The Royal Court’s production of For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy and Hope Mill Theatre’s production of The Wiz lead the way in the shortlist for the 2022 Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs). Both productions have received six nominations, with Matthew Xia (The Wiz, Hope Mill Theatre) and […]
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The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals – A0 Arena, Manchester
The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals at A0 Arena, Manchester, broadcast on BBC1 and BBC Radio 2, also available via BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Close your eyes, listen and you would swear it was Tina Turner belting out ‘We Don’t Need Another Hero’, ‘Simply […]
Hope Mill’s The Wiz to be filmed and streamed online
Hope Mill Theatre’s critically acclaimed festive production of The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” will be streamed online later this month. Following the cancellation of 15 sold-out performances late last year due to Covid, the Manchester venue has reached an agreement with the musical’s rights holder to film and stream the […]
The Wiz – Hope Mill Theatre Manchester
The Wiz continues at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester until 16 January 2022. Star Rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Regardless of whether you’re unfamiliar with Charlie Smalls and William F. Brown’s The Wiz or if you think you already know it, prepare to be blown away. Either way, this electrifying revival at Hope Mill Theatre, […]
Full cast for Hope Mill Theatre’s The Wiz
Hope Mill Theatre in association with Ameena Hamid Productions have announced casting for the Manchester venue’s eagerly-anticipated festive production of The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. As previously announced the first new UK production of the musical in ten years, directed by the Actors Touring Company’s artistic director and former Royal […]
Hope Mill Theatre to stage new production of The Wiz
Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre has unveiled plans for the first new UK production of the Wizard of Oz-inspired The Wiz in ten years. Directed by Actors Touring Theatre’s artistic director and former Royal Exchange associate artistic director Matthew Xia, The Wiz will be the Christmas attraction at the Ancoats venue from 24 November 2021 until […]
The Wiz Live! is this week’s Shows Must Go On release
The star-studded 2015 US live TV production of the Tony Award-winning musical The Wiz will be the next show available free of charge on The Shows Must Go On YouTube channel. Featuring Queen Latifah in the title role and Mary J. Blige as the Wicked Witch of the West, The Wiz Live! proved a hit with […]
