Tony-nominated former American Idol favourite Constantine Maroulis will lead the cast of Rock & Roll Man when it plays a number of UK tour dates.
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Beatrix Potter’s The Tailor of Gloucester – Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse
Beatrix Potter’s The Tailor of Gloucester continues at the Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse until 28 December 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ If you want primary colours, loud rock anthems and pyrotechnics, then you must go next door to Salisbury Playhouse’s main house where Robin Hood is doing raucous battle with […]
INTERVIEW: Composer & musical director Glyn Kerslake brings The Nightmare Before Christmas back to Salisbury Playhouse
Lesley Bates writes: When it comes to Christmas, Salisbury has a special place in GLYN KERSLAKE’s heart. For the past seven years or so, the West End veteran has become a regular fixture at Salisbury Playhouse over the festive season, either as performer or musical director or both, usually for the musically-themed revues offered by […]
The Night Before Christmas – Salisbury Playhouse
The Night Before Christmas continues at the Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse until 30 December 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Pantomime can be a bit loud and scary, not to mention far too long, for tiny tots. When Salisbury Playhouse artistic director Gareth Machin first unwrapped this 55-minute Christmas present for pre-schoolers in the […]
Cast revealed for Moonfleet musical at Salisbury Playhouse
Casting has been announced for the premiere of a major new musical based on classic adventure story Moonfleet which is due to open at the Salisbury Playhouse in April. Heading the cast are: Earl Carpenter (Les Misérables; The Phantom of the Opera; Sunset Boulevard) playing Maskew, with Ryan Heenan (Grease, UK tour; Sweeney Todd, Derby […]
Little Robin Redbreast – The Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse
Little Robin Redbreast continues at The Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse until 31 December. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Every picture tells a story…and there are 24 of them in Salisbury Playhouse’s charming Christmas show for tiny tots and their families. Part of a giant advent calendar that spans the whole of […]
Interview – performer turned composer Glyn Kerslake on his latest show – Little Robin Red Breast at Salisbury Playhouse
You’ll know GLYN KERSLAKE from many beloved cast recordings. He came shooting straight from the hallowed halls of ArtsEd straight to the West End in 1988 in Les Misérables, and has enjoyed a 30-something-year career as a leading man in both town and tour, from Schönberg to Andrew Lloyd Webber to Sondheim and beyond. In […]
Musical Moonfleet to debut in Salisbury in 2018
The premiere of a major new musical based on classic adventure story Moonfleet is set to be one of the highlights of the spring/summer 2018 season at the Salisbury Playhouse. Based on J Meade Falkner’s Dorset-set story of 18th century smugglers, Moonfleet will feature a book and lyrics by the Playhouse’s artistic director Gareth Machin […]
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 […]
Interview – Sophie Evans on her role in The Night Before Christmas at Salisbury Playhouse
SOPHIE EVANS, the Welsh singer who first captivated national TV audiences as a 17-year-old in the star search show Over the Rainbow, has rapidly established herself as a stage and screen rising star. Although she just narrowly missed out on the top spot in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s BBC TV talent search in 2010, the girl […]
Frankenstein – Salisbury Playhouse and Touring
Frankenstein continues at the Salisbury Playhouse until 5 November, then tours to the Tropicana, Weston-super-Mare from 12-20 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Any show that ends with two men in their underpants playing guitars as they belt out an anthem to family values can’t be all bad. And much of comedy duo Living Spit’s ‘monstrously rewritten’ […]
Frankenstein reimagined by Salisbury Playhouse and Living Spit
Mary Shelley’s gothic horror Frankenstein will be brought to unconventional life next month in a major new comedy with music from Salisbury Playhouse and Bristol-based Living Spit. Commissioned as part of Original Drama, the Playhouse’s commitment to producing new work and supporting artists in the South West, Frankenstein will be the latest in Living Spit’s […]
Singin’ in the Rain – Salisbury Playhouse and Touring
Singin’ in the Rain continues at Salisbury Playhouse until 26 May, then tours to the Octagon Theatre, Bolton (3-25 June) and the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme (3 June to 16 July). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The iconic lamp post is on from the start. Other bits of set may come and […]
New production of Singin’ in the Rain – casting revealed
Casting has been announced for director Elizabeth Newman’s new production of the timeless musical Singin’ in the Rain. Matthew Croke (Funny Girl, Menier Chocolate Factory) will take on the central role of silent movie idol and song and dance man Don Lockwood, alongside Christian Edwards (Oliver! Theatre Royal Drury Lane) as his exuberant best friend Cosmo […]
Can’t Buy Me Love – Salisbury Playhouse
Can’t Buy Me Love continues at The Salberg, Salisbury Playhouse until 16 January 2016. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It’s a neat idea: start your alternate Christmas entertainment for the grown-ups with a round up of pantomime plots. You thought they were all about men dressed as women and the handsome hero getting […]
Little Shop of Horrors – Salisbury Playhouse
Little Shop of Horrors continues at the Salisbury Playhouse until 16 May, then transfers to the Mercury Theatre, Colchester from 27 May to 13 June. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Any show that rhymes ‘greatest’ with ‘semi-sadist’ and ‘Audrey’ with ‘tawdry’ gets my vote. In fact, Little Shop of Horrors has been in my […]
Little Shop of Horrors at Salisbury Playhouse – casting news
Full casting has been announced for a major new production of Little Shop of Horrors opening at Salisbury Playhouse on Thursday 23 April (press night is Tuesday 28 April). Ben Stott (Wicked, West End and Sweeney Todd, West Yorkshire Playhouse) will play Seymour, the down and out shop worker who becomes an overnight sensation when he grows […]
Come Fly With Me – Salisbury Playhouse
Come Fly With Me continues at the Salberg Studio, Salisbury Playhouse until 17 January 2015. At first glance, it looks as though rain is pouring on Stonehenge – a sight familiar to anyone resident in Salisbury just a stone’s throw from the iconic landmark. So it would not be a surprising setting for a show at Salisbury […]
Come Fly With Me brings a musical journey to Salisbury Playhouse
This Christmas audiences at Salisbury Playhouse are being invited to embark on a musical journey celebrating the wonderful world of holidays and travel. Come Fly With Me, running in The Salberg space from 17 December to 17 January 2015 (press night is 18 December), includes songs about getting away from the daily grind, the joy of holidays and […]
