Michael Harrison and the Really Useful Group have confirmed full casting for the eagerly-awaited UK and Ireland tour of the crowd and critic-pleasing London Palladium production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Following two successful seasons at the Palladium, the hit production’s original Joseph and Pharaoh, Jac Yarrow and Jason Donovan, will return along […]
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Palladium’s hit Joseph to play UK tour dates in 2022
Following two successful seasons at the London Palladium, Michael Harrison and the Really Useful Group’s crowd and critic-pleasing Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will head out on tour in 2022. The hit production’s original Joseph and Pharaoh, Jac Yarrow and Jason Donovan, will return along with Alexandra Burke and Linzi Hateley sharing the role […]
Linzi Hateley to return as The Narrator in Joseph at the London Palladium
Linzi Hateley will revisit her Olivier Award-nominated performance as The Narrator for special performances of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium this summer. Hateley will reunite with her original Joseph, Jason Donovan, who is due to return to the role of Pharaoh in the encore season of Michael Harrison and the […]
Maria Friedman and Adrian Der Gregorian launch company to bring theatre to UK doorsteps
West End stars Maria Friedman and Adrian Der Gregorian have launched a new production company aimed at bringing the magic of live theatre to the people. Backed by leading figures within the theatre community including Cameron Mackintosh, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group and Nica Burns, Doorstep Productions will bring professional quality theatrical entertainment to […]
Redundancies loom as Cameron Mackintosh announces Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, Hamilton and The Phantom of the Opera won’t return until 2021
In response to the continued uncertainty over when the government is going to completely withdraw social distancing measures and allow the safe return of theatre productions Cameron Mackintosh, his producing partners and Delfont Mackintosh Theatres have issued a statement confirming that they have had to take the difficult decision of delaying the return of their […]
The new UK and Ireland tour of The Phantom of the Opera is cancelled
Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group have announced that their new UK and Ireland tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, which had only played its opening date prior to a 14-month tour, will not re-open due to the shutdown of British theatre by the Government because of Covid-19. The producers’ […]
Really Useful Group and Concord Bicycle Music form The Musical Company
Two industry-leading, independent and like-minded music companies, The Really Useful Group and Concord Bicycle Music, have joined forces in an innovative new partnership, designed to provide best-in-class services to the creators of musical theatre works: The Musical Company (TMC). Operating from Really Useful Group and Concord Bicycle Music offices in London and New York, respectively, TMC will be owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Concord Bicycle Music and The Really […]
Joseph – new animated movie version planned
Elton John’s Rocket Pictures will be producing an all-new animated feature film of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, in association with the Really Useful Group. Steve Hamilton Shaw of Rocket Pictures say: “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is one of the most popular musical experiences ever conceived. We […]
