The full cast has been unveiled for the grand finale of the acclaimed world touring production of Les Misérables – The Arena Spectacular.
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Star cast for Les Misérables – The Arena Spectacular Grand Finale
The final all-star cast for the Grand Finale of the acclaimed world touring production Les Misérables – The Arena Spectacular has been announced.
West End’s Les Misérables to celebrate 40th birthday with a special season
Cameron Mackintosh is marking 40 years of Boublil and Schönberg’s Les Misérables by assembling a special, star-studded company of artists who have all played a part in the multi-award-winning show’s history.
Hamilton and Mary Poppins West End runs extended again
Cameron Mackintosh Limited has announced extended booking periods for two of the West End’s most popular shows – Hamilton and Mary Poppins. Performances of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre are now extended up to 17 December 2022. As previously announced, from 21 June the new cast will be led by Reuben Joseph […]
New cast lined up for Hamilton from 21 June
New casting has been announced for the hit West End production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton with the newcomers due to begin performances at the Victoria Palace Theatre from 21 June 2022. The new cast will be led by Reuben Joseph (The Tragedy of Macbeth, Almeida Theatre, Orphans, National Theatre of Scotland) as Alexander Hamilton with […]
West End stars celebrate Valentine’s Day with West End Musical Love Songs
An all-star line-up including Les Misérables stars Jon Robyns (currently playing Jean Valjean) and Shan Ako (who previously played Eponine), Wicked stars Emma Hatton and Nikki Bentley who both played the iconic Elphaba, Six stars Natalie Paris and Jodie Steele (who recently reprised her role as Heather Chandler in Heathers), Matt Jeans (Joseph, White Christmas) […]
Additional performance of An Evening With Barlow and Bear announced
Following phenomenal demand, an additional performance of An Evening With Barlow and Bear at the Underbelly Speigeltent, Leicester Square has been added on 22 November at 9.15pm, following the sold out 7.30pm performance. Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear will be joined on stage by West End stars Shan Ako (Les Misérables, Whitney – Queen of […]
Children of Eden 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert – Cadogan Hall
Children of Eden 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert at Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Stephen Schwartz’s musical Children of Eden is an odd beast. First performed in 1991, Schwartz’s music and lyrics combine with a book by John Caird to tell two Biblical tales from the Book of Genesis. Act I […]
Star-studded cast for Children of Eden concert
Ruthie Henshall is among the high-powered West End cast assembled for the 30th anniversary concert performances of Stephen Schwartz and John Caird’s Children of Eden this autumn. A member of the musical’s original London cast, Henshall (Chicago, Cats) will appear alongside Alice Fearn (Come From Away, Wicked), Carl Spencer (Hamilton, Motown: The Musical), Adam Pearce (The […]
Line-up for second Monday Night at the Apollo show
Casting has been announced for the second concert in the rescheduled live and live-streamed fundraising series of Monday Night at the Apollo. West End stars Shan Ako (Les Miserables, The X Factor), Arthur Darvill (Once, Sweet Charity), Sophie Evans (Wicked, Wizard of Oz), Sandra Marvin (Waitress, Emmerdale) and Oliver Tompsett (& Juliet, Wicked) will take […]
Return for Les Misérables – The Staged Concert planned
Cameron Mackintosh has announced plans for the return of Les Misérables – The Staged Concert in May followed by the eagerly awaited resumption of performances of the full production of Les Misérables in September and the re-launch of the touring production from November. If all goes to plan with the third stage of the Government’s […]
West End Musical Drive-In Goes Digital – Stream.Theatre
West End Musical Drive-In Goes Digital, available via Stream.Theatre until 21 March 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Anything that gives musical theatre fans the opportunity to see a live show in these endless days of deprivation is to be applauded even if, in this case, it involves driving to an […]
West End Musical Drive-In shows to be streamed online
Home-bound audiences will be able to get a taste of the initiative that brought a touch of musical theatre magic to a London car park with the release of digital recordings of the West End Musical Drive-In concerts via the stream.theatre platform. Featuring over 25 West End stars including Alice Fearn (Come From Away), Lucie […]
Les Misérables Staged Concert’s Sondheim run extended until February 2021
With performances due to begin as planned on 5 December, the eagerly-anticipated run of Les Misérables – The Staged Concert at the Sondheim Theatre has been extended for a second time following the announcement of new restrictions affecting indoor performances. In response to high public demand combined with the Government directive to theatres to reduce […]
CD and DVD Review: Les Misérables – The Staged Concert
LES MISERABLES – The Staged Concert – DVD and CD (CD – First Night – 093624888635; DVD – Universal – 832 111 3) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ At least seven cast recordings in English and 26 foreign language cast recordings – do we really need another? That was the thought […]
Five Questions With: Shan Ako
