As each year draws to a close, Musical Theatre Review usually pulls together a round-up of all the productions covered that have received four and five star reviews. After such an extraordinary year, during which any production staged has been a triumph over adversity, such an approach seemed inappropriate. Instead, I asked a small group […]
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Romantics Anonymous – Bristol Old Vic
Romantics Anonymous, live-streaming from Bristol Old Vic. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The future of musical theatre is bright and it is thrilling. At this very moment, countless young creatives from many different backgrounds are locked down in their bedrooms crafting it, striving away at scripts and scores. One day, we […]
Full cast for virtual tour & live performance of Romantics Anonymous
Marc Antolin and Carly Bawden will reprise their performances in the starring roles in Emma Rice’s acclaimed adaptation of Romantics Anonymous when the production is broadcast live direct to homes across the world and performed live to a socially distanced audience at the Bristol Old Vic (for the final performance of the ‘digital tour’ on […]
Romantics Anonymous to embark on digital tour from Bristol Old Vic
Emma Rice’s acclaimed musical Romantics Anonymous will be performed live at the Bristol Old Vic and broadcast live direct to homes across the world next month. The new production of the critic and crowd-pleasing show which had been due to tour the US this year will now reach audiences across the world with partner theatres […]
First live video stream of Wise Children’s podcast series begins this week
Bristol-based company Wise Children will present the first video live stream edition of its long-running podcast series Wise Children’s Detention via Twitch on Thursday (9 April) at 4pm. Hosted by Wise Children’s creator and leader Emma Rice from her home office the programme will feature exclusive rehearsal footage and clips from hit shows Malory Towers, […]
Romantics Anonymous – Bristol Old Vic
Romantics Anonymous continues at the Bristol Old Vic until 1 February 2020, ahead of a major tour of the United States. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Chocolate-making may be something of an esoteric occupation, but it has inspired the likes of Roald Dahl (Willie Wonka) and Joanne Harris (Chocolat) to highly successful books […]
Five Questions With: Romantic Anonymous’ Marc Antolin
MARC ANTOLIN is playing Jean-René in the musical adaptation of Romantics Anonymous, presented by Emma Rice’s Wise Children company at the Bristol Old Vic until 1 February 2020. The production, which previously enjoyed a critically-acclaimed London debut, will then go on a US tour. Angélique is a gifted chocolate maker inhibited by social anxiety and Jean-René […]
Marc Antolin and Carly Bawden reprise their roles in new production of Romantics Anonymous
Marc Antolin and Carly Bawden will reprise their performances in the starring roles in a revival of Emma Rice’s acclaimed adaptation of Romantics Anonymous at the Bristol Old Vic in January 2020 ahead of a US tour. Co-produced by Rice’s Bristol-based company Wise Children with Plush Theatricals, the new production of the show which debuted […]
Musical Theatre Review 2017 – a reflection – what was your favourite?
Musical Theatre Review reflects on an incredibly busy year of theatre – in the West End, on the London Fringe, across the UK – and picks a selection of shows from each month that topped the FOUR and FIVE star ratings with our contributors [apologies to fans of all the concerts and cabarets – there’s just […]
Romantics Anonymous – Sam Wanamaker Playhouse – Shakespeare’s Globe
Romantics Anonymous continues at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe, London until 6 January, 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ As she bows out of her truncated term as the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, Emma Rice’s legacy may well be remembered as bringing with it electric lighting and amplified sound. […]
Full cast for Romantics Anonymous at Shakespeare’s Globe
Shakespeare’s Globe has revealed the full cast for Romantics Anonymous, a new musical in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse directed by Emma Rice, with book written by Rice, lyrics by Christopher Dimond, and music by Michael Kooman. This funny, charming and awkward love story is adapted from the French-Belgian film Les Émotifs Anonymes written by Jean-Pierre […]
Emma Rice will direct new musical as part of her final Shakespeare’s Globe season
Opening the 2017 winter season in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse (The Winter Selection) at Shakespeare’s Globe will be Romantics Anonymous, a new musical directed by Emma Rice. The piece also has a book written by Rice, lyrics by Christopher Dimond, and music by Michael Kooman, presented by special arrangement with Radio Mouse Entertainment. This will be […]
