Cats was reviewed at Theatre Royal, Plymouth where it continues until 17 October 2026. The tour continues until 19 June 2027. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Perhaps the best approach is to not analyse it too deeply, but instead have an open mind. You can then be captivated by the dancing and music with a sense of enjoyment that can’t really be explained.
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Badgers – Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Badgers continues at Traverse Two at Traverse Theatre until 30 August 2026 (except 10, 17, 24). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Moving, profound and haunting.
Fame The Musical – Theatre Royal Plymouth
Fame The Musical continues at Theatre Royal Plymouth until 15 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This story feels relevant and important, and I pray it sees a life beyond the Theatre Royal Plymouth.
Regional news round-up – Fame, Back to the Future, Waitress, Little Shop of Horrors and more
Angela Thomas rounds up all the latest news in regional and touring theatre in the UK and Ireland.
The Artist – Theatre Royal Plymouth
The Artist at Theatre Royal Plymouth. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Following its premiere at the Theatre Royal Plymouth, it will be interesting to see where this piece of art goes next. Could it be West End bound?
Vanessa Williams to play fashion queen Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada
Award-winning actress and recording artist Vanessa Williams is heading back into the world of high fashion by playing boss-from-hell Miranda Priestly in the eagerly anticipated new stage musical version of The Devil Wears Prada.
UK tour dates for new circus theatre musical Waldo’s Circus of Magic & Terror
Following a premiere run at the Bristol Old Vic, the new uplifting circus-theatre musical Waldo’s Circus of Magic & Terror will tour nationally in 2023.
Full cast for Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical tour
The full cast has been announced for the 2022/2023 UK and Ireland touring production of Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical which will launch at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on 1 September 2022. The production will also make its North American premiere, opening at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Canada on 27 November 2022 for a […]
First cast news and venues added to Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical tour
Principal casting and extra venues have been announced for the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of the hit world premiere production of Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical. Based on the true story of the Cornish singing fishermen and the hit 2019 film recounting their headline hitting story, the tour will feature James Gaddas (Spamalot, Mamma Mia! […]
Tenth anniversary return for Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty will re-awaken later this year with a 10th anniversary touring production which will include a return Christmas season at London’s Sadler’s Wells. Opening at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on 12 November (until 19 November), the popular New Adventures production will visit The Lowry, Salford (22-26 November) before playing a seven-week festive […]
Final casting announced for Footloose the Musical tour
Selladoor Worldwide has released full cast details for the UK tour of Footloose the Musical currently in rehearsals. As previously announced the production will feature reality TV favourite Jake Quickenden who will follow his recent appearance in the acclaimed 50th anniversary production of Hair The Musical by stepping into the role of Willard, and stage […]
Cast for Mamma Mia! 2022 tour
Sara Poyzer will re-create her performance as Donna Sheridan when multi-award-winning feel-good musical Mamma Mia! brings a touch of Greek sunshine to venues across the UK in 2022. Poyzer (Assassins, Watermill/Nottingham Playhouse, Billy Elliot the Musical, Victoria Palace) will return to the role she previously played at London’s Novello Theatre, on tour and in the […]
Fisherman’s Friends musical to tour UK and Ireland
The world premiere production of Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical will follow its successful sold-out debut season at the Hall for Cornwall by heading out on a UK and Ireland tour next September. Based on the true story of the Cornish singing fishermen and the hit 2019 film recounting their headline hitting story, the 2022/2023 UK […]
Cast and tour dates for Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!
New Adventures has announced the full cast and tour dates for the eagerly-awaited 30th anniversary production of Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! which is due to make its Covid-delayed debut at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on 15 November 2021. Featuring a mix of New Adventures favourites and a number of company newcomers, Nutcracker! will star Cordelia Braithwaite […]
Five Questions With: Alice Frankham
Actress ALICE FRANKHAM features in Theatre Royal Plymouth’s new production of Nick Stimson and Jimmy Jewell’s NHS The Musical (17-25 September 2021), inspired by first-hand accounts from NHS staff. Paying tribute to the heroes who have been seeing us all through the pandemic, the combined company of seven cast and seven band members also includes […]
Why The Whales Came – Theatre Royal Plymouth
Why The Whales Came at The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Thanks to the global pandemic and all the long-standing restrictions that came with it, young performers edging their way into the theatre world have taken many a knock back. However, with theatres up and down the country […]
Cast for Theatre Royal Plymouth’s NHS The Musical
Theatre Royal Plymouth has announced casting for the venue’s new production of Nick Stimson and Jimmy Jewell’s NHS The Musical in September. Stephen Fletcher will direct Sabrina Aloueche (Brooklyn The Musical, Greenwich Theatre, Chess, London Coliseum), Jordan Castle (St. Anne Comes Home, The Actors’ Church, The Pirate Queen, London Coliseum), Peter Caulfield (Last Easter, Orange […]
Theatre Royal Plymouth announces new production of NHS The Musical
Theatre Royal Plymouth will stage a new production of Nick Stimson and Jimmy Jewell’s NHS The Musical in September. Directed by Stephen Fletcher, the musical inspired by first-hand accounts from NHS staff will return to play The Lyric at Theatre Royal Plymouth from 17-25 September 2021. Announcing the production on the 73rd birthday of the […]
Hairspray and Priscilla tours to return from June
