Category: Theatre
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New Production Images Released for Memphis the Musical
The latest production images to be released now feature songwriter Matt Cardle in the role of Huey Calhoun as well as Beverley Knight as Felicia Farrell – the role that she has played since the show opened. Written by the Grammy Award-winning David Bryan (founding member of Bon Jovi) and Joe Dipietro and directed by […]
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Slava’s Snowshow to Return to the Royal Festival Hall Over Christmas
Returning to the Royal Festival Hall for the fifth consecutive year in a row, Slava’s Snowshow will be back in London from the 16th December until the 3rd January it has been announced. Made up of a mixture of theatrical clowning as well as amazing visual effects, the show has plenty of slapstick and beauty […]
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REVIEW: The Mentalists, Wyndham’s Theatre
This dark comedy by Richard Bean (best known for hits One Man, Two Guvnors and Great Britain), is about a touching friendship between Ted (Stephen Merchant) and Morrie (Steffan Rhodri) and the lengths we would go to protect our friends. Set in a bed and breakfast hotel room, which is relatively plain but a perfect […]
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Hit Musical Sunny Afternoon Extends Booking Period By Six Months
The award winning Kinks musical has announced that it has extended its booking period for another six months, with tickets now available to buy until 16th April 2016. This multi-Olivier Award-winning musical tells the story of the rise to fame of The Kinks and features a number of their greatest hits such as ‘Waterloo Sunset’, […]
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Top Hat: The Musical, New Victoria Theatre: Review
Featuring more dancing than a single episode of Strictly Come Dancing, this sophisticated musical is reaching the end of its current UK tour – with as much energy and enthusiasm as I have ever seen in a musical before. Set in 1935, Top Hat tells the story of Jerry Travers who makes his way to […]
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Matilda The Musical Announces New Show Packages
The Royal Shakespeare Company production of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s story has teamed up with the Radisson Blu Edwardian to create several new ways to enhance your experience of seeing Matilda at the Cambridge Theatre. In order to celebrate the news, some of the cast from the hit musical were photographed today enjoying the new official […]
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Images Released for New UK Tour of Hairspray
As one of the happiest musicals ever to be seen on stage, it is great to hear that Hairspray is heading off on another UK tour opening at the Curve Theatre in Leicester on the 9th September. Cast includes Tony Maudsley as Edna Turnblad, Claire Sweeney as Velma Von Tussle, Peter Duncan as Wilbur Turnblad […]
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Rocky Horror Show to Head Off on UK Tour in December!
If you are a fan of the Rock N’ Roll musical then this news will delight you (well if you’re based in the UK anyway!) – the Rocky Horror Show is heading off on tour again!! Since its first appearance at the Royal Court Theatre in 1973, it has delighted and thrilled people all over […]
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Theatre News: 28th June 2015
Technically, this bit of news is a couple of days old but this is the first opportunity I have had to sit down and write it up for the benefit of my lovely readers. It has been announced that that the classic Colette and Anita Loos comedy Gigi is coming back to London for a […]
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Review: The Trial, Young Vic Theatre
My first experience of Franz Kafka came while I was at school doing drama. I was studying Metamorphosis, best described as the play about a boy who turns into a bug. Now I didn’t fully understand Kafka’s work then – could I understand it any better as an adult now? Sadly no is the answer. […]