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Dillon and Evans to Lead Ghost the Musical
Ghost the Musical will get two new leading cast members in the New Year when Siobhan Dillon and Mark Evans take over from Caissie Levy and Richard Fleeshman as ‘Molly’ and ‘Sam’ They will join Sharon D Clarke Oda Mae Brown and Andrew Langtree Carl who continue to play ...
Joe McElderry Joins The Nutcracker at the O2 Arena
The X Factor winner Joe McElderry will introduce performances of The Nutcracker at the O Arena with songs from his latest album Classic Christmas McElderry rose to fame after winning the sixth series of the ITV talent show after being mentored by fellow Geordie Cheryl Cole He returned to the ...
Matilda Opens to Excellent Reviews
Matilda the Musical has opened at the Cambridge Theatre to four and five star reviews The official first night was on Thursday th November after a month of preview performances The hilarious show - with music by comedian Tim Minchin - is based on Roald Dahl’s best-selling children’s story It ...
The Mousetrap Celebrates 60 Years in the West End!
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap celebrates its th West End anniversary today at the St Martin’s Theatre the home to the show since The th year sign will be illuminated tonight outside the venue as Theatreland pays tribute to the record-breaking whodunit To mark the milestone a new production with an ...
A Fish Called Wanda the Musical Moves Closer
A musical adaptation of the hit crime-comedy film A Fish Called Wanda has moved closer to production with John Cleese revealing that he has done a deal for the rights with MGM and will be meeting a producer in New York in December after years of wrangling with the Hollywood ...
RSC Coming to the Noel Coward Theatre
The RSC will bring two productions to the Noel Coward Theatre next summer as part of the World Shakespeare Festival the event which is running between April and November as part the Cultural Olympiad Gregory Doran’s Julius Caesar and Iqbal Khan’s Much Ado About Nothing will play back-to-back runs at ...
Great Night for Sheridan Smith at Evening Standard Awards
The th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards were held at the weekend with the winners announced at a glamorous ceremony at the Savoy Hotel Sheridan Smith picked up the Best Actress Prize for her performances in Terence Rattigan’s Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket adding to the Olivier and ...
Starlight Express to Roll Again in 2012?
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express looks likely to roll again in with a new UK tour produced by Bill Kenwright Ltd The West End musical played over performances at the Apollo Victoria Theatre between and By the end of its run it had been seen by eight million people and ...
West End Protests Against Parking Charges
Proposals to introduce new evening and weekend parking charges in the West End have caused uproar this week with many public figures including Andrew Lloyd Webber and London Mayor Boris Johnson speaking out against Westminster Council’s plans From Monday th January free parking on single yellow lines between pm and ...
Stomp Celebrates 20 Amazing Years
The multi-award winning Stomp celebrated its th birthday this week with a public performance in London's Covent Garden It also held a special anniversary performance at the Ambassadors Theatre the show’s West End home since where several well-known faces from the world of comedy took part in a specially choreographed ...
