The hit world premiere production of the new musical based on David Nicholls’ best-selling book One Day will transfer to London’s West End in November.
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One Day: The Musical – Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
One Day: The Musical continues at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh until 19 April 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Em and Dex’s story has found a new home. A perfect home. Their tale begins and ends in Edinburgh. The Lyceum is a fitting host.
Two-week extension for Edinburgh debut of One Day: The Musical
The upcoming world premiere of a new musical based on David Nicholls’ best-selling book One Day has been extended for an extra two weeks in response to exceptional public demand.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry – Minerva Theatre, Chichester
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry continues at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester until 14 June 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★★ “Flawless” isn’t an adjective I find cause to use very often in reviews. This time, however, it expresses my reaction perfectly.
Sylvia – Old Vic Theatre
Sylvia continues at the Old Vic Theatre, London until 8 April 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Rather than being a mere copycat, Sylvia now has the confidence to reuse Hamilton’s techniques rather than be a facsimile of them.
Beverley Knight to return as Emmeline Pankhurst in musical Sylvia
Beverley Knight will return as Emmeline Pankhurst in the world premiere of hip hop musical Sylvia at The Old Vic early next year. Presented by The Old Vic and Zoonation: The Kate Prince Company in association with Sadler’s Wells, the musical which debuted as a work-in-progress at the venue in 2018 will return as a […]
West End performers feature in cast for The Chamber Musical Sessions Concert
Aria Entertainment and Adam Lenson Productions have unveiled the cast of West End artists lined-up to showcase the work of the UK-based writing teams behind 15 new chamber musicals in The Chamber Musical Sessions Concert. Celebrating the first year of the Aria-ALP Chamber Project, the concert at the Garrick Theatre on 4 October 2021 will […]
Full cast unveiled for Hamilton’s West End return
Producers Jeffrey Seller and Cameron Mackintosh have announced full casting for the award-winning West End production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton when it resumes performances at the Victoria Palace Theatre from 19 August 2021. Karl Queensborough (The Girl From the North Country, The Old Vic) will step back into the role of Alexander Hamilton with Simon-Anthony […]
Cast and creatives announced for MTFestUK 2021
Paul Taylor-Mills has confirmed the line-up of award-winning and international performers and creatives assembled for next month’s MTFestUK 2021. Due to open at the Turbine Theatre in London from 17-29 May 2021 before embarking on a digital tour from 31 May until 4 July, the third edition of the annual celebration of new musical theatre […]
Thespie announces ten new online events for March
Theatre discovery platform Thespie has announced ten new online theatre and arts events including an International Women’s Day concert double feature and a conversation with the cast and creatives of a new virtual production of The Last Five Years streaming from New York. On 8 March 2020, Thespie will mark International Women’s Day with a […]
CD Review: In The Willows The Musical – Studio Cast
IN THE WILLOWS: THE MUSICAL – Studio Cast Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I absolutely love it when someone takes a classic and turns it on its head to make it even more accessible to young theatregoers. Metta Theatre has done just that, in collaboration with Perfect Pitch, with their hip-hop version of […]
Cast and new streaming dates for Treason The Musical In Concert
Casting has been announced for the digital concert premiere of the new Gunpowder Plot-inspired musical drama Treason next month. Due to be performed and filmed live at London’s Cadogan Hall, the concert production will feature West End stars including Lucie Jones (Legally Blonde, Waitress), Oliver Tompsett (& Juliet, Kinky Boots), Daniel Boys (Falsettos, Nativity Rocks!), […]
Studio cast recording for Metta’s In The Willows released
Leading independent theatre production company Metta Theatre has announced the release of the studio album for hip hop musical In The Willows. Working in collaboration with new musical development specialists Perfect Pitch, the cast album which was produced remotely during October and November last year, is now available via Spotify, iTunes and other digital media. […]
Perfect Pitch & Stream.Theatre collaborate on showcase of new British musicals
Not-for-profit theatre company Perfect Pitch is partnering with online venue stream.theatre to present a regular monthly preview series spotlighting new British musicals and UK writing talent and featuring performances from West End stars. Part of a drive to promote new contemporary musicals to a wider audience, each episode of Rise:Up will focus on a different […]
We Need A Little Christmas – Actors’ Church
We Need A Little Christmas at the Actors’ Church, Covent Garden, London, available to stream until 1 January 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This bumper bundle of Christmas songs old and new, plus a couple of spoken gems from Maureen Lipman and Simon Callow, does not stint on quantity or […]
Christine Allado and David Bedella are among the line-up for charity concert We Need A Little Christmas
A host of stage and screen stars are uniting for a festive filmed concert in support of Shelter and Crisis at Christmas which will be streamed online from 20 December 2020 until 1 January 2021. Filmed at The Actors Church (St Paul’s Church) in Covent Garden, We Need A Little Christmas will feature performances from: […]
Claude-Michel Schönberg to make a special guest appearance in The Barn’s Annabel Mutale Reed concert
Tony Award-winning composer, librettist and record producer Claude-Michel Schönberg will be making a special guest appearance in concert The Barn Presents: The Music of Annabel Mutale Reed, celebrating the work of musical theatre playwright, lyricist and director Annabel Mutale Reed. The concert will debut on the Cirencester venue’s Facebook, YouTube and Twitter channels on 11 […]
Award-winners join star-packed line-up for Turn Up! live stream
Sharon D. Clarke, Noma Dumesweni, Norm Lewis and Clive Rowe are among the West End and Broadway performers who will unite with community leaders for TURN UP! – next month’s online charity event in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Raising money for four charities – The Bail Project, The Okra Project, The Black […]
Performers and community leaders to join forces for Black Lives Matter movement fundraiser
West End and Broadway performers will unite with community leaders for Turn Up! an online charity event next month in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Raising money for four charities – The Bail Project, The Okra Project, The Black Curriculum and UK Black Pride – the online concert will be recorded with a […]
Karl Queensborough is the new West End Hamilton from November 2019
Karl Queensborough will step into the role of Alexander Hamilton next month as the multi-award-winning Hamilton enters its third year at the Victoria Palace Theatre. Currently performing as the alternate Hamilton in the London production, Queensborough (The Girl From the North Country, The Old Vic) will take over the role full-time from 18 November 2019. […]
Full company for Hampstead Theatre run of Caroline, Or Change
Hampstead Theatre has announced the full company joining Sharon D. Clarke for Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s Caroline, Or Change which is due to open next month following its successful run last year at the Chichester Festival Theatre. Clarke, who will reprise her acclaimed performance in the title role, will be joined by Naana Agyei-Ampuda, […]
