UK Live Entertainment News - Aldwych Theatre
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Top Hat Musical to Make West End Transfer
Top Hat the musical based on the hit Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie of the same title will move to the Aldwych Theatre in April starring Summer Strallen Love Never Dies and Tom Chambers The winner of Strictly Come Dancing The production is currently finishing a week national tour ...
Cool Hand Luke First Night Reviews
Prison drama Cool Hand Luke has opened at the Aldwych Theatre The new stage adaptation stars Marc Warren Hustle Mad Dogs in the role of the charismatic rebel who was made famous on screen by Paul Newman Ex-Coronation Street tough-guy Lee Boardman plays fellow convict ‘Dragline’ The play is based ...
Hustle Star Plays it Cool
Hustle star Marc Warren will return to the West End in a new stage adaptation of Cool Hand Luke based on the novel by Donn Pearce and the famous Paul Newman movie The show which has been created for the stage by Emma Reeves will open at the Aldwych Theatre ...
Strictly Ballroom to Premiere in Sydney
The stage musical version of Strictly Ballroom will receive its world premiere in Sydney according to reports on BroadwayWorld com following an announcement by the show’s creator Baz Luhrmann and his fellow Australian producers As revealed last October Global Creatures and Bazmark the multimedia company founded by Luhrmann and Catherine ...
Matilda to Open in the Autumn
In one of the West End's worst kept secrets hit children's musical Matilda will transfer to the West End this autumn Although the venue for the production has not yet been confirmed the Aldwych Theatre has been strongly tipped after Dirty Dancing announced its closure prior to a national tour ...
Matilda to Open at Aldwych Theatre?
Will the Royal Shakespeare Company's RSC's production of Matilda make a West End transfer this summer and replace Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych Theatre Rumours suggest that the hilarious show - with music and lyrics by Australian composer and comedian Tim Minchin - could be set to open following rave ...
Dirty Dancing Announces London Closure
Dirty Dancing has posted closing notices at the Aldwych Theatre The popular show which opened more than four years ago in October and became the longest running show in the history of the venue has revealed performances will cease after July before embarking on a National Tour Producers Excited by ...
Charlie Bruce Takes Dirty Dancing Lead
Dancing champion Charlie Bruce has hot-footed it into the leading role of Frances 'Baby' Houseman in Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych Theatre this week Bruce the winner of BBC's So You Think You Can Dance has been playing the character of 'Gina' in the show since the summer and ...
UKTickets Review: Dirty Dancing
After seeing the fantastic Burn the Floor last month at the Shaftesbury Theatre UKTickets felt the need this week for another fix of dance-floor fever It’s hard to believe that Dirty Dancing is coming up to four years at the Aldwych theatre With new cast members recently added including X-Factor ...
Quinn heads to the Aldwych
Pop star turned TV star turned West End regular Ray Quinn will join the cast of Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych Theatre from the July – November Ray QuinnIt’s hard to believe that Quinn first became a household name on the X-Factor up against the incredibly talented Leona Lewis Although ...
