Mary Poppins which will play its final West End performance at the Prince Edward Theatre on 8 January 2023

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh today (1 July 2022) announce the final extension for the West End run of the Olivier Award-winning Mary Poppins which will celebrate its final West End performance at the Prince Edward Theatre on 8 January 2023.  Tickets for this final extension … Continue reading Mary Poppins which will play its final West End performance at the Prince Edward Theatre on 8 January 2023

Magic Mike Live London to partner with Men’s Minds Matter

Channing Tatum and his co-producers are delighted to announce a new year-long partnership between Magic Mike Live in London and innovative not-for-profit organisation Men’s Minds Matter; a public health initiative focused on developing psychological interventions for people in suicidal crisis. Magic Mike Live is currently running … Continue reading Magic Mike Live London to partner with Men’s Minds Matter

Making A Murderer: The Musical to make its world premiere at 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

BAFTA-winning comedy writer Phil Mealey, known for co-creating Early Doors and co-writing episodes of the beloved The Royle Family, will star in his new musical Making A Murderer: The Musical at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Based on the real case and true events of Steven Avery, … Continue reading Making A Murderer: The Musical to make its world premiere at 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Casting announced for the new concert musical, “To The Streets!”

China Plate and Birmingham Hippodrome are pleased to announce both the principal cast and the West Midlands based associate creative team for their new concert musical To The Streets!, an uplifting new musical by Roy Williams and Tim Sutton, based on an original idea by Christopher Haydon, inspired by the 1963 Bristol Bus Boycott, a pivotal moment in the UK’s civil rights history. These special concert performances will take place between 19 – 28 August  at Handsworth Park in Birmingham, Windmill Hill, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, and West Park, Wolverhampton, as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival. It’s 1963 and the Swinging Sixties have arrived: … Continue reading Casting announced for the new concert musical, “To The Streets!”

Deaf West & Getty Villa’s Outdoor theatre to present Sophocles’ “Oedipus”

Getty Museum and Los Angeles’s Tony Award®-winning Deaf West Theatre present a thrilling fresh take on Sophocles’ Oedipus this fall featuring a bilingual production in American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English. Directed by Jenny Koons (Blue Man Group, Head Over Heels at The Pasadena Playhouse), Oedipus premieres as the 16th annual outdoor theater production in the Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Theater at the Getty Villa. In this visually rich and innovative reimagining of Sophocles’ classic play, Oedipus unfolds as a murder mystery, a political thriller, and a psychological whodunit. Throughout this fabled story of patricide and family complexities, King Oedipus is confronted not only with legacy and destiny but also culture and language. This reimagined production … Continue reading Deaf West & Getty Villa’s Outdoor theatre to present Sophocles’ “Oedipus”