We were invited to review the latest installment in Richard II. Wow, simply amazing!! Richard II is charismatic, eloquent, and flamboyantly witty. And a disastrous King – dishonest, dangerous, and politically incompetent. Echoing down the centuries is the perennial problem: how to deal with a ruler who has a rock-solid right to rule but is […]
Hope Mill Theatre are delighted to announce Mel Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN THE MUSICAL will have its regional premiere from 10 October to 30 November 2025, with a press night on 15 October. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN will be directed and choreographed by Nick Winston. Adapted by Mel Brooks from his legendary 1974 film starring Gene Wilder, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN tells the story of the […]
DEM Productions on behalf of Writers’ Cage are delighted to announce AUSTENLAND, a new musical based on the novel by Shannon Hale, will have its world premiere with two concert workshop performances at the Savoy Theatre on Monday 24 March 2025. Tickets on sale Thursday 6 February at 12pm. The new musical, based on Shannon Hale’s […]
Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment, John Stalker Productions and Bill Kenwright Ltd with co-producers ADAMA Entertainment and Guy James are delighted to announce that following two hugely successful UK and Ireland tours and sold out concerts at The London Palladium last year, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, The Musical Comedy will run at Birmingham Hippodrome from 10 – 12 July […]
London Theatre Company is delighted to announce the full cast for the brand-new production of Richard II opening 10 February 2025 and running until 10 May 2025 at the Bridge Theatre. Directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring the award-winning screen and stage actor Jonathan Bailey, Richard II will feature a talented cast to illuminate Shakespeare’s […]
Seen by over 20 million people across the world, Starlight Express is a true theatrical event, fully immersing audiences of all ages inside a world of speed, song and storytelling, as the incredible cast of 40 whizz around and above, performing some of musical theatre’s most beloved songs. As a child’s train set magically comes to life and the engines […]
Behind the legend is a life, filled to the brim with its own triumphs and challenges, beset by incandescent highs and lows, and mediated through a soul that absolutely refused to lay quietly. Everybody knows Tina’s music, but not everybody knows her story: the rise of a small-town girl to the sound that made rock […]
If your idea of a good night out is being surrounded by your best mates, in a pub with some great live music, Choir of Man is for you. This isn’t your traditional musical; it isn’t all jazz-hands, incredible set design and big show tunes, instead it is 90 minutes of watching nine incredible ‘lads’ […]
It is hard to imagine a musical being set on a council estate in Sheffield but that is exactly where you are transported to as soon as you walk into the Gillian Lynne Theatre. The Park Hill Estate looms imposing and spectacular with the infamous ‘I love you, will you marry me’ neon sign illuminated […]
Samuel Takes a Break (or, Samuel Takes a Break…: in Male Dungeon No. 5 After a Long but Generally Successful Day of Tours to give Rihanna Illube’s play its full title) is a heart wrenching and complex exploration of the impact of colonialism, dark tourism, and the eternal search in the cycle of healing. We […]