Anything Goes continues at the Barbican Theatre, London until 3 September 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Kathleen Marshall’s effervescent revival of Anything Goes continues to gleam as the gold standard for traditional, old-school musical theatre. The show that has dazzled audiences with its beautiful sets, epic set pieces and breathless dancing since […]
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CD Review: Theatre – Joe Stilgoe
THEATRE – Joe Stilgoe (Westway Records – Download and CD) Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Stilgoe’s ninth album, now on Westway Records, is a tribute to the theatre or, to be precise, to the great songwriters through the years (plus three new songs written by Stilgoe himself). Simon Callow appears on […]
Extra three weeks added to Anything Goes Barbican encore – Check out the new production images
The Barbican encore season of the hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes has been extended in response to exceptional demand for tickets. A box office record breaker at the Barbican last year the critic and crowd-pleasing will now follow tour dates across the […]
Anything Goes – new all-star casting revealed
Kerry Ellis, Denis Lawson, Simon Callow and Bonnie Langford will be aboard the hit UK re-working of the award-winning Broadway revival of the Cole Porter and P.G. Wodehouse musical Anything Goes when it cruises back into the Barbican this summer. Ellis (Wicked, We Will Rock You) will star as Reno Sweeney alongside Lawson (Mr Cinders, […]
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 […]
Would-be musical theatre stars get a chance to shine in DIY festive show
Musical theatre fans are being given the chance to star alongside Simon Callow in a new DIY musical created for this year’s festive season. Produced by the British Youth Music Theatre, Saving Christmas is a solo Christmas musical designed to be performed by anyone of any age anywhere. Based on a concept by Steven Dexter, […]
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: […]
The Great British Musicals In Concert – Dearman and Robyns join line-up
West End performers Louise Dearman and Jon Robyns are joining the cast of The Great British Musicals In Concert at St James Theatre, in a production that celebrates the very best of British musicals over the decades. Dearman made history as the first actress to play both starring roles in Wicked. She has just appeared as […]
