Former pop star and Coronation Street regular Kym Marsh will star alongside her daughter Emilie Cunliffe in the UK and Ireland touring production of The Official Take That Musical Greatest Days.
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Musicals Mash-Up 6-14 November 2022
Welcome to Musicals Mash Up in which we catch up with lots of the week’s stories that haven’t yet appeared on the Musical Theatre Review pages. News editor Angela Thomas reports
Take That musical Greatest Days to embark on tour in 2023
The Greatest Days – The Official Take That Musical will take to the road for a UK and Ireland tour from 5 May 2023. Timed to coincide with the 2023 release of the official movie version of the hit musical and celebrating the 20th anniversary of Take That’s first UK number one ‘Pray’, the tour […]
Gary Barlow – A Different Stage – Duke of York’s Theatre and Touring
Gary Barlow – A Different Stage continues at the Duke of York’s Theatre until 25 September 2022 and tours until 15 November 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The clue is in this show’s title: Gary Barlow – A Different Stage. And, this very different stage, an interesting and intriguing platform for his […]
Extra London performances for Gary Barlow’s A Different Stage
The West End run of Gary Barlow’s theatrical one-man stage show A Different Stage has been extended in response to unprecedented public demand. The singer, songwriter, composer and producer will now take centre stage at the Duke of York’s Theatre from 30 August until 25 September 2022 with the emotional show the Take That star […]
The Band – Theatre Royal Haymarket
The Band continues at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London, until 12 January 2019, then tours. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Band does the very unexpected. At face value, it is suspected that this musical’s sole focus is everything Take That, yet the heartwarming story of five girls and the importance of […]
Take That joins The Band cast to launch London season
Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen joined the cast of the Take That-inspired The Band on the roof of the Theatre Royal Haymarket to officially announce the musical’s Christmas season at the West End venue. Due to arrive at the Leeds Grand Theatre today (20 March), the record-breaking musical which features the music of Britain’s […]
Take That-inspired The Band to play London season at Christmas
The hit Take That-inspired musical The Band will take a break from its record-breaking two-year tour to play a Christmas season at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket. The fastest-selling UK tour of all time with ticket sales of £20 million, the tour which launched last year at the Manchester Opera House, the venue where Take That […]
Calendar Girls The Musical tour – cast includes Fern Britton, Anna-Jane Casey and Denise Welch
Gary Barlow and Tim Firth’s musical comedy, Calendar Girls The Musical, is returning home to Yorkshire this year opening at the Leeds Grand Theatre on 16 August ahead of a new UK and Ireland tour. The new touring production of the award winning musical version of the story of the ladies who disrobed in the […]
Take That musical The Band – extra tour dates announced
Tim Firth’s new musical, The Band, with the music of Take That, will now play extra dates on the UK and Ireland tour. The newly announced 2018/19 dates are Cliffs Pavilion, Southend (19-29 September 2018), His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen (3-13 October 2018), Sheffield Lyceum Theatre (16-20 October 2018), New Wimbledon Theatre (23-27 October), New Theatre, […]
The Band – Opera House, Manchester and Touring
The Band continues at the Opera House, Manchester until 30 September, then tours until 14 July 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There were raised eyebrows and mutterings of mild outrage back in March when it emerged that the winners of Let It Shine, BBC1’s shiny-floored search for new stars to […]
Take That inspired musical The Band – record-breaking ticket sales as full cast revealed
Advanced sales for the UK tour of the Take That-inspired musical The Band have now hit a record breaking £10 million. Due to launch on 8 September at the Manchester Opera House, the venue where Take That first performed in 1992, the show will play its national press night on 26 September. Revealing details of the […]
Take That inspired musical The Band becomes ‘fastest selling theatre tour ever’
The UK tour of new musical The Band, featuring the music of Take That, went on sale at 12 noon today (Monday 3 April) and within the first two hours the box office took £2 million, reportedly making it the fastest-selling theatre tour ever. Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen took to the stage of the Manchester Apollo on Sunday […]
Take That musical The Band – Gary Barlow reveals first details and dates
With Gary Barlow’s Let It Shine TV talent search now over, work has already begun on preparing the star’s latest foray into musical theatre which is expected to make its debut at the end of August. The fast turnaround means rehearsals have already begun for the stage show The Band, which will feature the winners of […]
Take That musical – Gary Barlow seeks talent via BBC TV show
Gary Barlow is to combine his blossoming musical theatre career with his pop pedigree to launch a television talent search for the stars of a new stage show featuring the songs of Take That. After months of rumours surrounding the BBC’s hunt for a new talent show to fill the void left by the departure […]
