THE SHOW MUST GO ON! LIVE AT THE PALACE THEATRE to be broadcast on SkyArts
Following a sell-out run at The Palace Theatre, and over 600,000 views worldwide from the online stream, THE SHOW MUST GO ON! LIVE AT THE PALACE THEATRE will now be broadcast on SkyArts on Sunday 18 July at 8pm (repeated on Saturday 24 July at 8.45am and Sunday 25 July at 2pm) to give theatre […]
London production of Hairspray the Musical suspends performances further due to Coronavirus
Don’t miss Michael Ball reprising his Olivier Award-winning role as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray the Musical. The huge-hearted, smash-hit musical arrives at the magnificent London Coliseum for a strictly limited season until 29 September 2021. REVIEW ★★★★★ Baltimore, 1962. Tracy Turnblad is a big girl with big hair and big dreams. Can she make it […]
REVIEW: SIX THE MUSICAL (Lyric Theatre, London)
Back in August 2017, one of the many things I saw at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival was a show called ‘SIX’ – a (loosely based) historic look at Henry VIII’s six wives, written by two young students Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. Six women, one pop group, but who will be the lead singer? The […]
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE to ‘pause’ its West End run
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, which recently celebrated its 1000th performance, will extend for a month in the West End, playing until 26 September, before taking a pause and returning to the West End in 2022. The UK Tour will recommence its travels around the country, opening at The Lowry from 1 September and visiting 24 […]
Calendar Girls meets The Full Monty in new British musical THE RHYTHMICS
Brand-new life affirming musical THE RHYTHMICS will premiere at the Southwark Playhouse from 2 December 2021 to 8 January 2022. With book and lyrics by Metta’s Artistic Director P Burton-Morgan, and music and lyrics from Stiles + Drewe award winner Ben Glasstone (Reanimator), THE RHYTHMICS explores the crisis of masculinity via a collection of oddballs […]
REVIEW: BE MORE CHILL (Shaftesbury Theatre, London)
After receiving mixed reviews for its pre-broadway try-out-run in 2015, Be More Chill did not secure a transfer to the New York stage. However, after the cast recording was released online, it climbed its way in to the top ten and re-sparked interest from producers. The show opened Off-Broadway where it played for fourteen months […]
DIAL M FOR MURDER to resume its UK Tour starring Tom Chambers and Diana Vickers
Dial M for Murder is to resume UK tour dates this autumn with The X Factor songstress – now renowned for her acting roles – Diana Vickers joining the production alongside Tom Chambers, Christopher Harper and Michael Salami as they resume their roles in the genre-defining thriller. The new production of Frederick Knott’s stage and […]
BEST OF THE WEST END returns to the Royal Albert Hall in aid of Acting For Others
Best of the West End returns to the Royal Albert Hall on 23 July 2021, following their previous sell-outs over the last three years. £5 from every ticket sold, together with all profits made, will be donated to Acting for Others. Dame Judi Dench, President, Acting for Others said: “We are incredibly grateful to be […]
Summer festival of drag shows to play at the Garrick Theatre
TuckShop – the UK’s only specialist production company devoted all things drag, will present TUCK SHOP WEST END, a summer festival of drag shows and performances from 27 July – 8 August, at the Garrick Theatre; the first time a West End theatre has hosted such a celebration of homegrown talent. Tickets for individual shows […]
The UK Tour of My Best Friend’s Wedding The Musical has been cancelled
The UK Tour of My Best Friend’s Wedding The Musicalwhich was scheduled to open at Manchester Palace Theatre on 20th September 2021, is sadly not going ahead. Producers have said “The recent delay to the lifting of Covid restrictions, the increasing prevalence of the Delta variant and the possibility that come 19 July, theatres will […]