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Cast announced for “Redemption” at The Big House

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Full casting has been announced for Redemption at The Big House. Twenty-three-year-old Renaya Dennis will play Maz, a young girl that continuously ran away and who was documented in the press as a ‘14 year old missing teenager’. She will play alongside Alpha Menda, Armani Morris, Fawaz Adekunle, James Atwell, Jayden Atuah-Hemaah, Jermaine Freeman, Keyona Fraser, Nadege Rene, Nia John, Renaya Dennis, Shaq Brown, Shanice Logan, Shaquille Jack, Tajah Workman and Taurean Steele. Redemption will premiere at The Big House in their Islington venue on Wednesday 17 November and will close on Saturday 11 December. The show will be directed by Maggie Noris with book and lyrics by James Meteyard and music by The Last Skeptik Redemption follows explosive Maz and her … Continue reading Cast announced for “Redemption” at The Big House

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INSIDE A Chorus Line rehearsals at Curve Theatre in Leicester

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They really need this job!  (click the pics to see them full-size) Ahead of its opening on December 3 at Curve Theatre in Leicester, A Chorus Line has released new rehearsal images featuring the whole cast. The cast includes Adam Cooper who will take on the role of Zach, the director / choreographer responsible for putting the performers through their paces in the show’s audition. He will play alongside Carly Mercedes Dyer as Cassie, Zach’s ex-lover and auditionee. The cast also features Ronan Burns as Bobby Mills, Beth Hinton-Lever as Bebe Benzenheimer, Katie Lee as Kristine Ulrich and Redmand Rance as Mike Costa, Emily Barnett-Salter as … Continue reading INSIDE A Chorus Line rehearsals at Curve Theatre in Leicester

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A day in Manchester: ‘Rent’ at the Hope Mill Theatre

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By Constance Drugeot Picture: Pamela Raith On Saturday 21st of August, I travelled to Manchester to see a production of Rent. As a theatre lover, this is quite a normal day for me. Except that it wasn’t.  Because, on that day, I finally got to see a live production of Rent after discovering it nine years before. Not only that, but Rent was the show that made me fall in love with musical theatre back in 2012, when I was still living in France. It was a quiet and boring summer and, while scrolling endlessly on YouTube, I stumbled upon … Continue reading A day in Manchester: ‘Rent’ at the Hope Mill Theatre