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Handel’s Messiah: The Live Experience at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on 6 Dec 2022 will launch a new style classical music concert experience centred on the most famous works ever written. With world-class musicians and innovative and imaginative lighting design, visual effects, choreography and staging, the event promises to immerse audiences in a powerful... Continue Reading →
With a full theatrical dining experience like no other, The Theatre Cafe Diner will have its hotly anticipated public opening on Saturday 8 October 2022 at 12pm. Its highly trained singing waiting team is warmed up, the classic diner food is cooked to perfection and the wide selection of hot and cold drinks, alcoholic beverages,... Continue Reading →
A new quintet of cast members will soon become the newest wives of Henry VIII in hit West Endmusical, SIX, as the show extends its run at the Vaudeville Theatre with tickets now on sale up to October 2023. Joining the principal line-up are Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky as Catherine of Aragon, Baylie Carson as Anne Boleyn... Continue Reading →
Do you know the story of Diana? Probably. But do you know our story of Diana? We very much doubt it. A brand-new show that brings all the queer chaos people have come to expect from Awkward Productions and Linus Karp, Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story will tour the UK from this November. Combining... Continue Reading →
Following the spectacular success of the 2019 UK concert premiere of DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, its stars Ramin Karimloo and Celinde Schoenmaker will reprise their roles in DOCTOR ZHIVAGO – IN CONCERT at the London Palladium for one-night-only on Sunday 7 May 2023. Full casting will be announced at a later date. Based on the Nobel Prize-winning... Continue Reading →
Next month marks ten years since Kinky Boots made its debut at Chicago’s Bank of America Theatre. To celebrate this milestone Ipswich’s New Wolsey Theatre and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch have co-produced a regional revival of the award-winning musical, which is hugely entertaining from start to finish. Based on the 2005 film, which in turn was based... Continue Reading →
Nadine Higgin stars as Alma in the forthcoming production of Yellowman, which opens at the Orange Tree Theatre next month. I spoke with Nadine to find out more about her latest play. How did you get into theatre?I grew up going to the theatre a lot. My mum used to go all the time and... Continue Reading →
As the saying goes, the show must go on, and thankfully that’s been the case for the Mercury Theatre’s production of Alice in Wonderland. Originally due to open for previews on 29th July, the show was thrown into disarray last week when original Alice, Ruby Ablett, tested positive for Covid-19 and the first few previews... Continue Reading →
A series of best-selling series of books and an equally popular television show, tHorrible Histories is taking over London this summer. Not only has creator Terry Deary along with the Birmingham Stage Company commandeered the Thames with a boat cruise, they’ve also made the Garrick Theatre their home this summer for live show Horrible Histories... Continue Reading →
Step right up to Oscar Wilde’s uproarious vaudeville spectacular The Canterville Ghost which is coming to haunt and delight audiences at the Southwark Playhouse this autumn, as part of a wider UK Tour. The gloriously ghoulish show, directed by Olivia Jacobs, is part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the award-winning theatre company Tall Stories.... Continue Reading →
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