London entertainment hub Live At Zédel at Crazy Coqs has unveiled a winter season packed with a record 110 shows covering a wide range of genres. Produced, once again, in partnership with Fane Productions Ltd, Live At Zédel’s programme of live music, musical theatre, comedy and cabaret includes solo shows from musical theatre leading ladies […]
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Elaine Delmar – The Pheasantry
Elaine Delmar performed at The Pheasantry, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The appreciative audience at Elaine Delmar’s cabaret show will have their own special memories of this star performer. There was ‘Honeysuckle Rose’from the all-star hit, Bubbling Brown Sugar which ran for nearly two years at the Royalty Theatre in 1979. ‘Remind […]
Casting for UK and Ireland tour of Titanic The Musical
Eleven actors who have previously played roles in Titanic The Musical are among the full cast for the production’s eagerly-anticipated UK and Ireland tour. Due to visit the cities and communities most closely associated with the doomed ship, Thom Southerland’s critically-acclaimed production of the multi-award-winning Broadway musical is due to launch its UK and Ireland […]
Privates on Parade – Union Theatre
Privates on Parade continues at the Union Theatre, London until 17 December. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Those of us who grew up in the 1970s will remember the BBC sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft about a group of Second World War entertainers […]
Cast for Union Theatre’s Privates On Parade
Full casting has been announced for The Union Theatre’s production of Privates On Parade which is due to play the London venue from 22 November. Joining the previously announced Simon Green (Priscilla Queen of the Desert) and Samuel Curry (Cesario) are: Robin McDonald (Amadeus), Matt Beveridge (Titanic), Tom Bowen (Dirty Dancing), and Tom Pearce (Jesus […]
Darren Day joins cast of touring version of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Stage and TV personality Darren Day will join the cast of the touring version of the hit musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical for a number of performances early next year. Day, whose first major theatre role was in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, will take over the role of Tick in […]
Extra dates for Duncan James in Priscilla Queen of the Desert tour
Duncan James will star as Tick in the musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert in Northampton, Crawley, Dartford, Bristol and Oxford in addition to the previously announced dates. Jason Donovan has been playing the role at other venues. As one quarter of the pop band Blue, Duncan James has sold more than 16 million records, had three number […]
Priscilla Queen of the Desert – New Wimbledon Theatre
Priscilla Queen of the Desert continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 10 October, and then touring. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Jukebox musicals get a bad rap. True, all too often they are opportunistic, cynical exploitations appealing to an undemanding audience, with as many corners cut as the producers think they can get […]
Priscilla Queen of the Desert tour – full cast revealed
The full cast for the UK tour of the musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert, opening on Thursday 20 August 2015 at the Manchester Opera House, has been revealed. Joining the previously announced Duncan James and Jason Donovan, who share the role of Tick, are Simon Green as Bernadette, Adam Bailey as Felicia and Philip Childs as Bob. Simon Green’s most recent stage credits include Bruce Ismay in Titanic […]
Cafe Society Swing – 59E59 Theaters, New York
Cafe Society Swing continues at 59E59 Theaters, New York until 4 January. Those still mourning the demise this past June of After Midnight, the scintillating Broadway revue of music from New York’s legendary Cotton Club, can find some solace in Cafe Society Swing. This new Off-Broadway offering celebrates another ground-breaking Manhattan nightspot, Cafe Society, which […]
The World Goes ‘Round – Union Theatre
The World Goes ‘Round: The Songs of Kander & Ebb continues at the Union Theatre, London until 8 February. You’d have to be seriously allergic to musicals not to enjoy this tuneful retrospective of the work of those Broadway giants John Kander and Fred Ebb, famous, of course, for Cabaret and Chicago as well as […]
