Ashcon Rahmani and Rebecca Trehearn will play Jamie and Margaret New in the eagerly awaited 10th anniversary tour of the critically acclaimed British musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
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Ashcon Rahmani and Rebecca Trehearn to lead 10th anniversary tour of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Ballad Lines – Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Ballad Lines continues at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London until 21 March 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Tania Azevedo and Finn Anderson’s Ballad Lines is a truly joyous experience with a compelling and resonating storyline and gloriously rich music and lyrics.
Indigo – Curve Leicester
Indigo continues at Curve Leicester until 19 July 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Some strong performances make this heartwarming show worth a watch.
Becoming Nancy – Birmingham Rep
Becoming Nancy continues at the Birmingham Rep until 2 November 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Absolute feel-good entertainment guaranteed to make you smile, Becoming Nancy will hopefully help a new generation to find their authentic selves and their communities.
Becoming Nancy – cast recording tracks released and cast confirmed
Brimingham Rep has released selected tracks from the cast recording of Becoming Nancy ahead of the musical’s UK premiere this autumn.
First star performers announced for Stiles and Drewe Best New Song concert
George Stiles, Anthony Drewe and Mercury Musical Developments (MMD) have unveiled the first group of West End favourites lined up to perform the songs in the running for this year’s Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize later this month.
CD Review: Theatre – Joe Stilgoe
THEATRE – Joe Stilgoe (Westway Records – Download and CD) Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Stilgoe’s ninth album, now on Westway Records, is a tribute to the theatre or, to be precise, to the great songwriters through the years (plus three new songs written by Stilgoe himself). Simon Callow appears on […]
Cinderella – Gillian Lynne Theatre
Cinderella continues at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Variants of the Cinderella story exist wherever folk tales have thrived. These days, we tend to regard the version collected by Charles Perrault as “the” version of the story – pumpkin, fairy godmother, glass slippers and all – […]
World premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella is set for 25 August 2021
After a period of enforced closure, the world premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella will be on 25 August 2021. With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, written by Academy Award winning Emerald Fennell (Best Original Screenplay Oscar in April 2021) and with lyrics from David Zippel, the brand new musical will resume performances at the Gillian […]
What do we really know about Andrew Lloyd Webber’s misfit Cinderella?
Emily Shepherd writes: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella is set to break stereotypes of the traditional Cinderella narrative that we’re all familiar with. Set to have its gala opening this week at London’s Gillian Lynne Theatre, the cast and creatives have given little away about the new interpretation of the classic fairy tale, keeping fans on […]
Rebecca Trehearn, Georgina Castle, Laura Baldwin & Gloria Onitiri join the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella
The full cast has been announced for the forthcoming world premiere production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, with Rebecca Trehearn as The Queen, Georgina Castle and Laura Baldwin as Cinderella’s stepsisters Marie and Adele and Gloria Onitiri as The Godmother. They join Carrie Hope Fletcher as Cinderella, Ivano Turco as Prince Sebastian and Victoria Hamilton-Barritt […]
Cast and creatives announced for MTFestUK 2021
Paul Taylor-Mills has confirmed the line-up of award-winning and international performers and creatives assembled for next month’s MTFestUK 2021. Due to open at the Turbine Theatre in London from 17-29 May 2021 before embarking on a digital tour from 31 May until 4 July, the third edition of the annual celebration of new musical theatre […]
West End stars feature in Crazy Coqs’ reopening plans
Sophie-Louise Dann, Dominic Ferris, Ria Jones and Cassidy Janson will be among the line-up of artists to feature in the reopening programme at London’s Crazy Coqs from 17 May 2021. Subject to the Government’s ability to stick to its proposed roadmap to recovery, the popular venue within the Brasserie Zédel complex in Soho has announced […]
West End stars back initiative to get families writing their musicals from home
Make Your Own Musicals, a company started in lockdown, has been making musical activity packs for children to write their own original mini-musicals at home. Now, for the festive season, they are branching out into family pantomime packs to fill the void many families will be feeling this year. Make Your Own Musicals was designed […]