The new live cast recording of the West End production of Les Miserables – The Staged Concert will be on many a musical theatre fan’s Christmas wish list this year, so we thought a chat with the show’s Eponine, otherwise known as SHAN AKO, was in order. Recorded live at the Gielgud Theatre, ‘Les Misérables […]
Content for The Theatre Channel’s Halloween and rock episodes unveiled
Adam Blanshay Productions and The Theatre Café have released further details for the next two episodes in the new pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series, The Theatre Channel. Available to purchase now ahead of its release on 30 October 2020 this week’s extended Halloween themed episode has added Ria Jones, Trevor Dion Douglas and Jordan […]
High demand for The Show Must Go On Live! At The Palace Theatre leads to additional dates
Two extra dates have been added to The Show Must Go On! Live At The Palace Theatre concert series in response to high public demand. After selling out the initial four star-packed special performances at London’s Palace Theatre, the team behind the successful lockdown-launched Theatre Support Fund + will now move their fundraising efforts onstage for […]
Live cast recordings of Mary Poppins and Les Misérables – The Staged Concert to be released
Cameron Mackintosh, First Night Records and Warner Music have announced the upcoming release of the new live cast recordings of the producer’s hit West End productions announced of Mary Poppins and Les Misérables – The Staged Concert next month. Now available to pre-order, the Mary Poppins album will be released on 6 November with the […]
Les Misérables, Phantom and Mary Poppins feature in BGT Final West End celebration
Sixty performers from some of the West End’s biggest shows will come together for a special star-studded performance presented by Cameron Mackintosh during this weekend’s Britain’s Got Talent final. Celebrating the 35th birthday of Les Misérables and the 34th birthday of The Phantom of the Opera, the star-studded piece will feature the companies of Les […]
Double win for newcomer Sam Tutty at The Stage Debut Awards 2020
Dear Evan Hansen’s Sam Tutty took home two awards for his performance in the West End premiere of the Broadway hit at The Stage Debut Awards 2020. The Italia Conti-graduate who made his professional debut in the show which was one of the highest profile openings in London last year was one of two winners […]
The Stage Debut Awards 2020 – nominees announced
Pop superstar Robbie Williams, US stage and screen star Wendell Pierce and Dear Evan Hansen’s Sam Tutty are among the nominees for The Stage Debut Awards 2020. Presented in association with Access Entertainment, the prestigious awards will be presented for the first time online during a virtual ceremony on 27 September 2020. The Tony Award-winning […]
Eleven Six Queens to join the West End Musical Drive-In line-up
Eleven past and present ‘Queens’ from the hit show Six are the latest additions to the line-up of West End favourites bringing a touch of musical theatre magic to drive-in audiences in London. Courtney Bowman, Maddie Bulleyment, Collette Guitart, Sophie Isaac, Vicki Manser, Shekinah McFarlane, Grace Mouat, Natalie Paris, Jarneia Richard-Noel, Courtney Stapleton and Jodie […]
Alice Fearn to host new live-stream Intermissions series
Come From Away and Wicked’s Alice Fearn is to host four interactive shows from her own home featuring live music from West End stars and recent graduates. Produced in partnership with AKT London and Stage Door, each of the four shows in the Intermissions The Summer Edition series will feature a mix of music and […]
West End stars perform Newfound Hope Songs, written during lockdown for NHS Charities Together
As the world continues with social-distancing measures, and with theatreland on hiatus, many stars of the West End stage are getting creative at home and taking to social media with free clips, songs, and messages of support for fans, theatregoers, for their local communities, and in appreciation of key workers in the NHS and front-line […]
Les Misérables – The Staged Concert digital download will raise money for arts charities and the NHS
Cameron Mackintosh has announced the planned debut of the hugely successful Les Misérables – The Staged Concert on digital download in the UK and Australia, which will also raise much needed funds for performers, musicians and the NHS. For every digital download, available from Monday 20 April 2020 RRP £9.99, The Mackintosh Foundation will separately […]
Les Misérables – Sondheim Theatre
Les Misérables continues at the Sondheim Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In 2020, Les Misérables is as much a cornerstone of West End musical theatre as a chorus line, a love duet, or an overpriced interval drink. Even your joyless work colleague who can’t stand musicals knows the basics. […]
New Les Misérables cast at Sondheim Theatre confirmed
Jon Robyns will lead the cast when Les Misérables makes its eagerly-anticipated return to its London home, the former Queen’s Theatre which will re-open as the newly restored Sondheim Theatre on 18 December 2019. Currently starring as King George in Hamilton, Robyns will follow previous Les Misérables runs as Marius and Enjolras by stepping into […]
Final casting for star-studded concert version of Les Misérables
Rehearsals have begun for the eagerly-anticipated, star-studded concert version of Les Misérables which is due to play the intimate Gielgud Theatre for 16 weeks from early next month. As previously announced by Cameron Mackintosh, Les Misérables – The Staged Concert will feature returning stars including Michael Ball as Javert opposite Alfie Boe as Jean Valjean, […]
