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Casting announced for No Love Songs

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Dundee Rep have today announced the cast for the upcoming UK dates of smash-hit gig theatre show, No Love Songs. Anna Russell Martin joins the cast as Lana, opposite John McLaron who is reprising the role of Jessie. Anna Russell Martin trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and has worked extensively in theatres across Scotland, winning Best Female Performance 2020 at the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland for The Panopticon. John McLarnon (Local Hero, My Left Right Foot) returns as Jessie, and was a part of the original cast of No Love Songs, which opened at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2023 to rave reviews, followed by … Continue reading Casting announced for No Love Songs

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Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) extend its West End run through august 2024

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Tim Johanson Productions, Glass Half Full Productions and Jamie Wilson Productions are thrilled to announce that new British musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) will extend by a further seven weeks at the Criterion Theatre. Now booking until 31 August (instead of 14 July as previously announced), this fresh and funny take on the rom-com transferred to the Criterion Theatre on 4 April following a sold-out, extended run at Kiln Theatre. Tickets are on-sale now at www.twostrangersthemusical.com. Directed by Tim Jackson, written by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan and designed by Soutra Gilmour, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) marks … Continue reading Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) extend its West End run through august 2024

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EPIC: The Underworld Saga, fifth part of the EPIC: The Musical now available to stream

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Jorge Rivera-Herrans, creator and producer of EPIC, a loose musical adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey recently announced the release of the fifth EP “The Underworld Saga” in a series of concept albums. The musical, divided in 9 parts, tells the tale of … Continue reading EPIC: The Underworld Saga, fifth part of the EPIC: The Musical now available to stream

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Wicked becomes the 10th longest running West End Show in British History

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WICKED, the West End stage musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, will today (Wednesday 24 April 2024) play its 6,762nd performance, becoming the 10th longest-running West End stage production in British history. Wicked surpasses the run of the … Continue reading Wicked becomes the 10th longest running West End Show in British History

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Full casting announced for West End transfer of Kathy and Stella Solve A Murder!

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As rehearsals begin this week, Francesca Moody Productions, Kater Gordon, Wessex Grove and Fiery Angel are delighted to announce the full cast for the award-winning murder mystery musical Kathy and Stella Solve A Murder!  which will transfer to the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End for a strictly limited season from 25 May – 14 September after thrilling audiences in Edinburgh, Bristol and Manchester. Tickets are now on sale at www.kathyandstella.com with over 5000 under £25, and all front row seats priced at £20. Press Night will be Wednesday 5 June 2024. Joining the previously announced Bronté Barbé (Newsies, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre) as Kathy, Rebekah Hinds (Oklahoma! Young Vic/ West End) as Stella and Imelda Warren-Green (Doctor Who: Time Fracture, Immersive LDN) as Erica+ … Continue reading Full casting announced for West End transfer of Kathy and Stella Solve A Murder!

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My Neighbour Totoro to transfer to the West End

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Executive Producer Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), in collaboration  with Nippon TV and Improbable, today announce a 34-week run for Studio Ghibli’s record-breaking My Neighbour Totoro at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London’s West End. The production will run from Saturday 08 March – Sunday 02 November 2025, with an opening night on Thursday 20 March. Priority booking opens on Monday 29 April, with public booking from  Friday 03 May.   Adapted by Tom Morton-Smith (Oppenheimer) from Hayao Miyazaki’s celebrated 1988 animated  feature film, the production is directed by Improbable Co-Founder, Phelim McDermott. Winner of six  Olivier Awards and five WhatsOnStage Awards, My Neighbour Totoro broke the Barbican’s Box Office record for most tickets sold in a single day … Continue reading My Neighbour Totoro to transfer to the West End

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Stacey Dooley and James Buckley to star in 2:22 as the show returns to the West End in may 2024

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Running for a strictly limited 10-week season at the Gielgud Theatre, where the second cast of the show performed in 2020/21, the season also runs concurrently with the hugely successful and record-breaking UK tour which concludes in Salford in June, and a Dublin season at 3Olympia Theatre, which will perform from 20 June –  22 August. This means that the shows will be running concurrently in Manchester, then Dublin and London! Previews at the Gielgud Theatre start on 25 May and the run will end on 4 August. Tickets go on general sale on Wednesday 24 April. At the time … Continue reading Stacey Dooley and James Buckley to star in 2:22 as the show returns to the West End in may 2024

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& Juliet announces new sing-along performance on May 16th

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Due to popular demand, the hit Broadway musical & JULIET, featuring music from legendary five-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter/producer Max Martin, has announced a new Sing-Along performance for Thursday, May 16 at 7:00 PM at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43 Street). For this special performance … Continue reading & Juliet announces new sing-along performance on May 16th