Sondheim celebration planned for Chichester Festival Theatre autumn season
A star-studded celebration of the music of Stephen Sondheim looks set to be among the highlights of a live, socially distanced autumn season of entertainment unveiled by the team at the Chichester Festival Theatre. After hosting the crowd-pleasing Concert In The Park in August, artistic director Daniel Evans will take to the stage once again […]
Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize
Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize 2020 – a virtual concert streamed online via YouTube. While the annual Sondheim Student Performer of the Year contest fell victim to Covid-19, the Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize which has run alongside it since 2008 was happily saved with the bonus of top musical theatre […]
All-star line-up for Stiles and Drewe Prize online concert
A host of West End stars have been enlisted to perform the shortlist of 15 compositions in the running for the 2020 Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize in a virtual concert to be streamed online next Sunday (5 July 2020). With musical direction by Steve Ridley, the songs will be performed by: Allyson […]
Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts to make her stage debut in City of Angels
Nicola Roberts will follow in the footsteps of her Girls Aloud bandmates Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding when she makes her stage debut in the long-awaited West End transfer of Josie Rourke’s Olivier Award-winning production of City of Angels. The BRIT award-winning singer will join the previously announced Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-nominee American singer […]
Hollywood & Broadway star Vanessa Williams to debut in West End run of Donmar’s City of Angels
American singer and actress Vanessa Williams will make her London theatre debut next year when the Donmar Warehouse’s Olivier Award-winning production of City of Angels makes its long-awaited West End transfer. The Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award-nominee who starred in hit TV series Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives, on the big screen in action films […]
Nominees for UK Theatre Awards 2019
Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome’s The Color Purple, Sheffield Theatres’ Standing At The Sky’s Edge and the Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester’s West Side Story will battle it out for the title of Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards next month. The three hit shows were among the list of nominees for the 2019 awards […]
Kiss Me, Kate – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Kiss Me, Kate continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 21 September 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The great thing about theatre is that it transcends all boundaries. Gender stereotypes, wife-slapping and husband-beating, psychological coercion – they all started way before Shakespearean times and then good old Cole Porter came […]
Rebecca Trehearn and David Ricardo-Pearce to star in Watermill’s Kiss Me, Kate
Rebecca Trehearn and David Ricardo-Pearce will play the warring couple at the heart of the Watermill Theatre’s version of Cole Porter’s classic Kiss Me, Kate this summer. Olivier Award-winner Trehearn (Show Boat, New London Theatre, Sweet Charity, Nottingham Playhouse) will take on the role Lilli Vanessi (Katherine) opposite Ricardo-Pearce who returns to the Newbury venue […]
Leading theatre producers Selladoor launch new production platform
Two new musicals marking the centenary of the Armistice will be the launch productions for leading theatre producers Selladoor Worldwide’s new scheme to support and develop new work. The first showcase of work developed by Selladoor Creation will take place today (Monday 12 November 2018) at London’s Fortune Theatre, with a special concert showcase of […]
Sweet Charity – Nottingham Playhouse
Sweet Charity at the Nottingham Playhouse. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ Sweet Charity is back in vogue, if it was ever out. The Watermill, Newbury’s wildly popular production has just closed. Over the pond, Marriott Theater in Illinois is mounting an eight-week run through September and October. Long Island’s BroadHollow Theatre will stage it throughout January […]
Interview: Actress Rebecca Trehearn is looking for the ‘it’ factor at the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year gala
The West End Gala for The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Yearand the The Stiles + Drewe Prize, celebrating up and coming performers and writers, returns this weekend, at the Savoy Theatre on 10 June 2018. The annual competition, co-produced by the Stephen Sondheim Society and Mercury Musical Developments, features 12 of the top student performers […]
Mark Petty’s first four Crazy Coqs Presents shows announced
