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      <title><![CDATA[Kerry back to Defy Gravity tonight]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tonight, Kerry Ellis returns to the London production of Wicked after her triumph on Broadway. Kerry was the world&rsquo;s first British Elphaba, taking over the role in London from Broadway&rsquo;s Idina Menzel. Kerry, whose West End theatre credits have also included Fantine in Les Miserables and originating the role of Meat in We Will Rock You, caused a sensation at New York&rsquo;s Gershwin Theatre after she began her stint as Elphaba in June this year. For her entire season in New York, Wic...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[La Cage drags up Graham Norton]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It appears that after fronting all those talent searches with his new best friend Andrew Lloyd Webber, Graham Norton has caught the theatre bug as he makes his West End debut in La Cage Aux Folles.Rumours have been abounding since the show transferred to the Playhouse after its sellout run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, and it has now been confirmed that Norton will be taking over the role of Zaza. Norton has some big high heels to fill as his predecessor Doulas Hodge received unanimous rave r...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Oliver! charity performance]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Saturday 20 December 2009, Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane will be hosting a special charity function in aid of the Aspinall Foundation. The foundation, set up by John Aspinall, founder of Howletts Wild Animal Park and Port Lympne Zoo in Kent, keeps these two establishments running as well as supporting a huge number of conservation projects overseas. Both Howletts and Port Lympne have impressive records in the breeding of rare and endangered species, which are often released into the...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Justin Lee Collins in Chicago]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Comedian and star of the Sunday Night Project Justin Lee Collins is to appear in the hit musical Chicago for three performances only. Bristolian Collins has been filming rehearsals for his part as Roxie&rsquo;s downtrodden husband Amos Hart and these, along with footage from his actual performances will be broadcast as part of his new one-off documentary on Sky 1 in the New Year.  Justin Lee Collins will appear as Amos in the evening performance on Thursday 4 December 2008 and both performances ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lion King leads Royal Variety with encore performance]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Disney&rsquo;s spectacular The Lion King will be the first West End show to perform at the Royal Variety performance for a second time. Now in its tenth year, the show first appeared in the London Palladium&rsquo;s line-up as a newcomer to the West End in 1999. Next month, it will make its second appearance at the show as the cast and crew gather at the Palladium to perform Circle of Life in front of Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Kent. Other West End shows putting in ensemble performanc...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gareth Gates is new Joseph]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As previously suggested, Gareth Gates is now confirmed to be taking the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat from Lee Mead next year. During his recording career, former Pop Idol finalist Gareth has released three albums and a number of hit singles, and recently took part in ITV&rsquo;s Dancing on Ice.Gareth makes his stage debut next month alongside Joanna Page at the New Wimbledon&rsquo;s panto Cinderella, and will step onto the Adelphi stage on 9 February 2009. Lee Mead will appear as Joseph until ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Connie returns to The Sound of Music]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Connie Fisher is to reprise her role postulant/governess/vocal coach Maria von Trapp in Andrew Lloyd Webber and David Ian&rsquo;s production of The Sound of Music when it embarks on its UK tour next year.Connie, who won the role through the BBC&rsquo;s original West End talent search, How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? In 2006 and was replaced in early 2008 by Hollyoaks&rsquo; Summer Strallen. Since leaving the show, Connie has recorded an album, performed in a number of concerts and starred...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Billy Elliot: Taking over the world]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/163/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Despite frequent technical difficulties and cancelled previews, Lee Hall and Elton John&rsquo;s Billy Elliot has opened to ecstatic reviews at New York&rsquo;s Imperial Theatre. Last month&rsquo;s opening night was studded with such stars as Rosie O&rsquo;Donnell, Kevin Spacey, Woody Allen, Ron Howard, Billie Jean King, Paul Rudd and Ben Stiller and the next day, the critics&rsquo; reports were glowing. Cindy Adams of the New York Post was one of the most enthusiastic, saying, &lsquo;It will th...