Killing The Cat continues at the Riverside Studios, London until 22 April 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
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Video & song alert: Molly Lynch sings ‘All the Dead Poets’ from major new musical Killing The Cat
A new video has been released featuring Molly Lynch singing the haunting song ‘All the Dead Poets’ from the world premiere of major new musical Killing The Cat, accompanied by musical director Billy Bullivant. Molly Lynch is joined by Madalena Alberto, Tim Rogers, Joaquin Pedro Valdes and Kluane Saunders in Killing The Cat, directed by […]
Molly Lynch, Joaquin Pedro Valdes and Kluane Saunders join the cast of new musical Killing The Cat at Riverside Studios
Molly Lynch, Kluane Saunders and Joaquin Pedro Valdes are joining Madalena Alberto and Tim Rogers in the world premiere of the musical Killing The Cat, directed by Jenny Eastop, at London’s Riverside Studios from 17 March to 22 April 2023 (press night is 22 March). Marking a new transatlantic collaboration between an Anglo-American writing team […]
Madalena Alberto and Tim Rogers to star in world premiere of musical Killing The Cat
Musical theatre stars Madalena Alberto and Tim Rogers are to star in the world premiere of the musical Killing The Cat, a new transatlantic collaboration between an Anglo-American writing team and UK and US producers. With book and lyrics by Walking With Dinosaurs writer Warner Brown and music by radical American composer Joshua Schmidt, Killing […]
Mr Palladium – The Man Who Brought Musicals To Argyll Street
Nowadays theatre-goers are used to enjoying musical theatre productions at the London Palladium, but before British theatre impresario LOUIS BENJAMIN came along, the art form was rarely represented at the iconic venue. Internationally-renowned writer Warner Brown, who witnessed Mr Benjamin at work first hand, pays tribute to a great man of entertainment in his centenary year.
S&S Theatre Productions set to bring radical new musical theatre to the Off-West End & Off-Broadway stage
The S&S Award is turning producer to become S&S Theatre Productions, dedicated to producing radical new musical theatre with partnerships between the UK and the USA. Joining forces with London-based, multiple Offie-nominated Mercurius Theatre and Kent Nicholson, doyen of new musical theatre writing in the States, the new company has already hit the ground running […]
The Biograph Girl – Finborough Theatre
The Biograph Girl continues at the Finborough Theatre, London until 9 June 2018. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Musicals celebrating the era of silent film are rare. There is Mack and Mabel, of course; but beyond that, Singin’ in the Rain and its ilk tend to prefer to eulogise about what came after the advent of […]
Cast for silent movie era musical The Biograph Girl
Sophie Linder-Lee will take on the title role in the first professional UK production of David Heneker and Warner Brown’s The Biograph Girl in nearly four decades later this month. Commissioned by London’s Finborough Theatre as part of the award-winning venue’s Celebrating British Music Theatre series, the show which focuses on the relationship between some […]
First pro production of The Biograph Girl since 1980 premiere
London’s Finborough Theatre has commissioned the first professional UK production of David Heneker and Warner Brown’s The Biograph Girl in nearly four decades. Part of the award-winning venue’s Celebrating British Music Theatre series, the show which focuses on the relationship between film directing legend D.W. Griffith and silent movie leading ladies Lillian Gish and Mary […]
Son of a Preacher Man – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Son of a Preacher Man continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 18 November, then tours until 2 July. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ This jukebox musical shoehorns 20 Dusty Springfield hits into a tedious and highly improbable story about three lovelorn strangers meeting on the site of a Soho […]
Son of a Preacher Man – cast details
Full casting has been announced for the Dusty Springfield-inspired musical Son of a Preacher Man which is due to debut with an extensive national tour next month. Joining the previously announced Diana Vickers, Debra Stephenson and Ian Reddington are Michael Howe, Michelle Long, Kate Hardisty, Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong, Lewis Kidd, Liam Vincent-Kilbride, Jon Bonner, Rachel McAllister, […]
Debra Stephenson joins Son of a Preacher Man tour
Former Coronation Street star Debra Stephenson has joined the cast of the new Dusty Springfield inspired musical Son of a Preacher Man. The actor and gifted impressionist will create the role of Alison alongside the previously announced Diana Vickers in the touring production. With a book by Warner Brown and directed and choreographed by Strictly’s […]
Diana Vickers cast in Dusty-inspired Son of a Preacher Man
X Factor singer turned stage star Diana Vickers will take on the central role in the touring production of the Dusty Springfield-inspired Son of a Preacher Man. With a book by Warner Brown and directed and choreographed by Strictly’s King of the pithy putdown, Craig Revel Horwood, the national tour is due to begin at Bromley’s […]
The S&S Award and new musical Here – latest news
After having a week’s development at Curve Leicester in September 2016, the 2015 S&S Award-winning musical Here was presented at an industry showcase this week. Here is a folk-classical musical, inspired by writers Kate Marlais and Alex Young’s fascination with the German Dadaist artist Kurt Schwitters. The piece is set in a remote town in […]
Dusty Springfield musical Son of a Preacher Man begins tour at Churchill Theatre Bromley
Son of a Preacher Man, a new musical featuring the soulful music of Dusty Springfield, with a book by Warner Brown and directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, embarks on a national tour starting at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre from Monday 4 September 2017. Welcome to the Preacher Man, the swinging 1960s Soho joint where […]
The Gold Room – Melissa Errico and Jamie Muscato star in London workshop
Broadway leading lady Melissa Errico will head the cast involved in the development of The Gold Room, a major new musical from the creative team of Michael Feinstein and Warner Brown. Based on stage and screen writer Brown’s original idea, the show explores a night behind closed doors in the life of the troubled Woolworth heiress […]
Exclusive – The S&S Award for new writing – exciting changes ahead
Following four years with Mercury Musical Developments, the prestigious S&S Award (celebrating new musical theatre) is branching out. After various proposals from independent producers, the prize is incorporating several changes from 2016 onwards. The S&S Award will: – be produced independently and entrants will not need to be members of any particular organisation. Watch out for a […]
The S&S Award Gala 2015 – St James Theatre
The S&S Award Gala was held at the St James Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Where is the home of new musical theatre writing in the UK? The West End houses 33 musicals currently – putting aside adaptations, jukebox musicals and classic works, only two of these could be considered new standalone original works. The National Theatre allows […]
The S&S Award Gala – St James Theatre
The S&S Award Gala was held at the St James Theatre, London. There will be 26 musical shows running in London this Christmas, that’s more than half the occupancy of the total number of theatres in the West End. Of those 26, 17 are largely original work, the remainder drawing on the back catalogue of songwriters from Irving Berlin […]
The S&S Award – St James Theatre
The S&S Award was presented at the St James Theatre, London. The inaugural S&S Award ceremony, created in memory of Sidney and Sylvia Brown, the parents of the lyricist and librettist Warner Brown, was all about discovering and promoting new writers in British musical theatre. The new prize follows in the wake of the Vivian […]
