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Due to popular demand, the Barn Theatre have today announced that the world debut production of the British song cycle Now or Never will return for a three week on-demand digital run from 15 April – 9 May 2021. This song cycle, which first debuted as a livestream from the Barn Theatre on the 1st... Continue Reading →
After a successful run in December, the amazing Sunday Soul concert series will return to Chiswick Playhouse as part of the already announced Recharged Festival. Sunday Soul see musical theatre stars dig deep and explore music that feeds the soul in these intimate gigs. Performers include Ellie Clayton, Ahmed Hamad, Shanay Holmes, Steph Parry, Sharon... Continue Reading →
The London Climate Change Festival is delighted to announce Song For Nature, a specially created concert to raise awareness of Climate Change. Song For Nature was filmed over three days on stage at the London Coliseum, and all around this iconic building. It will be free for everyone to watch on Sky Arts on Earth... Continue Reading →
After a critically acclaimed run at Southwark Playhouse last year and a highly successful worldwide stream with stream.theatre, Jason Robert Brown’s Drama Desk Award-winning musical, The Last Five Years, will play a limited season at the Vaudeville Theatre, previewing from 17 September, with an opening night on 23 September and running until 13 October 2021.... Continue Reading →
Michael Harrison and the Really Useful Group are delighted to announce that Alexandra Burke will return to the West End this summer in the new production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, as Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s legendary musical gets ready for a strictly limited season at the iconic London Palladium. The... Continue Reading →
Following an acclaimed digital debut at Southwark Playhouse, Public Domain, a thrilling, new musical, composed entirely from the real-life words of YouTube vloggers, Instagram influencers, Facebook’s tech giants, and everyday internet users now has its live world premiere in the West End. Written and performed by the hugely talented Francesca Forristal (Oddball) and Jordan Paul... Continue Reading →
New musical production company Perfect Pitch and worldwide theatrical licensing house Broadway Licensing have today announced a new partnership that will see the commission, development, production and licensing of four new British musicals, as 7 existing Perfect Pitch titles join the Broadway Licensing catalogue. Perfect Pitch founders Wendy & Andy Barnes, who are also producers... Continue Reading →
The producers of the first new production in 25 years of Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey’s iconic musical GREASE, have been working hard to reschedule the 2021 dates of the UK tour. The musical was due to tour in 2020 but had to be postponed due to COVID-19. Directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by... Continue Reading →
The trailer has been released for a new online version of the cult West End MusicalEUROBEAT – The Pride of Europe. This irreverent, hilarious homage and celebration of the world’s best loved song contest will be filmed at The Clapham Grand and streamed globally from 30 April – 10 May 2021 on Stream.Theatre. Viewers will be asked to vote online... Continue Reading →
Over the past year the Barn Theatre has been bringing audiences innovative digital productions, streaming the likes of Peter Pan, the incredible What A Carve Up! and A Picture of Dorian Gray (co-produced with Lawrence Batley Theatre, New Wolsey Theatre, Oxford Playhouse and Theatr Clwyd) and the Bandersnatch-esque The Secret Society of Leading Ladies. And... Continue Reading →
