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Extra performance added for 42 Balloons at The Vaudeville

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Award winning producers Andy and Wendy Barnes from Global Musicals (Six, The Choir of Man, Pieces of String, Lift) together with Kevin McCollum from Alchemation (In The Heights, Avenue Q, Rent, Mrs Doubtfire, The Notebook) are pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale for an extra performance of the staged concerts of new musical 42 Balloons by Jack Godfrey, currently in development through their sister company Perfect Pitch, an entity dedicated exclusively to creating, developing and promoting new contemporary British musicals. The concerts will be staged at the Vaudeville Theatre, currently home to West End musical SIX, on Monday 14 November at 7.30pm, Monday 21 November at 7.30pm and Monday 28 November at … Continue reading Extra performance added for 42 Balloons at The Vaudeville

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THE MINOTAUR – Metta Theatre releases EP and music video for “Singing Our Song”

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Award-winning theatre company Metta Theatre are pleased to release a cast EP and music video for The Minotaur. Award-winning writer/director P Burton-Morgan (The Rhythmics, HouseFire, In The Willows) and composer Felix Hagan (Operation Mincemeat, HouseFire) reunite on a musical based on the Greek myth of The Minotaur – as a metaphor … Continue reading THE MINOTAUR – Metta Theatre releases EP and music video for “Singing Our Song”

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The Spongebob Musical To Tour The UK and Ireland and play five-weeks in London

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Showpath Entertainment announce the UK Premiere Tour of the Tony Award nominated, award-winning THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL to tour the United Kingdom and Ireland opening at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton on Wednesday 5 April 2023 then visiting Birmingham, Bradford, Oxford, Dublin, Manchester, Belfast, Cardiff, Blackpool, Peterborough, Wolverhampton, … Continue reading The Spongebob Musical To Tour The UK and Ireland and play five-weeks in London

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Courtney Bowman and Andy Barke to join the cast of Pretty Woman in the West End

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PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL is thrilled to announce that West End sensation Courtney Bowman will star as Kit De Luca and current cast member Andy Barke will take on the role of Happy Man/Mr Thompson from Tuesday 15 November. They join Aimie Atkinson as Vivian Ward and Danny … Continue reading Courtney Bowman and Andy Barke to join the cast of Pretty Woman in the West End

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The Mousetrap to celebrate its 70th anniversary in the West End

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On Friday 25th November 2022, Agatha Christie’s iconic thriller, The Mousetrap, the longest running play in the world, will celebrate its 70th anniversary in the West End. The Mousetrap’s history continues to be written into London life – from husband-and-wife Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim starring in the inaugural production in 1952, and Queen Elizabeth II attending the 50th anniversary performance, through to the performance on 17 May 2021 marking the official reopening of the West End after the Covid lockdown. The Mousetrap is the genre-defining murder mystery from Agatha Christie, the world’s best-selling novelist of all time, whose canon of work is the 3rd most widely read in the English language … Continue reading The Mousetrap to celebrate its 70th anniversary in the West End

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The Phantom of the Opera Extends Booking Until Autumn 2023

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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Her Majesty’s Theatre today announces a booking extension until Saturday 30 September 2023.  THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA currently stars Killian Donnelly as The Phantom alongside Lucy St. Louis as Christine Daaé, Matt Blaker as Raoul and Kelly Glyptis as Carlotta, Matt Harrop as Monsieur Firmin, Adam Linstead as … Continue reading The Phantom of the Opera Extends Booking Until Autumn 2023

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Casting announced for Saving Grace at the Riverside Studio

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Producers Barney Wragg, Liz Murdoch, Xavier Marchand, Mark Crowdy and Craig Ferguson are delighted to announce casting today (18 October 2022) as rehearsals begin for the previously announced intimate first run of the new musical Saving Grace. The cast comprises Dianne Pilkington (Grace), David Fynn (Matthew), Cat Simmons (Nicky), Gunnar Cauthery (Dr Bamford), Craig Ferguson (Charley), Ellen O’Grady (Morgelyn), Gay Soper (Posy), Wendy Somerville (Pam) and Tim Prottey-Jones (Shag) with Nathanael Campbell, Taite-Elliot Drew, Claire O’Leary, Anna MacLeod, Johan Munir, Tasha Sheridan, Madison Swan and Silas Wyatt-Barke. Saving Grace will have twelve performances only at the Riverside Studios from Tuesday 22 November – Sunday 4 December 2022, with tickets from £30. With book by April De Angelis and music and lyrics by KT Tunstall, Saving Grace is directed by Laurence Connor. Musical supervision and arrangements are by John … Continue reading Casting announced for Saving Grace at the Riverside Studio