Noel Sullivan will star alongside recent graduate Zweyla Mitchell Dos Santos in the premiere of new feel-good musical The Rhythmics at the Southwark Playhouse this Christmas. The former pop star turned musical theatre favourite will play single dad Grey with Dos Santos making her professional debut as his supportive teenage daughter Silva in the production […]
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2022 dates announced for Operation Mincemeat at Southwark Playhouse
Just days before award-winning new musical Operation Mincemeat completes its current sold-out run at the Southwark Playhouse, plans have been announced for a further six-week run early next year. Featuring a new version of the show re-worked and extended during lockdown, SpitLip’s innovative take on a strange but true story of a secret mission in […]
Lizzy Connolly completes lead cast for Indecent Proposal premiere
Lizzy Connolly will take on the central role of Rebecca when the musical version of the 1980s novel Indecent Proposal receives its world premiere at London’s Southwark Playhouse this autumn. Connolly (Sweet Charity, Donmar Warehouse, On the Town, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) will join the previously announced Norman Bowman (42nd Street, Theatre Royal Drury […]
John & Jen – Southwark Playhouse
John & Jen continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 21 August 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Composer Andrew Lippa is now better known for full-scale musicals from The Wild Party and Big Fish to The Addams Family, but the small chamber musical John & Jen, revived in a new production at the Southwark Playhouse, […]
Cast for Burnt Lemon’s new production of Tokyo Rose
West End actress Kanako Nakano (Miss Saigon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert) will head the all-female cast for this autumn’s touring production of Burnt Lemon’s award-winning Edinburgh Festival Fringe hit Tokyo Rose. Nakano will be joined by three of the stars of the original New Diorama and Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Maya Britto (Arabian Nights, […]
Southwark Playhouse run for Burnt Lemon’s Tokyo Rose
Burnt Lemon’s award-winning Edinburgh Festival Fringe hit Tokyo Rose will follow its run at the Mayflower MAST Studios in Southampton by returning to London to play the Southwark Playhouse in September. Presented by Burnt Lemon in association with MAST Mayflower and the Birmingham Hippodrome, the new production of the pop, rock and hip-hop musical inspired by […]
New dates for premiere of Indecent Proposal at Southwark Playhouse
10 to 4 Productions has announced new dates for the world premiere of the musical version of the 1980s novel Indecent Proposal at Southwark Playhouse. Postponed twice due to the pandemic, the musical version of Jack Engelhard’s original story of a young cash-strapped couple presented with a moral dilemma by a wealthy older man, will […]
New dates and new look for Operation Mincemeat at Southwark Playhouse
The Southwark Playhouse has announced the rescheduled work-in-progress dates for award-winning new musical Operation Mincemeat. Originally due to make a rapid return to the South London venue in May 2020, SpitLip’s innovative take on a strange but true story of a secret mission in the Second World War will follow its sold-out run in The […]
You Are Here – Southwark Playhouse
You Are Here continues at the Southwark Playhouse until 12 June 2021, with two live-streamed performances on 22 May. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ In You Are Here – Southwark’s first offering in front of a live audience after lockdown – pocket rocket Wendi Peters is Diana, a suburban Chicago housewife who’s inspired by […]
Preludes in Concert – Southwark Playhouse
Preludes in Concert, live streaming from Southwark Playhouse, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Experimental art about the struggles of an artist can be bad. Uniquely, horrifyingly, embarrassingly bad. As such, perhaps you never made the trip to see Southwark Playhouse’s autumn 2019 production of Dave Malloy’s Preludes, despite the cavalcade […]
World premiere of new version of John & Jen to star Rachel Tucker and Lewis Cornay
Olivier Award nominee Rachel Tucker and Lewis Cornay will star in the world premiere of a new updated version of Andrew Lippa and Tom Greenwald’s John & Jen at the Southwark Playhouse this summer. Presented by Bray Productions and featuring new orchestrations by Jason Robert Brown and Lippa the production will run from 28 July […]
Forristal and Clarke’s new musical Public Domain gets West End transfer
Following an acclaimed digital debut at Southwark Playhouse, Francesca Forristal and Jordan Paul Clarke’s new musical Public Domain, composed entirely from the real-life words of YouTube vloggers, Instagram influencers, Facebook’s tech giants and everyday internet users, will transfer to the West End’s Vaudeville Theatre for five performances from 27-30 May 2021 (press night is 27 […]
Preludes The Concert to be live-streamed by Southwark Playhouse
