The Watermill has confirmed full casting and the creative team for the world premiere of the new musical version of Graham Greene’s classic novel Our Man In Havana. Originally programmed as part of the popular Newbury venue’s spring 2020 season and postponed due to the pandemic, the musical inspired by Greene’s 1950s spy satire will […]
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Dates in 2022 announced for Watermill’s The Wicker Husband and Our Man In Havana
Newbury’s Watermill Theatre has confirmed rescheduled dates for the folk-flavoured musical The Wicker Husband as part of its 2022 spring season. The musical which had its world premiere run at the distinctive Berkshire venue in early March 2020 cut short by the pandemic, will now return to complete its run from 11-26 March 2022. Based […]
Billy the Kid – National Youth Music Theatre
Billy the Kid, presented by National Youth Music Theatre at The MCT at Alleyn’s, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ In historical real life Henry McCarty – aka Billy the Kid – was an outlaw who shot and killed eight men before being shot at age 21. But you don’t go to the […]
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Southwark Playhouse
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice at Southwark Playhouse is streaming from Stream.Theatre until 14 March 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This is not a Harry Potter adaptation. After some time spent on Wikipedia rectifying my misremembering of those book titles, I discovered that this new show by Richard Hough (book/lyrics) and Ben […]
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice world premiere to move online
The world premiere of new British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice will now take place online following the cancellation of the show’s debut season at the Southwark Playhouse this month. Announcing the decision to move the production onto streaming platform stream.theatre, producer James Seabright said: “We are sorry not to be able to present this wonderful […]
Premiere for new British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in 2021
New British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice will receive its world premiere at the Southwark Playhouse in January 2021. Inspired by the 18th century poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the musical which has been created writer Richard Hough and composer Ben Morales Frost (Our Man In Havana, A Christmas Carol) will make its debut in […]
Music Review – Billy the Kid: A New Musical – National Youth Music Theatre
BILLY THE KID: A NEW MUSICAL – National Youth Music Theatre (Download) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Again the National Youth Music Theatre has proved there is nothing to fear about the future of the musical theatre in the UK. The talent included in this wonderful new musical would put some […]
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Ambassadors Theatre
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice at the Ambassadors Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, based on a poem by Goethe which also inspired Disney’s groundbreaking Fantasia, wielded its magic at the Ambassadors Theatre in a one-night-only concert presentation. In the story an old sorcerer goes out, leaving his apprentice behind […]
Tracie Bennett to lead cast of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice concerts
Double Olivier Award winner and Tony award nominee Tracie Bennett will head the cast for two special concert presentations of new musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice on 7 February (Broadway Theatre, Letchworth) and 8 February (The Ambassadors, West End). Audiences will get their first glimpse of the show based on the 18th century poem by German […]
