Joanne Clifton and Michelle Collins set for Thoroughly Modern Millie
Award winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie is set to tour the UK in 2017 opening at New Wimbledon Theatre on Tuesday 17 January. 2016 Strictly Come Dancing finalist, World Ballroom Showdance Champion and Professional Dancer Joanne Clifton will take on the title role of Millie Dillmount, a Kansas girl determined to make it big in […]
REVIEW: BLOOD BROTHERS (Churchill Theatre Bromley)
I remember seeing Blood Brothers when it originally played in the West End more than 15 years ago at The Phoenix Theatre. I recall being mesmerised by the entire story and how two brothers could have be come separated at birth, to have their lives cut so tragically short in a bitter twist of events. […]
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET to tour the UK from September 2016
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET – the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical and West End smash hit – is to embark on its first ever UK Tour, opening at Leicester Curve on 14th September 2016. Inspired by the true story of the famed recording session where Sam Phillips, the “Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll” brought together icons Johnny […]
BILLY ELLIOT UK & Ireland Tour beings tomorrow in Plymouth
The first UK and Ireland tour of Billy Elliot the Musical opens tomorrow night, Wednesday 24 February, at the Plymouth Theatre Royal. The show stars Matthew Lyons, Lewis Smallman, Haydn May and Adam Abbou as ‘Billy Elliot’. After playing Plymouth the tour continues on to Sunderland, Bradford, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Bristol, Manchester, Southampton and Birmingham. […]
REVIEW: CHICAGO THE MUSICAL (New Wimbledon Theatre)
One of my all-time favourite musicals, Chicago, is back for a UK tour and I couldn’t be happier. Since closing in London’s West End back in 2012 (after 15 years), I have had to go all the way to Broadway to get my fix of merry murderesses but not anymore. Chicago tells the true story […]
Mamma Mia! UK Tour cast announced
The UK tour of the smash hit jukebox musical MAMMA MIA heads out on a UK Tour next month, playing in seven major towns and cities until January 2017 (with further dates to be announced). Mamma Mia tells the story of Sophie – a 20 year old girl who has been brought up by her mother […]
Richard Fleeshman, Maxwell Caulfield, Louise Dearman and Anna O’Byrne to star in the UK Tour of GUYS AND DOLLS
Following critical acclaim and announcing an extension in the West End, the Chichester Festival Theatre revival of Guys and Dolls will tour throughout the UK, opening at the Liverpool Empire on 16 March 2016. Casting for the tour includes Richard Fleeshman (Coronation Street, Ghost the Musical, Call the Midwife) as Sky Masterson, Maxwell Caulfield (Grease […]
Amelia Lily joins the cast of Joseph after Marcus Collins pulls out
AMELIA LILY is set to bring yet more X Factor to this year’s JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT as she steps into the role of Narrator alongside fellow X Factor finalist Lloyd Daniel’s Joseph from February 17. Amelia, who was mentored by former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland, finished third on The X Factor […]
Shrek UK Tour Cast Announced
Coming direct from London, where it was seen live on stage by nearly a million people, the UK and Ireland tour of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane production of SHREK THE MUSICAL® will star Dean Chisnall as beloved swamp-dwelling ogre ‘Shrek’, the role he previously played in the West End, Faye Brookes as damsel in […]
RENT In Concert
Eight young people in New York. One year. Love, loss and life. Loosely based on Puccini’s La Boheme and challenging all manner of stereotypes, Rent is a musical with a strong cult following and it’s almost impossible to believe that it’s now 20 years old. In this concert performance, directed by Daniel Wood, the […]