi […]
Fanatical: A Sci-Fi Convention Musical – Playground Theatre
Fanatical continues at the Playground Theatre, London – until 9 December 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ In a 2006 episode of Doctor Who, Marc Warren plays a character who finds a group of people who, like him, are fans of the Doctor. After repeated meetings together, their mutual friendship becomes […]
‘Hey, these are my songs’: Denise Marsa on her new show The Pass at the Playground Theatre
Nick Awde writes: New York-based singer-songwriter Denise Marsa hit fame as the other half of the duet on Dean Friedman’s 70s hit ‘Lucky Stars’. As her new solo show The Pass premieres at London’s Playground Theatre, she reveals that there’s a lot more behind the silky voice who so famously asked the immortal words “Did […]
Cast announced For sci-fi flavoured musical Fanatical
Comedian Stephen Frost will join Red Dwarf’s Suanne Braun to lead the cast of the world premiere of Fanatical at London’s Playground Theatre this November. Due to run from 7 November until 8 December 2018, the new musical which takes a fond look at the sometimes bizarre and always off-beat world of sci-fi fandom is […]
London’s Playground announces autumn shows
New London venue, The Playground Theatre has unveiled a first full autumn season featuring two world premiere productions and a Christmas revival of Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer’s musical Once Upon a Mattress. Following a successful first year, the West London theatre will open its autumn Season with the world premiere of The Paradise Circus […]
Sci-Fi fan musical Fanatical to debut at the Playground Theatre
London’s Playground Theatre will stage the world premiere of Fanatical, a new musical which takes a fond look at the sometimes bizarre and always off-beat world of sci-fi fandom. Due to run from 7 November until 8 December 2018, the musical which was written by Matt Board (Austentatious) and Reina Hardy (Glassheart) will feature a […]
