The Pirates of Penzance was reviewed at Wilton’s Music Hall, London where it continues until 23 November 2024. The tour continues until 7 December 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This hilarious production is a world-class hoot.
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Cult hit musical Frank’s Closet heads to London’s West End for two nights only
Fresh from critically acclaimed runs at the Union Theatre and Wilton’s Music Hall – and in response to popular demand – the cult five-star hit musical FRANK’S CLOSET is making its West End debut, for two Sunday nights only (3rd and 17th November 2024 at London’s Arts Theatre). Frank’s Closet was conceived in 2009, when […]
Frank’s Closet – Wilton’s Music Hall
Frank’s Closet continues at Wilton’s Music Hall, London until 14 September 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A luxuriously gay cruise through a century of camp, with all the heart, laughs and dresses one could desire. Catch it while you can.
Frank’s Closet – Union Theatre
Frank’s Closet continues at the Union Theatre until 30 March 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Stuart Wood’s tenderly affectionate 2009 show fits the shabby chic of Union Theatre perfectly.
The Mikado – Wilton’s Music Hall
The Mikado continues at Wilton’s Music Hall, London until 1 July 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Camping adventures at Wilton’s Musical Hall with Sasha Regan’s smash hit all-male The Mikado
Sasha Regan’s joyous, five-star, all-male production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado is set to pitch up at Wilton’s Music Hall in London from 7 June to 1 July for a 1950s camping adventure.
Betty Blue Eyes – Union Theatre
Betty Blue Eyes continues at the Union Theatre, London until 22 April 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
London revival of Betty Blue Eyes – the full cast
Casting has been announced for the first London revival of Betty Blue Eyes ahead of its debut at the Union Theatre later this month.
Union Theatre to stage first London revival of Betty Blue Eyes
The first London revival of Betty Blue Eyes will also be the first in-house production at the Union Theatre since Covid. Running from 29 March until 22 April 2023, the royal-themed musical comedy will provide the perfect prelude to the King’s coronation.
Pimlico Opera’s next production at HMP Bronzefield will be Betty Blue Eyes
After 32 months off for good behaviour (and Covid), musical theatre goes back to jail next month with Pimlico Opera’s production of Betty Blue Eyes at HMP Bronzefield at Ashford, Surrey.
Pimlico Opera HMP Bronzefield Betty Blue Eyes
Full cast for Sasha Regan’s all-male H.M.S Pinafore
Juan Jackson will lead the 16-strong cast assembled for Sasha Regan’s new production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic masterpiece H.M.S Pinafore when the latest production from Regan’s award-winning all-male company sails into Wilton’s Music Hall next month. Jackson (Five Guys Named Moe, Gatehouse Theatre, Artaban The Musical, The Actors’ Church) who will take the helm […]
Winchester berth announced for Sasha Regan’s H.M.S. Pinafore
Following an early spring season in London, Sasha Regan’s award-winning all-male company will sail into the Theatre Royal Winchester in April with its new version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic masterpiece H.M.S. Pinafore. Due to play the Wilton’s Music Hall in East London from 16 March until 9 April, the nautical adventure which follows the […]
Online showcase open for Sasha Regan’s H.M.S Pinafore
The search is on for new shipmates to join Sasha Regan’s award-winning all-male company when they sail into Wilton’s Music Hall this spring with a new version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic masterpiece H.M.S Pinafore. Following on from the recent live theatre and streaming success of Regan’s critically-acclaimed re-imagining of another G&S favourite, The Pirates […]
Roles We’ll Never Play concert – 2022 date set
Following a successful West End debut in 2020, followed by two sold-out shows in May this year, the popular Roles We’ll Never Play concert series will return to the West End for a one-night-only performance in March 2022. Produced by Tom Duern (HMS Pinafore, Pirates Of Penzance) Roles We’ll Never Play – West End on […]
Festive chance to view Sasha Regan’s The Pirates of Penzance
Home-bound theatre-lovers will get another chance to see the hit West End production of Sasha Regan’s award-winning all-male version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance this Christmas. Recorded live at the Palace Theatre on 13 December 2020, The Pirates of Penzance will available on demand on via Stream Theatre from 23 December 2021 […]
