Glorious! was reviewed at the Theatre Royal, Windsor where it continues until 21 March 2026. The tour continues until 30 May 2026. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ The overwhelming message that comes across is that no one could deny that Jenkins lived her dream.
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Glorious! – Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Glorious! continues at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester until 30 March 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A witty and joyful portrait of one of the musical world’s most unforgettable characters.
New UK tour of Stepping Out – cast announced
A trio of former soap favourites turned musical theatre favourites will feature in the cast of the new UK tour of Richard Harris’ award-winning Stepping Out when the production hits the road this autumn. Ex Coronation Street regulars Hayley Tamaddon (Thoroughly Modern Millie, UK tour, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Apollo Theatre) and Wendi Peters (Wonderland, […]
You Are Here – Southwark Playhouse
You Are Here continues at the Southwark Playhouse until 12 June 2021, with two live-streamed performances on 22 May. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ In You Are Here – Southwark’s first offering in front of a live audience after lockdown – pocket rocket Wendi Peters is Diana, a suburban Chicago housewife who’s inspired by […]
CD Review: The Andrew Fisher Songbook – Various Artists
THE ANDREW FISHER SONGBOOK – Various Artists (SimG Records – SimGR-CD040) Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is the latest release from the label SimG Records which is dedicated to supporting emerging artists and musical theatre writers and the company is to be lauded for such. The Andrew Fisher Songbook contains songs from […]
You Are Here at Southwark Playhouse – full cast announced
Full casting has been announced for the re-scheduled UK premiere of You Are Here at Southwark Playhouse. Rebecca Lock (Curtains, Wyndham’s Theatre, Mamma Mia! Novello Theatre), Phil Adéle (Our Town, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Little Shop of Horrors UK tour) and Jordan Frazier (Nina Simone, Kenny Leon Theatre Company, Bat Out of Hell, UK […]
Dates change for live theatre UK premiere of You Are Here
The UK premiere of You Are Here at Southwark Playhouse has been moved back a few weeks following the unveiling of the Government’s ‘roadmap back to normality’. Originally due to run from 29 April until 22 May 2021, the production will now begin preview performances on 17 May, the earliest date set by Government to […]
Southwark Playhouse announces UK premiere of You Are Here starring Wendi Peters
Wendi Peters will take centre stage in the UK premiere of You Are Here at Southwark Playhouse from 29 April until 22 May 2021. Presented by the newly-launched theatre company The Grey Area, the production will be performed live from The Large to either in-person socially distanced audiences or via live-stream to home audiences for […]
Check out the new video for the just-released charity single from #CheerUpCharlie & West End Friends
‘You Will Be Found’ by #CheerUpCharlie & West End Friends, a fundraising charity single in aid of youth charity The Diana Award, has been released today (15 November 2020) by Auburn Jam Music to tie in with the start of National Anti-Bullying Week, which runs from 16-20 November. The star-studded single is led by ten-year-old Charlie Kristensen […]
Anti-bullying campaigner Charlie and West End friends feature on charity single
Inspirational young anti-bullying campaigner Charlie Kristensen is joining forces with a host of West End stars to release a charity fundraising single to mark the start of National Anti-Bullying Week (16-20 November 2020). Available from 15 November, the recording of ‘You Will Be Found’ from Dear Evan Hansen features the Berkshire 10-year-old along with a number […]
West End stars line up for Footballers’ Wives – The Musical
An all-star cast has been unveiled for Friday’s London showcase presentation of new show Footballers’ Wives – The Musical. Simon Bailey (The Phantom of the Opera, I Can’t Sing! The X-Factor Musical) will play Jason with Natasha J. Barnes (Funny Girl, Spring Awakening) as Donna, Norman Bowman (42nd Street, Guys and Dolls) as Frank, Liam Doyle […]
Big the Musical – Dominion Theatre
Big the Musical continues at the Dominion Theatre, London until 2 November 2019. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ Why does the theatre think it can eclipse the success of one art form by turning it into a musical? Musical theatre shows are seldom totally original entities, but are often adaptations of […]
Full cast for Big The Musical at the Dominion
Full casting has been announced for the eagerly anticipated nine-week limited season of Big The Musical at the Dominion Theatre this autumn. Joining the previously announced star line-up of Jay McGuiness, Matthew Kelly, Wendi Peters and Kimberley Walsh as Josh Baskin, Mrs Baskin, Susan Lawrence and George MacMillan respectively are Lori Haley Fox as Mrs […]
Christine Allado, Fra Fee and Wendi Peters head up cast of The Clockmaker’s Daughter concert performance
Wendi Peters will join several of the West End stars who featured on the recent studio recording of The Clockmaker’s Daughter for a concert performance of Webborn and Finn’s magical musical next month. Former Coronation Street regular turned stage star Peters (Wonderland, Follies in Concert) will appear alongside Christine Allado, Fra Fee, Lauren James Ray […]
Salad Days – Richmond Theatre and Touring