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Full Priscilla cast announced]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/162/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Full casting has been announced for the upcoming production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. As well as the previously conformed Jason Donovan, Clive Carter, Oliver Thornton and Tony Sheldon reprising the role of Bernadette, the company will now be joined by she of Pop Idol fame Zoe Birkett (left).&nbsp; Zoe was recently seen touring the UK with musical revue What a Feeling alongside fellow pop legends Noel off Hear&rsquo;say and Sinitta, and also in Thriller Live, the Michael Jackson spectacu...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sister Act: Whoopi on board]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/161/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sister Act star Whoopi Goldberg has announced on BBC radio and ABC television show The View that she is to take on the role of producer when the movie&rsquo;s stage adaptation arrives at the London Palladium in May 2009.  Although Sister Act the Musical began with a triumphant extended run in Pasadena, California in late 2006, the show&rsquo;s arrival in London will be the first time Goldberg has been involved in any stage of its development.Although it has been speculated, Whoopi will not be st...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tim Minchin at the Haymarket?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/160/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Outrageous musician and comedian Tim Minchin is rumoured to be playing a limited season at the Theatre Royal Haymarket when Treasure Island closes in February 2009. Renowned for his hilarious satirical songs, Minchin speaks of himself as a songwriter rather than a comedian; it&rsquo;s just that his songs happen to be funny. The winner of the Perrier Comedy Award for Best Newcomer at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Minchin has also won a number of comedy awards in his native Australia. A vers...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunset to shine in the West End]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/159/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As previously tipped, the Watermill Theatre&rsquo;s acclaimed production of Sunset Boulevard has now confirmed its West End transfer. The Watermill, an intimate 220 seat venue situated in a converted mill building in Newbury, West Berkshire, is renowned for its artistic and unconventional productions, and twice a year showcases new writing.A resized take on the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic, Sunset Boulevard has been the Watermill&rsquo;s most applauded actor-musician presentation, the venue havin...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[7 February: That'll be the day...]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/158/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story has announced that it is to close on 7 February 2009 prior to a tour of the UK and Ireland. Premiering in London in 1989, Buddy&rsquo;s initial twelve year run at the Victoria Palace then the Strand Theatre (now the Novello) has made it one of the longest running musicals in West End history. A Broadway production ran for 225 performances in 1990 and 1991. The show has toured extensively throughout the world, playing in over twenty countries. The current production a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chichester Harwood double coming to London?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/157/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ronald Harwood&rsquo;s companion plays Collaboration and Taking Sides are said to be opening in the West End at some point early in 2009. The two thought provoking pieces the role of art and the artist in oppressive and totalitarian climates, both focusing on Nazism and the second World War and were performed in repertory starring stage veteran and Star Wars actor Michael Pennington at Chichester Festival Theatre this summer and were ecstatically received.Taking Sides received rapturous reviews ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunset in the West End?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/156/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The anticipated West End transfer of the Newbury Watermill&rsquo;s critically acclaimed revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black&rsquo;s Sunset Boulevard is apparently the final stages of development.The actor-musician production was a critical smash this summer and starred Kathryn Evans as ageing star Norma Desmond, the role made famous by Elaine Paige in the show&rsquo;s New York premiere. A stage legend herself, Kathryn Evans&rsquo; numerous theatre credits include Piaf, The Sound of Musi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kendra Kassebaum... Popular in London?