Lyricist Mark Petty has released details of the Crazy Coqs Presents series of shows which will launch this month at Live At Zédel. Announced earlier this year as part of the packed summer season line-up at London entertainment hub, the themed shows will be co-produced and hosted by Petty, the UK half of transatlantic songwriting […]
Follies star Tracie Bennett to host Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year gala
Olivier Award winner Tracie Bennett will host the 12th annual West End Gala for The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year and the 11th anniversary of The Stiles + Drewe Prize next month. Chris Hocking will return to direct the annual gala which will this year be staged at the Savoy Theatre on […]
Heart of Winter – Live at Zédel
Heart of Winter at Live at Zédel, London. The show will have another performance on 15 May 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A one-woman, one-act, sung-through musical about a woman who, after having her heart broken, attempts to find love again? So far, so Tell Me On a Sunday. But while the Andrew […]
Live At Zédel reveals details of summer season
Alexander S. Bermange’s musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical will make a return visit to Live At Zédel this summer just a few months after its critically-acclaimed world premiere. Announced as part of the summer season line-up at London entertainment hub, the latest work from musical comedy composer Bermange will return […]
Rebecca Trehearn to star in song cycle Heart of Winter
Olivier Award winner Rebecca Trehearn will take to the stage for two performances of acclaimed song cycle Heart of Winter as part of Live At Zédel’s programme at Crazy Coqs on 9 and 15 May. The actress who collected the 2017 Olivier for Best Supporting Actress In A Musical for her performance in the critically-acclaimed Show Boat will […]
Rebecca Trehearn, Adam J Bernard and Alexia Khadime join A Little Princess cast
Olivier award winners Rebecca Trehearn (Show Boat) and Adam J Bernard (Dreamgirls) and Wicked’s Alexia Khadime are the latest star names to be added to the cast of the UK premiere production of Andrew Lippa’s musical version of Francis Hodgson Burnett’s much-loved novel A Little Princess. Joining the previously announced Sherlock star Amanda Abbington and […]
Rebecca Trehearn to play title role Sweet Charity at Nottingham Playhouse
Olivier Award-winner Rebecca Trehearn will take on the title role in the Nottingham Playhouse’s production of Broadway hit Sweet Charity. The Show Boat star will take on the central role of Charity Hope Valentine, the unlucky in love taxi dancer, in the major new production which will play the Nottingham venue from 31 August until […]
CD Review – On the Road – Rachel Tucker
ON THE ROAD (deluxe edition) – RACHEL TUCKER (digital downloads or through www.racheltucker.co.uk) Hard on the heels of On the Road (released in June this year) comes Rachel Tucker’s On the Road (deluxe edition) which is the original album plus seven new tracks ‘The Candyman’, ‘Waving Through a Window’, ‘Another Life’, ‘She Moved Through the […]
Graham Norton returns to co-host West End Bares alongside Adam Garcia, Summer Strallen and more
Graham Norton will return to host of this year’s West End Bares, the burlesque-flavoured fundraiser which plays London’s Novello Theatre on Sunday 29 October. The popular comedian and chat show host will return for a third stint to host this year’s Wizard of Oz-inspired West End Bares 2017: Ruby Strippers alongside co-hosts Adam Garcia, Summer […]
West End Bares reveals Ruby Strippers theme
Olivier Award winner Rebecca Trehearn will open this year’s Wizard of Oz-inspired edition of West End Bares, the burlesque-flavoured fundraiser which will play London’s Novello Theatre on Sunday 29 October. Performing a track specially written for the occasion by The Book of Mormon’s Mark Anderson and That Bloody Woman composer Luke di Somma, the Show […]
Zedel return for Joan Vazquez’s Sondheim show
Spanish artist Joan Vázquez will return to London next month with his celebration of musical theatre legend Stephen Sondheim, Something’s Coming – a Sondheim Tribute. The performer, who made his London debut last autumn as part of the launch season of entertainment concept Live At Zédel, will once again appear at the Crazy Coqs on […]
Hippodrome concert to celebrate Alexander Bermange’s Wit & Whimsy
Musical theatre favourites will take to the stage at London’s Hippodrome on Sunday (30 April) to celebrate the work of musical comedy composer Alexander S. Bermange. Celebrating the launch of Whit & Whimsy, a double album of the writer’s songs recorded by a star-studded line-up of stage and screen favourites, the live show will feature performances […]
Olivier Awards 2017 – Groundhog Day wins Best New Musical, double acting prizes for Dreamgirls
While the biggest story of the Olivier Awards 2017 was the success of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which collected a record-breaking nine Olivier Awards (overtaking Matilda and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time as the most decorated production in the ceremony’s history), there was still plenty to celebrate in the musical […]
