Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals is thrilled to announce that, next summer, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s STARLIGHT EXPRESS, which has been seen by over 20 million people across the world, will make its triumphant return to London. This brand-new production … Continue reading Andrew Lloyd Webber’s STARLIGHT EXPRESS to return to London in 2024
Words by Olivia Celenza The origins of Guy and Dolls stems from one man. Coming from a long line of newspaperman, fiction writer and journalist Damon Runyon, who kept it in the family throughout his larger-than-life accounts of boxing and … Continue reading “There’s a Whole Lot of Loving” when it comes to interviewing Owain Arthur
Fan-favourite and winner of Best New Musical (What’sOnStage Awards 2023), BONNIE & CLYDE THE MUSICAL has announced initial casting for the production’s first ever UK & Ireland tour in 2024 with tickets on sale now at bonnieandclydemusical.com. Leading lady and Coronation Street and Strictly Come Dancing star, Catherine Tyldesley will make her musical theatre debut as Blanche Barrow sharing the role with Hollyoaks and Holby City’s Daisy Wood-Davis at certain venues. They are joined by Eastenders actor Danny Hatchard in his musical theatre debut and Heathers and Newsies star, Alex James-Hatton who will share the role of Clyde Barrow across the tour. For performance dates see listings below and local venue websites. After wowing audiences in the West End and International Tour of Bat Out … Continue reading Casting announced for UK & Ireland tour of Bonnie & Clyde The Musical
The Watermill Theatre is thrilled to announce the full cast and creative team for their upcoming Christmas production of THE WIZARD OF OZ, a fresh new take on the novel by L. Frank Baum, from Marietta Kirkbride (Five Children and It, The Egg), director Georgie Staight (Camp Albion, The Watermill), and composer and musical director Nick Barstow (From Here to Eternity, West End). The Wizard of Oz will play at the Watermill from Friday 17 November until Sunday 31 December 2023, with a press performance on Monday 20 November. Tickets are on sale via watermill.org.uk/oz Dot is a dot of a girl stuck in a small town with dreams beyond her family’s … Continue reading Full cast and creatives announced for The Wizard Of Oz at The Watermill
MASTERWORKS BROADWAY is delighted to announce the Original Cast Recording to THE TIME TRAVELLER’S WIFE: THE MUSICAL. Available for pre-order from today, the Original Cast Recording will be released on 29 September 2023. Featuring new music by Joss Stone and Dave Stewart, the … Continue reading Sony Masterworks Broadway to release the Original Cast Album of The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical
The Watermill Theatre today announced a West End ticket raffle to support their Propel fundraising campaign. Tickets on offer as part of the Big West End Ticket Raffle include Little Big Things, The Unfriend, Frozen, Guys and Dolls, The Time Traveller’s Wife, and Phantom of the Opera. All income from the raffle will go to supporting The Watermill Theatre’s fundraising campaign, Propel, which was launched in the aftermath of the Arts Council’s 100% cut to its funding. As the charity looks to its future as an independent theatre, fundraising will play an essential role in enabling The Watermill to continue to offer a vibrant and ambitious … Continue reading The West End comes together to support The Watermill
Babies, a brand-new British coming-of-age musical written by Jack Godfrey (42 Balloons, This Is A Love Story) and the show’s director Martha Geelan (who makes her debut as a musical book writer), will play three staged concert performances at The Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue on 10th, 11th and 12th November 2023. Summer is over. Exams are looming. But Year 11 are only talking about one thing: babies. Not real ones…but the plastic simulator dolls they’ve been tasked with looking after for a whole entire week. With a blistering pop-rock score, this new(born) British musical follows nine students as they discover that becoming a parent means changing … Continue reading Babies to play three staged concert at The Lyric Theatre this november
As London Fashion Week descends on the Capital, the catwalk is out for the launch of The Devil Wears Prada, a new musical, based on the blockbuster film and bestselling novel, that will strut into London’s Dominion Theatre in October 2024. Featuring an … Continue reading The Devil Wears Prada to open in the West End in October 2024
Pure Expression today announces an immersive theatrical version of George Orwell’s 1984, adapted for the stage by Adam Taub. Directed by Jem Wall and Richard Hahlo the creators of Hydrocracker Theatre. The production opens at Hackney Town Hall on 26 October with previews from 19 October and runs until 26 November. This … Continue reading Pure Expression announced new immersive production of George Orwell’s 1984
