Tag Archives | Tim Mahendran

Just For One Day – London and Toronto cast confirmed

Casting has been confirmed for the West End transfer and North American premiere of the hit Live Aid-inspired musical Just For One Day.

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The Time Traveller’s Wife: A New Musical – Apollo Theatre

The Time Traveller’s Wife: A New Musical is booking at the Apollo Theatre, London until 2 March 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Go for the gorgeous story you may already love, be wowed by the impeccable stagecraft, and remember the remarkable lead performances for the rest of your life.

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Full cast for The Time Traveller’s Wife West End debut

The full cast has been announced for the upcoming West End debut of the world premiere production of the stage musical adaptation of the bestselling novel The Time Traveller’s Wife at the Apollo Theatre.

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More cast confirmed for The Time Traveller’s Wife’s West End debut

Producer Colin Ingram has unveiled further casting for the West End debut of the world premiere production of the stage musical adaptation of the bestselling novel The Time Traveller’s Wife at the Apollo Theatre in the autumn.

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West End debut for Off-Broadway hit Emojiland

Off-Broadway hit Emojiland will make its West End debut for a one night only concert performance at the Garrick Theatre later this month. Featuring music by Keith Harrison Dworkin, and a book and lyrics by Dworkin and Laura Schein, the award-winning new musical will arrive in London on 31 October. The new production of the […]

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& Juliet extension announced and new nurse confirmed

The producers of multi-award-winning musical & Juliet have announced an extension to the feel-good show’s Shaftesbury Theatre run with tickets now on sale up to 25 March 2023. The extension announcement was accompanied by the news that Malinda Parris (Mary Poppins, Prince Edward Theatre, Footloose, UK tour) will join the cast to play Angelique the […]

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& Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre

& Juliet continues at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, booking until 24 September 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ & Juliet opened in London’s Shaftesbury Theatre in 2019, and its exuberant bubblegum brilliance immediately made fans of even the most sceptical and joyless of theatregoers, myself very much included. Whether or not […]

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New cast members for West End’s & Juliet

Tom Francis and Julius D’Silva will join the previously announced Keala Settle in the cast of multi-award-winning musical & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre from 29 March 2022. Francis (Rent, Hope Mill Theatre) will step into the role of Romeo following the departure of Jordan Luke Gage with D’Silva (What’s New Pussycat? Birmingham Rep) taking […]

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Award-winning stars head returning cast of & Juliet

Olivier Award-winners Miriam-Teak Lee, Cassidy Janson and David Bedella will be among a largely unchanged cast when & Juliet makes its eagerly-anticipated return to the Shaftesbury Theatre from 24 September 2021. Best Actress Lee (Hamilton, On the Town) will return in the title role alongside Janson (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Chess) who collected the […]

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Cast and creatives announced for MTFestUK 2021

Paul Taylor-Mills has confirmed the line-up of award-winning and international performers and creatives assembled for next month’s MTFestUK 2021. Due to open at the Turbine Theatre in London from 17-29 May 2021 before embarking on a digital tour from 31 May until 4 July, the third edition of the annual celebration of new musical theatre […]

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CD Review: In The Willows The Musical – Studio Cast

IN THE WILLOWS: THE MUSICAL – Studio Cast Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I absolutely love it when someone takes a classic and turns it on its head to make it even more accessible to young theatregoers. Metta Theatre has done just that, in collaboration with Perfect Pitch, with their hip-hop version of […]

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Studio cast recording for Metta’s In The Willows released

Leading independent theatre production company Metta Theatre has announced the release of the studio album for hip hop musical In The Willows. Working in collaboration with new musical development specialists Perfect Pitch, the cast album which was produced remotely during October and November last year, is now available via Spotify, iTunes and other digital media. […]

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Perfect Pitch & Stream.Theatre collaborate on showcase of new British musicals

Not-for-profit theatre company Perfect Pitch is partnering with online venue stream.theatre to present a regular monthly preview series spotlighting new British musicals and UK writing talent and featuring performances from West End stars. Part of a drive to promote new contemporary musicals to a wider audience, each episode of Rise:Up will focus on a different […]

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Leave A Light On concert series to return

Lambert Jackson has announced the return of the popular Leave A Light On online concert series with a run of more intimate performances from artists’ own homes later this month. The latest incarnation of the lockdown initiative launched by Lambert Jackson Productions and the Theatre Café during the first lockdown will run from 12 until […]

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Girl Power / Oops! I Streamed It Again – Thespie.com

Girl Power, streaming on Thespie.com from 17 December 2020. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ This third streamed offering in Thespie’s series of four December concerts reunites the original team from the 2018 UK tour of cult musical Six who stayed together for the show’s second spell in the West End last […]

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Musical theatre favourites to feature in Reunited series of streamed concerts on Thespie

Over 30 of the UK’s leading musical theatre artists are lined up to feature in Reunited, a series of filmed concerts premiering on theatre platform Thespie. Following on from last month’s successful The Reunion show featuring seven Queens from the original West End run of Six, the Reunited series of four concerts will be filmed […]

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Hiba Elchikhe collaborates with Nimax and Theatre Cafe on web-based series

Star of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie in the West End, Hiba Elchikhe has joined forces with Nimax Theatres and The Theatre Café to present new musical theatre flavoured web series Out Of The Darkness, Into The Spotlight. Launching on 18 November 2020, the three-part themed series aims to entertain and showcase the breadth of talent […]

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The Midnight Gang – Chichester Festival Theatre

The Midnight Gang continues at the Chichester Festival Theatre until 3 November 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ David Walliams has established himself as a most successful writer of children’s books that are witty, full of fun but also featuring serious themes. The Midnight Gang, adapted by Bryony Lavery, embraces all […]

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Cast and creatives revealed for Hope Mill’s Spring Awakening

Manchester’s award-winning Hope Mill Theatre has revealed the cast and creatives for the upcoming revival of the Broadway hit Spring Awakening later this month. Directed by Luke Sheppard, the second of five in-house musical productions for 2018 from the successful partnership between Hope Mill and London arts producer Aria Entertainment is due to run from […]

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