The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind continues at @sohoplace, London until 18 July 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is full of charm, and a testament to the power of imagination, determination, resilience and community.
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind – Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind continues at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon until 28 March 2026, before transferring to @sohoplace, London from 29 April to 18 July. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★
Restless Natives: The Musical – Perth Theatre and Touring
Restless Natives was reviewed at Perth Theatre where it continues until 10 May 2025. The tour continues touring Scotland until 28 June 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ If you don’t leave with a smile on your face, you must be ‘deid’! Loved it.
New UK Musicals: Live in Concert – The Other Palace
New UK Musicals: Live in Concert at The Other Palace, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ In the UK, new musical theatre writing, and particularly new British writing, is something of a Cinderella – it tends to get overlooked. With the West End filled with established long-runners and an endless cycle of […]
New UK Musicals concert announced
West End stars Tyrone Huntley (Jesus Christ Superstar, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Anoushka Lucas (Oklahoma, Young Vic), Michael Rouse (A Christmas Carol, Old Vic) and Gemma Sutton (Follies, National Theatre) will appear alongside a new generation of performers in a special concert celebrating new UK musicals early next month. Produced by Darren Clark for […]
Locations for performances of To The Streets!
China Plate and Birmingham Hippodrome have unveiled the West Midland locations for the summer performances of new concert musical To The Streets! Planned as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival, the special shows will take place at Handsworth Park in Birmingham (19 August 1.45pm and 7.45pm, 20 August 1.45pm and 7.45pm), Windmill Hill in Coventry […]
New concert musical To The Streets! to be centrepiece of Birmingham 2022 Festival season
Birmingham Hippodrome and China Plate’s new concert musical To The Streets! will be performed in parks across the West Midlands this summer as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival. Written by Roy Williams and Tim Sutton and inspired by the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott, a pivotal moment in the UK’s civil rights history, the concert […]
All-star line-up for Stiles and Drewe Prize online concert
A host of West End stars have been enlisted to perform the shortlist of 15 compositions in the running for the 2020 Stiles + Drewe Best New Song Prize in a virtual concert to be streamed online next Sunday (5 July 2020). With musical direction by Steve Ridley, the songs will be performed by: Allyson […]
New musicals sheet music site to launch
Performers and fans of new UK musicals will be able to purchase sheet music from their favourite shows with the launch of a new store of digital sheet music next week. Launching on Monday (1 June), New UK Musicals is the brainchild of Darren Clark, the multi-award-winning composer and lyricist of new shows The Wicker […]
Women in Power – NST City, Southampton
Women in Power continues at NST City, Southampton until 29 September 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Southampton’s new theatre NST City opened earlier this year with director Sam Hodges at the helm. The theatre is well-equipped, with a spacious foyer and bar area, and has good access. The night I visited, […]
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Lyttelton Theatre
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom continues at the Lyttelton Theatre, London until 18 May. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It’s hard to deny the influence that blues music has had on musical theatre, indeed a great deal of western popular music owes a debt in one way or another to blues, ragtime, and African-American roots […]
Emerging Artists – Crazy Coqs
Emerging Artists was performed at the Crazy Coqs, London. It’s all well and good to celebrate the songbooks of America and Europe as part of the London Festival of Cabaret but the concept would be considered a museum piece if there wasn’t adequate time given over to new, original work. Kit and McConnel, Miss Hope Springs […]
