The Third Man continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London until 9 September 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
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Cinema release for the Olivier Award-winning Oklahoma! starring Hugh Jackman
Trafalgar Releasing, in partnership with Concord Originals and The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, has announced the international cinema release of the National Theatre’s acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
The Third Man musical – full cast
Full casting has been unveiled for the highly anticipated world premiere of the musical version of Graham Greene’s classic story The Third Man at the Menier Chocolate Factory this summer.
Menier announces three major musical productions for 2023
The Menier Chocolate Factory is returning to its musical theatre roots with a 2023 season that will feature two world premiere musicals and a revival of a Stephen Sondheim classic.
Identical – Nottingham Playhouse
Identical continues at Nottingham Playhouse until 14 August 2022. The production will then play a transfer run at The Lowry in Salford from 19 August until 3 September. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Based on the 1949 book Lisa and Lottie (which itself inspired Disney’s The Parent Trap franchise), Identical tells […]
Identical – full cast announced
Full casting has been unveiled for the eagerly-anticipated Identical ahead of the new British musical’s long-awaited debut this summer. Directed by Olivier and Tony Award-winner Trevor Nunn, the musical story of twin girls who change places in an attempt to bring their divorced parents back together will feature Emily Tierney (Wicked, Ghost), James Darch (The […]
Trevor Nunn-directed Identical musical finds it trio of twin stars
Following a five year talent search and multiple auditions across the UK, the team behind the Trevor Nunn-directed Identical has revealed the three sets of identical twins selected to star in the new British musical which makes its long-awaited debut this summer. Due to receive its world premiere in Nottingham from 26 July until 14 […]
New musical Identical to debut at Nottingham Playhouse in 2022
The Trevor Nunn-directed new British musical Identical will make its long-awaited debut at the Nottingham Playhouse next summer two years later than originally planned. Co-produced by Nottingham Playhouse and Kenny Wax Ltd (producer of the Goes Wrong shows and Six) the musical based on the best-selling book Lottie and Lisa which inspired the hit 1961 […]
Parent Trap musical Identical delayed until 2021
The world premiere of Identical, the major new British musical based on best-selling novel Lottie and Lisa and the two Disney films The Parent Trap, has been postponed for a year. Co-produced by Nottingham Playhouse and Kenny Wax Ltd (producer of the Goes Wrong shows and Six) and directed by Trevor Nunn, the show was […]
Fiddler on the Roof – Playhouse Theatre
Fiddler on the Roof continues at the Playhouse Theatre, London until 2 November 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ When news comes that a classic musical – perhaps one that it is nearly 60 years old like Fiddler on the Roof – is going to be revived, the announcement is rarely […]
The Bridges of Madison County – Menier Chocolate Factory
The Bridges of Madison County continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory, London until 14 September 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Jason Robert Brown’s musical adaptation of the best-selling novel by US writer, musician and photographer Robert James Waller (1939-2017) finally gets its long-overdue UK premiere at the Menier Chocolate Factory. […]
INTERVIEW: ‘We could all do with a healthy dose of love’ – Edward Baker-Duly stars in The Bridges of Madison County at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Stage and screen actor EDWARD BAKER-DULY will star opposite Jenna Russell in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s eagerly-anticipated UK premiere of the musical version of Robert James Waller’s much-loved novel The Bridges of Madison County, officially opening on 23 July 2019 and running until 14 September. With music and lyrics by triple Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert […]
Cast for Menier Chocolate Factory’s UK premiere of The Bridges of Madison County
Stage and screen actor Edward Baker-Duly will star opposite Olivier Award winner Jenna Russell in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s eagerly-anticipated UK premiere of the musical version of Robert James Waller’s much-loved novel The Bridges of Madison County. With music and lyrics by triple Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Honeymoon in […]
Fiddler On the Roof – Menier Chocolate Factory
Fiddler On the Roof continues at the Menier Chocolate Factory until 9 March 2019. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Rehearsals for Trevor Nunn’s intimate but full-blooded revival of Fiddler On the Roof must have only just begun days after it was announced that anti-semitic attacks in the UK were numbering more than […]
Full company for Menier Chocolate Factory’s Fiddler On the Roof
The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced full casting for Trevor Nunn’s eagerly-anticipated new staging of the much-loved classic Fiddler On the Roof. Quadruple Tony Award nominee Judy Kuhn (Chess, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Imperial Theatre, New York) will play Golde opposite Andy Nyman (Assassins, Menier Chocolate Factory, Hangmen, Wyndham’s Theatre) as the title […]
Principal cast for Menier and Nunn’s Fiddler On the Roof
The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced principal casting for Trevor Nunn’s eagerly anticipated new staging of the much-loved classic Fiddler On the Roof. Quadruple Tony Award nominee Judy Kuhn (Chess, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Imperial Theatre, New York) will play Golde opposite the previously announced Andy Nyman (Assassins, Menier Chocolate Factory, Hangmen, Wyndham’s […]
Trevor Nunn to direct Menier Chocolate Factory’s Fiddler On the Roof
Trevor Nunn will return to the Menier Chocolate Factory later this year for a major new staging of the much-loved classic Fiddler On the Roof. Running from 5 December 2018 until 9 March 2019, with previews from 23 November, the production will be the first in London in over a decade, and marks a re-kindling […]
‘Godfather of British theatre’ Sir Peter Hall dies aged 86 – past and present National Theatre directors pay tribute
