As rehearsals started this week, the full cast has been announced for the spectacular new production of Lionel Bart’s iconic musical OLIVER!, premiering at Chichester Festival Theatre, produced in association with Cameron Mackintosh, from 8 July – 7 September. The show has been reconceived by director and choreographer Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh, and will transfer to London’s Gielgud Theatre from 14 December. (c) Danny Kaan Joining the previously announced Simon Lipkin (Guys and Dolls, Avenue Q) as Fagin, Shanay Holmes (Miss Saigon, The Bodyguard) as Nancy, Aaron Sidwell (Henry VI ..read more

Producers today announce the lead actors for Your Lie in April’s fully staged 12-week West End premiere ahead of rehearsals starting next week.   Zheng Xi Yong, Rachel Clare Chan and Dean John-Wilson, who all starred in the two sold-out critically acclaimed concert versions of the show last month at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, return. They are joined by Mia Kobayashi, making her professional debut. Your Lie in April, one of the most popular romantic stories and greatest tearjerkers in Japanese manga history, has music by multi-Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award nominated Broadway composer Frank W ..read more

A major new London production of the multi Tony-nominated Broadway musical The Wild Party is to open at EartH Hackney, a new 680-capacity venue in Dalston. EartH, originally built in the 1930s as a cinema, has undergone two years of restoration and now boasts jaw-dropping original Art Deco features and a state-of-the-art sound system. The Wild Party, with Music and Lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa, Book by Michael John LaChiusa and George C. Wolfe, based on the poem by Joseph Moncure March, directed by Dan Herd, will preview from  Monday 12 August and run to Saturday 7 September. Manhattan ..read more

My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert features an impressive array of talent but somehow just misses the spot for me “Gayer than laughter are you” Once upon a time, the notion of all-star concerts celebrating the work of musical theatre’s finest writers was like manna from heaven but these days, my jaded soul can take ’em or leave ’em. Having been blessed with the opportunity to see so many of the featured shows as written, it ends up being a little more difficult to be as satisfied with the pick’n’mix nature of a tribute show, no matter how starry the ..read more

Further casting has been announced for RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S OKLAHOMA! in Concert, which returns to its original West End home, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, on Monday 19 August and Tuesday 20 August. Joining the previously announced Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso) as Curly and Zizi Strallen (Mary Poppins)as Laurey are Christina Bianco (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice) as Ado Annie, Jordan Shaw (Les Misérables) as Will Parker, five-time Olivier Award nominee and two-time Olivier Award winner Joanna Riding (Sondheim’s Old Friend ..read more

Concord Originals and The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization announced today that the star-studded My Favorite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert will be broadcast on Sky Arts on Sunday, 26 May 2024 at 6 p.m. Directed for the screen by five-time BAFTA® winner Julia Knowles. The concert was captured on 12th December 2023 at London’s newly restored Theatre Royal Drury Lane – the same venue that premièred the original West End productions of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific&nb ..read more

Following smash hit West End seasons at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, two national tours and record-breaking runs at London’s The Other Palace, the WhatsOnStage ‘BEST NEW MUSICAL’ winner, the beloved Heathers the Musical is back in the West End for only six weeks from 22 May before embarking on its third UK tour from 24 July at the Theatre Royal Windsor. Full dates and venues can be found at www.heathersthemusical.com The 2024 class of Westerberg includes 13 cast members making their West End debuts, with Jenna Innes (Les Miserables) making it beautiful i ..read more

The hit West End production TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL which is based on the life of legendary artist Tina Turner and was produced in association with Tina Turner herself, announces the full cast joining the previously announced Karis Anderson and Zoe Birkett who share the role of Tina Turner and Rolan Bell as Ike Turner. The musical has been in the West End for 6 years, making it the longest running show ever to play at the Aldwych Theatre. From Tuesday 25 June 2024 Mark Anderson will continueas Record Producer Phil Spector and Lyricist ..read more

The brilliant Midsummer receives a new lease of life in this Mercury Theatre and Barn Theatre co-production “Change is possible” Even though it has that hated ‘play with songs’ sobriquet, I absolutely adored David Greig and Gordon McIntyre’s Midsummer back in the day (catching it twice as a baby blogger some 14 years ago, eek!). It now re-emerges in a new form in a debut co-production between Colchester’s Mercury Theatre and Cirencester’s Barn Theatre, directed by Ryan McBryde with an absolutely gorgeously well-cast quartet of performers. The show captures the heady rush of a pair of 30-someth ..read more

The producers of the global sensation & JULIET are delighted to announce that Dr Ranj Singh will make his musical theatre debut playing the role of Lance in the upcoming UK and Ireland tour. The UK and Ireland tour opens at Manchester Opera House on 8 July 2024.  He joins the previously announced Matt Cardle as Shakespeare, Gerardine Sacdalan as Juliet, Lara Denning as Anne, Sandra Marvin as Angelique, Jack Danson as Romeo, Kyle Cox as Francois and Jordan Broatch as May. Also in the cast are  ..read more