Tina: The Tina Turner Musical was reviewed at Edinburgh Playhouse where it continues until 22 November 2025. The tour continues until 4 April 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★
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Recording artist and presenter Fleur East to star as Tina Turner alongside Karis Anderson in the West End
TV and Radio presenter and recording artist Fleur East is joining the cast of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, sharing the role of Tina alongside one of its current stars, Karis Anderson
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical – Curve Leicester and Touring
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical was reviewed at Curve Leicester where it continues until 22 March 2025. The tour continues until 4 April 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Full cast for first UK and Ireland tour of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Elle Ma-Kinga N’Zuzi and Jochebel Ohene MacCarthy will share the title role in the first UK and Ireland tour of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical.
Tour News: 101 Dalmatians, & Juliet, Burlesque The Musical, Chicago, Heathers The Musical, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical and more
Angela Thomas rounds up some of the latest musical theatre tour news, from 101 Dalmatians to Only Fools and Horses, via & Juliet and Burlesque.
New Tina and Ike for West End’s Tina
Two new principal cast members will join the hit West End production of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical next month.
Black British Theatre Awards – winners announced
The Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs), recognising some of the finest work by Black performers and creatives in UK Theatre, were handed out at a star-packed ceremony in the Lyttelton Theatre at the National Theatre.
Black British Theatre Awards nominees – Tina: The Tina Turner Musical leads the way
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical leads the way in the nominations for the Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs). The hit West End show which is currently in its fifth year at the Aldwych Theatre tops the list of nominees for the fifth annual awards with five nominations. Tina’s closest musical theatre rival on the shortlist is Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge Theatre with a total of three nominations.
Casting update – West End, regional and touring theatre, plus London concerts too
Sometimes there are so many exciting press releases arriving in the Musical Theatre Review email inbox, that it’s hard to keep up, so we asked our news editor Angela Thomas if she could round up all the very latest casting news related to West End, regional and touring productions (and even a few London concerts […]
Musicals Mash Up: 2-9 October 2022
Welcome to the first instalment of Musicals Mash Up in which we catch up with lots of the week’s stories that haven’t yet appeared on the Musical Theatre Review pages. We hope you approve! News editor Angela Thomas reports New cast for Get Up, Stand Up! final performances The producers of the Olivier Award-winning musical […]
Come From Away completes trio of Broadway productions due to close
The Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Come From Away has become the third high-profile show to announce its closure before the end of the year. Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s Come From Away will take its final bow at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on 2 October 2022, following on from the departure of Dear Evan […]
New cast announced for West End’s TINA – The Tina Turner Musical
The West End production TINA – The Tina Turner Musical will welcome new cast members to the Aldwych Theatre for performances from 29 June 2022. Current lead Aisha Jawando (Motown The Musical, Shaftesbury Theatre, The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre) will share the title role with newcomer Elesha Paul Moses (Whitney: Queen Of […]
September date announced for Magic At The Musicals concert
Magic Radio’s popular Magic At The Musicals will return to the Royal Albert Hall on 18 September 2022. Announced by Ronan Keating and Harriet Scott on their Magic Radio breakfast show, tickets for the all-star celebration of the best of musical theatre will be available to buy from the Magic Radio website from 9am on […]
Tickets now on sale for West End’s Tina until 18 December
The West End production of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical is now booking at the Aldwych Theatre until 18 December 2022. Aisha Jawando (Motown The Musical, Shaftesbury Theatre, The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre) and former pop star Chanel Haynes (lead singer of New Orleans-based group Trin-i-tee) currently share the title role […]
BBC to broadcast performances from National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals
Jason Manford will take charge of a star-studded celebration of musical theatre at the AO Arena in Manchester later this month. Featuring many of the nation’s most popular musicals, The National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals on 24 January 2022 has been planned as a ‘thank you’ to National Lottery players who have helped support […]
West End’s TINA – The Tina Turner Musical extended until late 2022 and Refuge charity tie-up announced
Over 200,000 new tickets are being released for the West End production TINA – The Tina Turner Musical with the current booking period at the Aldwych Theatre now extended up to 18 December 2022. The news of the extra ticket release was accompanied by the announcement of a partnership with Refuge as the national domestic […]
Moulin Rouge! wins Best Musical Tony Award
Moulin Rouge! The Musical dominated the musical categories at the 74th Tony Awards, a long-delayed, abbreviated contest honouring the best of the 2019/2020 Broadway season, cut short by the Coronavirus pandemic. The lavish stage version of the Baz Luhrmann 2001 hit movie Moulin Rouge! won the Best Musical prize, beating out just two other nominees, […]
