Beetlejuice the Musical continues at the Prince Edward Theatre, London until 17 April 2027. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ How lucky we are to have a new escape in the West End so overflowing with hilarity, magic and imagination.
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Beetlejuice West End – full cast confirmed
The full cast has materialised for the eagerly awaited West End premiere of Beetlejuice: The Musical next month.
Beetlejuice The Musical finds its title character in David Fynn
Olivier Award nominee David Fynn will take on the title role in the eagerly awaited West End premiere of Beetlejuice: The Musical.
Tickets go on sale for new Miss Saigon’s West End season
Tickets for 2027’s strictly limited West End season of the acclaimed new UK and Ireland tour of Boublil and Schönberg’s haunting musical Miss Saigon went on sale on 20 March.
West End season for hit touring production of Miss Saigon
The acclaimed new UK and Ireland tour of Boublil and Schönberg’s haunting musical Miss Saigon will play a strictly limited West End season in 2027.
MJ the Musical – Prince Edward Theatre
MJ the Musical continues at the Prince Edward Theatre, London until Saturday 28 February 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Jamaal Fields-Green offers a phenomenally detailed portrayal of the ‘King of Pop’.
West End premiere for Beetlejuice: The Musical in 2026
After scaring up a storm on Broadway and across the US, Beetlejuice: The Musical is finally heading across the pond to take up residence in London.
UK pro premiere for Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Award-winning producer Jack Maple will present the UK professional premiere of the stage musical adaptation of Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame in London this summer.
MJ the Musical – Prince Edward Theatre
MJ the Musical continues at the Prince Edward Theatre, London, booking until 7 December 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It succeeds as an enjoyable night out featuring a first-class ensemble and an undeniably strong lead, perhaps even one of the best shows currently running in the West End.
Full cast for West End premiere of MJ
Full casting has been unveiled for the London debut of the quadruple Tony Award-winning musical MJ which is due to begin performances at the Prince Edward Theatre on 6 March 2023 ahead of an opening night on 27 March.
Broadway’s Michael Jackson Myles Frost to star in West End premiere of MJ
Myles Frost will reprise his Tony Award-winning performance as music legend Michael Jackson when the quadruple Tony Award-winning musical MJ arrives in London next spring.
Ain’t Too Proud – Prince Edward Theatre
Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations continues at the Prince Edward Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Date set for West End premiere of MJ
The West End premiere production of quadruple Tony Award-winning musical MJ will begin performances at the Prince Edward Theatre on 6 March 2024 ahead of an opening night on 27 March 2024.
West End’s Temptations revealed for Ain’t Too Proud
The producers of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud have unveiled the five actors who will bring iconic R&B group The Temptations to the West End stage.
Broadway hit MJ to arrive in West End in 2024
Quadruple Tony Award-winning musical MJ will dance into the West End in March 2024.Featuring a book by double Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lynn Nottage (Ruined, Sweat) and directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winning Royal Ballet associate artist Christopher Wheeldon (An American Paris), the musical which celebrates the artistry of Michael Jackson will make its UK debut at the Prince Edward Theatre.
Tony Award-winning Temptations musical Ain’t Too Proud set for West End
The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations is heading for the West End. Reuniting many of the award-winning creatives behind the hit show Jersey Boys, Ain’t Too Proud will begin performances at the Prince Edward Theatre on 31 March 2023. Commenting on the show’s London debut, […]
West End’s Mary Poppins to take final bow in January 2023
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s multi-award-winning Mary Poppins will take its final bow at the Prince Edward Theatre on 8 January 2023. Announcing the last extension in the magical musical’s West End run, Mackintosh said: “When the new revised production of Mary Poppins opened at the end of 2019 with a tremendous cast headed by Zizi […]
Hamilton and Mary Poppins West End runs extended again
Cameron Mackintosh Limited has announced extended booking periods for two of the West End’s most popular shows – Hamilton and Mary Poppins. Performances of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre are now extended up to 17 December 2022. As previously announced, from 21 June the new cast will be led by Reuben Joseph […]
Tickets for a live screening of the sold-out Sondheim’s Old Friends Gala to be released
Tickets for a live screening at the Prince Edward Theatre of the sold-out Sondheim’s Old Friends Gala are to be released today, 30 March 2022. Priority will be given to the thousands of people who signed up in the hope of securing tickets but couldn’t be accommodated for the performance at the Sondheim Theatre. Booking […]
Extension announced for West End’s Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh have announced an extension to performances of the multi-award-winning Mary Poppins at the Prince Edward Theatre. Starring Zizi Strallen (Strictly Ballroom The Musical, Piccadilly Theatre, Mary Poppins tour UK, Ireland and Dubai) as the magical nanny alongside Charlie Stemp (Half A Sixpence, West End, Hello, Dolly!, Broadway) as Bert, the musical […]
Mary Poppins to fly back into the West End from August 2021
Rehearsals have begun for the August return of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s multi-award-winning Mary Poppins to its West End home, the Prince Edward Theatre. As previously announced Zizi Strallen (Strictly Ballroom The Musical, Piccadilly Theatre, Mary Poppins tour UK, Ireland and Dubai) will continue to take on the starring role as the magical nanny alongside […]
Summer return for West End’s Mary Poppins
Zizi Strallen and Charlie Stemp will fly back into the Prince Edward Theatre this summer when Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s multi-award-winning Mary Poppins makes its eagerly-awaited return to its West End home. Announcing that rehearsals will begin soon ahead of a 7 August 2021 reopening date, Mackintosh said: “The last year has been unbelievably hard […]
CD Review: Mary Poppins – 2019 Live Cast Recording