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/155/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ &nbsp;As UK Tickets reported last week, rumours have already started concerning the impending cast overhaul Wicked will undergo in May 2009, with the US tour&rsquo;s Elphaba Carmen Cusack believed to be reprising her role this side of the Atlantic. Now it has been suggested that Kendra Kassebaum will be flying over to play Glinda opposite her.Kendra was the US tour&rsquo;s original Glinda when it began in March 2005. Leaving the tour in September 2006, she became Glinda once again on Broadway f...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dancing into the West End]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/154/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[          As the contenders of Strictly Come Dancing set our televisions alight (or try to in some cases), the West End is reflecting the nations current love affair with variety entertainment as more shows with daring and breathtaking choreography take to London&rsquo;s most famous stages.                Right now, Strictly&rsquo;s most biting judge Craig Revel Horwood directs Flamenco Flamen&rsquo;ka, the red hot Spanish dance spectacular currently burning up the stage of the Lyric theatre. It...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thriller Live to open at Lyric]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Thriller Live, a live concert tribute to the works of Michael Jackson takes on the West End&rsquo;s Lyric Theatre on 2 January 2009 after two ecstatically received extensive UK tours. The product of Flying Music who have had such jukebox hits as the Motown musical Dancing in the Streets and a series of tributes to the Rat Pack, Thriller Live has been hailed as a &lsquo;must-see&rsquo; by the Liverpool Daily Post.Not just a sing through of the titular album, which became the biggest selling album...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Horne and Staunton entertain Mr Sloane]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/152/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Joe Orton&rsquo;s classic black comedy Entertaining Mr Sloane is coming to Trafalgar Studios 1, over thirty years since it was last professionally produced in London.The twisted tale of a brother and sister bitterly competing for the attention (and affection) of a visiting murderer was last performed at the Royal Court&rsquo;s Joe Orton season of 1975, with A Clockwork Orange&rsquo;s Malcolm McDowell in the title role.This new production stars Gavin and Stacey&rsquo;s Mathew Horne as Sloa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Carmen Cusack as Elphaba?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/151/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ UK Tickets has heard on the grapevine that Carmen Cusack is scheduled to be the new Elphaba in the London production of Wicked undergoes an extensive cast change in May 2009.Carmen is currently starring as Elphaba in the US touring production and has proved to be one of the most well received Elphabas to date, having previously been standby to Lisa Brescia&rsquo;s Elphie in the Chicago production. Carmen leaves the tour this month to be replaced by her standby Donna Vivino.Texan Carmen is no st...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Joseph extends... at last!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/150/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Joseph has at last confirmed that it is extending until July 2009, but a replacement for Lee Mead in the title role still hasn&rsquo;t been announced so watch this space. If the rumour mongers are to be believed, the main competition is between Zac Efron, Peter Andre or Blue Peter&rsquo;s Gethin Jones. UK Tickets thinks it is pretty safe to brush these little theories under the carpet. More recently, Gareth Gates and former Busted singer Matt Willis have been thrown into the mix, and a rumour th...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Richard Dreyfuss heads complicit premiere at Old Vic]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/149/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hollywood legend Richard Dreyfuss is to star in Complicit at the Old Vic early next year in what looks to be yet another fantastically successful season for the theatre. Under the tutelage of artistic director Kevin Spacey, Brian Friel&rsquo;s Dancing at Lughnasa was announced recently, starring Niamh Cusack and Andrea Corr, and now January will see the world premiere of Joe Sutton&rsquo;s brand new political satire, Complicit.Richard Dreyfuss is known for his roles in such films as American Gra...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stewart and McKellen in Waiting for Godot]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/148/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[After being hit harder than most by the recent wave of early closures in the West End, the Theatre Royal Haymarket has a surefire runaway hit on the horizon. Beginning in April next year, the Haymarket will be home to the Samuel Beckett classic Waiting for Godot, starring stage and screen legends Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellan as the tramps Vladimir and Estragon.Godot will settle at the Haymarket after an eight week UK tour and will play from 30 April to 28 June 2009, opening on 6 May. In ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Nicest (Newest) Kids in Town]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/147/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today the musical phenomenon Hairspray welcomes some new faces into its cast. The role of spiteful mother and daughter Velma and Amber von Tussle will now be played by Liz Robertson and Zoe Rainey, and young Inez will be played by sixteen year old newcomer Raquel Jones.Robertson is a veteran of musical theatre, having appeared in The Phantom of the Opera and a number of West End premieres as well as frequent roles on Broadway. Zoe Rainey was recently seen in the Donmar Warehouse&rsquo;s 2007 rev...