Casting announced for Saturday Night Fever at the Peacock Theatre

Richard Winsor will lead the cast as Tony Manero. He will be joined on stage by Olivia Fines as his dancing partner Stephanie. They will also be joined by Kevin O’Dwyer (Bobby C); James Brice (Gus); Paul French (Double J); Michael Cortez (Joey); Jasmin Colangelo (Annette); Tosca Fischer (Connie); Lydia Bradd (Linda); Philip Aiden (Frank Senior); Marios Nicolaides (Frank Junior); Melody Jones (Flo Manero); Faizal Jaye (DJ Monty); Celeste Zollino (ensemble); Ashley Luke Lloyd (ensemble); Luca Rapisarda (ensemble); James Wilkinson-Jones (ensemble); Helen Gulston (ensemble); James Cohen (ensemble). Jake Byrom, Oliver Thomson and James Hudson will be playing and singing the Bee-Gee’s soundtrack during the show. Saturday Night Fever, produced by Bill Kenwright, tells the story of Tony Manero and his reckless road to dancing success. The musical features the Bee Gees’ greatest hits including Stayin’ … Continue reading Casting announced for Saturday Night Fever at the Peacock Theatre

Celebrating 50 years of The Kings Head Theatre with ‘Barstools to Broadway’

In February 2022, The Kings Head Theatre will present ‘Barstools to Broadway’, a celebration to mark the successes of the world-renowned pub theatre’s first 50 years, and it looks forward to the next 50 years in a new purpose built 220 seat Islington theatre due to open in late 2022.  Over the course of a week from 14 – 19 February, KTH50 Barstools to Broadway will see readings of five plays that started their lives in the Upper Street theatre, many for the first time since their original productions, with creative teams with links to the playwrights and original shows. Full … Continue reading Celebrating 50 years of The Kings Head Theatre with ‘Barstools to Broadway’

Patrick Duffy, Linda Purl and Gray O’Brien to star in Catch Me If You Can by Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert

Patrick Duffy, Linda Purl and Gray O’Brien will join the Catch Me If You Can Tour accross UK in 2022. Catch Me If You Can, written by Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, and directed by Bob Tomson, will embark on its nationwide tour, opening at the Theatre Royal, Windsor on 8 February 2022. Adapted from Robert Thomas’s French play Trap for a Lonely Man, this highly entertaining mystery has inspired three successful screenplays. The cast also includes Ben Nealon, who played Captain Jeremy Forsythe in ITV’s award-winning series Soldier Soldier. He has appeared regularly on stage with the Agatha Christie Theatre Company and the Classic Thriller Theatre Company. The tour will start on February 8th at the … Continue reading Patrick Duffy, Linda Purl and Gray O’Brien to star in Catch Me If You Can by Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert

New photographs released for THE RYTHMICS at the Southwark Playhouse

Following the opening of their production on December 2nd, new photographs have been released for The Rythmics, now playing at the Southwark Playhouse through January 8th. The cast includes Noel Sullivan who will star as ‘Grey’ alongside Zweyla Mitchell Dos Santos making her professional debut playing ‘Silva’. Joining the cast are Ken Christiansen as ‘Nick’, Kinny Gardner as ‘Sid’, Kirby Hughes as ‘Sue’, Rebecca Hayes as ‘Robin’, Andrew Patrick-Walker as ‘Jeremy’, Joshua Steel as ‘Connor’, and Phil Snowden as ‘Dennis’. The show tells the story of single-dad Grey who is in a rut. His teenage daughter, Silva, packs him off to revive his rockstar dreams, successfully auditioning for ‘Nick & the Rythmics’. But, he realises that he actually … Continue reading New photographs released for THE RYTHMICS at the Southwark Playhouse

VISIT “Pantoland” at The London Palladium

Donny Osmond, Julian Clary, Paul Zerdin, Nigel Havers, Gary Wilmot, Jac Yarrow and Sophie Isaacs are set to star in Pantolandat The Palladium. They will be joined by world-famous The Tiller Girls and Australian speciality act Glame Oz. The Twins FX will also make their grand return with their spectacular special effects. The show is set to continues to 9 January 2022 for a strictly limited five week run. It will be directed by Michael Harrison with choreography by Karen Bruce, set design by Ian Westbrook, costume design by Hugh Durrant, lightning design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Gareth Owen. They will be joined by composer … Continue reading VISIT “Pantoland” at The London Palladium

Beauty and The Beast to suspend all performances until Saturday 18 December at The Belgrade Theatre

Despite safety mesures being in place and understudy actors, The Belgrade Theatre has announced that some of their Panto Company have recently tested positive for Covid. This means all live performances have to be suspended, including live performances of Beauty and the Beast until Saturday 18 December at the earliest. Here’s what The Belgrade Theatre had to say about the performances : “Knowing this would always be a risk during the ongoing pandemic, we have taken the precaution of creating a professionally filmed version of our Beauty and the Beast production. We intend to screen this filmed version to audiences … Continue reading Beauty and The Beast to suspend all performances until Saturday 18 December at The Belgrade Theatre

John Dagleish to star in SPIKE at the Watermill Theatre

Full casting has been announced for SPIKE, a new comedy by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. The show will premiere at The Watermill from Thursday 27 January – Saturday 5 March. About the show, Ian Hislop and Nick Newman said,  “Writing Spike gave us the opportunity to celebrate the genius of the founding father of modern comedy, explore what inspired him and steal all his jokes”. John Dagleish will lead the cast as Spike Milligan with Stephen Fry voicing the BBC Announcer at The Watermill from Thursday 27 January – Saturday 5 March. Also joining the cast are Margaret Cabourn-Smith as Janet, George Kemp as Peter … Continue reading John Dagleish to star in SPIKE at the Watermill Theatre