“Breaking the Curtain” features everything from Musical Theatre Show History episodes, Interviews with Broadway and West End creatives, the latest theatre news from around the globe, and of course, stagey ramblings. Since their debut episode in August 2020, Breaking the … Continue reading Season 3 of “Breaking the Curtain” podcast is here!
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 … Continue reading VISIT “Pantoland” at The London Palladium
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 … Continue reading Beauty and The Beast to suspend all performances until Saturday 18 December at The Belgrade Theatre
After being discovered at MTFestUK 2019, But I’m A Cheerleader: The Musical will become the first fully commissioned musical to be presented on stage! Paul Taylor-Mills & Bill Kenwright, in association with Adam Bialow, are presenting their new musical, based on the LIONSGATE® motion picture of the same name, directed by Jamie Babbit and with a screenplay by Brian Wayne Peterson. But I’m A Cheerleader: The Musical features book and lyrics by Bill Augustin, music by Andrew Abrams, direction by Tania Azevedo, choreography by Alexzandra Sarmiento, and lighting by Martha Godfrey. It is set to run at The Turbine Theatre from 18 February – 16 April, with a press night on 23 February 2022. … Continue reading BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER: THE MUSICAL to run at the Turbine Theatre in 2022
The critically acclamed London production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will celebrate each Hogwarts houses next year. The show will dedicate four special performances to Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. The first 50 audience members who will arrive early to each Wednesday’s performances will receive early access to the theatre, theatre bars and gift shop. They will also get the opportunity to participate in Harry Potter trivia featuring the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. All audience members will receive a house-themed souvenir pin and have the opportunity to enter the house pride costume contest. The performances … Continue reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Celebrates Hogwarts House Pride
Performances have begun at the Wyndham’s Theatre in London for Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s award-winning book Life Of Pi. Life Of Pi is a breath-taking epic journey of hope: After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, there are five survivors stranded on a single lifeboat – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, a sixteen year-old boy and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive? Hiran Abeysekera will return to the show playing the role of Pi, alongside Mina Anwar as Ma, Nicholas Khan as Father, Payal Mistry as Rani, Tom Espiner as … Continue reading New photographs released for LIFE OF PI in the West End
By Clélia Gessner On November 19th, 2021 Lin-Manuel Miranda’s adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical rock monologue tick, tick… BOOM! was made available to watch on Netflix. More than an adaptation really, as it alternates reconstitutions of the actual performance of … Continue reading tick, tick… BOOM! is a triumph
Petula Clark, who currently plays Bird Woman in the West End production of Mary Poppins, was surprised by the cast at the curtain call on November 15t, 2021 for her birthday. She was acclaimed by producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh who presented her with a birthday cake brought on to the stage to the tune of Don’t Sleep in the Subway, one of her many iconic numbers. The Company, along with the audience, then sang a rousing Happy Birthday. As an extra special treat, the cast sang Downtown, another one of Petula’s all-time hits, a final round of Happy Birthday, and plenty of streamers rounded off the celebrations! The cast for that … Continue reading Petula Clark celebrates birthday at ‘Mary Poppins’
By Helen Sullivan Image: Six the Musical Royalty descended on Banqueting Hall, the remaining part of Whitehall Palace built by Henry VIII, on October 28th to celebrate the three-year anniversary and vinyl launch of the cast recording of Six! The event was streamed live on TikTok and hosted by Tia Kofi from RuPaul’s Drag Race and a superfan of the show. Tia was joined by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, who wrote the musical, to discuss the writing of the songs. The queens featured on the cast recording: Renee Lamb (Aragon), Christina Modestou (Boleyn), Natalie Paris (Seymour), Aimie Atkinson (Howard) … Continue reading Six Goes Gold!
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