London Theatre News and Reviews

The new London cast for MAMMA MIA! at the Prince of Wales Theatre has been announced. The cast will be headed by Sally Ann Triplett as ‘Donna Sheridan’, with Katy Secombe as ‘Rosie’ and Jane Gurnett as ‘Tanya’. Norman Bowman will play ‘Sam Carmichael’, Paul Ryan ‘Harry Bright’, Christopher Hollis ‘Bill Austin’, Niamh Perry ‘Sophie Sheridan’, Oliver Hembrough ‘Sky’, [...]

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is the next Hot thing! It will be coming to London’s West End later this year, but this theatre-lover will have a hard time waiting.

There was a Meet & Greet at the beautiful Novello Theatre tonight (17th June 2009) where those in the trade had the privilege to hear some videotaped words from [...]

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Inspired by the albums, Bill Kenwright and Laurie Mansfield in association with Universal Music present Dreamboats and Petticoats The Musical, written by Marks and Gran, the team behind Goodnight Sweetheart, Birds Of A Feather, and Shine On Harvey Moon, will give you the greatest time of your life – taking you back to a time when each passing week [...]

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Too Close To The Sun is a dramatic new musical, making its world premiere this summer.

Author and Nobel Prize-winner Ernest Hemingway, battling the rigours old age, takes solace in the company of his young secretary. His wife, tolerating this liaison so as not to lose him, is unaware that the secretary has a secret agenda – to become wife [...]

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Arts Council is pleased to announce that it is investing in the infrastructure and grassroots of musical theatre, most recently with an award of £188,860 to producers Perfect Pitch Musicals.

Musical theatre is one of the most popular artforms and contributes significantly to the UK economy in terms of employment, tourism and tax revenues, but very little support from the [...]

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TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN, a dramatic new musical of a fictional account of the last days in the life of Ernest Hemingway, has its World Premiere in London’s West End this summer, opening at THE COMEDY THEATRE on Thursday 16 July for a strictly limited 8 week season (Press night: Friday 24 July).

Cast: HELEN DALLIMORE has just returned [...]

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Ella Hickson’s ‘Eight’ swept the board at the Edinburgh Festival in 2008. An underground hit, propagated by sensational word-of-mouth, it went on to garner excellent reviews and win the three top awards at the world’s largest arts festival.

This thumpingly British show went stateside in January 2009 where it achieved huge critical acclaim and a sell-out run in New York’s [...]

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A new cast has been announced and will take over in Calendar Girls, at the Noel Coward Theatre from 28 July to 17 Oct 2009.

Gemma Atkinson (Elaine), Jill Baker (Annie), EastEnders’ June Brown (Jessie), Richenda Carey (Marie), Sara Crowe (Ruth), Anita Dobson (Chris), Jill Halfpenny (Cora), Jerry Hall (Celia). Jack Ryder will play the photographer Lawrence.

Due to overwhelming demand, [...]

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Due to overwhelming demand, Calendar Girls season has been extended and the production will now run at the Noël Coward Theatre until 10 January 2010.

A group of extraordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire WI, spark a global phenomenon by persuading one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference! As interest snowballs, the CALENDAR GIRLS find themselves [...]

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Written by the legendary Willy Russell, BLOOD BROTHERS tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with tragic consequences. The incredible score includes Bright New Day, Marilyn Monroe and the emotionally charged hit Tell Me It’s Not True. Hailed as one of the [...]

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