Extraordinary Women continues at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London until 10 August 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a production that defines ‘niche chamber piece’.
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Wild Rose, A New Musical – Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
Wild Rose, A New Musical continues at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh until 19 April 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Already on an extended run – do whatever you need to do to see this show – be prepared to laugh and cry in equal measure and be thankful that Wild Rose has blossomed so perfectly, right here.
Grease – Empire Theatre, Liverpool and Touring
Grease was reviewed at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool where it continues until 1 June 2024. The tour continues until 16 November 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This revival finds a balance that adds an extra layer of theatricality for fans familiar with the silver screen rendering, and more than satisfies those looking for the promised edginess of the source material.
Menier Chocolate Factory to stage revival of Jerry’s Girls
Hannah Chissick (Pack of Lies, Eugenius) will return to the Menier Chocolate Factory to direct a major revival of Jerry Herman and Larry Alford’s Jerry’s Girls next month.
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Curve Leicester and Touring
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical continues at Curve Leicester until 12 March 2022, and then tours until 15 October. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The path of the jukebox musical is so often strewn with bad decisions, but sometimes a show comes along which vindicates its entire genre. Beautiful is a […]
New UK tour of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical to open at Curve Leicester
Curve, Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Mayflower Theatre Southampton have announced plans to launch a new UK tour of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, opening at Curve in February 2022. Directed by Curve’s artistic director Nikolai Foster (Sunset Boulevard, West Side Story), Beautiful will open at Curve […]
New Christmas family musical The Lost Toys’ Big Christmas Adventure takes centre stage
Tony Award-winning British composer Sarah Travis has provided the music for a new multi-sensory musical for children launching in Eastbourne this Christmas season. Written and directed by actress Kali Peacock (The Inbetweeners, My Family), The Lost Toys’ Big Christmas Adventure will play Eastbourne’s Towner Art Gallery from 13-31 December. The story of a group of toys […]
West Side Story will Be Curve’s Christmas 2019 production
Classic Broadway musical West Side Story will be Leicester Curve’s Made at Curve Christmas production next year. Just a few weeks before the debut of this year’s eagerly-anticipated production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, the team at Leicester have announced plans for a major new production of the Romeo and Juliet-inspired musical which will run […]
An Officer and a Gentleman Musical world premiere – Jonny Fines and Emma Williams lead cast
Jonny Fines and Emma Williams will be the romantic leads in the musical version of the 1980s classic movie An Officer and a Gentleman when it receives its world premiere at Leicester Curve in April ahead of a UK and Ireland tour. Most recently seen in Annie at the Piccadilly Theatre, Fines (UK tours of […]
An Officer and a Gentleman musical adaptation to debut at Leicester Curve before tour
A major musical version of the 1980s classic movie An Officer and a Gentleman will receive its world premiere at Leicester Curve next year ahead of a UK and Ireland tour. Directed by Curve’s artistic director Nikolai Foster [pictured below] and produced by Jamie Wilson and Curve, the show will make its debut in Leicester […]
A Little Night Music – Watermill Theatre, Newbury
A Little Night Music continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, near Newbury, until 16 September. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This immaculate revival of surely one of the most perfect pieces of musical theatre ever written is worth going a long way to see. It is hard to believe Stephen Sondheim’s […]
Full cast for Watermill’s A Little Night Music
Full casting has been confirmed for the first actor/musician production of Stephen Sondheim’s haunting A Little Night Music at the Watermill Theatre this summer. Part of the Watermill’s 50th anniversary season and following on from the success of previous productions of Sondheim’s work at the intimate Berkshire venue, A Little Night Music will run from 27 […]
Watermill Theatre to stage A Little Night Music
The first actor/musician production of Stephen Sondheim’s haunting A Little Night Music will be part of the Watermill Theatre’s 50th anniversary season. Following on from the success of previous Sondheim productions at the intimate Berkshire venue, A Little Night Music will run from 27 July until 16 September. Directed by Paul Foster, with award-winning Sarah […]
Curve Leicester’s Christmas musical is Grease
With their revival of Legally Blonde still running in the theatre, chief executive Chris Stafford and artistic director Nikolai Foster have announced a new season of Made At Curve productions for autumn and Christmas 2016, including a staging of the much-loved musical Grease. Foster will direct the brand new production of Grease in the Theatre from 26 November 2016 to 14 January 2017 (press night is 1 December), while at the […]
Legally Blonde at Curve – full casting revealed
Actress and singer Lucie Jones will play Elle Woods in Curve’s brand new production of the award-winning West End and Broadway musical comedy Legally Blonde which opens on 14 April, with previews from 11 April and running until 14 May (this is artistic director Nikolai Foster’s first musical at the venue). Jones rose to prominence on The X Factor […]
Bette Midler… and Me – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Bette Midler… and Me continues at the Gilded Balloon until 31 August. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This must be one of the most packed hour shows at Fringe 2015 – studded with an impressive catalogue of Bette Midler songs, this is a super cabaret style evening with three impressive ladies. The stage evokes what Giles […]
New touring production of Sister Act – directed by Craig Revel Horwood – kicks off at Curve
An all new production of the musical comedy Sister Act, directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood with musical supervision and arrangements by Tony Award-winning Sarah Travis, is set for a national tour. Sister Act will open at Curve, Leicester on Saturday 30 July 2016. Tickets go on sale Monday 10 August 2015. Director and choreographer Craig Revel Horwood said: “I am truly thrilled […]
