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Paddington The Musical – Savoy Theatre

Paddington The Musical continues at the Savoy Theatre, London, booking until 25 October 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ When Paddington is found, his label reads ‘please look after this bear’. And that is exactly what everyone involved in this production has done.

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Exclusive: Listen to ‘Dreamers’ from the Bronco Billy – The Musical Live Cast Recording

Thanks to our friends at Yellow Sound Label, we can share with you an exclusive listen to the track ‘Dreamers’ from the live cast recording of Bronco Billy – The Musical, being released on streaming and digital formats tomorrow (Friday 24 October).

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Paddington The Musical – the almost complete company

The producers of the eagerly-anticipated Paddington The Musical have announced the newest additions to the cast ahead of the show’s world premiere at London’s Savoy Theatre this autumn.

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Paddington The Musical premiere – rehearsals begin

The principal cast has been assembled for the eagerly-anticipated Paddington The Musical ahead of the show’s world premiere at London’s Savoy Theatre this autumn.

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Bronco Billy The Musical – Charing Cross Theatre

Bronco Billy The Musical continues at the Charing Cross Theatre, London until 7 April 2024. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ If you’re keen to experience some powerhouse vocals and in need of some daft humour to distract you then this is the show for you.

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Newsfeed: 6 November 2023 – National Theatre’s London Tide, Bronco Billy – The Musical, Pitlochry’s The Sound of Music and more

First casting has been revealed for the National Theatre’s London Tide, a new play with music based on Charles Dickens’ Our Mutual Friend which will debut in the Lyttleton Theatre in April 2024.

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The Odyssey: Episode 5 – The Underworld – Olivier, National Theatre

The Odyssey: Episode 5 – The Underworld was reviewed at the Olivier, National Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ An incredible achievement, both logistical and artistic.

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The Drifters Girl – Garrick Theatre

The Drifters Girl continues at the Garrick Theatre, London until 15 October 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s not an easy task to follow in the footsteps of national treasure Beverley Knight but Broadway star (and Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee) Felicia Boswell makes a fine West End debut […]

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Drifters Girl to take final bow at the Garrick in October – 2023 UK tour planned

Producers Michael Harrison and David Ian have confirmed their acclaimed new musical The Drifters Girl will play its final performance at the Garrick Theatre on 15 October 2022. The new musical inspired by the life of the woman behind legendary vocal group The Drifters which received its world premiere at Newcastle Theatre Royal in October […]

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Broadway star Felicia Boswell to play Faye Treadwell in the West End production of The Drifters Girl

The acclaimed Broadway star Felicia Boswell will join the cast of West End musical The Drifters Girl. Boswell will play Faye Treadwell, the legendary manager of The Drifters, who, alongside her husband, fought for three decades to turn Atlantic Records’ hottest vocal group into a global phenomenon. Boswell is an Emmy Award winner and Grammy […]

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The Drifters Girl cast album due to be released in May

Following Olivier Award nominations for Best New Musical and Best Actress in a Musical, it has been announced that The Drifters Girl world premiere cast album, recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, is due for release on 6 May 2022. The album features the original cast of the acclaimed new musical: Queen of British […]

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The Drifters Girl’s West End run extended into 2023

Michael Harrison and David Ian’s hit new musical The Drifters Girl will continue its debut West End run at the Garrick Theatre until February 2023. Originally due to play a 20-week season at London’s Garrick Theatre from 4 November 2021 following its world premiere at Newcastle Theatre Royal a month earlier, the new musical inspired […]

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The Drifters Girl – Garrick Theatre

The Drifters Girl continues at the Garrick Theatre, London. There is so much that is perfect about The Drifters Girl, the musical that tells the story of Faye Treadwell (Beverley Knight), a woman of colour who broke into a male-controlled music industry more than 60 years ago.  So we have the inspirational story of Faye Treadwell, […]

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Adam J Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry and Tosh Wanogho-Maud cast in The Drifters Girl

Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced that Adam J Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry and Tosh Wanogho-Maud will play The Drifters in a brand new musical, also starring Beverley Knight, which tells the remarkable story of one of the world’s greatest vocal groups and the woman who made them. The Drifters Girl will begin […]

