Leading West End performers to star in The Prince: A Fairytale Musical
‘The Prince’, a musical with book, music and lyrics by Scott Morgan (‘Geek! – A New Musical’) is to be staged in concert form for one night at the Arts Theatre, West End on September 10th, 2017. Featuring a brand new score and a heartwarming story about a young Prince who fleas his kingdom in […]
REVIEW: I Loved Lucy (Arts Theatre) ★★★★
Modern day TV is a plethora of reality TV shows, with today’s ‘stars’ playing themselves in Chelsea, Essex or California. Yet people may forget that Lucille Ball was the original reality TV star, starring in I Love Lucy with her husband Desi. Based on Lee Tannen’s memoirs of the same name, I Loved Lucy looks […]
REVIEW: Rotterdam (Arts Theatre) ★★★★★
Knowing who you really are is not always easy. Some people seem to have known who they are for years; others have finally worked it out, but haven’t told anyone else and some of us will never truly understand ourselves. Alice (Alice McCarthy) knows she’s a lesbian and has in fact known for a while. […]
Look how much fun the I Loved Lucy stars are having in rehearsals
They’re having as much fun as a classic episode of Lucille Ball’s TV show “I Love Lucy”, judging by these fabulous rehearsal photos. Showered with rave reviews and following two sold-out London runs in 2016, Lee Tannen’s incredibly personal, funny, bitter-sweet play “I Loved Lucy”, directed by Anthony Biggs, about Lee’s 10-year relationship with TV […]
Cast announced for the West End run of The Toxic Avenger
Following a sold-out UK premiere at Southwark Playhouse, when it received 6 Off West End Award nominations including Best Musical, The Toxic Avenger The Musical will play the Arts Theatre for a strictly limited 10-week season from Thursday 28 September. Prior to the London season, the production will get its Scottish premierre wilth a month-long […]
REVIEW: JUDY! (Arts Theatre) ★★★★★
The words ‘legend’ and ‘icon’ are often banded around when we refer to celebrities. Few would deny their application when referring to Hollywood Star Judy Garland however, whose undeniable resilience in the world of show business gave her an enduring appeal. As such, we have long been regaled with stories about the actress, including her […]
REVIEW: THE WIPERS TIMES (ARTS THEATRE) ★★★
Following on from their award-winning 2013 TV film of the same name, writers Ian Hislop and Nick Newman bring the true story of a satirical newspaper written and published by soldiers on the Front Line during the First World War to the stage. Ok, so let’s the title out of the way first, shall we? […]
JUDY GARLAND returns to the West End this summer at the Arts Theatre
Judy Garland show set to play at the Arts Theatre this summer Following a critically acclaimed debut season at Southwark Playhouse under its original title, Through The Mill, Ray Rackham’s biographical musical about the life of iconic movie star and chanteuse, Judy Garland, arrives in London’s West End this Summer. Since her first tentative steps […]
REVIEW: DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY (Arts Theatre) ★★
Can a one night stand last a lifetime? ‘Dirty Great Love Story’ playing at the Arts Theatre in London’s West End aims to answer that question through the ‘will they/wont they’ story of ‘Richard’ (Felix Scott) and ‘Katie’ (Ayesha Antoine). Presented completely in rhyme, a night of drunken passion blossoms into a bumbling and uncertain […]
Rehearsal images released for DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY
Following a highly acclaimed UK tour and New York run, Fringe First Award winning Dirty Great Love Story makes its anticipated West End debut, in a new production, at the Arts Theatre in 2017. Two hopeful, hapless romantics get drunk, get it on and then get the hell away from each other. In her eyes, […]