Sasha Regan’s all-male H.M.S Pinafore to sail into Wilton’s Music Hall in 2022
Sasha Regan’s award-winning all-male company will welcome some new shipmates when they sail into Wilton’s Music Hall next spring with a new version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic masterpiece H.M.S Pinafore. Following on from the recent live theatre and streaming success of Regan’s critically-acclaimed re-imagining of another G&S favourite, The Pirates of Penzance, the company […]
Stream.Theatre debut for new Lady Chatterley’s Lover musical
The world premiere production of Lady Chatterley’s Lover will be digitally revived on Stream.Theatre this autumn. Following on from the musical’s debut performances at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre in June, the filmed production will be available on demand from 15 October until 21 November 2021. Composer John Robinson’s (Closer to the Sun) re-invention of D.H. Lawrence’s […]
First look at The Wind in the Willows at the Turbine Theatre
The Turbine Theatre has given theatre-lovers a first glimpse of the upcoming special outdoor version of The Wind in the Willows with the release of photographs of the cast in rehearsal for the production. Due to bring its tales of the riverbank to life from 21-25 July 2021 as part of the Thameside venue’s second […]
Outdoor revival of Annie Get Your Gun
Waitress and School of Rock’s Joel Montague will direct and co-star in a special outdoor version of Annie Get Your Gun within the grounds of Betley Court Farm in Staffordshire. Running from 20-25 July 2021, the latest event from the team behind last year’s open air Songs Under The Stars’ musical-themed shows, will once again […]
Cast for Lady Chatterley musical
2020 graduate Georgia Lennon will star opposite West End actor Michael Pickering in the world premiere of Lady Chatterley’s Lover at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre next month. Lennon will take on the role of Lady Chatterley with Pickering (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, London Palladium, Kiss Me, Kate, Royal Albert Hall) bringing gamekeeper Mellors to […]
Lady Chatterley’s Lover musical to debut in London in June
A new musical version of Lady Chatterley’s Lover will receive its world premiere at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre next month. Composer John Robinson’s re-invention of D.H. Lawrence’s most notorious novel will be filmed to stream later in the year with live performances to follow. Directed by Sasha Regan, with original libretto by Phil Willmott and production […]
Live-stream return for Sasha Regan’s The Pirates Of Penzance
Home-bound theatre-lovers who missed out on the recent streaming of the Palace Theatre debut of Sasha Regan’s award-winning all-male version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance will get another chance to see the hit show this Easter. Recorded live on 13 December 2020, The Pirates of Penzance will return to Stream.Theatre from 29 […]
Roles We’ll Never Play – West End to be streamed to home audiences
A live recording of last month’s West End debut of the popular Roles We’ll Never Play concert series will be streamed to home audiences next weekend. Featuring a cast of over 25 the performance which was filmed live during the concert’s sold-out run at London’s Apollo Theatre in December will be streamed via stream.theatre at […]
The Pirates of Penzance – Palace Theatre
The Pirates of Penzance at the Palace Theatre, London (available from 28 December 2020 until 3 January 2021 on www.stream.theatre) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Comedy is distinct from music and visual art in that it provokes a binary response. A joke is either funny or it isn’t: there is laughter […]
Extra date for Roles We’ll Never Play West End debut
After selling out in less than a day the team behind the popular Roles We’ll Never Play concert series has added an extra show to the series’ West End debut at London’s Apollo Theatre next month. Following two successful years of sold-out concerts in the capital, Roles We’ll Never Play West End will now play […]
Union Theatre’s Elegies cast record song for NHS and freelancers
The cast of last year’s Union Theatre production of the moving song cycle Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens have recorded a song from the show to raise funds for NHS workers and theatre freelancers. With all funds raised to be split evenly between NHS Charities Together and Funds for Freelancers, the song ‘Heroes’ […]
Wilton’s Music Hall run of All-Male H.M.S. Pinafore cancelled