Southwark Playhouse will live stream a concert version of triple Tony Award nominee Dave Malloy’s Preludes in May. Previously seen in The Large in the autumn of 2019, the new version of UK premiere production which was directed by Alex Sutton and produced by Danielle Tarento will reunite the original cast for the live-streamed performances […]
You Are Here at Southwark Playhouse – full cast announced
Full casting has been announced for the re-scheduled UK premiere of You Are Here at Southwark Playhouse. Rebecca Lock (Curtains, Wyndham’s Theatre, Mamma Mia! Novello Theatre), Phil Adéle (Our Town, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Little Shop of Horrors UK tour) and Jordan Frazier (Nina Simone, Kenny Leon Theatre Company, Bat Out of Hell, UK […]
Bursts of brilliance from the year theatre stopped
We could have been born with a love of television or comic books or 1930s radio plays. That wouldn’t have been quite so bad. But no, Dionysus, god of theatre, took one look at us and decreed: “On top of the worldwide suffering and loss from Coronavirus, you are to spend the 2020 pandemic almost […]
Dates change for live theatre UK premiere of You Are Here
The UK premiere of You Are Here at Southwark Playhouse has been moved back a few weeks following the unveiling of the Government’s ‘roadmap back to normality’. Originally due to run from 29 April until 22 May 2021, the production will now begin preview performances on 17 May, the earliest date set by Government to […]
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Southwark Playhouse
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice at Southwark Playhouse is streaming from Stream.Theatre until 14 March 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This is not a Harry Potter adaptation. After some time spent on Wikipedia rectifying my misremembering of those book titles, I discovered that this new show by Richard Hough (book/lyrics) and Ben […]
Southwark Playhouse announces UK premiere of You Are Here starring Wendi Peters
Wendi Peters will take centre stage in the UK premiere of You Are Here at Southwark Playhouse from 29 April until 22 May 2021. Presented by the newly-launched theatre company The Grey Area, the production will be performed live from The Large to either in-person socially distanced audiences or via live-stream to home audiences for […]
Southwark Playhouse announces encore screenings of new musicals Fiver, Before After and Stay Awake, Jake
The critically-acclaimed live-stream productions of new British musicals FIVER, Before After and Stay Awake, Jake have been made available for an extra two weeks in response to high public demand. First seen as part of a mini-season of musical livestreams from The Little Theatre space at Southwark Playhouse late last year, the encore streaming of […]
Encore streams for The Fabulist Fox Sister and Public Domain
The critically-acclaimed livestream productions of new British musicals The Fabulist Fox Sister and Public Domain have been made available for an extra two weeks in response to high public demand. First seen as part of a mini-season of musical livestreams from The Little Theatre space at Southwark Playhouse in December, the encore streaming of both […]
Public Domain – Southwark Playhouse
Public Domain was broadcast via live-stream from Southwark Playhouse, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Public Domain has had its first outing, live-streamed from Southwark Playhouse. Writers Francesca Forristal (book, lyrics) and Jordan Paul Clarke (music/lyrics/orchestrations) were hard at work a year ago on a show about searching for authentic forms of connection […]
Doing, rather than waiting – An interview with acclaimed producer Katy Lipson (Part One)
KATY LIPSON is the director of Aria Entertainment, a company which has been at the forefront of reimagining how theatre can operate given our current world of lockdowns and social distancing. Her Park Theatre production of Rags (originally at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre) and Southwark Playhouse production of The Last Five Years have been nominated […]
Online premiere of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice delayed
The online world premiere of new British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice will now take place a few weeks later than planned following a delay in filming the production which had been due to play a debut season at the Southwark Playhouse this month. Originally due to be streamed to home audiences from 26 January-14 February, […]
The Last Five Years and Rags lead the musical theatre nominees for 2021 Offies
The Southwark Playhouse run of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years and the Park Theatre transfer of Hope Mill Theatre’s critically-acclaimed production of Rags lead the musical theatre finalists for OffWestEnd’s 2021 Offies Awards. Jonathan O’Boyle’s actor-musician production of The Last Five Years and Bronagh Lagan’s staging of Rags The Musical lead the list […]
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice world premiere to move online
