Total Eclipse: Symphonic Jim Steinman was performed at the London Coliseum. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ With the Steinman torches well and truly lit, this London audience stomped, gestured and roared.
Tag Archives | Zoe Birkett
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.
The Bodyguard – The Hawth, Crawley and Touring
The Bodyguard continues at The Hawth Crawley until 29 July 2023 before continuing on its UK tour, with Zoe Birkett playing the next five venues (Crawley, Bournemouth, Newcastle, Cheltenham and Norwich), and playing evening performances only. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
New musical version of Dahl’s The Witches to debut at the National Theatre
Triple Olivier nominee Katherine Kingsley and BAFTA Award-winner Daniel Rigby will lead the cast of a new musical version of Roald Dahl’s The Witches at the National Theatre later this year.
Bodyguard tour encore for Zoe Birkett
Zoe Birkett will return to the role of Rachel Marron for evening performances when the current touring production of hit musical The Bodyguard arrives at the Hawth Theatre in Crawley.
The Great British Bake Off Musical – Noel Coward Theatre
The Great British Bake Off Musical continues at the Noël Coward Theatre, London until 13 May 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This new British musical is theatre escapism at its heart-warming best.
Full cast for Bake Off Musical’s West End transfer
Quadruple Olivier nominee Hadyn Gwynne will play sharp-tongued judge Pam Lee alongside West End and Broadway star John Owen-Jones as silver-fox judge Phil Hollinghurst when hit show The Great British Bake Off the Musical makes its debut in the West End early next year at London’s Noël Coward Theatre.
Re-stream of star-packed Leave A Light On series
Lambert Jackson and the Theatre Café have announced an encore run for their popular Leave A Light On online concert series from the middle of next month. A total of 70 performances featuring a host of West End favourites including Zoe Birkett, Jordan Luke Gage, David Hunter, Cassidy Janson, Lucie Jones, Beverley Knight and Layton […]
Thespie announces star-studded concerts celebrating Black and LGBT+ theatre artists
West End stars will feature in two fundraising online concert premieres as part of theatre discovery platform Thespie’s month-long celebration of Black and LGBT+ theatre artists. With proceeds going to LGBT+ charity Stonewall, Break Free will feature LGBT+ theatre artists sharing their personal stories and performing the musical theatre and pop songs that have inspired […]
Thriller Live team says goodbye with special music video
With COVID-19 denying the Thriller Live team the chance to take the hit show’s final bow on stage at the Lyric Theatre, stars past and present have teamed up (virtually) to say farewell with a version of Michael Jackson’s ‘Earth Song’. Sixteen lead singers including Peter Andre and the show’s first young West End MJ, […]
Sam Ferriday and Danielle Hope join Rock of Ages tour
Danielle Hope and Sam Ferriday will take on key roles in the eagerly anticipated UK and Ireland tour of the glam rock jukebox musical Rock of Ages which is due to open at the Bromley’s Churchill Theatre next month. Hope, who first found fame when she won the role of Dorothy in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s […]
Casting For UK and Ireland tour of Rock of Ages
A former Coronation Street favourite and a TV talent show contestant turned stage star will take on key roles in the eagerly-anticipated UK and Ireland tour of the glam rock jukebox musical Rock of Ages which is due to open at the Bromley’s Churchill Theatre in September. Best known for playing Curly Watts in the […]
Full cast for Myth: The Rise and Fall of Orpheus at The Other Palace
Two former ITV talent show performers turned musical theatre artists are among the cast of the semi-staged version of new British rock musical Myth: The Rise and Fall of Orpheus which will play The Other Palace in March. Jaymi Hensley, who shot to fame as a member of Union J, the boyband formed on The […]
The Bodyguard UK and Ireland tour – cast details revealed
Full casting has been announced for the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of the hit musical The Bodyguard. Directed by Thea Sharrock, the tour opens at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton on 12 February 2015. Joining the previously announced Alexandra Burke as Rachel Marron and Zoe Birkett as the alternate Rachel Marron will be: Stuart Reid as Frank Farmer, Melissa James as Nicki Marron, Mensah Bediako as Bill Devaney, Adam […]
Alexandra Burke reprises her role in The Bodyguard on tour
Following her sell-out run at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End, three-time Brit nominee and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke will star in the leading role of Rachel Marron in the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of Thea Sharrock’s hit musical The Bodyguard. The tour opens at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton on 12 February […]
