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Opening Night: Love Never Dies Press Reviews!

10. March 2010

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Opening Night: Love Never Dies Press Reviews!

© Catherine Ashmore[/caption] With the official opening night of Love Never Dies having taken place last night, 9 March 2010, it is what everyone is talking about.  There are mixed reviews of Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s newest show some finding it weak in plot and perhaps a bit gloomy but one certainly can’t fault the music, the effort of [...]

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Wicked The Musical Press Reviews

Fri, Jan 1, 2010

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Wicked The Musical Press Reviews

“…This is a truly eccentric affair but it comes to us laden with Broadway awards. To judge from the way the first-night audience was cheering as at a rock concert from the outset, I suspect it may, like The Lion King, prove triumphant over here for its sheer spectacle… The book by Winnie Holzman, and the production by Joe [...]

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Emma Edgeley: The Phantom of The Opera Review!

Fri, Jan 1, 2010

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Emma Edgeley: The Phantom of The Opera Review!

To most of us The Phantom of the Opera is synonymous with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s phenomenally successful operetta. It may then come as a bit of a surprise to learn that Ken Hill’s original 1976 version of Gaston Leroux’s chilling roman à clef, actually spearheaded the way for the Lloyd Webber hit.

However, Hill’s Phantom couldn’t be stylistically further apart [...]

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The White Guard will start at Lyttleton from 15th of March

Fri, Jan 1, 2010

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The White Guard will start at Lyttleton from 15th of March

The National stages Andrew Upton’s vigorous new version of Mikhail Bulgakov’s rarely performed masterpiece, unrivalled in its depiction of the near-farcical mayhem of civil war across a vast and vivid canvas.
In Kiev during the Russian Civil War, the Turbin household is sanctuary to a ragtag, close-knit crowd presided over by the beautiful Lena. As her brothers prepare to fight [...]

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The Caretaker by Harold Pinter

Fri, Jan 1, 2010

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The Caretaker by Harold Pinter

The Caretaker – first performed in 1940 – was Harold Pinter’s first big hit. Fifty years on, it remains as mysterious and compelling as ever.

In this new production, Hollywood star and two-time Tony Award winner Jonathan Pryce joins the pantheon of great actors from Donald Pleasance to Michael Gambon who have played the part of the mysterious drifter, Davies.

Offered [...]

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Just The Tonic Comedy Club at Leicester Square Theatre

Fri, Jan 1, 2010

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Just The Tonic Comedy Club at Leicester Square Theatre

Just the Tonic Comedy has been producing shows around the country for 15 years, establishing itself in Nottingham. Now with a permanent London home, this comedy ’superclub’ (Time Out) provides high quality line ups in the most luxurious and affordable setting in London’s West End.

Housed in the recently refurbished Leicester Square Theatre, with comfortable cinema style seating and 2 [...]

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Havana Rakatan at Peacock Theatre for limited run

Sat, Dec 26, 2009

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Havana Rakatan at Peacock Theatre for limited run

Featuring one of Cuba’s most popular Son bands live on stage, Havana Rakatan is a captivating and colourful journey through the dance and music of a truly unique country. It now returns to the Peacock by popular demand after a hit run last summer.

From the sexy, spontaneous rumba to the slick footwork of the cha-cha-cha, this dance spectacular is [...]

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Full cast announced for Webber’s Love Never Dies

Thu, Dec 17, 2009

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Full cast announced for Webber’s Love Never Dies

The Really Useful Group has announced the full cast for Love Never Dies, Webber’s sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess to star as ‘The Phantom’ and ‘Christine’ in Adelphi Theatre London.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long awaited new show “LOVE NEVER DIES” will have its World Premiere in London at the Adelphi Theatre on Tuesday 9 March 2010, [...]

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Kerry Ellis will be new ‘Nancy’ in smash hit musical OLIVER!

Mon, Dec 14, 2009

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Kerry Ellis will be new ‘Nancy’ in smash hit musical OLIVER!

Cameron Mackintosh has announced that Broadway and West End star Kerry Ellis will play ‘Nancy’ alongside Griff Rhys Jones as ‘Fagin’ and Steven Hartley as ‘Bill Sikes’ in the triumphant new production of Lionel Bart’s smash hit musical OLIVER! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane from Monday 29 March 2010. Jodie Prenger leaves the show on Saturday 27 March 2010 [...]

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Mega Screening of MAMMA MIA! Comes to the O2

Mon, Dec 14, 2009

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Mega Screening of MAMMA MIA! Comes to the O2

At 3:30pm and 7:30pm on Sunday 24th January The O2 arena will host the biggest screening ever of the hit film, MAMMA MIA! A giant 92 ft screen will be erected so an audience of 12,000 can see their favourite movie in all its glory. The audience will be encouraged to dress up in their MAMMA MIA! gear and also [...]

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Debbie Reynolds will perform at Apollo Theatre

Sun, Dec 13, 2009

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Debbie Reynolds will perform at Apollo Theatre

Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds will perform at the Apollo Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue from 28th of Apr 2010 to 9th of May 2010.

MGM legend and star of Singing in the Rain, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Thats Entertainment, The Bodyguard, and Will and Grace, Debbie Reynolds celebrates 50 years of show business in this award winning one woman show.

Winner of The American Comedy Award, [...]

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