UK Live Entertainment News - West End
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Noises Off Will Transfer to the Novello Theatre
Michael Frayn's award-winning comedy Noises Off will transfer to the Novello Theatre in March following the end of its triumphant run at The Old Vic where it recently set box office records on the way to becoming the highest grossing show in the Company's history Lindsay Posner’s production has received ...
Noel Sullivan to Join Cast of We Will Rock You
Noel Sullivan will join the cast of We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre next month replacing Alex Gaumond in the leading role of ‘Galileo’ Sullivan has been playing the same part on the We Will Rock You UK Tour winning praise for his high standard of performance Although ...
Full Casting Announced for Abigail’s Party
The full casting for Lindsay Posner’s production of Abigail’s Party at the Menier Chocolate Factory has been confirmed Natalie Casey Angela Susannah Harker Susan Andy Nyman Laurence and Joe Absolom Tony will join Jill Halfpenny Beverly in the new revival of Mike Leigh’s hilarious s social comedy The show opens ...
Legally Blonde the Musical to Close in April!
Legally Blonde the Musical has posted closing notices at the Savoy Theatre and will have its last performance on Saturday th April when the contracts of the principle actors finish The production which had been booking until October opened in December with Sheridan Smith winning universal acclaim for her outstanding ...
Crazy for You Posts Closing Notices
The Open Air Theatre production of Crazy for You which transferred to the Novello Theatre in October after a successful summer season in Regent’s Park has posted closing notices and will now play its last performance on Saturday th March The show has received excellent and star reviews but like ...
National Theatre Dominates Critics’ Circle Awards
The National Theatre picked up more than half of the honours at yesterday’s Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards - winning in five out of nine categories for its productions including ‘Best New Play’ for Richard Bean’s hilarious comedy One Man Two Guvnors and ‘Best Musical’ for Alecky Blythe’s gritty tale of ...
Russell Grant Waltzes into Oz
Top astrologer and Strictly Come Dancing star Russell Grant will replace Michael Crawford as ‘The Wizard’ in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of The Wizard of Oz The West End announcement confirms rumours which were circulating last week after Sophie Evans the Over the Rainbow runner-up who has been understudying Danielle ...
Billy Elliot Star Kaine Ward Chats to UK Tickets
Kaine Ward is the latest of Billy Elliot’s that have performed in the West End and in nd countries around the world It took five months of auditions to get him here but now he looks like he’s not stopped smiling since his first performance just before Christmas Our UK ...
Sophie Evans Gets the Ruby Slippers!
Sophie Evans will take over the role of ‘Dorothy’ from Danielle Hope in The Wizard of Oz when the Over the Rainbow winner steps down from the hit musical next month Evans who is currently understudying the role at the London Palladium used her Twitter account to reveal that she ...
A Night with The Ladykillers at the Gielgud Theatre
Graham Linehan’s The Ladykillers recently announced an extension to its booking period at the Gielgud Theatre following record box office takings over Christmas and New Year The play based on the darkly humorous film made by the Ealing Studios in was adapted for stage by the Father Ted co-creator and ...
