The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals at A0 Arena, Manchester, broadcast on BBC1 and BBC Radio 2, also available via BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Close your eyes, listen and you would swear it was Tina Turner belting out ‘We Don’t Need Another Hero’, ‘Simply […]
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Frozen’s West End run extended until the autumn
Disney Theatrical Productions has announced an extension to the West End debut run of Tony-nominated musical Frozen in response to high public demand. The spectacular production which has been playing to packed houses at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane since last summer, will continue to bring Elsa’s frozen world to London audiences up […]
CD Review: Into the Unknown – Samantha Barks
INTO THE UNKNOWN – Samantha Barks (Westway Music – Download) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Samantha Barks’ album Into the Unknown has just been released while she is still taking the West End by storm in Frozen playing the role of Elsa. What a powerhouse of a voice! I was blown away […]
CD Review: Here I Go – Stephanie McKeon
HERE I GO – Stephanie McKeon (Can-Land Music – Online Downloads) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Currently starring as Princess Anna in Frozen in London’s West End, this is an EP of favourites from Stephanie McKeon. The tracks are: ‘Here You Come Again’, ‘Something Good’, ‘As If We Never Said Goodbye’, […]
Frozen – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Frozen continues at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ On first hearing that Disney’s most successful animated franchise would make its move to the stage I was, admittedly, slightly sceptical. Since the extraordinary breakthrough made by The Lion King, further attempted animation adaptations seem to me to […]
Bookings open for West End’s Frozen as new images and photoshoot video are released
Public booking is now open for the eagerly-anticipated West End debut of Tony-nominated musical Frozen. Now due to begin preview performances from 27 August 2021 at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane with an official opening night on 8 September, the Disney Theatrical Productions show is now taking bookings until 3 April 2022. West […]
West End production of Frozen to officially open in September 2021
The eagerly-anticipated West End debut of Tony-nominated musical Frozen will preview from 27 August 2021, with a press night on 8 September at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Joining Samantha Barks (Elsa) and Stephanie McKeon (Anna) are Obioma Ugoala (Kristoff), Craig Gallivan (Olaf), Oliver Ormson (Hans), Richard Frame (Weselton), and alternating the role of […]
Frozen’s London opening temporarily on ice until lockdown lifts
Fans will have to wait a little longer for the eagerly-anticipated West End debut of Tony-nominated musical Frozen following a decision to delay the large-scale production for a second time in the wake of the current national lockdown. Originally due to skate into the refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the autumn of 2020, the […]
West End Frozen cast and new dates confirmed
Full casting and new dates have been announced for Disney Theatrical Productions’ eagerly-anticipated West End production of Tony-nominated musical Frozen. Originally due to skate into the refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the autumn, the production will now open in London on 14 April 2021 with preview performances from 2 April. The initial booking period […]
Stephanie McKeon will play Anna opposite Samantha Barks as Elsa in the West End production of Frozen
Today, on National Siblings Day, Disney Theatrical Productions has announced that Samantha Barks and Stephanie McKeon will play Elsa and Anna in Frozen when it reopens the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane later this year. The production opens on 11 November 2020, with previews from 30 October; and has extended booking until 30 May […]
Close to You – Burt Bacharach Reimagined by Kyle Riabko – album launch
Fans of the acclaimed Burt Bacharach review show Close to You will be pleased to hear that the original London cast has made a recording. The show started off its life in the UK as What’s it all About? at the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2015 before transferring to the Criterion in Piccadilly, although its origins date back to a […]
Close to You – Bacharach Reimagined – brand new images
The West End transfer of Close to You – Bacharach Reimagined, the new musical featuring Burt Bacharach’s songbook, opened last week at the Criterion Theatre, London. After the performance, Burt Bacharach joined the cast in Piccadilly Circus for a very special performance of ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head’. See below for some brand new production images from […]
What’s It All About? Bacharach Reimagined – Menier Chocolate Factory
What’s It All About? Bacharach Reimagined continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London until 5 September. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Menier Chocolate Factory has transformed itself this summer into a 1960s hippie retreat – the perfect setting for a remarkable celebration and ‘reimagining’ of the songs of Burt Bacharach by Canadian […]
