Month: September 2014

Tickets On Sale Today for Beautiful The Musical

News, West End
Beautiful musical

Tickets went on sale for the smash hit musical Beautiful which opens next February at London’s Aldwych Theatre. Beautiful tells the story of Carole King, one of the most prolific and successful songwriters of modern times. King’s catalogue of songs became the soundtrack of a generation and included hits like The Locomotion, Natural Woman, You’ve Got A Friend and Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow. Casting for the London season has yet to be announced. Buy tickets for Beautiful – The Carole King Musical in London

INTERVIEW: Richard Marsh – Author and Actor

Interviews, Off West End
Richard Marsh

Edinburgh hit ‘Wingman’ is set for its next stint at the Soho Theatre; E.L. Hardy interviews writer & actor Richard Marsh.    It was the final day of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and I had one more job to do before boarding the overnight Megabus back to reality. All packed and puffy eyed, I walked into the Pleasance Dome for what was to be the last time this year and was greeted, as ever, by the unmistakable whiff of chlorine. The Dome’s comfy booths (a key feature of this year’s Fringe, for me anyway) were now smeared with crusted beer spills, but fortunately the coffee, like its theatre, was as good as ever. In fact the first exchange I had with Richard Marsh on this particular day, included me confessing to just having finished off a Cappuccino the size of my head. Richard politely agreed – “Gosh, yes you have, … Read more

Love Story at The Union Theatre

News, Off West End
Love Story musical Union Theatre

Inspired by Erich Segal’s best-selling novel and subsequent film of the same name, Love Story is a heart breaking ‘chamber musical’ that is the second piece to be featured in the Union Theatre ‘s Howard Goodall Season. Book and lyrics for Love Story are by Stephen Clark. Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny – and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver’s wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail. Oliver and Jenny continue to build their life together. Relying only on each other, they believe love can fix anything. But fate has other plans. Soon, what began as a brutally honest friendship becomes the love story of their lives. Few people … Read more

Interview: Vicky Graham on Breeders at the St James Theatre

Interviews, Off West End
Breeders review St James Theatre

Just a few days prior to the opening of Breeders, by Ben Ockrent at the St James Theatre, producer Vicky Graham talks to us about what this project means to her, and why she has chosen producing as her way of contributing to the future of theatre. Why Breeders? “Breeders was first presented to me as a germ of an idea at the end of last year. Ben Ockrent (a writer I’d known since my time at Theatre503) had been asked to donate his sperm to a lesbian friend and her partner who wanted to start a family, and, in deliberating if and how he might help, identified a great premise for a play. I pitched the still embryonic idea to Stage One a month later, and when we were shortlisted, I commissioned the play. Fortunately for us, Breeders was selected at the end of March to open the One … Read more