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MEAN GIRLS The Musical is coming to the Savoy Theatre from June 2024!

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What day is it? It’s October 3rd! Lorne Michaels, Sonia Friedman Productions, and David Ian for Crossroads Live – producers of MEAN GIRLS in the West End – today announce MEAN GIRLS will be coming to London from June 2024! The smash hit musical comedy based on the Paramount Pictures film of the same name will debut at the West End’s Savoy Theatre. Tickets go on sale from November 1st 2023. Sign up for presale access through http://www.MeanGirlsMusical.com. It’s gonna be a little bit dramatic… Get in, loser, MEAN GIRLS is coming to London! Broadway’s hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team including writer Tina Fey (“30 Rock”), composer Jeff Richmond (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), … Continue reading MEAN GIRLS The Musical is coming to the Savoy Theatre from June 2024!

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Jamie Muscato to join Rachel Tucker as a special guest live at Cadogan Hall this november

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JAMIE MUSCATO will join RACHEL TUCKER as a special guest live at Cadogan Hall on Sunday 5 November 2023 at 6.30pm. Tickets are on sale now at www.fw-live.com and www.cadoganhall.com An Olivier Nominated and multi-award-winning performer, Rachel Tucker will present a concert celebrating her most iconic roles, some of her favourite tunes in musical theatre and some original music. The concert follows the release of her latest studio album ‘You’re Already Home’ on Friday 3 November through the record label Westway Music. RACHEL TUCKER most recently starred in Come From Away at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway, playing the role of Annette/Beverley Bass, the role she originated in London at the … Continue reading Jamie Muscato to join Rachel Tucker as a special guest live at Cadogan Hall this november

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All Star Cast Lead Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation in Musical Theatre at The Other Palac

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A one night celebration of new LGBTQ+ musical theatre comes to The Other Palace this October in fantasies come true: the queermusicals.com concert, co-produced by the University of Wolverhampton and queer musical development company Chromatic Creative. Writer and podcast host Dr James Lovelock is joined by a cast of West End stars for a unique concert of new songs for LGBTQ+ characters in musicals that explores why queer representation is important across all the different identities and intersections of our LGBTQ+ community and what we gain by making musical theatre’s queer joy visible on stage. All proceeds from the concert will be donated to Mermaids … Continue reading All Star Cast Lead Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation in Musical Theatre at The Other Palac

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Wicked celebrates 17 years in the West End and extends booking to December 2024

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WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, today celebrates 17 years since its London premiere on 27 September 2006 at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre. The production today releases over 500,000 new … Continue reading Wicked celebrates 17 years in the West End and extends booking to December 2024

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Steve Coogan to star in World Premiere Stage Production of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove

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Steve Coogan will lead the first ever adaption of Stanley Kubrick’s iconic work, as the world premiere stage production of Kubrick’s timeless classic Dr. Strangelove prepares to open in the West End in Autumn 2024. Coogan, one of the UK’s most acclaimed actors whose remarkable career includes seven BAFTA Awards, will play multiple roles in the production set to begin performances on Tuesday 8 October 2024 (Press Night: Tuesday 29 October) at Noël Coward Theatre, London for a strictly limited season through until Saturday 21 December 2024. This jet-black comedy masterpiece, about a rogue U.S. General who triggers a nuclear crisis, is brought to the stage by acclaimed, BAFTA and Emmy Award winner Armando Iannucci and Olivier Award winner Sean … Continue reading Steve Coogan to star in World Premiere Stage Production of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove

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The world premiere of Minority Report to open in February 2024 in the UK

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Simon Friend Entertainment is today delighted to announce that in partnership with co-producers Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, Birmingham Rep and Nottingham Playhouse, the World Premiere stage adaptation of Minority Report will be presented next spring. Based on Philip K. Dick’s 1956 near-future novella made globally famous by Steven Spielberg’s 2002 blockbuster movie, this timely presentation is adapted for the stage by David Haig (My Boy Jack, Pressure) and reunites Simon Friend Entertainment with director Max Webster (Life of Pi, Henry V and the forthcoming production of Macbeth starring David Tennant, Donmar Warehouse), whose multi-award-winning production of Life of Pi has captivated audiences both sides of the Atlantic. Opening at the Nottingham Playhouse, where it plays from 16 Feb – 9 March 2023, Minority … Continue reading The world premiere of Minority Report to open in February 2024 in the UK

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TINA: The Tina Turner Musical extends booking in the West End to September 2024

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The hit West End production TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL which is based on the life of legendary artist Tina Turner and was produced in association with Tina Turner herself, will extend booking until 14 September 2024. TINA – THE TINA TURNER … Continue reading TINA: The Tina Turner Musical extends booking in the West End to September 2024