Angela Thomas rounds up all the latest news in regional and touring theatre in the UK and Ireland.
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Pretty Woman The Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Pretty Woman The Musical was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London. The tour continues until 28 September 2024. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Pretty Woman The Musical – Theatre Royal, Glasgow and Touring
Pretty Woman The Musical was reviewed at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow. The tour continues until 28 September 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Oliver Tompsett to take over as Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman as the show sets West End closing date
West End favourite Oliver Tompsett will step into the leading role of Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman The Musical at the Savoy Theatre from 4 April until 18 June 2023. The production will then close in London before embarking on a UK and Ireland tour, opening at Birmingham’s Alexandra Theatre on 17 October.
Pretty Woman producers announce UK and Ireland tour
Hit show Pretty Woman The Musical will be stepping out on a UK and Ireland tour later this year and into 2024 with performances beginning at the Birmingham Alexandra Theatre on 17 October 2023.
Courtney Bowman to join cast of Pretty Woman and new extension announced
West End sensation Courtney Bowman will join the cast of Pretty Woman The Musical at the Savoy Theatre from 15 November 2022.
Five Questions With: Bob Harms
BOB HARMS plays Happy Man/Mr Thompson in the smash hit feel-good Pretty Woman The Musical at London’s Savoy Theatre and has done so since the West End production opened at the Piccadilly Theatre in February 2020. Musical Theatre Review said of Bob’s performance: “Bob Harms shamelessly steals the show in a variety of roles, from the […]
Pretty Woman’s Savoy run extended into 2023
Pretty Woman The Musical will remain in residence at London’s Savoy Theatre into next year with booking now extended up to 28 January 2023. The hit show’s producers have also announced the news that the show’s original stars Aimie Atkinson (Six, Arts Theatre, In The Heights, King’s Cross Theatre) and Danny Mac (Sunset Boulevard UK […]
Hosts and performances revealed for 22nd WhatsOnStage Awards
West End star Jodie Prenger and Celebs Go Dating’s Tom Read Wilson will return to host the 22nd annual WhatsOnStage Awards at the Prince of Wales Theatre on 27 February 2022. The duo will be joined by star presenters Chris Bush, Graziano Di Prima, Omari Douglas, James Graham, David Harewood, Frances Mayli McCann, Stephanie McKeon, […]
New cast members join Pretty Woman at the Savoy
Pretty Woman: The Musical will welcome five new cast members to the production at the Savoy Theatre which is currently booking up to June. Patrick Barrett, Elly Jay, Annabelle Laing, Will Luckett and Cilla Silver will join the cast which is headed by SIX’s Aimie Atkinson (In the Heights, King’s Cross Theatre) and Danny Mac […]
Frozen leads nominees for 22nd annual WhatsOnStage Awards
The hit West End production of Frozen has skated ahead of its rivals by picking up an impressive 13 nominations for the 22nd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards. The lavish stage musical version of the highest-grossing animated film of all time which made its delayed debut at the newly-renovated Theatre Royal Drury Lane this summer, has been […]
‘Best ever line-up’ promise for West End LIVE 2021
Nearly 50 shows and acts will be on hand to turn London’s iconic Trafalgar Square into the ultimate open air theatre when West End LIVE makes its eagerly anticipated return next weekend. After being forced to cancel last year’s event due to the pandemic, the organisers of the crowd-pleasing live entertainment event are promising 2021’s […]
West End LIVE returns in September: Top London shows to perform in Trafalgar Square
West End LIVE will return over the weekend of 18 and 19 September 2021 with thousands of theatre fans able to enjoy free performances from the West End’s top shows. This year’s event features the first ever West End LIVE appearances from award-winning musicals Hamilton and The Book Of Mormon, as well as an exciting […]
Pretty Woman confirms reopening date at the Savoy Theatre
Pretty Woman: The Musical will reopen in its new home, the Savoy Theatre, as planned on 8 July 2021 although social distancing measures will remain in place until 20 July. As previously announced Six’s Aimie Atkinson (In the Heights, King’s Cross Theatre) and Danny Mac (Sunset Boulevard UK tour, White Christmas, Dominion Theatre) will walk […]
Pretty Woman to reopen at the Savoy Theatre in July 2021
After breaking advance box office records at the Piccadilly Theatre last year, the London production of Pretty Woman: The Musical will take up residence in its new home, the Savoy Theatre this summer. Announcing the change and location and reopening dates for the show which had only just arrived in the West End when theatres […]
Never Give Up On A Dream – Thespie
Never Give Up On A Dream, streamed on Thespie.com. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ For some musical theatre fans, the sight of a small group of extraordinarily talented women performing show tunes in complementary red outfits will evoke memories of the iconic 2010 New York Philharmonic concert in honour of Stephen Sondheim’s […]
Pretty Woman – The Musical – Piccadilly Theatre
Pretty Woman – The Musical continues at the Piccadilly Theatre, London, currently booking until 2 January 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ I was fully prepared to have to grin and bear this musical staging of the classic 1990 movie now opened at the Piccadilly, but you know what? I really enjoyed it. […]
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: […]
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 […]
Pretty Woman posts Broadway closing
Pretty Woman: The Musical joins the post-Tony Awards Broadway exodus, announcing it will close on 18 August 2019. Adapted from the 1990 movie, Pretty Woman failed to impress the Tony nominators, who totally ignored the work, despite the story’s Julia Roberts-driven success on the silver screen. The show was one of the first new musicals […]
Pretty Woman the Musical – Nederlander Theatre, New York
Pretty Woman the Musical continues at the Nederlander Theatre, New York. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Pretty Woman, the 1990 hit film, gets a sleek, shiny and all too conscientious, rather than inspired, transformation to a Broadway musical. Its story of the gorgeous and big-hearted Hollywood Boulevard prostitute who melts the heart of a […]
Broadway season preview: Kong, Cher, a Prom and a Pretty Woman
Though in absentia, two gigantic personalities tower over the upcoming fall Broadway musical season: King Kong and Cher, writes Ron Cohen. After much huffing and puffing, King Kong, the musical featuring a 20-foot tall puppet as the mighty Kong, will finally make it to the Great White Way with previews starting 5 October 2018 for […]
