The Bodyguard was reviewed at Milton Keynes Theatre where it continues until 25 October 2025. The tour continues until 29 August 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Packed with unforgettable chart-topping hits, the musical dazzles audiences
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Tributes to Phantom and Company performer Ben Lewis
Andrew Lloyd Webber has paid an emotional tribute to Ben Lewis, the West End and Australian star who has died aged 46 two years after he was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer.
The Bodyguard – Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
The Bodyguard was reviewed at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. The tour continues until 7 January 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
The Bodyguard – The Hawth, Crawley and Touring
The Bodyguard continues at The Hawth Crawley until 29 July 2023 before continuing on its UK tour, with Zoe Birkett playing the next five venues (Crawley, Bournemouth, Newcastle, Cheltenham and Norwich), and playing evening performances only. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Casting update – West End, regional and touring theatre, plus London concerts too
Sometimes there are so many exciting press releases arriving in the Musical Theatre Review email inbox, that it’s hard to keep up, so we asked our news editor Angela Thomas if she could round up all the very latest casting news related to West End, regional and touring productions (and even a few London concerts […]
Bodyguard tour encore for Zoe Birkett
Zoe Birkett will return to the role of Rachel Marron for evening performances when the current touring production of hit musical The Bodyguard arrives at the Hawth Theatre in Crawley.
The National Lottery’s Big Night Of Musicals – AO Arena, Manchester
Was there any hankie big enough to disguise the tears when children and adults with learning difficulties, all members of David Stanley’s Music Man Project, joined Michael Ball during The National Lottery’s Big Night Of Musicals at the AO Arena, Manchester?
The Bodyguard – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
The Bodyguard was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London. The tour continues until 30 December 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
The Bodyguard – Edinburgh Playhouse and Touring
The Bodyguard was reviewed at the Edinburgh Playhouse. The production continues to tour the UK and Ireland until 30 December 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Ex-Emmerdale and Hollyoaks star Ayden Callaghan to co-star in The Bodyguard
Former soap favourite Ayden Callaghan will join the previously announced ex-Pussycat Doll, Melody Thornton when hit musical The Bodyguard hits the road for its third UK and Ireland tour in 2023.
Ex Pussycat Doll Melody Thornton to star in The Bodyguard
Former Pussycat Doll, Melody Thornton will take centre stage as pop star Rachel Marron when hit musical The Bodyguard hits the road for its third UK and Ireland tour in 2023. After winning rave reviews for her performance as Rachel Marron on tour in China, Thornton will return to the musical’s central role when the […]
The Bodyguard – third UK and Ireland tour announced
Hit musical The Bodyguard will hit the road for its third UK and Ireland tour in 2023, opening at Glasgow King’s Theatre on 28 January. Produced by Michael Harrison and David Ian, the musical will follow its Glasgow run by visiting Bradford, Sunderland, Edinburgh, Stoke, Wimbledon, Liverpool, Dartford, Manchester, Leicester, Cardiff, Aberdeen, Wolverhampton, Bromley, Southend, […]
The Bodyguard – Milton Keynes Theatre & Touring
The Bodyguard continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 23 March 2019 and then on tour. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Benoît Maréchal joins the cast of The Bodyguard tour
Benoît Maréchal will take on the title role in the second UK and Ireland tour of hit musical The Bodyguard which is due to launch at Glasgow Theatre Royal on Monday 3 December 2019. The French star who previously played Frank Farmer in his home country will star alongside the previously announced Alexandra Burke who […]
Alexandra Burke to return to play Rachel Marron in The Bodyguard tour
Alexandra Burke will return to the role of Rachel Marron when hit musical The Bodyguard embarks on its second UK later this year. The former X Factor winner and recording artist will revisit the character she previously played in the West End and on the sell-out first tour in 2015/2016 for the tour which is […]
The Bodyguard tour to return in December 2018
Hit musical The Bodyguard will embark on its second UK later this year with an opening run at Glasgow Theatre Royal beginning on Monday 3 December 2018. Produced by Michael Harrison and David Ian, the production will play Glasgow until Saturday 29 December before beginning the 2019 leg of the tour at the Hull New […]
The Bodyguard – Dominion Theatre
The Bodyguard continues at the Dominion Theatre, London until 7 January, 2017. Rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Thea Sharrock’s production of The Bodyguard returns to the West End at the Dominion Theatre with Beverley Knight once again blowing the audience away in the lead role. The Queen of British Soul first played Oscar-nominated superstar Rachel Marron in 2013. At […]
The Bodyguard West End return – final line-up revealed
