“I would tell anyone I know to audition for British Youth Music Theatre (BYMT). I know it can be scary but trust me, you will have the time of your life. Everyone is so supportive and uplifting and it is brilliant to do a production with everyone who wants to be there just as much […]
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The Night The War Ended – British Youth Musical Theatre
The Night The War Ended was performed by British Youth Music Theatre at the Theatre Royal, Margate. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ As part of its summer 2021 programme, British Youth Musical Theatre (formerly Youth Music Theatre UK) staged a full-scale production of a new work by Stephanie Jayne Amies (music and lyrics), […]
Second extension for Pippin at the Charing Cross Theatre
Stephen Schwartz has helped to announce a second extension for director Steven Dexter’s critically-acclaimed production of the Tony Award-winning musical Pippin at London’s Charing Cross Theatre. The multi-award-winning composer who flew into London from New York to attend a performance of the show and meet the company recorded a special video confirming the magical show […]
The biggest party in history as told by BYMT’s The Night the War Ended
The place is London, the date is 8 May 1945 and the biggest party in history has begun on a night that will be remembered forever: the night the war ended. The city is buzzing with excitement as people hear the news. The streets fill up with people from all over the world singing and […]
Pippin – Charing Cross Theatre
Pippin continues at the Charing Cross Theatre, London until 14 August 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Ever since I laid my hands on the Broadway cast recording I’ve loved this Stephen Schwartz score. Its dreamy ballads in the hands of its central character Pippin, the son of warmongering Charlemagne, its […]
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, […]
Pippin – The Eagle Garden Theatre
Pippin continues at The Eagle Garden Theatre, London until 11 October 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Despite being a Broadway hit, Pippin (book by Roger O. Hirson, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz) has divided audiences ever since its Bob Fosse-directed debut in 1972. Can this 1960s-inspired production at The Eagle’s ever-evolving […]
Further two-week extension for Garden Theatre’s Pippin
The Garden Theatre’s upcoming production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Pippin has been extended for a second time in response to high public demand. Just days after the first batch of extra tickets were made available (the original 12 performances sold out within 72 hours), another two weeks of performances have been added to […]
More tickets available for Garden Theatre’s Pippin
Extra tickets are being made available for The Garden Theatre’s upcoming production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Pippin after tickets for the original 12 performances sold out within 72 hours. Following on from the recently extended critic and audience-pleasing production of Fanny and Stella, the second production will now play the new outdoor venue […]
New version of Pippin to play Eagle Garden Theatre
Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Pippin will be the second production at the new South London outdoor venue The Garden Theatre next month. Following on from the recently extended critic and audience-pleasing production of Fanny and Stella, the new production of Pippin will play the venue in the beer garden of The Eagle in Kennington, London […]
Fanny and Stella – The Eagle Garden Theatre
Fanny and Stella continues at The Eagle Garden Theatre, London until 28 August 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ As the few dozen attendees took their seats at The Eagle last night there was an unusual tension in the air. Was the theatrical experience always like this? It has been so long. Somebody […]
Final casting is announced for Fanny and Stella, the first London Fringe show since lockdown
Final casting has been announced for the first London Fringe production since lockdown, a brand new socially distanced open-air production of Fanny and Stella, a musical with book and lyrics by Glenn Chandler, the creator of Taggart, and music by Charles Miller. Fanny And Stella is the premiere production at The Garden Theatre in the […]
Socially distanced open-air production of Fanny And Stella is premiere production at new Fringe venue
A brand new socially distanced open-air production of Fanny And Stella, a musical with book and lyrics by Glenn Chandler, the creator of Taggart, and music by Charles Miller, is to be staged as the premiere production at The Garden Theatre in the newly refurbished beer garden of The Eagle in Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, London […]
Stiles and Drewe and BTA launch Musical Theatre Young Singer Award
Award-winning composers Stiles and Drewe have joined forces with the British Theatre Academy to launch a search for the next generation of West End talent. Youngsters aged six to 18 from across the four nations of the UK are being invited to submit video entries for the annual Musical Theatre Young Singer Award. The videos […]
Romance Romance – Above the Stag Theatre
Romance Romance continues at Above the Stag Theatre, London until 6 April 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Premiered Off-Broadway in 1987, Romance Romance then had an eight-month run on Broadway, and has been seen in London in various incarnations. This production at Above the Stag, a venue dedicated to LGBT+ work, […]
What I Go to School For – The Busted Musical – Youth Music Theatre UK – Theatre Royal Brighton
What I Go to School For – The Busted Musical was performed by Youth Music Theatre UK at the Theatre Royal, Brighton. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was with some trepidation that your aged scribe accepted the Editor’s invitation to review this musical built round the story of super group […]
London School of Musical Theatre – Jason and the Argonauts – Bridewell Theatre
Jason and the Argonauts was performed by students from the London School of Musical Theatre at the Bridewell Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jason and the Argonauts started life as a studio album by composer Charles Miller in 1998 before being commissioned by the London School of Musical Theatre […]
Fagin – Youth Music Theatre UK – South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
Fagin was performed by Youth Music Theatre at the Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Youth Music Theatre’s packed summer season continued with the premiere production of Fagin, with book and lyrics by Nicholas Scrivens and music by Paul Kessell-Holland, which imagines the infamous […]
Fanny and Stella: The Shocking True Story – Above the Stag Theatre
Fanny and Stella: The Shocking True Story continues at the Above the Stag Theatre, London until 14 June. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ In 19th century London, Ernest Boulton and Frederick Park were fairly well-to-do young men, with a taste for the theatrical. Their cross-dressing routine as Stella Clinton and Fanny Winifred Park was a popular touring attraction, […]
Guildford School of Acting – On the Town
On the Town by Guildford School of Acting third-year BA Musical Theatre graduates at Ivy Arts Centre, Guildford, continues until 29 March. Star rating: 4 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Although On the Town creaks a bit – at 71 years old it’s entitled to look a tad old-fashioned and out of tune with modern tastes – the boundless […]
The Addams Family – A New Musical – Guildford School of Acting
The Addams Family – A New Musical was performed by third-year BA Musical Theatre students from the Guildford School of Acting at the Ivy Arts Centre, Guildford. The Addams Family has enjoyed several incarnations subsequent to Charles Addams’ original cartoons for The New Yorker: Gomez, Morticia, and their kinsfolk have been the subjects of ABC’s […]
Interview – Altar Boyz producer Paul Taylor-Mills is hitting the heights
PAUL TAYLOR-MILLS has an impressive list of directorial credits on his CV, but it is as a producer that he has been making his name during the last 18 months, introducing three Off-Broadway and Broadway shows – Bare – The Rock Musical, Into the Heights, and now Altar Boyz – to London Fringe audiences. Altar Boyz, […]
Cast revealed for UK premiere of Altar Boyz
The five boyz who will make the band line-up for the UK premiere of Altar Boyz have been revealed. The Off-Broadway show will have its UK premiere in a strictly limited run of 14 performances at Greenwich Theatre from Friday 3 October 2014 (press night is 8 October). Playing band members Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan and Abraham will be Liam Doyle, […]
