Everybody’s Talking About Jamie continues at the Apollo Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ While drag has been a prevalent genre of entertainment within gay culture for several decades, it is only in the last few years that it has truly become mainstream. True, in Britain we have the traditional […]
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Bianco Del Rio & Preeya Kalidas for West End cast of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
BAFTA and Olivier Award nominee Preeya Kalidas (Bend It Like Beckham, Bombay Dreams) will take over the role of Miss Hedge in the West End cast of the award-winning musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie from 17 November 2019. Ahead of her imminent arrival in the hit show, the actress, singer and radio presenter said: “I […]
Hamilton collects seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical
New American musical Hamilton collected seven Olivier Awards including Best New Musical at the Olivier Awards 2018 with Mastercard, the UK’s most prestigious stage honours, announced at London’s Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Catherine Tate. Composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda and orchestrator Alex Lacamoire won Outstanding Achievement in Music (which Lacamoire accepted by singing a speech […]
Olivier Awards 2018 ceremony – Hamilton opener, Chita Rivera singing West Side Story, Joseph 50th ann tribute
Special performances to mark the 60th anniversary of the London opening of West Side Story and the 50th anniversary of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will feature in the star-studded ceremony for the 2018 Olivier Awards on 8 April 2018. Musical theatre legend Chita Rivera will celebrate her London debut as Anita in the classic […]
School of Rock – West End cast revealed
TV comedy star David Fynn will head the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking show School of Rock – The Musical when it arrives in the West End next month. The scene-stealing star of US cult comedy Undateable will take on the role of Dewey Finn, the wannabe rocker turned teacher originally played by movie […]
Godspell at St Paul’s Church – exclusive images
Olivier Award winner George Maguire and current Rocky Horror star Dominic Andersen appeared alongside Broadway and West End leading lady Kerry Ellis (Wicked), Preeya Kalidas (Bend It Like Beckham) and Ramin Karimloo (The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables) for the concert production of Godspell at St. Paul’s Church in London’s Covent Garden. These fabulous, exclusive images are all by Musical Theatre Review’s […]
Godspell concert stars Kerry Ellis and Ramin Karimloo
Several major musical theatre stars are to headline a concert production of Godspell, the Broadway musical from Stephen Schwartz (Wicked), at St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden on Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 August. Leading a cast of talented new young performers to launch The British Theatre Academy will be Broadway and West End Wicked […]
Aladdin opening night – pictures from the red carpet
Last night (Wednesday 15 June) saw the opening night of Disney’s new West End musical Aladdin at the Prince Edward Theatre, London. Guests included: Tom and Giovanna Fletcher, Andrew Scott, Luke Evans, Cynthia Erivo, Preeya Kalidas and Katherine Kelly. Pictures: Vivienne Vincent With the booking period now extended into February 2017, the lavish show features Dean John-Wilson in the title role alongside former Sugababe Jade Ewen as […]
CD review – Ms. A Song Cycle
Ms. A SONG CYCLE – Various Artists (SimG Records – SimGR-CD030) What a wonderful idea to help bring a bit more understanding of a truly dreadful disease – put it in song and get wonderful West End ladies to record the cycle, hopefully give it more substance and let the public know what it’s like to […]
Bend It Like Beckham The Musical – Phoenix Theatre
Bend It Like Beckham The Musical continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London. Star rating: 3 stars ★ ★ ★ Football-themed musicals aren’t exactly all that common. The only West End production that springs to mind is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Beautiful Game, which (until its recent Fringe revival at the Union Theatre) was best left […]
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, […]
New images – Bend It Like Beckham cast heads to rehearsal via Southall
Before rehearsals began, the West End cast of Bend It Like Beckham spent the day in Southall, West London, where the story of the musical is set, so here is a sneak peek at what they got up (images by Uli Weber). London previews begin for the new British musical Bend It Like Beckham on 15 May 2015 with opening night on […]
Bend It Like Beckham – Natalie Dew, Lauren Samuels and Jamie Campbell Bower lead cast
Casting has been revealed for Bend It Like Beckham which opens at the Phoenix Theatre on 24 June 2015. Natalie Dew will play football crazy Jess with Lauren Samuels as Jules, a player with the Harriers, a local women’s football team, and Jamie Campbell Bower as their coach Joe. Directed by Gurinder Chadha, with original music by Howard Goodall and lyrics by Charles Hart, Bend It Like Beckham has a new […]
Stephen Rahman-Hughes – London Hippodrome
Stephen Rahman-Hughes performed at the Matcham Rooms at the London Hippodrome. The audience at the Hippodrome’s Matcham Rooms was not quite as packed for Stephen Rahman-Hughes’ cabaret gig on Saturday night as it has been for other, perhaps better known, faces from the world of musical theatre. But for anybody who stayed away, it was their loss, for they missed […]