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Come From Away concert cancelled – ATG theatres to remain closed until April

The special staged concert production of the Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical, Come From Away has become the latest casualty of the current lockdown. Originally due to play the hit show’s West End home, the Phoenix Theatre from 10-27 February 2021, performances of Come From Away: The Concert have now been cancelled with performances of […]

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Concert version of Come From Away is coming back to the West End

Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical, Come From Away is heading back to the West End with a special staged concert version at the Phoenix Theatre in February 2021. Running from 10-27 February, Come From Away: The Concert will reunite the London cast, band and company for a specially adapted staging of the hit show created […]

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The Theatre Channel – Episode One

The Theatre Channel – Episode One – The Theatre Café/Adam Blanshay Productions Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The Theatre Café, a hub for West End musical theatre loving audiences is brought to life like you’ve never seen it before by The Theatre Channel. Producer Adam Blanshay feels passionately that this socially distanced musical […]

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Black British Theatre Awards 2020 to air on Sky Arts

Hamilton, Thriller Live and Tina – The Tina Turner Musical are in the running for the Best Musical Production Award at the 2020 Black British Theatre Awards in late October. Following on from last year’s inaugural live ceremony, the winner of the Best Musical category will be announced during a special socially distanced event at […]

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New Theatre Channel launches on 2 October 2020

Adam Blanshay Productions and The Theatre Café will release the first episode of their new pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series on 2 October 2020. Featuring a mix of West End stars and leading creatives, The Theatre Channel will be available via a new platform hosted on The Theatre Café’s website. The opening episode will […]

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September launch for new web series The Theatre Channel

West End stars and creatives will feature in a new pay-to-stream musical theatre flavoured web series presented by Adam Blanshay and The Theatre Café. Launching with a pilot episode in September followed by a full season of nine episodes, The Theatre Channel will be available via a new platform hosted on The Theatre Café’s website. […]

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West End stars feature in online launch of new British musical Halls

A group of West End stars have joined forces (virtually) with a recent drama school graduate to perform ‘Flat 15B’, the opening song from new British musical Halls. Written by George Stroud and Jennifer Harrison, the pop/rock-flavoured musical which follows the fortunes of eight first year university students, is due to make its London debut […]

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Come From Away – Cast changes and first year anniversary

Come From Away continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London and this week celebrates its first year in London’s West End. Is there a show in the West End that has a bigger heart or that delivers a more affecting, emotional punch than Come From Away? I seriously doubt it. Sure, there are musicals with grander […]

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Come From Away’s West End run is extended as first birthday celebrations begin

Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical Come From Away is celebrating its first birthday in London with the release of more tickets, taking its Phoenix Theatre run through to 17 October 2020. The extra tickets have gone on sale just a few weeks after the production welcomed new cast members taking on multiple roles including Tarinn […]

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New cast members for Come From Away

Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical Come From Away will mark its second year in London by welcoming new cast members from 10 February 2020. The new cast of Come From Away in the West End will include Tarinn Callender (Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre, Kiss Me Kate, Kilworth House), James Doherty (Lipstick, Pleasance Theatre, Aladdin, Lyric […]

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New King to lead ten new cast members into London’s Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton will face a new King George from early December when Avenue Q’s Jon Robyns will take over from Olivier Award winner Michael Jibson in the smash hit London version of Hamilton. Robyns, who was last seen on stage in the UK tour of The Wedding Singer, is one of ten new cast members […]

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New booking period for West End run of Hamilton – tickets go on sale 29 January

A new booking period for the hit London version of the multi-award-winning Broadway musical Hamilton has been announced. Tickets for performances from 30 July to 15 December will go on sale via official Hamilton ticketing channels from Monday (29 January) at 12 noon GMT. The new booking period follows on from the news that the team […]

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Hamilton West End – initial casting revealed

  Initial casting has been announced for the West End production of Hamilton: Christine Allado (Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds), Rachelle Ann Go (Eliza Hamilton), Tarinn Callender (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison), Rachel John (Angelica Schuyler), Jason Pennycooke (Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson), Cleve September (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), Giles Terera (Aaron Burr) and Obioma Ugoala (George Washington) will open the […]

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