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Julie Atherton moves back to Avenue Q]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/146/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fan favourite Julie Atherton will be reprising her hilarious turn as Kate Monster and Lucy in the hilarious cult comedy musical Avenue Q. Atherton returns to the show a year to the day after she left on Monday 1 December 2008 and her news of her return came only days after it was announced that Avenue Q is to close at the end of its current booking period. Julie was replaced by Rebecca Lock, and went on to feature in her fifth Notes From New York concert at the Lyric Theatre in July this year an...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ken Stott returns to West End after Carnage triumph]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/145/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ken Stott is to return to the West End only six months after his last success. The star of Rebus and Messiah was last seen on the London stage in Yasmina Reza&rsquo;s sell-out comedy triumph God of Carnage at the Gielgud Theatre alongside fellow big names Janet McTeer, Tamsin GreigAnd Ralph Fiennes. Unanimously praised by critics, God of Carnage has been one of the greatest West End successes of 2008.Stott will be appearing in A View From the Bridge at the Duke of York&rsquo;s Theatre, previews ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[McAvoy makes West End debut in Three Days of Rain]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/144/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[James McAvoy will be making his West End debut in Richard Greenberg&rsquo;s acclaimed play Three Days of Rain with performances beginning at Shaftesbury Avenue&rsquo;s Apollo Theatre on 30 January 2009. The star of such hit films as Last King of Scotland, Atonement and, more recently, Wanted with Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie has previously appeared on other London stages at the Donmar Warehouse in Pirates on Parade, Out in the Open at the Hampstead Theatre and in Breathing Corpses at the Ro...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Michael Ball: Big, Blonde and Beautiful till April 2009]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/143/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Good news for Hairspray fans: producers announced this week that Michael Ball has renewed his contract and is to remain in the role of Edna Turnblad until 25th April 2009.A musical theatre legend, Ball won the Best Actor title at the 2008 Olivier awards for his hilarious portrayal of busty Edna which was surprisingly his first Olivier in a long and varied career. Beginning in rep at Basingstoke, Ball got his big breaks in Pirates of Penzance at the Manchester Opera House in 1984 and, more import...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dancing in the round at the Old Vic]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/142/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rumours that the Old Vic will retain its in the round structure after the enormous success currently being enjoyed by Alan Ayckbourn&rsquo;s trilogy The Norman Conquests have been confirmed as new shows are announced for 2009. Next year&rsquo;s shows will include an as yet unnamed play written by Hollywood actor and current Old Vic artistic director Kevin Spacey and a revival of Brian Friel&rsquo;s Dancing at Lughnasa, both of which will be staged in the round.Dancing at Lughnasa was first stage...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[One Short Day: Wicked Day 2008]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/141/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[ London&rsquo;s third annual Wicked day on Sunday 26 October promises to be its happiest yet. Wicked Day is a family fun day held in the run up to Halloween in every city where Wicked is playing and is an opportunity to celebrate everything Wicked and help out a local cause too. London&rsquo;s Wicked Day 2008 in aid of Thrive arrives as the show celebrates its enormous success at home and away. As Wicked entered its third year, producers announced that business is up week on week from 2007 and h...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Calendar Girls to replace Avenue Q at the Noel Coward]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/140/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The controversial comedy musical Avenue Q has sadly posted its closing notice after three years at St Martins Lane&rsquo;s Noel Coward Theatre, with its last performance to be Saturday 28 March 2009. While thousands of fans of this cult hit devastated to see it go, its replacement at the Noel Coward will be the hotly anticipated West End transfer of Chichester Festival Theatre&rsquo;s summer hit Calendar Girls. With its impressive cast including Lynda Bellingham, Patricia Hodge, Gaynor Faye, Bri...