The world premiere of new British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice will now take place online following the cancellation of the show’s debut season at the Southwark Playhouse this month. Announcing the decision to move the production onto streaming platform stream.theatre, producer James Seabright said: “We are sorry not to be able to present this wonderful […]
Musical Theatre Review critics offer their Top 5 theatre picks from 2020
As each year draws to a close, Musical Theatre Review usually pulls together a round-up of all the productions covered that have received four and five star reviews. After such an extraordinary year, during which any production staged has been a triumph over adversity, such an approach seemed inappropriate. Instead, I asked a small group […]
The Fabulist Fox Sister – Southwark Playhouse
The Fabulist Fox Sister – A Musical Lie continues via live-stream from Southwark Playhouse, London until 12 December 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The Fox Sister in question is Kate, who with her sisters Maggie and Leah pioneered seances in the 19th century. Basically it seems they were making it all up […]
Ahmed Hamad will play the title role in live-streamed Stay Awake, Jake
Ahmed Hamad will take centre stage in a new production of Tim Gilvin’s Stay Awake, Jake which will be live-streamed from the Southwark Playhouse this month. Hamad (Rent, Hope Mill Theatre, The Boy In The Dress, Royal Shakespeare Company) will follow up his recent recording of the show’s album, by taking on the title role […]
Live-stream performances for concert version of Fiver
The original cast from last year’s first full production of new British musical FIVER will return to London’s Southwark Playhouse for three live-streamed performances of a concert version of the show. Directed by the show’s co-creators, singer/songwriter Alex James Ellison and musical director Tom Lees, the cast members who featured in the sold-out world premiere […]
Premiere for new British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in 2021
New British musical The Sorcerer’s Apprentice will receive its world premiere at the Southwark Playhouse in January 2021. Inspired by the 18th century poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the musical which has been created writer Richard Hough and composer Ben Morales Frost (Our Man In Havana, A Christmas Carol) will make its debut in […]
A Night at the Musicals – Southwark Playhouse
A Night at the Musicals at Southwark Playhouse, London continues on 25 October and 1 November 2020. There is an online livestream on 25 October. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The problem with shows like A Night at the Musicals is that they can never live up to the promise of their title. […]
Southwark Playhouse’s The Last Five Years to be streamed
Home audiences across the world will get their chance to see the sold-out Southwark Playhouse production of The Last Five Years next month when a filmed performance is released on new platform stream.theatre. Recorded using multiple cameras, the filmed performance of Jonathan O’Boyle’s hit actor-musician production will be streamed from 26-29 November 2020 (with a […]
The Last Five Years – Southwark Playhouse
The Last Five Years continues at Southwark Playhouse, London until 14 November 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When a relationship goes sour and a couple decide to go their separate ways, they might use the excuse of not being in the same place as that partner. Composer Jason Robert Brown […]
Southwark Playhouse run of The Last Five Years extended
With over two-thirds of tickets already sold, the Southwark Playhouse run of Jonathan O’Boyle’s hit actor-musician production of The Last Five Years has been extended for an extra two weeks. Presented by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment in association with Edward Prophet and People Entertainment, the production will now run from 1 October until 14 […]
Stars of The Last Five Years form support bubble for Southwark Playhouse return
Molly Lynch and Oli Higginson will return to the lead roles when Jonathan O’Boyle’s hit actor-musician production of The Last Five Years returns to the Southwark Playhouse next month. To avoid the need for social distancing on stage the two actors will remain in the same ‘support bubble’ for the length of the run in […]
Rosalie Craig and Hadley Fraser to star in live-stream musical Before After
Real-life husband and wife Rosalie Craig and Hadley Fraser will star in a staged reading of new musical Before After at the Southwark Playhouse. Evening Standard Award-winner Craig (Company, Gielgud Theatre, City of Angels, Donmar Warehouse) and Fraser (Young Frankenstein, Garrick Theatre, Saint Joan, City of Angels, The Vote, Coriolanus – all Donmar Warehouse) will […]
West End stars and Beirut musicians unite for fundraising video
Over 40 artists have united to record a music video of ‘All I Longed To See’ from musical Broken Wings to raise funds for the Red Cross’ Beirut Emergency Appeal set up in the wake of the devastation caused by the explosion on 4 August 2020. The video features West End stars and former cast […]
The Last Five Years to return to Southwark Playhouse in October