National Theatre directors past and present have led the tributes paid to Sir Peter Hall who died yesterday (11 September) at the age of 86 in London’s University College Hospital surrounded by his family. One of the giants of British theatre, and celebrated internationally for his ground-breaking work on stage and on film, Hall’s extraordinary […]
Cats – Neil Simon Theatre, New York
Cats continues at the Neil Simon Theatre, New York. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Who or what is responsible for the explosive power that threatens to blow the roof off Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre, where the new production of Cats, the Andrew Lloyd Webber’s cash-spouting bonanza, has just opened? Is it […]
Cats will return to Broadway this summer
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical Cats will return to Broadway this summer at the Neil Simon Theatre. Preview performances will begin on 14 July, with an official opening set for 2 August 2016. When Cats opens, Lloyd Webber will, once again, have the rare distinction of having three musicals running simultaneously on Broadway: The Phantom of the Opera, School of Rock – The Musical, and Cats . Composed by Lloyd Webber and based […]
Cats set for summer in Blackpool
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking 2015 Olivier Award nominated musical Cats is to return to Blackpool direct from its successful season at the London Palladium. The show will run at the Blackpool Opera House for a strictly limited eight-week run from 9 July and the Blackpool performances will be the only place theatregoers can see Cats north of London […]
Cats – London Palladium
Cats is booking at the London Palladium until 25 April 2015. Star rating: 4 stars **** While I appreciate the position that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats – famously inspired by T.S Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats – holds in musical theatre history (the originality of its concept and the special place it has in many a theatregoer’s heart), […]
Kerry Ellis replaces Nicole Scherzinger in extended run of Cats
Kerry Ellis will join the cast of Cats at the London Palladium to play Grizabella from 9 February 2015, taking over from Nicole Scherzinger who continues in the role until 7 February as previously announced. Due to public demand, the run of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record breaking show has now been extended to 25 April 2015. More than 100,000 new tickets for sale have now gone on […]
Cats – London Palladium
Cats is booking at the London Palladium Booking until 28 February. It is 12 years since Cats departed the West End, and John Napier’s rubbish-tip turned its last revolve at the New London Theatre. Now it is back, minus the revolving stage, but with a set that spills out into the stalls and the circle, through which Spandex-clad dancers […]
Nicole Scherzinger makes theatrical stage debut in Cats
Last night (11 December 2014) at the London Palladium Nicole Scherzinger made her theatrical stage debut as Grizabella in the musical Cats as Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking show returned to the West End for a limited run. Based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, the original creative team – director Trevor Nunn, associate director and choreographer Gillian Lynne, designer John Napier and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber – were reunited […]
Cats at the London Palladium – full cast revealed
As previously announced, Nicole Scherzinger will make her West End stage debut as Grizabella in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking show Cats. The musical returns to the West End for a strictly limited run at the London Palladium from 6 December 2014 (press night is on 11 December). Based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, the original creative team – director Trevor Nunn, associate director and […]
Nicole Scherzinger to make West End debut in Cats
Nicole Scherzinger will be making her West End stage debut as Grizabella in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical Cats, returning to the West End for a strictly limited run at the London Palladium from 6 December 2014 (press night is 11 December). Based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, the original creative team – director Trevor Nunn, associate director and choreographer Gillian Lynne, designer John Napier and […]
Lloyd Webber reworks Cats for London Palladium season
When Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical Cats returns to the West End for a limited 12-week run from 6 December at the London Palladium in December, the composer will have rewritten the music for at least two of T.S. Eliot’s iconic poems – ‘The Rum Tum Tugger’ and ‘Growltiger’s Last Stand’. In fact, having revisited Eliot’s words for […]
Cats returns to West End for 12-week Palladium season
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical Cats returns to the West End for a strictly limited 12-week run at the London Palladium beginning early December 2014. Based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, tickets for this production will go on sale on Monday 7 July 2014 when casting and further details about the production will be announced. Cats is directed by Trevor […]
Cats – Wimbledon and Touring
Cats continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre until 17 May, and then tours until 27 September. If you thought that, 34 years on from Andrew Lloyd Webber first road-testing it at the 1980 Sydmonton Festival, Cats would by now be a cauliflower-eared old moggie, you’d be mistaken. It is still purring along like a skittish, […]
Les Misérables – Imperial Theatre, New York
Les Misérables continues at the Imperial Theatre, New York, in an open-ended run. All those hard-living, hard-suffering, hard-singing people of 19th century France, known collectively as Les Misérables, are back on Broadway, and as the French would say, they are still tres formidable. This giant-sized pop opera, based on Victor Hugo’s epic novel, first hit […]
Jennings and Le Prevost reprise My Fair Lady in Paris
Alex Jennings is reprising the Professor Higgins role that won him a 2003 Olivier Best Actor in a Musical Award in a revival of My Fair Lady at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris next month. Jennings took over the Higgins part from Jonathan Pryce at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane in a show that hit […]
