Play On! continues at the Lyric Hammersmith, London until 22 February 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Play On! is more than a clever adaptation; it’s a celebration of Black joy, Shakespeare, jazz and theatre’s power to transport us to another time and place.
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‘In theatre, anything can happen’: Clive Rowe chats Blues in the Night, being a grande Dame & the infinite possibilities of theatre
CLIVE ROWE – MBE and Olivier Award winner – is one of the UK’s most recognisable and best-loved performers. A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he won critical acclaim early in his career for playing Enoch Snow in Nicholas Hytner’s sold-out revival of Carousel at the National Theatre, for which he received […]
Blues in the Night – Kiln Theatre
Blues in the Night continues at the Kiln Theatre, London – until 7 September 2019. Star rating: five stars ★★★★★ There is much about Blues in the Night to remind one of Ain’t Misbehavin’, the Fats Waller musical revue that recently ran at the Southwark Playhouse. Both revolve around songs of Depression-era America, a time when the blues music […]
Blues in the Night at the London Hippodrome – casting revealed
Casting has been announced for the 3oth anniversary performances of Sheldon Epps’ musical revue Blues in the Night at The Hippodrome Casino in June. Ian Carlyle (We Will Rock You, Show Boat) will join Enyonam Gbesemete (Disney’s The Lion King, Show Boat), Bleu Woodward (Kinky Boots, South Pacific) and Cleopatra Higgins (Thriller Live, pictured) for […]
Blues in the Night to return for London shows
Nearly three decades after its London debut, Sheldon Epps’ musical revue Blues in the Night will return to the capital for two concert performances next year. Conceived by American stage and television director Epps, the celebration of the songs and singers most intrinsically linked with classic blues, will be performed at The Hippodrome Casino on […]
Blues in the Night – Hackney Empire
Blues in the Night continues at the Hackney Empire, London until 4 May. Sheldon Epps’ 1980 Off-Broadway (and 1982 Broadway) show returns to London, this time spending a spell at the glorious Hackney Empire. More of a dramatic revue than a musical, per se, Blues in the Night is packed with classic songs from the Blues […]
