Casting has been confirmed for The Old Vic’s highly anticipated new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Martin Guerre.
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New look Martin Guerre to debut at The Old Vic
A major new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Martin Guerre will be part of Matthew Warchus’ final season as artistic director of The Old Vic.
Girl from the North Country – The Old Vic
Girl from the North Country continues at The Old Vic Theatre, London until 23 August 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ For all the snobbiness around Mamma Mia!, it sure did nail what a jukebox musical should be. ABBA’s music was always about fun and wide appeal as much as it was about […]
Old Vic encore for Girl from the North Country
The critically acclaimed Olivier and Tony Award-winning Girl from the North Country will return to The Old Vic for a strictly limited nine-week season this summer.
Just For One Day – The Old Vic
Just For One Day continues at The Old Vic, London until 30 March 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ With so many globally threatening scenarios playing out nightly on the news, we need to remember that we, too, can be heroes.
Beverley Knight to return as Emmeline Pankhurst in musical Sylvia
Beverley Knight will return as Emmeline Pankhurst in the world premiere of hip hop musical Sylvia at The Old Vic early next year. Presented by The Old Vic and Zoonation: The Kate Prince Company in association with Sadler’s Wells, the musical which debuted as a work-in-progress at the venue in 2018 will return as a […]
Judith Kerr’s Mog to make stage debut at Royal & Derngate in world premiere co-production
Northampton’s Royal & Derngate, The Old Vic and The Wardrobe Ensemble are uniting to bring Judith Kerr’s much-loved creation Mog to the stage. Directed by Jesse Jones and Helena Middleton, the first-ever stage version of the stories which began with the 1970 picture book Mog The Forgetful Cat, will debut at Royal & Derngate from […]
Innovative production of Into The Woods to be staged at The Old Vic
Monty Python’s innovative Terry Gilliam and renowned choreographer Leah Hausman will co-direct a reimagined production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s magical musical Into The Woods at The Old Vic in 2022. Announced as part of The Old Vic: Back Together season, a hybrid digital and live programme, which is due to begin in July, […]
BBC iPlayer release for Rice’s Wise Children
Emma Rice’s acclaimed adaptation of Angela Carter’s Wise Children will be available to stream on BBC iPlayer from this weekend for three months as part of the BBC’s Culture in Quarantine programme. The critically-acclaimed Wise Children co-production with The Old Vic, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Oxford Playhouse and York Theatre Royal will also air on BBC4 […]
Sylvia – The Old Vic
Sylvia continues at The Old Vic, London until 22 September 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ At a comedy fundraising night for the Women’s Equality Party at their conference two weeks ago, comedian Sophie Duker talked about this year’s 100th anniversary of the first women in the UK being allowed to vote. […]
Musical version of movie Local Hero has world premiere at Edinburgh Lyceum in 2019, followed by Old Vic run
The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and London’s The Old Vic will present the world premiere of Local Hero, a stage adaptation of the 1983 film, co-written by David Greig and Bill Forsyth, with music and lyrics by Mark Knopfler, and directed by John Crowley. Local Hero will open at The Lyceum on 23 March 2019 […]
World premiere for Kate Prince’s Sylvia at The Old Vic in 2018
Choreographer Kate Prince’s latest work Sylvia will receive its world premiere at London’s Old Vic next autumn. Co-written by the founder of dance company Zoonation Prince and Priya Parmar with music by Josh Cohen and DJ Walde, Sylvia is a modern musical that will celebrate the life of Sylvia Pankhurst and her pivotal role in […]
Cast revealed for West End transfer of Girl From the North Country
Full casting has been announced for the West End transfer of the Old Vic’s critically acclaimed world premiere production of Girl From the North Country with many of the original cast members making the move into the Noel Coward Theatre. Written and directed by multi award-winning playwright c (The Seafarer, The Weir) and featuring the […]
The Lorax – The Old Vic
The Lorax continues at The Old Vic, London until 5 November. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Dr Seuss’s The Lorax could have been written yesterday, such is the currency of its subject matter. The environmental fable – actually written in 1971 in the early days of the global green movement – […]
Old Vic’s Girl From the North Country transfers to the West End
The Old Vic’s critically-acclaimed world premiere production of Girl From the North Country will head for the West End for a strictly limited season at the end of December. Written and directed by multi award-winning playwright Conor McPherson (The Seafarer, The Weir) and featuring the songs of Bob Dylan, the production which features a 20-strong […]
Old Vic’s The Lorax to stage special relaxed performance
The Old Vic has joined forces with Mousetrap Theatre Projects to present a special relaxed performance of Dr Seuss’s The Lorax on Sunday 5 November at 2.30pm. The eighth relaxed performance of a leading West End show to be presented by theatre charity Mousetrap Theatre Projects, the concept offers full access to the theatre for […]
Girl From the North Country cast album to be released