MARY POPPINS – 2019 Live Cast Recording (First Night Records – 093624888659) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We had the cast recording when the production opened in 2004 and here we are, 16 years later, with a live recording of the show from the Prince Edward Theatre in the West End. […]
Five Questions With: Zizi Strallen
Who better to chat to about the new live cast recording of Mary Poppins, released on 6 November 2020, than supercalifragilistic actress and singer ZIZI STRALLEN? Featuring Zizi in the title role, the musical version of the much-loved Disney film Mary Poppins returned to its original London home, the Prince Edward Theatre, last October, 15 years […]
Petula Clark and Joseph Millson join the cast of West End’s Mary Poppins
Veteran singing star Petula Clark will return to the West End stage for the first time in decades when she joins the cast of the eagerly-awaited West End return of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins. A multi award-winning recording artist, Clark who famously starred as Maria in The Sound Of Music in the West […]
Exclusive first look at new Aladdin Matthew Croke
Disney Theatrical Productions has released an exclusive first look at Matthew Croke in the title role in Aladdin ahead of his first performance on 5 June 2017 at the Prince Edward Theatre. A behind-the-scenes video of Croke’s very first Aladdin transformation and photo shoot is also available now. The new musical based on the Academy […]
Disney’s Aladdin – Matthew Croke to play the title role
Matthew Croke will step into the title role in Disney’s Aladdin just months before the lavish show celebrates its first birthday at London’s Prince Edward Theatre. His first performance will be on 5 June 2017. After impressing fans and critics with his performance as Don Lockwood in the UK tour of Singin’ in the Rain, […]
Disney’s Aladdin hosts its first autism-friendly performance
The West End production of Disney’s Aladdin has announced its first dedicated autism-friendly performance on Tuesday 29 August. With tickets already sold out for a similar performance of the award-winning West End production of Disney’s The Lion King on Sunday 4 June 2017, demand is expected to be high for Aladdin’s first autism-friendly show at London’s […]
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 […]
Aladdin – Prince Edward Theatre
Aladdin continues at the Prince Edward Theatre, London. Rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Fans of Disney’s 1992 animated film version of Aladdin are likely to feel pretty satisfied with this Broadway transfer – a combination of spectacle, pantomime and a sprinkling of familiar ditties – but whether it succeeds as a decent piece of […]
Miss Saigon – double screen treat for fans
Fans unable to catch a performance of Cameron Mackintosh’s most recent production of Boublil and Schönberg’s haunting musical Miss Saigon before it ended its run at the Prince Edward Theatre in February will soon be able to own a copy of a filmed version. Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance, which mixes footage from the last […]
Disney’s Aladdin extends booking period
The much-anticipated new Disney musical Aladdin has begun previewing in the West End ahead of its opening night on 15 June. With the booking period now extended into February 2017, the lavish show makes its UK debut tonight at the Prince Edward Theatre. Featuring Dean John-Wilson in the title role alongside former Sugababe Jade Ewen […]
Aladdin at the Prince Edward Theatre – check out rehearsal images
Ahead of its West End premiere at the Prince Edward Theatre, rehearsal images for Aladdin have been released today. From the producer of The Lion King, the new West End musical from Disney will debut at the theatre on Wednesday 15 June 2016, with previews from Friday 27 May. Tickets are on general sale for performances up to and […]
Aladdin West End production – Dean John-Wilson and Jade Ewen cast
Dean John-Wilson will play the role of Aladdin alongside Jade Ewen as Jasmine in the West End premiere of the new musical based on the classic Academy Award-winning animated film. Aladdin will now open at the Prince Edward Theatre on Wednesday 15 June 2016, with previews from Friday 27 May. Tickets are on general sale for performances up to and […]
Disney’s Aladdin has West End premiere in June 2016
Disney has revealed that the Tony Award-winning new musical Aladdin will hold its West End premiere on Thursday 9 June 2016 at the Prince Edward Theatre, with previews from Friday 27 May. Broadway cast member Trevor Dion Nicholas will make his London stage debut as Genie. “In 1992, Howard Ashman, Alan Menken and Tim Rice’s reimagining of the Aladdin […]
Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman in Concert – Prince Edward Theatre
Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman in Concert at the Prince Edward Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Louise Dearman and Kerry Ellis celebrated their 20 year friendship with a one night only concert packed with their favourite songs, endless crowd pleasers and the songs that left a ‘handprint on their hearts’. It truly is a sign of a […]
Interview – Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman prepare for their one-off London concert in September
If this interview is anything to go by, KERRY ELLIS and LOUISE DEARMAN’s one-off concert on 27 September is bound to be a fun-filled evening of great songs, fantastic anecdotes and a lot of laughs. Both actresses have an association with the musical Wicked, Dearman being the first person ever to play both Elphaba and Glinda in the […]
Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman team up for special one-off concert
Old friends and West End leading ladies Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman, who have known each other since they trained together at Laine Theatre Arts in the late 1990s, have teamed up for a special one-off concert on 27 September 2015 at London’s Prince Edward Theatre. At a special Easter breakfast launch at the same venue, the artists […]
Mackintosh reveals Miss Saigon 2014 cast
Cameron Mackintosh has announced principal casting for his forthcoming new production of Miss Saigon. Assembled from around the world, the cast includes Jon Jon Briones as The Engineer, Eva Noblezada as Kim, Alistair Brammer as Chris, Tamsin Carroll as Ellen, Hugh Maynard as John and Rachelle Ann Go as Gigi. Miss Saigon returns to the […]
Miss Saigon set for the Prince Edward
Cameron Mackintosh has finally revealed that the Boublil and Schonberg musical Miss Saigon will return to the West End in May 2014 to the Prince Edward Theatre. He said: “I find it hard to believe that it is already 25 years since I first premiered Miss Saigon in London at Drury Lane Theatre before it went on to phenomenal success around the world. “Ten […]