Regan De Wynter Williams Ltd has announced the cancellation of the Wilton’s Music Hall run of Sasha Regan’s award winning all-male version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore. Following on from last year’s successful return of Regan’s award winning all-male version of The Pirates of Penzance, the production was due to arrive at the London […]
Performance Preparation Academy – Chess
Chess by Performance Preparation Academy at the Electric Theatre, Guildford. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Sometimes, but not often, a young singer displays such an awesome talent that it takes the breath away of even the hardest-to-please critic and, in Michael Vien, Guildford’s Performance Preparation Academy may well have unearthed a special one. […]
Whistle Down the Wind – Union Theatre
Whistle Down the Wind continues at the Union Theatre, London until 21 December 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Richard Taylor’s musical adaptation of the novella and movie of Whistle Down the Wind returns to the bijou Union Theatre as this year’s Christmas offering. Once again, it’s directed by the Union’s […]
Cast for Union Theatre’s Whistle Down The Wind
Juan Miralles and Sadie Levett will head the cast of the Union Theatre’s critically-acclaimed revival of Russell Labey and Richard Taylor’s version of Whistle Down The Wind when it returns to the London venue later this month. Directed by the Union’s Sasha Regan, the production which will run from 28 November until 21 December will […]
View an exclusive gallery of new images from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at the Union Theatre
Sasha Regan’s new production of 1940s Broadway hit Gentleman Prefer Blondes at London’s Union Theatre continues until 26 October 2019 and these exclusive images from Roy Tan give you an idea of why you should catch it while you can! The musical which marked Carol Channing’s Broadway debut in 1949 brings a little Hollywood-style glamour to […]
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes – Union Theatre
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes continues at the Union Theatre, London until 26 October 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There’s not a lot that a director can do with material as hoary as this, but Sasha Regan does the right thing by breathing youthful vitality into an unashamedly old-fashioned show. Crucially, she […]
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes for the Union Theatre
Sasha Regan will direct and produce a new production of 1940s Broadway hit Gentleman Prefer Blondes at London’s Union Theatre this autumn. The musical which marked Carol Channing’s Broadway debut in 1949 will bring a little Hollywood-style glamour to South London from 2 to 26 October 2019, with a press night on 8 October. Zak […]
Brass – Union Theatre
Brass continues at the Union Theatre, London until 24 November 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Benjamin Till’s ambitious musical charting the fortunes of a Leeds brass band that enlists for the Great War enjoys an intimate retelling at London’s Union Theatre. Commissioned by the National Youth Music Theatre to commemorate […]
New production of First World War musical Brass to open at London’s Union Theatre
Benjamin Till’s award-winning BRASS will receive its professional London premiere at the Union Theatre as part of a series of events to mark the centenary of Armistice Day. Commissioned by the National Youth Music Theatre and set during the First World War, the first production of the moving musical drama at Leeds City Varieties Music Hall […]
Musical version of Around the World in 80 Days to play the Union Theatre
Phileas Fogg and Passepartout will fly high at London’s Union Theatre next month in a revival of Phil Willmott and Annemarie Lewis Thomas’ well-received musical version of Around the World in 80 Days. Produced by the Union’s artistic director Sasha Regan and directed by Brendan Matthew, the new production will run from 8 August until […]
Twang!! – Union Theatre
Twang!! continues at the Union Theatre, London until 5 May 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The original production of Lionel Bart’s Twang!! opened in the West End in December 1965 and despite a stellar cast including James Booth, Barbara Windsor, Ronnie Corbett and Bernard Bresslaw, it ran for only 43 […]
Union Theatre to stage first revival of Imagine This
Shuki Levy and David Goldsmith’s Imagine This will return to London next month, nearly a decade after its first performance in the West End. The production, which will be directed by Harry Blumenau, will play the Union Theatre from 25 October until 18 November with an official opening night on 27 October. Set in Poland […]
Blondel – Union Theatre
