REVIEW: EVITA (Liverpool Empire) ★★★★
It is hard to believe that Evita was first released as a concept album in 1976. Over forty years later and Bill Kenwright’s current touring production feels eerily relevant in a world where the news is dominated by politics and unlikely ascensions to power. Tim Rice’s lyrics, such as political leaders opposing “Foreign domination of […]
Coronation Street’s Shobna Gulati to star in UK Tour of ANITA AND ME
Shobna Gulati (Coronation Street, Dinner Ladies) will star as ‘Daljit’ in the new tour of ANITA AND ME, opening at the Wolverhampton Grand on 14 February 2017, and touring the UK until April. Adapted by multi award-winning Tanika Gupta from the book by Meera Syal, directed by Roxana Silbert, with original music by the Ringham […]
WICKED set to fly back out on tour around the UK and Ireland
WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is delighted to confirm that its spectacular, multi record-breaking and critically acclaimed touring production will return to the UK & Ireland in 2018, revisiting the following ten cities: BRISTOL Hippodrome, Tuesday 5 February – Saturday 3 […]
Emma Hatton to star as Eva Peron in EVITA UK Tour 2017
Following its smash hit run at London’s Dominion Theatre, Bill Kenwright’s production of the extraordinary musical, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Evita, is set to thrill audiences once again across the UK, opening in Bromley on Thursday 12 January. Taking on the iconic role of Eva Perón will be one of musical theatre’s most […]
Ruth Rendell’s A JUDGEMENT SET IN STONE to tour the UK
Building on the phenomenal decade-long success of The Agatha Christie Theatre Company, which sold over two million tickets and continually played to packed houses around the UK, Bill Kenwright presents a new production adapted from one of the most celebrated works of the writer often hailed as the successor to Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell’s A […]
Full cast announced for the UK Tour of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Bill Kenwright presents the highly anticipated first ever UK tour of the Tony and Olivier award winning LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, which opens at New Oxford Theatre on Thursday 5th January. JOHN PARTRIDGE will play the iconic role of ‘Albin’, who moonlights as star drag act Zaza at the infamous La Cage aux Folles nightclub. […]
Tom Parker, Danielle Hope, Louisa Lytton and Darren Day to star in GREASE UK Tour
Grease is the word! The hit 70s musical returns in 2017 for a UK tour, opening in Manchester on 10 March 2017. Casting for the tour includes Tom Parker (The Wanted) who makes his musical theatre debut playing Danny Zuko, Danielle Hope (Over the Rainbow winner) who plays Sandy, Louisa Lytton (Strictly Come Dancing, EastEnders) […]
Elaine Paige lets the memory live again on tour and at London’s iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Elaine Paige has announced a 20 date series of concerts from October to December 2016, entitled ‘Stripped Back’, which will see her perform her favourite tracks, from an array of contemporary songwriters, with a small group of musicians in some of the UK’s most beautiful venues (detailed below). This follows Elaine’s last solo tour in […]
Whitney Houston songwriter Frank Wildhorn creates WONDERLAND the Musical 2017 UK & Europe Tour
“Inspirational” Musical Makes UK & European Première in January 2017 Following sold out seasons in Tampa, Texas and Tokyo, the multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk Award nominated Frank Wildhorn’s Wonderland receives its UK and European première in this brand new British production, which debuts at the Edinburgh Playhouse from Friday 20th to Saturday 28th […]
REVIEW: END OF THE RAINBOW (Churchill Theatre Bromley)
It’s 1968 and in London, the iconic Judy Garland is set to make her big comeback. Newly sober and along with her younger fiancé, Mickey Deans, they arrive in London for a series of shows which they hope to bring her out of debt and set them both up. End of The Rainbow is a […]