The Book Thief continues at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton until 15 October 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Adapting lengthy and well-loved literary classics into musical theatre has almost become a competitive sport, and one in which the outcome is usually either a smash hit or a resounding flop. This retelling of […]
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Cast announced for Octagon’s The Book Thief
Bolton’s Octagon Theatre has confirmed the cast for the highly anticipated stage musical adaptation of Markus Zusak’s much-loved novel The Book Thief. Featuring a script by award-winning author Jodi Picoult (My Sister’s Keeper) and Timothy Allen McDonald (adaptor of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka and James and the Giant Peach), and music and lyrics by Elyssa […]
Sunny Afternoon – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Sunny Afternoon continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 1 April, then continues on tour until 13 May. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ If you admire the quirky genius of Ray Davies, you can’t help but love Sunny Afternoon, but even if the music of the Kinks – one of […]
Sunny Afternoon – Opera House, Manchester and Touring
Sunny Afternoon at the Opera House, Manchester, then touring until 6 May 2017. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Hopes weren’t massively high for this Kinks musical when it first appeared in the West End in 2014. Before then, jukebox musicals had typically been either great big audience-pleasing but critically derided behemoths (Mamma Mia!, We […]
Sunny Afternoon UK tour – news on cast and dates
The full cast and additional dates have been announced for the upcoming UK tour of the multi Olivier Award-winning Sunny Afternoon which begins a national tour at the Manchester Opera House on 19 August. Ryan O’Donnell will return to the role of Ray Davies for the tour alongside Mark Newnham (All Or Nothing) as Ray’s […]