Blondel continues at the Union Theatre, London until 15 July. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The knowledge that Blondel was Tim Rice’s first musical after his split with Andrew Lloyd Webber adds an extra piquancy to some of its knowing lines. Who needs lyrics, muses the show’s eponymous troubadour Blondel, when […]
Sasha Regan’s All-Male The Mikado – Richmond Theatre
Sasha Regan’s All-Male The Mikado continues at Richmond Theatre until 27 May, then tours until 29 July. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It must be 60 years since I last saw The Mikado but the traditional D’Oyly Carte version was nothing like this so it was just like stepping into an entirely new […]
Blondel premiere at the Union Theatre – cast details
The cast has been revealed for a brand new version of the Tim Rice musical comedy Blondel which will get its London premiere at the Union Theatre from 21 June to 15 July. Press night is 23 June. Blondel has lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Stephen Oliver. The book is by Tom Williams […]
Blondel is back in Union Theatre revival
A brand new version of the Tim Rice musical comedy Blondel, which follows the trials and triumphs of an ambitious minstrel in King Richard the Lionheart’s court, will get its London premiere at the Union Theatre from 21 June to 15 July. Press night is 23 June. Blondel has lyrics by Rice and music by […]
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is Union Theatre’s final show in current home
The final show at the Union Theatre before it ventures to its new home will be The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, the last production in its 20-year rich history of plays, operas and musicals. The Olivier Award-winning comedy tells the story of LV, a painfully shy girl who spends most of her time listening to her […]
Sasha Regan’s All Male H.M.S. Pinafore – exclusive images
Originally seen at the Union Theatre in 2009, Sasha Regan’s acclaimed all-male production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance has returned for a 2016 UK tour. Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan has taken these exclusive images. A classic musical comedy of mistaken identity, The Pirates of Penzance follows young Frederic, a child apprenticed to […]
Bad Girls the Musical at the Union Theatre – cast revealed
A new production of Bad Girls the Musical, based on characters from the award-winning and popular TV drama (including Shell Dockley, Denny Blood, Nikki Wade and the Two Julies!), will run at the Union Theatre from 9 March to 2 April (press night is 11 March). With a book by Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus, […]
Sondheim’s Road Show revived at the Union Theatre
The Union Theatre and the Phil Willmott Company are presenting the first UK revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Road Show from 3 February to 5 March 2016 (press nights are Wednesday 10 February and Thursday 11 February). At the turn of the last century old Pa Meisner sends his sons, the charming and ruthless Wilson and the thoughtful, unambitious Addison off to […]
Loserville revived at the Union Theatre
Elliot Davis and James Bourne’s musical Loserville will be revived at London’s Union Theatre (25 February to 21 March), directed by Michael Burgen and featuring Any Dream Will Do finalist Lewis Bradley (Wicked, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) as Eddie. It’s 1971. Michael Dork may be a computer geek but he’s invented something that could change the world. He’s also discovered girls: a prospect (almost) as […]
London Fringe update – She Loves Me, Whistle Down the Wind, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens
Whistle Down the Wind – Union Theatre (28 January to 21 February – press night is 30 January) Sasha Regan directs Whistle Down the Wind (adapted by Russell Labey and Richard Taylor with music and lyrics by Richard Taylor) at the Union Theatre. The time is the late 1950s, the place, a small village in Lancashire. Hurrying to a barn with three rescued kittens, Cathy, […]
David Bedella & Friends – St James Theatre Studio
Primetime! – David Bedella & Friends performed at the St James Theatre Studio, London. It may well have been a slightly blustery Sunday evening in Victoria, but deep in the heart of the St James Studio, there was definitely a warm Latin feel. David Bedella & Friends is a unique and deeply personal approach to the […]
Sasha Regan’s All Male H.M.S. Pinafore – Hackney and Touring
Sasha Regan’s All Male H.M.S. Pinafore was reviewed at the Hackney Empire, London, before beginning a tour on 3 March. The Savoy opera that secured the international success of Gilbert & Sullivan following its maiden voyage in 1878, H.M.S. Pinafore (or The Lass That Loved a Sailor) tells the story of lowly seaman Ralph Rackstraw, whose mutual […]