Salad Days continues at Richmond Theatre until 15 September 2018, then tours until 17 November. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Salad Days wears its 64 years lightly. It still has the silliest storylines and awful puns that composer Julian Slade and lyricist Dorothy Reynolds wrote, but also all the charm and feelgood factor that […]
Wendi Peters to join Salad Days autumn tour
Former Coronation Street favourite Wendi Peters will star in a major new touring production of classic British musical Salad Days this autumn. Presented by Regan de Wynter productions, director Bryan Hodgson’s re-imagining of the show which debuted in Bristol in 1954 will begin its UK tour to the Theatre Royal, Brighton from 5 to 8 […]
Young Frankenstein team crowned West End Bake Off champs
Young Frankenstein took home the top honours at the fourth annual West End Bake Off charity event held at The Actors’ Church, St Pauls. Judges Christopher Biggins, Ruthie Henshall and Wendi Peters crowned the team from the hit show the winners, following in the footsteps of last year’s champions 42nd Street. Commenting on the day’s […]
First judges and competitors revealed for West End Bake Off 2018
Actresses Ruthie Henshall and Wendi Peters will be among the judges at this year’s West End Bake Off which has been scheduled for the day of Prince Harry’s marriage to Meghan Markle, Saturday 19 May. Due to be held once again at The Actors’ Church, St Pauls the fourth edition of the annual fundraiser organised […]
Wonderland – Edinburgh Playhouse and Touring
Wonderland continues at the Edinburgh Playhouse until 28 January, before embarking on a UK tour until 19 August. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ In returning Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to the UK, this first touring production of 2011 American musical Wonderland has a lot going for it in terms […]
State Fair – London Musical Theatre Orchestra – Cadogan Hall
State Fair at the Cadogan Hall, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A pre-concert announcement often signals something unfortunate but not in this instance! Conductor Freddie Tapner of the London Musical Theatre Orchestra (making its debut) told us that what we were about to hear was a concert version of the much-loved film State […]
Frank Wildhorn to make UK concert debut in Manchester
Acclaimed Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn will make his UK concert debut next month with a special one-night-only performance at Manchester’s Palace Theatre. The multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk award nominated creator of shows including Jekyll & Hyde, Dracula, Wonderland, Bonnie & Clyde and The Scarlet Pimpernel, will play the Palace on Tuesday 22 November. […]
Wonderland UK tour – Wendi Peters, Kerry Ellis and Dave Willetts in cast
Former soap favourite and stage actress Wendi Peters will star alongside West End leading man Dave Willetts in the 2017 UK tour of Frank Wildhorn’s Tony Award-nominated Wonderland. Peters, who starred in the UK tour of Oh What a Lovely War!, will play the Queen of Hearts opposite Willetts (Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera) as […]
Let Me Sing and I’m Happy – Wendi Peters – St James Theatre Studio
Let Me Sing and I’m Happy – Wendi Peters at St James Theatre Studio, London, as part of the London Festival of Cabaret. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There’s a first time for everything and baking a brownie, Wendi Peters’ interval treat for each member of her full-house audience, certainly put a […]
London Festival of Cabaret at St James Studio – line-up includes Sophie-Louise Dann
The St James Studio will once again be one of the main host venues for the popular London Festival of Cabaret. Now entering its fourth year, the Festival – which aims to celebrate the great composers, lyricists and interpreters of popular song – runs from 22 April until 8 May. Other host venues across the city […]
Oh What a Lovely War – Theatre Royal Stratford East and Touring
Oh What a Lovely War continues at Theatre Royal Stratford East until 7 February, then tours until 30 May. Star rating: 5 stars ***** Arguably the greatest achievement of Joan Littlewood’s Stratford East-based Theatre Workshop, Oh What a Lovely War remains one of British theatre’s finest responses to the horrors of war, over 50 years after its initial […]
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas The Musical – Dominion Theatre
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas The Musical continues at the Dominion Theatre London, until 3 January 2015. Only the most humbug of Scrooges could fail to warm to the Dominion Theatre’s 2014 Christmas offering – Irving Berlin’s White Christmas The Musical. Based on the classic 1954 movie, but with a book adapted by Venus in Fur’s David […]
West End Heroes – Dominion Theatre
West End Heroes 2014 was performed at the Dominion Theatre, London. Following the phenomenal success of West End Heroes last year, Dominion Theatre general manager David Pearson pulled out all the stops again to raise money for Help For Heroes who work to rehabilitate servicemen, women and their families who have suffered life-changing injuries in combat. Pearson […]
White Christmas the Musical – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas the Musical at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh continues until 4 January, 2014. The wonderful thing about the best musical theatre is how it can so completely transport audiences into another world, despite its obvious artifice. Closely following the plot of the film, albeit with a few additional Berlin songs added in to […]