The Old Vic has joined forces with Sony Music Entertainment to release the original cast recording of the world premiere production of Girl From the North Country. Written and directed by multi award-winning playwright Conor McPherson (The Seafarer, The Weir) and featuring the songs of Bob Dylan, the production is currently in the middle of […]
Full line-up for The Lorax at The Old Vic
Casting has been announced for the return visit of Dr Seuss’s The Lorax to The Old Vic stage for a limited three-week run beginning in October. Adapted for the stage by award-winning playwright David Greig with music and lyrics by former Noah and the Whale frontman Charlie Fink and designs by multi-Olivier Award winning Rob […]
Girl from the North Country – The Old Vic
Girl from the North Country runs at The Old Vic, London until 7 October. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Weir playwright Conor McPherson has ‘teamed up’ with singer, songwriter and recent Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan to create – and direct – a dark and mesmerising piece of theatre set […]
Cover My Tracks – The Old Vic
Cover My Tracks continues at The Old Vic, London until 17 June. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Cover My Tracks is the first studio album of former Noah and the Whale frontman Charlie Fink. In something of a novel presentation, the album is being staged as a two-hander piece of ‘gig […]
Noah and the Whale’s Charlie Fink to debut new show at The Old Vic
Indie rock band Noah and the Whale’s former frontman Charlie Fink will return to London’s Old Vic to premiere his second new theatre production next month ahead of a UK tour. Following on from the Olivier-nominated production of Dr Seuss’ The Lorax which debuted at The Old Vic in 2015, songwriter Fink has once again joined […]
Evening Standard Radio 2 Audience Award For Best Musical – nominations revealed
The voting has opened for the Evening Standard Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical in this year’s 2016 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Now in their 63rd year, the annual awards celebrate outstanding achievement and performance in London theatre. Listeners will be able to cast their vote by heading to bbc.co.uk/radio2 and will have until 11.59pm on […]
Groundhog Day heads for Broadway
It will be Groundhog Day all over again on Broadway when the stage musical version of the Bill Murray classic movie Groundhog Day lands on the Great White Way in April next year. Written by Matilda the Musical’s Tim Minchin and directed by Matilda and Ghost director Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day the Musical features a […]
Groundhog Day – first look at production images
Here is a first look at the world premiere of the highly anticipated stage musical Groundhog Day which has its press night on Tuesday 16 August at The Old Vic. Written by Matilda the Musical’s Tim Minchin and directed by Matilda and Ghost director Matthew Warchus, Groundhog Day the Musical will feature a book by Danny Rubin, based on his original screenplay co-written […]
Jekyll & Hyde – The Old Vic
Jekyll & Hyde continues at The Old Vic, London until 28 May. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Fresh from his success at this year’s Olivier Awards, where he won for his thrilling choreography for In The Heights, Drew McOnie’s star is definitively on the ascendancy. Later this year, he will direct the […]
Jekyll & Hyde at The Old Vic – exclusive new images
Musical Theatre Review’s official photographer Roy Tan offers a gallery of brand new images to mark this week’s official opening at The Old Vic of Drew McOnie’s new dance thriller Jekyll & Hyde. The show, which has been devised, directed and choreographed by McOnie, will play a very limited run until Saturday (28 May). Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic […]
Album release for McOnie’s Jekyll & Hyde show score
An album featuring the score for Drew McOnie’s new dance thriller Jekyll & Hyde has been released to coincide with the show’s hotly anticipated debut at The Old Vic. Currently previewing ahead of the show’s opening night on Wednesday (25 May) the show which has been devised, directed and choreographed by McOnie will play […]
Jekyll & Hyde at The Old Vic – company revealed for McOnie dance thriller
Daniel Collins and Tim Hodges will head the cast of Drew McOnie’s new dance thriller Jekyll & Hyde which opens at The Old Vic on 20 May. Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of the ultimate split personality The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Jekyll & Hyde has been specially commissioned […]
Andy Karl named as lead in Groundhog Day musical at Old Vic
American actor Andy Karl has reportedly won the coveted starring role in the highly anticipated stage musical version of the Bill Murray classic movie Groundhog Day. The actor who made his Broadway debut in 2000 in Saturday Night Fever, is currently enjoying small screen success after joining the cast of the long-running US crime series […]
New Groundhog Day musical features in Matthew Warchus’ first season at The Old Vic
The Old Vic today announced the inaugural season of new artistic director Matthew Warchus, which features the world premiere of a new musical, Groundhog Day, and a series of variety nights embracing The Old Vic’s history and its roots in music, dance and vaudeville. As artistic director designate, Matthew Warchus commented: “After 25 years of freelance directing […]
High Society – Kate Fleetwood and Jamie Parker lead line-up at the Old Vic
Kate Fleetwood, Barbara Flynn, Jamie Parker, Annabel Scholey and Rupert Young are to star in The Old Vic’s new production of Cole Porter’s classic feelgood musical, High Society, directed in the round by Maria Friedman, with Joe Stilgoe and the High Society Band. The show runs from 30 April to 22 August, press night is […]
