Sweeney Todd extends at Harrington’s Pie and Mash Shop
Due to popular demand performances of Tooting Arts Club’s acclaimed production of Sweeney Todd will now run until Saturday 30 May 2015. Tickets for the new booking period are now on sale here. Sweeney Todd is currently taking place at 39-45 Shaftesbury Avenue whilst its original home Harrington’s Pie and Mash Shop undergoes refurbishment. Tooting […]
New cast announced for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
As the hit West End show Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Sam Mendes, approaches its second anniversary, producers today announced the cast that will take it into its third year. Alongside Jonathan Slinger as Willy Wonka will be Kraig Thornber (Grandpa George), Lara Denning (Mrs Bucket) and Mark Oxtoby (Jerry), among other new […]
Harvey – Theatre Royal Haymarket
The premise of a play about a man with a six-foot-imaginary-rabbit-friend was intriguing to me. The fact that the play starred Maureen Lipman and James Dreyfus was also appealing as I respect both actors work. So I trotted off to the gala night at the Theatre Royal Haymarket with high hopes for the show. Harvey […]
Cast announced for Commmunicating Doors at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Following the opening of the UK première of Buyer and Cellar, The Menier Chocolate Factory announces the cast for the first London revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy thriller Communicating Doors. Lindsay Posner directs a cast including David Bamber – who is currently appearing in Posner’s production of Harvey at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, following a […]
Sugababe Jade Ewen withdraws from Godspell tour due to ill health
Due to ill health, Sugababe Jade Ewen has regretfully stood down from her role in this spring’s forthcoming tour of Godspell In Concert – the legendary rock musical from Stephen Schwartz – the Grammy® and Academy Award®- winning composer of WICKED. Stepping up to the mark at short notice is Laura Mansell, already a member […]
Buyer and Cellar – Menier Chocolate Factory
For some strange reason, I went along to see Buyer and Cellar at the Menier Chocolate Factory, (a fictional tale about what could possibly happen at Barbra Streisand’s shopping mall that she has built underneath her home in Malibu), but what I did not expect was for it to have attracted a gaggle of Streisand […]
Trainspotting – Kings Head Theatre
I’m ashamed to say it was 2006 when I last darkened the doors of the Kings Head Theatre, and once I entered the auditorium I was transported back even further. My glow stick necklace and the great 90s tunes blasting out from the sound desk helped to make me feel like I was back in […]
Ben Cohen hosts StandUp Gala with West End performers
WEDNESDAY 15TH APRIL, 7:30PM – THE GREENWOOD THEATRE SE1 WITH: BEN COHEN, KIERAN BROWN, MARCUS COLLINS, THE SUPREME FABULETTES, HARRIET THORPE, EMMA LINDARS, STEPHEN BAILEY, JOOLS CONSTANT, MARK DOLAN, MO SHAPIRO. A host of musical theatre performers from the West end and comedians from the stand up comedy circuit join together with Ben Cohen to bring you an […]
Marcus Collins joins UK tour of West End Men
X Factor star Marcus Collins announces that he is joining hit show The West End Men on their brand new UK Tour 24th May-14th June. An evening that celebrates the leading men of the West End, some of the finest performers of this generation will showcase the big numbers and classic rock & pop hits […]
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho – Leicester Square Theatre
Margaret Thatcher, for those who may not know, still remains the United Kingdoms longest running (and only female) Prime Minister (1979-1990). Did you know that before running the country, Maggie was a research chemist and actually invented the chemical that makes soft serve ice cream! So next time you’re having a ’99 from the ice […]