Final casting details have been revealed for the West End return of the hit musical The Bodyguard this month. As previously announced, TV and stage star Ben Richards will join Beverley Knight in the production when it opens at the Dominion Theatre for a strictly limited run on 15 July. Recording artist Knight (Memphis the […]
Ben Richards joins Beverley Knight in The Bodyguard West End cast
TV and stage star Ben Richards will join previously announced Beverley Knight in the hit musical The Bodyguard when it returns to the West End for a limited run this summer. The actor, who can currently be seen on screen in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks, will play the title role alongside Knight when the show […]
The Bodyguard returns to London with Beverley Knight reprising lead role
The international hit musical The Bodyguard will return to the West End for a limited six month run with Beverley Knight playing the role of Oscar-nominated superstar Rachel Marron. Public booking will open on 12 February 2016 for performances beginning at the Dominion Theatre on 15 July 2016 playing in this strictly limited season to 7 January 2017. Thea Sharrock’s production […]
The Bodyguard UK and Ireland tour – cast details revealed
Full casting has been announced for the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of the hit musical The Bodyguard. Directed by Thea Sharrock, the tour opens at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton on 12 February 2015. Joining the previously announced Alexandra Burke as Rachel Marron and Zoe Birkett as the alternate Rachel Marron will be: Stuart Reid as Frank Farmer, Melissa James as Nicki Marron, Mensah Bediako as Bill Devaney, Adam […]
Alexandra Burke reprises her role in The Bodyguard on tour
Following her sell-out run at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End, three-time Brit nominee and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke will star in the leading role of Rachel Marron in the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of Thea Sharrock’s hit musical The Bodyguard. The tour opens at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton on 12 February […]
The Bodyguard begins tour at Mayflower Southampton in February 2015
The two-year UK and Ireland tour of Thea Sharrock’s hit production of the West End musical The Bodyguard will open at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton on Thursday 12 February 2015. Based on Lawrence Kasdan’s 1992 Oscar nominated Warner Bros. film, The Bodyguard has a book by Alex Dinelaris and opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End […]
The Bodyguard’s Alexandra Burke reveals passion for acting in new video
Singer Alexandra Burke has revealed her passion for acting in a new video for the 1000 Londoners project, throwing the spotlight on ‘1000 stories, 1 city’. In June this year, singer Burke took on her first stage role in the hit musical The Bodyguard, following in the footsteps of her idol Whitney Houston. Burke rose to fame after […]
Ray Shell – Back 2 Black II – Crazy Coqs
Ray Shell performed Back 2 Black II at the Crazy Coqs, London. It is weird that Ray Shell – the original Rusty in Starlight Express back in the 1980s and a regular performer in West End musicals over the years in shows such as Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon, Children of Eden and, much more recently, The Bodyguard – […]
Interview – entertainer Ray Shell is back in business
American entertainer Ray Shell has been a fixture in West End musicals for 30 years, from Starlight Express in 1984 to the original cast of The Bodyguard. He’s written books and directed shows as well. Earlier this year, he ventured into the world of cabaret with the much-praised Back2Black at The Pheasantry in London’s Kings […]
West End LIVE celebrates tenth anniversary
West End LIVE in association with MasterCard takes place in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 June 2014. Now in its tenth year, this annual event – the largest event of its type in the world – is organised by Westminster City Council and the Society of London Theatre and offers free family […]
The Bodyguard – Alexandra Burke joins cast in June
On 2 June this year, Alexandra Burke will join the cast of the West End musical The Bodyguard, to play the leading role of Oscar-nominated superstar Rachel Marron. Burke will play opposite Tristan Gemmill who continues in the role of Rachel’s bodyguard, Frank Farmer. Burke will join the production at the Adelphi Theatre where the […]
Ray Shell – Back to Black – The Pheasantry
Ray Shell performs Back to Black at The Pheasantry, London, until 22 February. From traditional gospel music to West End musicals in which he has starred. through a reading from his first novel Iced, to Kate Bush and Amy Whitehouse pop classics, and right up to date with a terrific song from the Cyndi Lauper […]
West End Heroes – Dominion Theatre
Performed at the Dominion Theatre, London. An idea two years in the making, West End Heroes combined a variety of West End performers with singers and musicians from the Armed Forces for a unique evening in aid of the charity Help for Heroes, hosted by Brian Conley. The military services contain a number of regular musical troupes. […]
Olivier Awards, a taste of the glamour
[table id=3 /] Click on any image for a larger version. It was a glamorous night at the Royal Opera House for the 37th Olivier Awards. While all those associated with musical theatre winners Top Hat, Sweeney Todd and Billy Elliot had much to celebrate, plenty of other performers played their part too. Actress Heather Headley […]
