Stage and small screen stars will unite for a special fundraising concert in support of the people of the Ukraine on 28 March 2022. Hosted by TV presenter Andrea McLean and Olympic gold skater Robin Cousins, the Concert For Ukraine at the Royal Hippodrome Theatre in Eastbourne will raise money for UNICEF’s Ukraine Emergency Fund. […]
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Dean John-Wilson and Kelly Price join the cast of Passion at the Hope Mill Theatre
Dean John-Wilson and Kelly Price will join the previously announced Ruthie Henshall in Hope Mill Theatre’s highly-anticipated re-imagining of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Passion later this year. Wilson (Aladdin, Prince Edward Theatre) will play Giorgio alongside Olivier nominee Price (What’s New Pussycat, Birmingham Rep) as Clara in the production which is due to play […]
Children of Eden 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert – Cadogan Hall
Children of Eden 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert at Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Stephen Schwartz’s musical Children of Eden is an odd beast. First performed in 1991, Schwartz’s music and lyrics combine with a book by John Caird to tell two Biblical tales from the Book of Genesis. Act I […]
London’s Riverside Studios launches season of live-stream read-throughs
West End star Ray Shell’s new musical StarBoy will be among the new works to be showcased in a series of live-streamed read-through events at London’s Riverside Studios from next month. The first reading and play-through of StarBoy written by Shell (Starlight Express, Five Guys Named Moe) and Christopher Van Cleave will be the closing […]
An Officer and a Gentleman – Curve Leicester and Touring
An Officer and a Gentleman continues at Curve Leicester until 21 April and then tours until 15 September 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ There’s enough energy coming off the stage in Nikolai Foster’s production to power the whole of Leicester and the actors have got to be as fit as the […]
An Officer and a Gentleman Musical world premiere – Jonny Fines and Emma Williams lead cast
Jonny Fines and Emma Williams will be the romantic leads in the musical version of the 1980s classic movie An Officer and a Gentleman when it receives its world premiere at Leicester Curve in April ahead of a UK and Ireland tour. Most recently seen in Annie at the Piccadilly Theatre, Fines (UK tours of […]
Ray Shell – Back 2 Black II – Crazy Coqs
Ray Shell performed Back 2 Black II at the Crazy Coqs, London. It is weird that Ray Shell – the original Rusty in Starlight Express back in the 1980s and a regular performer in West End musicals over the years in shows such as Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon, Children of Eden and, much more recently, The Bodyguard – […]
Interview – entertainer Ray Shell is back in business
American entertainer Ray Shell has been a fixture in West End musicals for 30 years, from Starlight Express in 1984 to the original cast of The Bodyguard. He’s written books and directed shows as well. Earlier this year, he ventured into the world of cabaret with the much-praised Back2Black at The Pheasantry in London’s Kings […]
Ray Shell – Back to Black – The Pheasantry
Ray Shell performs Back to Black at The Pheasantry, London, until 22 February. From traditional gospel music to West End musicals in which he has starred. through a reading from his first novel Iced, to Kate Bush and Amy Whitehouse pop classics, and right up to date with a terrific song from the Cyndi Lauper […]