Leading independent producer Mark Goucher has unveiled plans for a summer return for the hit touring productions of Hairspray and Priscilla Queen of the Desert. With the Government’s roadmap hopes of a 21 June 2021 return to full indoor performances in mind and thanks to a loan from the Culture Recovery Fund, the producer who […]
Grease UK and Ireland tour rescheduled for January 2021 launch
The producers of the newest production of the enduringly popular Grease have announced revised dates for the show’s UK and Ireland tour. Originally due to hit the road again from May this year, the tour will now launch at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth from 22-30 January 2021. As previously announced pop star and television personality […]
New designer group unites with theatres for ‘Missing Live Theatre’ ribbon campaign
Newly launched theatre creatives’ group #scenechange is joining forces with theatres across the UK and Ireland in a new campaign to focus attention on the industry’s continuing Covid-closedown as other parts of the entertainment and hospitality industries start to reopen. The #MissingLiveTheatre initiative will wrap theatre buildings with pink barrier tape reading ‘Missing Live Theatre’ […]
Elf the Musical is back for Christmas with Ben Forster returning to title role
Ben Forster will be back in green this Christmas when he returns to the role of Buddy in Elf the Musical. The actor who shot to fame when he won Andrew Lloyd Webber’s television talent search for his leading actor in the stadium tour of Jesus Christ Superstar is currently winning acclaim for his performance in […]
Crazy For You tour – Caroline Flack joins Tom Chambers in cast
Caroline Flack will make her stage debut as Irene in the national tour of the Watermill Theatre’s acclaimed production of classic George and Ira Gershwin musical Crazy For You. Flack joins the previously announced Tom Chambers as Bobby. From the producers of Sister Act and Nativity! The Musical, the national tour of Crazy For You […]
Sleepless musical premiere postponed until further notice
The premiere of Sleepless the musical, based on Nora Ephron’s hit movie Sleepless in Seattle, has been postponed until next year at the earliest. A statement from the producers of the show, which was due to open at Plymouth’s Theatre Royal in April ahead of dates at The Lowry in Salford and Dublin’s Bord Gais Energy Theatre […]
Sleepless the Musical – Danny Mac and Carley Stenson cast in premiere
Fresh from the Final of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, Danny Mac and West End leading lady Carley Stenson will be playing the roles of Sam and Annie in the world premiere of SLEEPLESS the Musical, based on the Tristar Pictures Inc film Sleepless in Seattle. The new musical has a book by Michael Burdett, music […]
Big the Musical – Theatre Royal Plymouth and Touring
Big the Musical played the Theatre Royal Plymouth and moves on to the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin from 7 December until 7 January 2017. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This production brings a much-loved 1988 movie onto the stage, full of energy, fun and a little bit of magic. The film has become a […]
Big the Musical – European premiere opens at Theatre Royal Plymouth
The musical based on the hit body swap movie Big has made its European debut ahead of a potential West End opening next year. Big the Musical is playing the Theatre Royal Plymouth until Saturday (12 November) before transferring to Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre for a Christmas run from 7 December until 7 January […]
The Wind in the Willows – Theatre Royal Plymouth
The Wind in the Willows continues at the Theatre Royal Plymouth until 22 October. The production will then open at The Lowry in Salford and Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, prior to opening in London’s West End. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ On 8 October 1908, Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows was first published. Now, 108 […]
Billy Elliot the Musical – new Billys cast for first ever UK and Ireland tour
The producers of the multi award-winning Billy Elliot the Musical have confirmed the names of the four boys who will share the title role in the hit show’s first ever tour of the UK and Ireland. Twelve-year-old Adam Abbou; 11-year-old Matthew Lyons; 11-year-old Haydn May and 12-year-old Lewis Smallman were cast following nationwide auditions. The […]
Mack and Mabel cast member Alex Giannini dies suddenly
Friday’s performance of Mack and Mabel at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth was cancelled following news that cast member, actor Alex Giannini, had passed away. According to the BBC News website, Giannini’s agent tweeted: “The talented and much loved actor @GianniniAlex died suddenly of natural causes yesterday.” A post on the Mack and Mabel Facebook page read: […]
The Wind in the Willows musical set for world premiere in October 2016
The highly-anticipated major new musical theatre adaptation of The Wind in the Willows created by Julian Fellowes, George Stiles and Anthony Drewe is confirmed to open at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth from 8 October 2016, followed by The Lowry in Salford from 26 October 2016 prior to opening in London’s West End. Based on Kenneth Grahame’s […]
Billy Elliot – full dates for UK and Ireland tour revealed
The hit musical Billy Elliot will begin its first ever UK and Ireland tour at Plymouth’s Theatre Royal on 24 February 2016. Billy Elliot the Musical will remain at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth until April 2016 before moving into the Sunderland Empire (6–30 April) followed by the Bradford Alhambra (10 May–11 June); Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff […]
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty – full cast details and further tour dates
New Adventures has announced the full cast and further tour dates for the first revival of Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, opening at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth on Saturday 17 October 2015 with an eight-week Christmas season at Sadler’s Wells from Tuesday 1 December 2015 to Saturday 24 January 2016. In total, the production will play 18 venues. Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty is a […]
Elf the musical has London premiere at Dominion in October
Following the sold-out UK and Ireland premieres in Plymouth and Dublin in December 2014, ELF the musical will receive its London premiere at the Dominion Theatre from 24 October 2015 for a strictly limited ten-week season, ending on 2 January 2016, with a press night on Thursday 5 November. Based on the beloved 2003 New […]
