Tag: John Caird
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NEWS: Oscar Winning Film Spirited Away to be Adapted for the Stage
It has been announced that the Studio Ghibli film will premiere in Tokyo next year. Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 film is to be transformed into a stage production, opening at Tokyo’s Imperial Theatre from February 2022. Having won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards, Spirited Away follows the story of Chihiro […]
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NEWS: New Casting Announced for Les Miserables
From the 11th June, major cast changes will take place at the West End production of the long-running musical, now into its 33rd year in London. Cameron Mackintosh has announced that from the 11th June, Dean Chisnall will star as ‘Jean Valjean’; Toby Miles as ‘Marius’; Elena Skye as ‘Eponine’; Vivien Parry as ‘Madame Thénardier’ and Amara Okereke as ‘Cosette’. Meanwhile, Steven Meo (‘Thénardier’) and Carley Stenson as […]
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Review Round Up: Children of Eden, Union Theatre
Stephen Schwartz and John Caird’s musical is brought back to the stage in a new production directed by Christian Durham, now playing at the Union Theatre. The Reviews Hub: **** “For those new to this holy, wholly wholesome gem, it will quite rightly be a revelation.” The Stage: *** Mark Shenton wrote: “But even if the […]
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NEWS: Cast Announced for Children of Eden
Casting for the new production of Stephen Schwartz and John Caird’s musical Children of Eden has been confirmed. Running at the Union Theatre from the 10th August to the 10th September and directed by Christian Durham, this new production examines what it means when you have to let the one you love go. When we bring […]
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PREVIEW: Children of Eden, Union Theatre
Stephen Schwartz and John Caird’s musical will return to London 25 years after its original West End production at the Union Theatre, running from the 10th August to the 10th September. Children of Eden is the second production to take place at the Union Theatre’s new space, following on the heels of The Fix, currently […]