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World Premiere of AUSTENLAND to have two concert performances at Savoy Theatre

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AUSTENLAND, a new musical based on the novel by Shannon Hale, will have its world premiere with two concert workshop performances at the Savoy Theatre on Monday 24 March 2025.  The new musical, based on Shannon Hale’s 2007 novel, is the third musical adaptation from the writers of The Book Thief (Leicester Curve, Belgrade Theatre Coventry) and Between the Lines (Off-Broadway), with book by award-winning best-selling author Jodi Picoult (My Sister’s Keeper & Small Great Things) and Timothy Allen McDonald (adaptor of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka & James and the Giant Peach) and music & lyrics by Kate Anderson and Elyssa Samsel (Apple TV’s Central Park & Olaf’s Frozen Adventure). The West End’s Lucie Jones will star as Jane Hayes, with further casting … Continue reading World Premiere of AUSTENLAND to have two concert performances at Savoy Theatre

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Second Best, Starring Asa Butterfield Extends its Run at Riverside Studios To March 1st

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In response to high public demand  an extra week of performances have been added for Second Best at the Riverside Studios. Asa Butterfield stars, having received critical and audience acclaim for his powerful stage debut in this hilarious and heart-breaking one-man play about the … Continue reading Second Best, Starring Asa Butterfield Extends its Run at Riverside Studios To March 1st

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New casting announced for Hadestown in the West End

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From 11 March 2025, the year two West End cast will include Desmonda Cathabel, who most recently played Jasmine in the UK & Ireland tour of Disney’s Aladdin, as Eurydice; Olivier Award-nominee Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, whose many credits include The Stepmother in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, as Persephone; Chris Jarman, who … Continue reading New casting announced for Hadestown in the West End

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Elizabeth Gillies & Milo Manheim to star in Little Shop of Horrors beginning February 25

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Elizabeth Gillies (13: The Musical, Nickelodeon’s “Victorious”, “Dynasty”), makes her first return to the New York Stage in over 16 years, and Milo Manheim (Disney’s Zombies film franchise, Deaf West’s American Idiot, “School Spirits”), who makes his New York Musical debut in Little Shop of … Continue reading Elizabeth Gillies & Milo Manheim to star in Little Shop of Horrors beginning February 25

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The Addams Family to embark on a mini tour from July 2025

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THE ADDAMS FAMILY, The Musical Comedy will run at Birmingham Hippodrome from 10 – 12 July 2025, Curve, Leicester from 15 July – 10 August, Lowry, Salford from 12 – 16 August 2025 and Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury from 19 – 23 August. THE ADDAMS FAMILY has a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (writers of the multi award-winning hit musical Jersey Boys), with music and lyrics by Tony Award-nominated Andrew Lippa, based on the characters created by Charles Addams. Casting is to be announced. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, is all grown up and has a shocking secret that … Continue reading The Addams Family to embark on a mini tour from July 2025

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Full dates announced for Stereophonic at the Duke Of York Theatre 

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Following the production announcement earlier this month, Stereophonic is confirmed to run at the Duke of York’s Theatre from 24 May to 20 September 2025. Tickets go on sale from midday today, Tuesday 28 January, so click here to book your tickets; http://www.stereophonicplay.com … Continue reading Full dates announced for Stereophonic at the Duke Of York Theatre 

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To Kill a Mockingbird to embark on a tour accross the UK and Ireland

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Aaron Sorkin’s riveting stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird,  the seminal American novel about racial injustice and childhood innocence that became a Broadway and West End sensation with star-studded sell-out seasons on both sides of the Atlantic, will now embark on its first ever UK & Ireland tour. Opening at Leeds Playhouse where the production will play 8 September – 4 October 2025, this thrilling courtroom drama will then tour to Nottingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bath, Cardiff, Salford, Sheffield, Dublin, Belfast, Plymouth, Canterbury, Southampton, Birmingham, Newcastle, Norwich, Liverpool, and Milton Keynes, with further dates to be announced. For a full tour schedule, see mockingbirdplay.com Successful lawyer, … Continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird to embark on a tour accross the UK and Ireland

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Additionnal casting announced for Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway

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STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW will begin performances Friday, March 28, 2025 and officially open Tuesday, April 22, 2025 at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre. STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW will feature the previously announced Rosie Benton (Patriots) as Virginia Creel, Alex Breaux (“Stranger Things” Season 5) as Dr. Brenner, Andrew Hovelson (Lucky Guy) as Principal … Continue reading Additionnal casting announced for Stranger Things: The First Shadow on Broadway