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Little Mermaid: The Musical]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/139/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;The musical adaptation of Disney&rsquo;s The Little Mermaid has become a huge family favourite on Broadway and to date, it is the only Disney Theatrical production not to cross the Atlantic. Overshadowed by the turbulent arrival of Legally Blonde the Musical, the coming of The Little Mermaid has slipped under the rumour mill radar. So what is happening?Disney Theatrical&rsquo;s The Little Mermaid sold out every performance of its six-week tryout period at Denver&rsquo;s Ellie Caulkins Oper...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunday openings for West End theatres?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/138/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[
Actors&rsquo; union Equity has backed a scheme proposed by the Society of London Theatre regarding Sunday openings for theatres in the West End. Proposals had originally been made sixteen months ago, with the Society looking to cash in on entire weekends with the ever increasing popularity of musicals and well-publicised productions in London, thanks in no small part to the recent wave of reality TV talent searches as well as marketing through social networking sites such as Facebook and Myspa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lee Mead as Billy?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/137/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Although Lee Mead has made no announcement in regard to his post-Joseph plans, this week he appeared in a workshop performance of Billy, the musical based on the 1959 novel Billy Liar. Originally staged at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1974, Billy starred Michael Crawford in the title role and Elaine Paige in one of her earliest West End successes. The impressive workshop cast also included Auf Wiedersehen Pet&rsquo;s Tim Healy and his wife, Coronation Street and Waterloo Road star Denise Welc...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Never Forget cancels Lyric transfer]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/135/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Producers of the hit Take That musical Never Forget has announced that it will close after its time at the Savoy comes to an end in November. The show had planned to transfer to Shaftesbury Avenue&rsquo;s Lyric Theatre in time for Christmas but plans to downsize for the smaller stage at the Lyric have been shelved in order to &lsquo;protect the integrity of the production in its current format&rsquo;.Never Forget will instead embark on yet another UK tour (after two hugely successful outings) an...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Legally Blonde the Musical: still coming to London?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.uktickets.co.uk/news/134/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Legally Blonde: The Musical has been hotly anticipated in London since its San Francisco tryouts in early in 2007. There was never any doubt the planned Broadway transfer would go ahead and despite opening to mixed reviews at New York&rsquo;s Palace Theatre last April, tickets for Legally Blonde: The Musical became must-haves for teenagers in the tri-state area and tourists visiting the Big Apple.
This year, however, one of Broadway&rsquo;s hottest shows dramatically announced its early closure...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kylie: the Musical?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pint sized showgirl Kylie Minogue is rumoured to be writing a West End musical based on her greatest hits. The petite star has apparently paired up with fellow Australian, novelist and journalist Kathy Lette, to put the project together. Kathy has said, &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll weave all her hits together into a great storyline. Kylie never does anything naff. She&rsquo;s got a finely tuned c**p antenna and we don&rsquo;t suffer from an irony deficiency.&rdquo; Throwing herself about in tiny gold hot ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Spooky spectres are not only to be found in graveyards and Granny&rsquo;s house; London&rsquo;s West End has enjoyed almost four hundred years of colourful theatrical history and has been left with many things going bump in the night in some of the world&rsquo;s most famous theatres. Most, if not all of the theatres in the in the West end have had reports of haunted happenings, some pleasant and some unpleasant, some funny and others downright scary. Here&rsquo;s a rundown of the top ten most ha...