Tina’s West End return – rehearsals under way
Rehearsals have begun for the reopening of the hit West End production Tina – The Tina Turner Musical which is due to resume performances at the Aldwych Theatre on 28 July 2021. As previously announced Aisha Jawando and Jammy Kasongo will head the returning cast with Jawando (Motown The Musical, Shaftesbury Theatre, The Book of […]
Tony Awards set September date
Remember the Tony Awards? They’re those coveted statuettes handed out annually, under the auspices of the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, for theatrical excellence on the Broadway stages. Nominees for the past 2019/2020 season – a season abruptly cut short in March 2020 by the government-mandated shutting of theatres in the face of […]
Tina Turner Musical to reopen at the Aldwych Theatre in July 2021
Aisha Jawando and Jammy Kasongo will head the returning cast when the West End production of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical resumes performances at the Aldwych Theatre on 28 July 2021. Confirming the return of the hit show, producer Tali Pelman said: “I am delighted to announce the reopening of Tina at the Aldwych […]
Musicals: The Greatest Show – BBC1 and BBC iPlayer
Musicals: The Greatest Show – BBC1 and BBC iPlayer (where it is available for a year). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ As soon as the great Ramin Karimloo launched into a sublime ‘Music of the Night’, tears started rolling down cheeks and shivers tumbled like a waterfall down the spine. We […]
Broadway shutdown extended / Tony nominations announced
The entire 2020-2021 Broadway season has disappeared, swallowed up in the unyielding maw of the Coronavirus pandemic. Nevertheless, a passel of New York theatre-makers have reason to celebrate with the unveiling of the Tony Award nominations for the 2019-2020 season, as abbreviated as it was. A date for the awards presentation, however, is yet to […]
Palace theatre dates for The Show Must Go On charity concerts
The team behind the successful lockdown-launched Theatre Support Fund + will move their fundraising efforts on-stage with four star-packed special performances at London’s Palace Theatre next month. Presented by the Theatre Support Fund + and Take Two Theatricals, The Show Must Go On! Live At The Palace Theatre will be the first show to reopen […]
Black British Theatre Awards 2020 to air on Sky Arts
Hamilton, Thriller Live and Tina – The Tina Turner Musical are in the running for the Best Musical Production Award at the 2020 Black British Theatre Awards in late October. Following on from last year’s inaugural live ceremony, the winner of the Best Musical category will be announced during a special socially distanced event at […]
Tony Awards to go online
The exact date and format are still uncertain, but it’s been decided that this year’s long-delayed Tony Awards will be presented online in the fall. Originally scheduled for 7 June 2020 with its customary presentation on network television, The Tonys, like everything in the realm of Broadway, were knocked askew by the Coronavirus pandemic. Government […]
More unique theatre content from Official London Theatre and Sky VIP
The Society of London Theatre’s Official London Theatre channel has announced a new partnership with Sky VIP to create more exclusive theatre content while theatres remain dark. Casts from some of the West End’s biggest shows will feature in a series of eight newly commissioned 30-minute videos which will be initially available for Sky VIPs […]
A Strange Loop voted Outstanding Musical in New York’s Drama Desk Awards.
A Strange Loop capped its winning streak in the 2019/2020 New York theatre season, as it grabbed the Outstanding Musical Award from the Drama Desk. The 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced on 13 June 2020 in a special pre-recorded presentation on a local television news channel. The awards are usually handed out with […]
Government statement on coronavirus means curtain comes down on West End and UK theatre
Theatres across the country went dark last night as the Government moved into the next phase of its fight against the coronavirus. In a statement released by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre, it was confirmed that all member venues would be closed until the Government’s advice against social gatherings during the […]
Aisha Jawando and Jammy Kasongo lead the cast of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Aisha Jawando and Jammy Kasongo will lead the cast of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical as the hit show enters its third year at the Aldwych Theatre. After originally playing Tina’s sister Alline Bullock and playing Tina at certain performances, Jawando (Motown The Musical, Shaftesbury Theatre, The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre) […]
Tina – The Tina Turner Musical – Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York
Tina – The Tina Turner Musical continues at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Blasting its way from London, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical has securely landed in New York, and the Broadway behemoths have quickly crowned Adrienne Warren, its star in both cities, as the […]
Aisha Jawando is the new West End Tina Turner
Pop Queen Tina Turner has given her royal seal of approval to the latest actress chosen to take over the title role in Tina – The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre from early October. After originally playing Tina’s sister Alline Bullock and playing Tina at certain performances, Aisha Jawando (Motown The Musical, The […]
West End Live 2019 – full details of weekend schedule revealed
Full details have been released of the line-up of award-winning shows and performers due to feature in this year’s West End LIVE event when it returns to London’s iconic Trafalgar Square next weekend. With first time appearances from new hits including Come From Away, Only Fools and Horses The Musical, Waitress, 9 To 5 The […]
