Tag Archives | Tori Allen-Martin

Midnight Cowboy: A New Musical – Southwark Playhouse Elephant 

Midnight Cowboy continues at Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London until 17 May 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ What this show and cast certainly does deserves is your full attention and respect.

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World premiere of Midnight Cowboy musical – the cast

Max Bowden, Paul Jacob French and Tori Allen-Martin will star in the world premiere of a new musical based on the triple Oscar-winning film Midnight Cowboy.

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I Wish You Well – The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski-Trial Musical – Edinburgh Festival Fringe

I Wish You Well – The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski- Trial Musical continues at Underbelly, George Square – Udderbelly until 26 August 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ There’s a bundle of parody shows playing at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, but this must be one of the best on offer.

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Wild About You – Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Wild About You at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ The presentation succeeded in convincing me that there is a fine piece of art waiting to be chiselled out of the attractive but raw marble that is Wild About You.

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Line-up of shows for MTFestUK 2024

The Other Palace and Turbine Theatre have announced the eight new musicals due to be showcased at MTFestUK 2024.

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Then, Now & Next – Southwark Playhouse Borough

Then, Now & Next continues at Southwark Playhouse Borough, London until 29 July 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩

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Cast confirmed for new musical Then, Now & Next

The full cast has been unveiled for the world premiere of heart-warming original musical Then, Now & Next at the Southwark Playhouse this summer.

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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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Tori Allen-Martin and Sarah Henley put women writers centre stage with Burn Bright project

Writers Tori Allen-Martin and Sarah Henley have launched Burn Bright, a new not-for-profit organisation aimed at increasing opportunities for women in the creative industry. Beginning with two projects designed to connect and empower women writers, Time Bank and Better in Person, Burn Bright hopes to offer women the chance to connect with industry professionals and […]

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The Season – A New Musical – Royal & Derngate Theatre, Northampton

The Season – A New Musical continues at the Royal & Derngate Theatre, Northampton until 30 November 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ From the moment Dougal bounds onto the stage in The Season, our attention is piqued. Played by Alex Cardall, in a role he was born to play, this […]

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H.R. Haitch – Union Theatre

H.R. Haitch continues at the Union Theatre, London until 2 June 2018. Star rating: four stars ★★★★✩ As the nation gears up for the pomp and circumstance surrounding the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle, another very different Royal wedding is taking place nightly in Southwark. In Maz Evans and Luke Bateman’s comedy H. R. Haitch, […]

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Muted – The Bunker

Muted continues at The Bunker, London until 7 January 2017. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Good musical theatre excites an audience, but truly great musical theatre challenges and provokes a reaction from its audience. Muted falls into the latter category. This is a musical which is billed as a British version of Rent. And […]

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New musical Yarico – ‏Liberty Buckland and Alex Spinney head cast

Final casting and the full creative team have been revealed today for the world premiere of Yarico, an epic musical about forbidden love, betrayal and redemption, based on a true story that fired the world’s imagination and contributed to the social movement against the slave trade. Yarico, with book and lyrics by Carl Miller, music by James […]

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Onstage Acts – Paul Spicer launches musical theatre summer course

West End performer and successful producer Paul Spicer in conversation with Musical Theatre Review’s Lisa Martland. Producer and actor Paul Spicer is all fired up. His latest project combines two of his biggest passions – nurturing the talent of others and introducing artists to contemporary musical theatre. Since co-founding the Notes From New York series […]

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Christmas in New York – Palace Theatre

Christmas in New York at the Palace Theatre, London. Making its return to London after a three-year hiatus, Christmas in New York is a selection box of festive favourites – pop songs, show tunes, carols and hymns – presented by some of the leading lights of the West End. At the top of this year’s Christmas […]

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