Jonathan O’Boyle’s hit actor-musician production of the Last Five Years will return to the Southwark Playhouse in October with added social distancing measures in place. The new version of Jason Robert Brown’s award-winning musical had been playing to packed houses at the South London venue when the curtain came down on the production due to […]
Southwark Playhouse announces new free streaming service
Southwark Playhouse has launched a new free online streaming service offering shows and exclusive video content. Aimed at keeping lockdown audiences entertained until the popular South London venue can re-open its doors #SouthwarkStayhouse is now streaming the venue’s world premiere production of the rock musical Wasted, last year’s production of Twelfth Night and 2011’s Bound. […]
The Last Five Years – Southwark Playhouse
The Last Five Years continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 28 March 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ If ever proof was needed that the path of true love does indeed never run smooth, here it is, laid bare in this emotional and innovative rollercoaster of a musical. Jason Robert Brown’s musical, here […]
Jacqui Dankworth and Norman Bowman are cast in Indecent Proposal musical at the Southwark Playhouse
Jacqui Dankworth and Norman Bowman are the first cast members announced for the new musical version of the 1980s novel Indecent Proposal which will play the Southwark Playhouse from 29 May until 27 June. Presented by 10 to 4 Productions, the musical version of Jack Engelhard’s original story of a young cash-strapped couple presented with […]
Cast for The Last Five Years at Southwark Playhouse announced
Casting has been announced for director Jonathan O’Boyle’s new actor-musician production of The Last Five Years at the Southwark Playhouse next month. Wasted’s Molly Lynch (Sunset Boulevard, UK tour) will return to the South London venue to play Cathy opposite Oli Higginson (Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s Globe, Napoleon Blown Apart, Arcola Theatre) as Jamie. After opening […]
Waitress is the big winner at the West End Wilma Awards 2019
The West End Wilma Awards, now into their sixth year, are a rather more informal affair than some of theatreland’s more established ceremonies. Here, the theatregoing audience mingles freely with the stars whose work they have enjoyed and voted for in one of the awards’ ten categories. At this year’s ceremony, held at London’s Café […]
INTERVIEW: Finn Anderson and Stewart Melton discuss the creation of award-winning musical Islander
Winner of Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Islander is running at London’s Southwark Playhouse until 26 October 2019. Conceived and directed by Amy Draper, with a book by Stewart Melton and a score by Finn Anderson (presented by Helen Milne Productions), the musical see Kirsty Findlay and Bethany Tennick […]
Islander – Southwark Playhouse
Islander continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 26 October 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It was very quiet in the auditorium at Southwark Playhouse for the press performance of Islander, Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical award winner at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The audience seemed rapt both by […]
‘It was a perfect fit that I came into musical theatre’: INTERVIEW: Strictly’s Oti Mabuse works her choreography magic
Best known as one of the most popular dancers on BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing, OTI MABUSE has enjoyed a new move into musical theatre, having choreographed Ain’t Misbehavin’ at Colchester Mercury and Southwark Playhouse earlier this year, and recently working her magic on Kiss Me, Kate at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury. Born in Pretoria, […]
Preludes – Southwark Playhouse
Preludes continues at Southwark Playhouse, London until 12 October 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wow. Where do I start trying to describe the latest offering from the Southwark Playhouse and producer Danielle Tarento? Preludes, by Dave Malloy – he of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 fame – […]
Dogfight – Southwark Playhouse
Dogfight continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 31 August 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The last London professional staging of Dogfight, at the same venue five years ago, occurred at a very different time for its composers. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s follow-up, Dear Evan Hansen, had yet to hit Broadway, and the […]
My Son Pinocchio Jr. – Southwark Playhouse
My Son Pinocchio Jr. continues at the Southwark Playhouse, London until 14 August 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Fiver – Southwark Playhouse
Fiver continues at The Little at Southwark Playhouse, London until 20 July 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ If a five-pound note could tell you the story of its life, what would it say? Whose hands has it been in? Whose g-string has it been tucked into? Whose nose has it […]
