New Production of FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE to Open in New Pop Up Theatre in Marble Arch
Underbelly Productions have confirmed that a brand new production of Clarke Peters’ Olivier Award-winning and Tony-Award nominated musical, Five Guys Named Moe, will open in September 2017 in a brand new pop-up theatre for London in Marble Arch. First seen at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in 1990, it transferred to the West End and […]
West End Stars to perform Charity Gala WEST END BIG BUSK
West End Big Busk is to put on a charity gala night featuring stars of the west end plus some special guests raising money for the Passage Charity who support the homeless in London. The show will be hosted TV’s Dr Ranj Singh (ITV’s This Morning, CBeebies’ Get Well Soon) and will feature performance’s from […]
REVIEW: SHIRLEY VALENTINE (Richmond Theatre) ★★★★
Shirley Valentine sails in to the Richmond Theatre this week starring Jodie Prenger Those of us above a certain age (I.e.me) will have a soft spot for the feature film version of Willy Russell‘s ‘Shirley Valentine‘: a warm, comforting hug of a film. I was fascinated to see how the original play would compare and […]
HALF A SIXPENCE star EMMA WILLIAMS has TEA WITH WILMA
Emma Williams started her Musical Theatre career at age 18, playing Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang alongside Michael Ball at the London Palladium. Now she is starring in Half A Sixpence at the Noel Coward Theatre. I sat down with Emma for a chat about the show … Watch Emma take on the […]
Cast announced for FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL UK Tour
Full casting is announced today for Footloose: The Musical, which returns next month following a smash-hit 2016 tour. Opening at New Wimbledon Theatre on Friday 21 April, the tour will include a strictly limited West End season at The Peacock, playing for three weeks from Tuesday 12 September 2017. Joshua Dowen will play Ren McCormack, […]
Understudies James Darch and Helen Woolf give WICKED performances
2017 is the year that I plan to do my best to bring understudies to the forefront of theatre. If I can get to see a show when an understudy is performing, then I intend to write about it because it can be a thankless task, for a performer to take on a leading role […]
KINKY BOOTS star DAVID HUNTER has TEA WITH WILMA and plays KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU
West End Wilma Award Winner David Hunter is playing Charlie Price in the London West End production of Kinky Boots. I caught up with him backstage for a chat about the show, the upcoming National Kindness Day and to ask him some of your burning questions! Check out the video … Watch David Hunter play […]
Cast announced for THE BRAILLE LEGACY at Charing Cross Theatre
The world première of a major new musical, “The Braille Legacy”, the thrilling, true, inspirational and epic story of Louis Braille, a young blind boy who wanted the same chance in life as those who see and ended up improving the lives of millions of blind people around the world will première at Charing Cross Theatre […]
Second JERSEY BOYS UK and IRELAND Tour set to kick off in December 2017
JERSEY BOYS announces second UK & Ireland Tour, to open at the New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham on 16 December 2017 JERSEY BOYS first opened in London at the Prince Edward Theatre on 18 March 2008 and moved to the Piccadilly Theatre in March 2014. The Olivier Award-winning West End production will close on Sunday 26 […]
THE DIANA AWARD to partner with KINKY BOOTS for National Kindness Day
Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre team up with The Diana Award for National Kindness Day The Diana Award is delighted to announce they will be partnering with the UK’s huge hearted hit Kinky Boots for National Kindness Day which takes place on Friday 31 March 2017 to remember Princess Diana and her values of […]