INSIDE The Rise and Fall of Little Voice rehearsals on Tour

New photographs and a trailer have been released from the rehearsal room of the UK touring production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright. Directed by Bronagh Lagan (Cruise, West End), the production stars international YouTube sensation Christina Bianco (Funny Girl, Theatre Marigny Paris) in the title role. Christina is joined by Shobna Gulati (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Dinnerladies) as Mari Hoff, Ian Kelsey (Coronation Street, Emmerdale) as Ray Say, Akshay Gulati (East is East, Bolton Octagon) as Billy, William Ilkley (War Horse, UK/ International Tour) as Mr Boo, Fiona Mulvaney (The Ferryman, West End) as Sadie, and James Robert Moore (All That, Lion and Unicorn) as Phone Man. The company is completed by Anna Hale (London Road, Cuba Pictures/BBC Films) as understudy LV … Continue reading INSIDE The Rise and Fall of Little Voice rehearsals on Tour

Curtain Call new issue is here featuring Ben Fankhauser and Ryan Breslin, Katy Richardson and more!

Our latest issue is here and is packed with new content! As Newsies is getting ready to celebrate its 10th year anniversary, we took a trip down memory lane with former Newsies Ben Fankhauser (OG Davey) and Ryan Breslin (OG … Continue reading Curtain Call new issue is here featuring Ben Fankhauser and Ryan Breslin, Katy Richardson and more!

Casting announced for Our Man In Havana at the Watermill

OUR MAN IN HAVANA, the musical adaptation of Graham Greene’s iconic novel, will open at Newbury’s The Watermill on Thursday 7 April – Saturday 21 May, with a press night on Monday 11 April. Nigel Lister will play ‘James Wormold’, Daniella Agredo Piper will play ‘Milly Wormold’, Paula James will play ‘Beatrice / Maria’, Alvaro Flores will play ‘Segura / Hawthorne / Marco’, Adam Keast will play ‘Hasselbacher/Chief’ and Antonio Sanchez will be the Onstage Musical Director. Directed by Watermill Associate Director Abigail Pickard Price, designed by Kat Heath, with Eliane Correa and Ben Morales Frost as co-orchestrators, OUR MAN IN HAVANA has music by Ben Morales Frost, book and lyrics by … Continue reading Casting announced for Our Man In Havana at the Watermill

New pictures released for Beautiful – The Carole King Musical on tour

The company is led by Molly-Grace Cutler (The Worst Witch, Girls Don’t Play Guitars, We’ll Live and Die in these Towns) as Carole King. Tom Milner (Holby City, Waterloo Road) as Gerry Goffin, Carole’s former husband and collaborator. Seren Sandham-Davies (Crazy For You, Brassed Off) and Jos Slovick, who performed in the original West End production of Once, play husband and wife song-writing duo Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann. Garry Robson returns to Curve as music producer and talent manager Don Kirshner. Claire Greenway, who originated the role of Sister Mary Patrick in Sister Act at the London Palladium, is playing Carole’s mother Genie Klein, and Dan de Cruz join as the … Continue reading New pictures released for Beautiful – The Carole King Musical on tour

David Hounslow nominated for Award for All My Sons playing at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch

Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch are celebrating a second award nomination for their current revival of Arthur Miller’s moving and powerful landmark drama All My Sons, which closes on 5th March before transferring to the New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich 8 – 12 March. The Offies Nomination is for Lead Performance in A Play for David Hounslow in his role as Joe Keller and follows a recent nomination for Oliver Hembrough, nominated for Supporting Performance in a Play as his son, Chris Keller. David Hounslow who is best known for his roles in Coronation Street and Doctors said: “Playing Joe is an absolute joy. He is a … Continue reading David Hounslow nominated for Award for All My Sons playing at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch