Tag: Rob Houchen
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NEWS: Principle Casting Announced for South Pacific
The production is set to open at the Manchester Opera House on the 16th July. Principle casting has been announced for the Chichester Festival Theatre production of the classic musical which will begin performances at the Manchester Opera House in July before embarking on a UK tour and London season at Sadler’s Wells. Directed by […]
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REVIEW: Mascherato: The Musical – Original Studio Recording
Vivid and romantic, this new musical by Michael Elderkin and James Willett has great potential. While lockdown has prevented live performances in theatre, there is still plenty of hope and new work that has been shared consistently – but one of the most ambitious yet is this recording of a brand new musical Mascherato. Featuring […]
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REVIEW: Candide, The Grange Festival (online)
This 2018 concert production of Bernstein’s operetta is has plenty of personality, with a beautiful score that performed exquisitely by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Based on the 1759 novel by Voltaire, Leonard Bernstein’s operetta is a lively retelling of a story filled with action, adventure and romance that takes place all over the world as […]
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REVIEW: Les Miserables: The Staged Concert, Gielgud Theatre (Digital Download/DVD)
A glorious and musically powerful staged concert version of the beloved musical that manages to maintain the drama. This 2019 concert version of Les Miserables ran at the Gielgud Theatre while the musical’s home transformed from the Queen’s Theatre to the Sondheim Theatre is rousing celebration of what makes it so popular. Directed for the […]
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NEWS: Les Misérables -The Staged Concert is Set to Be Released as Digital Download
Cameron Mackintosh has today announced that Les Misérables –The Staged Concert will be released for digital download tomorrow 20th April. Set to be released tomorrow in the UK and Australia, it was also confirmed that this digital only release of the production will also help raise funds for performers, musicians and the NHS. For every digital download, […]
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NEWS: Final Casting Announced for Les Misérables -The Staged Concert
The staged concert will run at the Gielgud Theatre from the 10th August. Cameron Mackintosh has announced that Shan Ako and Lily Kerhoas will complete the principle casting for Les Misérables -The Staged Concert to play the roles as Éponine and Cosette respectively. They join the previously announced Michael Ball as Javert, Alfie Boe as Jean Valjean, Carrie Hope Fletcher as Fantine,Matt Lucas as Thénardier, Rob Houchen as […]
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Review Round Up: The Light in the Piazza, Royal Festival Hall
Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for the UK premiere of Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas’s musical. Time Out: ** “Still, these lyrical passages aren’t matched by this production’s clumsy staging: the substantial plaster bum of a Roman statue looms over a dated-feeling curve of Florentine scenery, which feels strangely cramped in Southbank […]