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Priscilla takes the Palace]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Australian smash hit musical has flounced its way into London, and performances will begin at the Palace Theatre on 10 March 2009. The cast includes pop heart-throb, recent I&rsquo;m a Celebrity star and Neighbours legend Jason Donovan in a starring role as drag queen Mitzi del Bra. Australian stage actor Tony Sheldon, who played Bernadette in the original Sydney cast will reprise his role at the Palace.With its heady mix of comedy, drama, emotion and a soundtrack of such camp classics as I&...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Zac Efron to don West End Dreamcoat?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Star of Hairspray and the phenomenal High School Musical movies Zac Efron is rumoured to be taking over from Lee Mead in the Adelphi theatre&rsquo;s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.Reported in the Mirror, a &lsquo;source&rsquo; close to Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed that the legendary composer is in talks with Efron, who is apparently very keen to tread the boards in London&rsquo;s famous West End. Lee Mead has been playing the title role in Joseph since performanc...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kelly Brook debuts in Fat Pig]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[FHM&rsquo;s Sexiest Woman of 2005 Kelly Brook is to make her West End debut in Neil LaBute&rsquo;s comedy Fat Pig.Although she is best known as a model and presenter, Brook studied for three years at the Italia Conti stage school and made her professional acting debut in the thriller Sorted in 2000, only a year after she was launched to national fame presenting the Big Breakfast with Johnny Vaughan.As well as frequent presenting jobs for ITV and MTV, Brook has also enjoyed a number of acting rol...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[From this evening, The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty&rsquo;s Theatre will introduce a number of new faces after a major cast change.Audience favourite Ramin Karimloo is scheduled to stay in the title role for another year, while Gina Beck and Simon Bailey join as Christine and Raoul. West End veterans Barry James and Gareth Snook will be playing Monsieurs Firmin and Andre, while Rohan Tickell returns to play Piangi, a role he has previously played in Phantom&rsquo;s West End and Melbourne ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jodie Prenger debuts in Les Mis]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;d Do Anything winner Jodie Prenger is clearly keen to impress for when she hits the stage as the star of Oliver! at Drury Lane in December. After enrolling in a Shakespeare summer school at London&rsquo;s prestigious RADA, Jodie is now stepping into another Cameron Mackintosh production, Les Mis&eacute;rables at the Queens Theatre in order to put her newly honed talents to the test.Jodie was one of the least experienced of auditionees during the BBC&rsquo;s talent search earlier this mon...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[London wakes up to Spring Awakening]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Spring Awakening, the hugely popular rock music which swept the board at the 2007 Tony awards is at last getting its London debut. Hotly anticipated over here since its off-Broadway inception, Spring Awakening will play a strictly limited season at the Lyric Hammersmith in January and February next year ahead of a definite West End transfer.
No venues or dates have been set as yet, but there&rsquo;s no doubt Spring Awakening will be one of next year&rsquo;s big hits, so&nbsp;watch this space an...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hairspray: The School Musical]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This autumn, Sky One will broadcast Hairspray: The School Musical, an eight part series following the process of staging the international smash hit musical Hairspray in a school. Denise Van Outen presents as students from Kingsmead Comprehensive in Enfield try out and get cast in what will be the show&rsquo;s first amateur production. The &lsquo;nicest kids in town&rsquo; (who include a girl unfortunately named Bronte) are helped along with the expertise of Any Dream Will Do judge Zoe Tyler, St...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fat Pig transfers to Comedy]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Neil LaBute&rsquo;s comedy play Fat Pig will continue at Panton Street&rsquo;s Comedy Theatre after its closure at the Trafalgar Studios on 6 September.Comedian and star of Peep Show Robert Webb and My Family&rsquo;s Kris Marshall are still to leave the cast, while Ella Smith and Joanna Page will continue as Helen and Jeannie at the Comedy. The leading role of Tom will be taken over by Nicholas Burns, star of Benidorm, Nathan Barley and Fear of Fanny, while his overbearing colleague Carter will ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[We Will Rock You breaks free to rock Britain]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The smash hit Queen and Ben Elton musical We Will&nbsp;Rock You&nbsp;is going to tour the UK in 2009. Although most dates and venues have been drummed up by rumour and speculation, the show is now definitely booking at the Sunderland Empire for June 2009. Previously announced dates for Bristol later next year appear to have been withdrawn.
