MAJOR CAST CHANGES IN THE WEST END PRODUCTION OF “LES MISÉRABLES” FROM 16 JUNE 2014
There will be major cast changes in the West End production of the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Olivier Audience Award winner “LES MISÉRABLES” at the Queen’s Theatre from 16 June 2014. Joining the company are: Peter Lockyer as ‘Jean Valjean’; David Thaxton as ‘Javert’; Tom Edden as ‘Thénardier’; Celinde Schoenmaker as ‘Fantine’; Michael Colbourne as […]
Emma Williams & Norman Pace have Tea With Wilma
Emma Williams and Norman Pace have just started the UK Tour of Annie Get Your Gun. I caught up with them for a cup of tea and a chat about what we can expect to see! Can you tell me about yourself and some of your career highlights? NORMAN: My name is Norman Pace […]
Ushers: The Front of House Musical
Ushered to my seat unknowingly by a cast member, I walked into the Charing Cross Theatre excited to finally see the new show Ushers: The Front of House Musical. My first introduction to this show was via the @WestEndProducer’s Search For A Twitter Composer competition. They won my vote then and they definitely win it […]
The Last Five Years
The Last Five Years, written by Jason Robert Brown, premiered in America in 2001 and since then has received several productions around the world. For four performances only, it was staged this week at London’s Greenwich Theatre and being a huge fan of this incredible music I shimmied along to check it out. The show […]
The Ring Cycle… but without the opera music!
Phil Willmott stages an epic family friendly version of The Ring Cycle… but without the opera music! London’s Free Open-Air Theatre Season 2014 THE RING CYCLE PLAYS A Tale of Gods and Monsters! Devised by Phil Willmott and Mervyn Millar Adapted from Richard Wagner’s librettos by Lisa Kuma Season: 6 – 31 August, Wednesday […]
This May Hurt A Bit
Stella Feehilys new production of This May Hurt A Bit portrays an unabashedly pro NHS story in a witty and comical way. This is a creative production with the use of digital media, flashbacks, songs, dances, audience interruptions, weather forecasts and flashbacks featuring Winston Churchill and Aneurin Bevan which creates intrigue and variety throughout this […]
Positive
Positive – a new play about living with HIV and the stigma that surrounds the condition. Following rave reviews at last years Edinburgh Fringe Festival and then a special one-off performance for World Aids Day in December 2013, Positive is back for a three week run at Waterloo East Theatre. The thing that intrigued me […]
In the Heights
This show set in the mainly ethnically populated district of New York City known as Washington Heights picked up Best Musical, Best Score, Best Choreography and Best Orchestrations from its 13 Tony nominations in 2008, plus a Pulitzer Prize nomination for Best Drama. So, no pressure, then, for the company bringing it to the Southwark […]
Bash Latterday Plays
The already gaping ravine that stretches between those who celebrate gender liberation and cultural diversity and those condemning such ideals has undoubtedly grown even wider over the past few years. Neil LaBute’s semi-confessional Bash Latterday Plays heavily satirises the worryingly large groups entrenched in prejudice and demonstrates how a blinkered approach to life ultimately brings about one’s […]
The Pajama Game
A lot of musicals at the moment are trying too hard to be different and quirky – full of nudity and the shock factor. These have all failed. So it’s brilliant to see The Pajama Game – a 50 year old musical – make a comeback. Yet unlike others that have tried to return and […]