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Tributes paid to Once Oscar-winner Glen Hansard

Tributes from across the music world have been paid to Oscar-winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard following his death in a motorcycle accident in Dublin.

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The Commitments – Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury and Touring

The Commitments continues at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury until 4 February 2023 and then tours until 1 July 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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The Commitments – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring

The Commitments continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 29 October 2022 and then tours until 1 July 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ With soul music at its core, The Commitments is a show that will have you dancing in the aisles and laughing throughout.

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Corrie’s Pivaro cast in The Commitments tour

Former Coronation Street favourite Nigel Pivaro will return to the stage to star in a major new touring production of The Commitments, the exuberant stage musical based on Roddy Doyle’s classic story. The actor and journalist best known for playing Jack and Vera Duckworth’s son in the ITV soap will take on the role of […]

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The Commitments – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring

The Commitments continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre, London until 5 November and then tours until 13 May 2017. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It’s no surprise to discover that a show about an unlikely bunch of wannabe musicians and singers who come together to form the ‘world’s hardest-working soul band’ in mid-1980s […]

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The Commitments – casting and tour date details

Coronation Street favourite turned stage star Kevin Kennedy will join the cast of the new touring production of Roddy Doyle’s exuberant story of an Irish soul band, The Commitments. The star, who is still fondly remembered for his role as the hapless Curly Watts (Chicago, We Will Rock You) in the ITV soap, will play […]

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The Commitments visits Dublin before UK tour

Nearly three decades after Roddy Doyle created exuberant Irish soul band, The Commitments, the successful stage musical version of his best seller is heading home to Dublin. Following on from its residency at London’s Palace Theatre, The Commitments will open for a limited run of 23 performances at Dublin’s Bord Gàis Energy Theatre on 12 October […]

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The Commitments closes in November, UK and Ireland tour planned for 2017

West End musical The Commitments is to close on Sunday 1 November 2015, after a successful run at the Palace Theatre. The London run will be followed by an extensive 2017 UK and Ireland tour, further details will be announced soon. Since opening on 8 October 2013, The Commitments – adapted for the stage by Booker Prize-winning […]

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The Commitments extends run for second time

Due to popular demand, The Commitments is to extend its current booking period for the second time to 13 September 2015 (the show originally opened at the Palace Theatre in September 2013). On announcing the further extension, producer Phil McIntyre said: “We’re extremely happy to announce that The Commitments has extended its current booking period for […]

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The Commitments – first anniversary – Palace Theatre

The Commitments celebrates its first anniversary at the Palace Theatre, London. Given the amount of shows running at any one time in London, the fact that a West End show has notched up its successful first anniversary performance can easily slip off the radar, but at a time when getting adequate derrieres on seats night […]

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West End LIVE 2014 – in words and pictures

Steffi Geischer gives her overview of this year’s West End LIVE. West End LIVE is without a doubt the biggest theatre-related free event in London. I remember my first visits back in 2009 and 2010 before it was moved to Trafalgar Square. Although Leicester Square was packed all weekend, in those years West End LIVE was still […]

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The Commitments celebrates St Patrick’s Day

The Commitments have been bringing Dublin Soul to London’s West End to great acclaim since opening at the Palace Theatre last October. Now, with only days to go until St Patrick’s Day 2014, the cast have ditched their day off in favour of a special, one-off performance to celebrate the big day in true Irish […]

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