A Little of What You Fancy – The Salberg, Salisbury Playhouse
A Little of What You Fancy continues at The Salberg, Salisbury Playhouse until 21 January. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Glyn Kerslake has become a regular fixture at Salisbury Playhouse over the Christmas period in recent years.This year he features prominently in both festive shows in The Salberg, the theatre’s intimate […]
UK Theatre Awards – Sheffield Theatres double as Flowers For Mrs Harris and Show Boat share top musical prize
Sheffield Theatres productions Flowers For Mrs Harris and Show Boat have shared the honours in the Best Musical Production category at the UK Theatre Awards today (Sunday 9 October). The double triumph was especially sweet for the shows’ director Daniel Evans who earlier this year left his post as artistic director of Sheffield Theatres after seven […]
UK Theatre Awards 2016 – nominees revealed
Flowers For Mrs Harris, Half a Sixpence and Show Boat will battle it out for the title of Best Musical Production at the UK Theatre Awards next month. The three hit shows were among the list of nominees for the 2016 awards which will be presented at a ceremony at London’s Guildhall on Sunday 9 […]
Floyd Collins at Wilton’s Music Hall – Ashley Robinson and Rebecca Trehearn lead line-up
Ashley Robinson and Rebecca Trehearn will head the cast of the Wilton’s Music Hall production of 1990s musical Floyd Collins. Robinson, who was in the cast of the original Chicago production of Wicked, will play the title role alongside Trehearn, fresh from the critically acclaimed Show Boat, who will play Collins’ sister Nellie. They will […]
Show Boat – New London Theatre
Show Boat continues at the New London Theatre. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The New London Theatre, as both Cats and War Horse demonstrated, lends itself to spectacle. Show Boat follows in that tradition with a fabulous three decker paddle steamer at its centre and sensitive use of the aisles to make the action […]
Show Boat – Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Show Boat continues at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield until 23 January. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The finest moment in Sheffield Theatres’ (Crucible) production of Show Boat is the result of an understated absence. In Act II, Julie LaVerne (Rebecca Trehearn), now raddled by drink, disappointment and who knows what else, hovers […]
Midnight – A New Musical – St James Studio Theatre
Midnight – A New Musical received a workshop presentation at St James Studio, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The St James Studio has a dangerous air about it today. We are taking our seats for the world premiere workshop performance of Midnight, a new thriller musical set in Azerbaijan during the […]
Will Barratt album launch – London Hippodrome
Actor and singer Will Barratt launched his album Confessions of a Justified Sinner at the London Hippodrome. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A familiar West End leading man due to his many credits in musical theatre including The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables to name just a few, Will Barratt is the performing package. As a […]
CD Review – Will Barratt – Confessions of a Justified Sinner – and Kickstart the album too!
CONFESSIONS OF A JUSTIFIED SINNER – Will Barratt. It’s always refreshing to have a CD arrive on your desk that is by a musical theatre artist but not full of the same old power ballads and songs from musicals that we have heard over and over again. It is even more refreshing when the album […]
Exclusive – Anthony Newley musical begins development with starry cast onboard
EXCLUSIVE! Next week, The Ministry of Entertainment is bringing together a dream cast for the first stage in the development process of its new stage musical biography – Newley! Based on the life and loves of legendary British entertainer/actor/singer/composer/lyricist/director Anthony Newley, Newley! is conceived by Graham Mulvein (producer of the world premiere production of Scrooge – The Musical which starred Newley […]
City of Angels – Donmar Warehouse
City of Angels continues at the Donmar Warehouse, London until 7 February 2015. While it was obvious that many people in the Donmar Warehouse audience were seeing librettist Larry Gelbart, composer Cy Coleman and lyricist David Zippel’s City of Angels for the first time, it is a show which always remains in my musical theatre […]
Full casting revealed for City of Angels at Donmar Warehouse
Full casting has been announced for the Donmar Warehouse production of City of Angels, playing between 5 December 2014 and 7 February 2015 (press night is 16 December). Over a quarter of the tickets for this production have been held back, allowing for more than 550 tickets to go on sale each week, including Barclays Front Row (released […]