The touring production will have no bearing on the show&rsquo;s triumphant run at the West End&rsquo;s Dominion Theatre, which is currently booking well beyo...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Never Forget relights its fire at the Lyric]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Take That musical Never Forget has found a new West End home at Shaftesbury Avenue&rsquo;s Lyric theatre. Last month the show announced that its run at the Savoy would be coming to an end on 15 November this year but maintained that Never Forget itself would not be finishing.Never Forget has enjoyed great success in the West End after a triumphant UK tour and saw its 100th performance at the Savoy on 1 August this year. The feel-good story of friendship and ambition combined with the hits of Tak...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Legally Blonde gets Scary]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Scary Spice Melanie Brown is in talks with producers after being offered the role of Paulette in the Broadway production of Legally Blonde.Talking to American celebrity mag People, Mel has revealed that she is in talks with casting agents and is taking the offer so seriously, she may even cast aside plans for Project Runway and a sitcom she has been writing with husband Stephen Belafonte.This would not be Mel&rsquo;s first foray into musical theatre; she played the role of junkie Mimi in the Bro...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Much Ado About Nancy]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;d Do Anything&rsquo;s winner Jodie Prenger has revealed that she is taking Shakespeare classes at RADA.Eager to impress in her upcoming West End role, Jodie has been exploring speech and emotion through the work of the Bard at Britain&rsquo;s most prestigious drama school. Talking to What&rsquo;s On Stage, Jodie said, &ldquo;Singing live on Saturday night TV in front of millions of people was not nearly as scary as tackling Shakespeare at RADA.&rdquo;Certainly, the playing&nbsp; Nancy is...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Zorro: leaving a mark on Jack and Nicci]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 15 July, UK Tickets&rsquo; Jack and Nicci attended the glitzy premiere of new musical Zorro at the Garrick on Charing Cross Road. Not knowing what to expect at all, Zorro is the best surprise we&rsquo;ve had in a long time. Tight, slick and well rehearsed, Zorro at the Garrick is a lively, energetic and uplifting story with comedy, romance, fantastic music and of plenty rope-swinging, sword-brandishing derring-do.
A huge surprise was the equally high standard of acting, singing and d...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mamma Mia! The Movie: the UK Tickets verdict]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Friday&nbsp;27 June,&nbsp;UK Tickets attended a sneak preview screening of the hotly anticipated Mamma Mia! The Movie, and it&rsquo;s every bit as energetic and feel-good as the smash hit musical, which has been seen by over 30 million people worldwide.On the surface, the movie is a faithful adaptation of the stage show, but this is possibly due to the storyline&rsquo;s natural flow easily papering over any obvious differences. In fact, the movie flows so well, I found myself forgetting where...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Never Forget on the move after Savoy run]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[One of this year&rsquo;s biggest musical successes, Never Forget, will not be extending its run at the Savoy after 15 November 2008, it has been announced. However, this is only to make way for Kim Poster&rsquo;s new production of Carousel, performances of which begin on 21 November 2009 after a pre-West End UK tour.
Never Forget has not yet announced a new venue, but the overwhelming reaction to the show has meant that it is looking for a similar sized venue to the 1,158 seater Savoy. Producer...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IDA's Rachel lands a Meaty role]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;d Do Anything&rsquo;s Rachel Tucker has been lined up to play one of the West End&rsquo;s best loved characters, We Will Rock You&rsquo;s feisty rebel Meat.
Belfast girl Rachel was the ninth Nancy to be voted off the show by the public, narrowly losing a place in the final to Samantha. Rachel, 26, is a seasoned musical theatre performer having worked extensively at the Belfast&rsquo;s Lyric theatre and has appeared in a number of touring productions in the UK, including Tommy alongside ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fantastic summer availability for top shows...]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[While the movie looks set to become one of this summer&rsquo;s biggest blockbusters, Mamma Mia! is still the world&rsquo;s number one musical with more productions playing worldwide than any other show. We have some excellent availability this summer why not get yourself down to the Prince of Wales Theatre to see the phenomenon live? Seats are selling fast, so click here to make sure you get yours.
Dirty Dancing has proven to be one of the biggest successes in London theatre history, with the h...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[George Sampson to star in Into The Hoods this summer]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Britain&rsquo;s Got Talent winner George Sampson will be taking on one of the lead roles in the Zoonation dance spectacular Into the Hoods at the Novello Theatre from 4 August.George has recently finished a whirlwind tour of the UK with his fellow Britain&rsquo;s Got Talent contestants, and along with his hugely popular routines every night on BGT, the 15 year old is well used to performing to large audiences. Into The Hoods, an urban update of the Sondheim classic Into The Woods, contains music...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Summer's here!]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[So, the holidays are almost upon us and UK Tickets have plenty of fantastic opportunities for things to do in and around the West End this summer.
