The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber continues at Leicester Curve until 19 June 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s easy to forget, when examining the legend of Andrew Lloyd Webber, the sheer proliferation of work which has gone into a career spanning decades. Not to worry – Nikolai Foster and […]
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Star-packed live-streamed charity shows planned
Leading choreographer Anthony Van Laast will present a star-packed series of concerts in September, aimed at raising funds for those in the industry hardest hit by the ongoing Covid-crisis. The four 45-minute charity concerts – West End Unplugged (Live from L-Acoustics Creations) – will feature some of musical theatre’s biggest stars alongside leading theatre musicians […]
David Thaxton to be the new West End Phantom of the Opera
Olivier Award winner David Thaxton will step into the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre for a limited run from Monday 10 December 2018. Fresh from playing Javert in Les Misérables at the Queens Theatre, the star who previously played Raoul in Phantom sequel Love Never Dies […]
Chess – London Coliseum
Chess continues at the London Coliseum until 2 June 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Can we drop the use of “semi-staged” when talking about Grade-Linnit’s annual summer musical revivals at the London Coliseum now? That the production team continues to use the term in association with their shows seems more […]
Writers join Chess stars for first rehearsals
Rehearsals have begun for the eagerly-anticipated new production of Chess which is due to begin a strictly limited five-week season at the London Coliseum on 26 April. Two of the show’s creators, Benny Andersson and Tim Rice, joined director Laurence Connor and members of the cast in the rehearsal room as they prepared for the […]
Chess at the London Coliseum – starry line-up led by Michael Ball and Alexandra Burke
The first West End production of Chess since 1986 is to star Michael Ball, Alexandra Burke, Murray Head, Tim Howar and Cassidy Janson. The production will open at the London Coliseum on 26 April 2018 (press night on 1 May 2018) for a strictly limited five-week season. This is the fourth production in collaboration with English […]
CD Review – Comrade Rockstar – Studio Cast
COMRADE ROCKSTAR – Studio Cast (SimG Records – SimGR-CD033) Comrade Rockstar is the latest offering from SimG Records. Written by Julian Woolford and Richard John, this is a musical based on the life of Dean Reed – known in the 1980s as the Soviet Elvis. I was a little wary at first because I am […]
Comrade Rockstar – Ivy Arts Centre, Guildford
Comrade Rockstar was performed in concert at the Ivy Arts Centre, Guildford. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Having previously been workshopped at drama schools across the UK across a period of some ten years, the complete performance in concert of Julian Woolford and Richard John’s Comrade Rockstar at the Ivy Arts Centre, […]
