John McManus

Casting announced for Flash Point’s Pageant at Camden Fringe

News, Off West End, Regional
Pageant musical casting

Legendary musical writer and director Bill Russell (Side Show, Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens) reunites with actor Miles Western for a brand new production of Pageant, which ran in the West End and won Western an Olivier for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical. The show will play at the London Irish Centre as part of the Camden Fringe from 10 – 25 August 2017, before being presented from 1 – 2 September 2017 at the Poole Lighthouse. Miles Western, now playing the role of host Frankie Cavilier, will be joined by Nicholas Chiappetta (What’s Love Got To Do With It? at the Charing Cross Theatre; Madame Butterfly, Heritage National Opera UK Tour) as Miss Industrial Northeast, Alex Anstey (winner of national drag talent contest Drag Idol) as Miss Great Plains, John McManus (Top Hat, West End; Sweeney Todd, West End; Taboo, BBC) as Miss Bible Belt, Kevin … Read more

REVIEW: Scooby Doo Live Musical Mysteries, London Palladium ✭✭✭✭

Reviews, West End
Book now for Scooby Doo Live Musical Mysteries at the London Palladium

The show runs for just under 90 minutes with a brief interval and had the attention of children throughout. Lots of audience response was called for and the children responded in droves. It is wonderful to look at the jam-packed London Palladium and think that the next generation of actors, composers and theatre folk might just have seen their first show. Brilliant!

Scooby Doo Live! London Cast Announced

News, West End
Scooby Doo! Live at the London Palladium

Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries is coming to the London Palladium this month for its West End Premiere, and producers have announced the cast for the all new family musical. Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries has performed to sell-out audiences across North America, Europe, Mexico and the Middle East. The ghost-busting Mystery Inc. gang for the London Palladium features Charlie Bull (Elf the Musical, Legally Blonde the Musical, Singin in the Rain, Disney’s Cinderella film) as DAPHNE, Chris Warner Drake (Chicago, Ghost – Asia Tour, Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) as FRED, Rebecca Withers (The Kissing Dance, Flight) as VELMA, Charlie Haskins (Macbeth – UK Tour, The Last Days of Mankind) as SHAGGY and Joe Goldie (Disneyland Paris) as the lovable SCOOBY-DOO. Completing the West End cast are John McManus (Top Hat, Sweeney Todd, Cats), Kate England (Rent, To Kill A Mockingbird), Matt Parsons … Read more