The spectacular The Lion King is our Show of the Summer and there is no booking fee on any Lion King tickets for any performance from now until 31 August, so take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to see one of the West End&rsquo;s most enduring and popular shows at fantastic prices by clicking here.
Disney Channel sensation High School Musica...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brokeback Mountain: The Opera confirmed]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After months of speculation, it has been announced that an operatic adaptation of Annie Proulx&rsquo;s story and Ang Lee&rsquo;s subsequent movie Brokeback Mountain will go ahead. The New York City Opera have commissioned Pulitzer Prize winning composer Charles Wuorinen to create the piece. In a statement released by the NYCO, Wuorinen said. &ldquo;Ever since encountering Annie Proulx&rsquo;s extraordinary story I have wanted to make an opera on it, and it gives me great joy that Gerard Mortier ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sister Act... looking to London for salvation?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[There has been much speculation on both sides of the pond as to the fate of Sister Act: The Musical. Opening in Pasadena, California in October 2006 for a limited run, the closing date was pushed back a month to December to accommodate a huge demand for tickets, but its subsequent transfer to Atlanta, Georgia failed to prove as popular and the show closed in February 2007 after only four weeks with no planned future dates. Its abrupt and mysterious demise meant that its planned Broadway transfer...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Priscilla, Queen of the Palace]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s not just American movie adaptations that will be taking over the West End soon; Australian cult classic Priscilla: Queen of the Desert will be opening at the Palace Theatre in March. Currently in the casting process for its London residency, the flamboyant Priscilla is also going through a minor rewrite, just clear any &lsquo;strine&rsquo; slang that might be lost on a British audience.
Priscilla will replace Monty Python&rsquo;s Spamalot which closes in January prior to a UK tour in...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Musical Called Wanda?]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Legendary British comedian John Cleese is working on a musical version of his hit 1988 film A Fish Called Wanda. Working with his 24 year old daughter Camilla, Cleese has said, "We've knocked the story into shape and we're going to try a few lyrics and if it turns out we are no good, which is what I expect, we'll get a lyricist in. Right now, we are just working on the story and trying to figure out where all the songs should go."]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sanjeev Bhaskar is new King Arthur]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On June 23, Sanjeev Bhaskar will take on the role of King Arthur in Monty Python&rsquo;s Spamalot at the Palace. The writer and star of Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No. 42 will be taking over from Alan Dale of Ugly Betty and The O.C. (and of course, we all remember him as Jim Robinson in Neighbours). Sanjeev joins a list of star names who have taken on the role in London that has also included Tim Curry, Simon Russell Beale and Peter Davison.
Monty Python&rsquo;s Spamalot has announce...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Losing out to Leona Lewis in the X Factor final hasn't dented Ray Quinn's confidence and the chirpy chappy has returned to the limelight starring as Doody in the musical Grease.
Ray already has a number 1 album to his name but is looking to demonstrate his talents extend to the stage.
He'll be appearing at the Piccadilly Theatre from 16th June onwards.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blackpool's Jodie Prenger wins lead in Oliver!]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After 3 months of battling it out on stage in front of millions in BBC&rsquo;s I&rsquo;d Do Anything Jodie Prenger has been voted into the lead role of Nancy in the musical Oliver!Jodie will appear alongside Rowan Atkinson as Fagin and fellow winners Harry Stott, Gwion Jones and Laurence Jeffcoate who will share the role of Oliver himself having been selected by the celebrity judging panel.Jodie, with a huge fan base in her home town of Blackpool, triumphed against other Nancy hopeful Jessie in ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Thursday 14th February, Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story On Stage played host to Refuge, a charity providing emergency accommodation to women and children who suffer from domestic abuse. The charity, which provides counselling and emotional support, was shown enormous support as the Aldwych Theatre packed in over 1,100 willing and excited theatregoers, with tickets for the event selling for almost twice their usual cost.
The gala evening was hosted by Sheryl Gascoigne and her daughter Bianca...]]></description>
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