Month: July 2015

Bend It Like Beckham Trailer Released

News, Video, West End
Bend It Like Beckham musical

A great new trailer for Bend It Like Beckham The Musical is now online. Bend It Like Beckham The Musical is a celebratory fusion of culture, music, emotions and fun, bursting with warmth, humour and heart. Jess needs extra time. She is facing the most important decision of her life: live up to family expectations of university, career and marriage, or follow in the footsteps of her hero David Beckham. When the talented teenager is spotted playing football in Southall, a world of unexpected opportunities opens up before her. But as her sister’s traditional Indian wedding approaches, can she keep her family happy and still follow her dreams? The cast is led by Natalie Dew who plays football crazy Jess with Lauren Samuels as Jules, a player with the Harriers, a local women’s football team, and Jamie Campbell Bower as their coach Joe. Sophie-Louise Dann plays the role of Paula … Read more

Dreamboats and Miniskirts 2015 UK Tour Tickets

Touring
Dreamboats and Miniskirts Uk Tour 2015

Following the enormous success of Dreamboats and Petticoats comes the sequel Dreamboats and Miniskirts. What happened to ‘Norman and Sue’ and ‘Bobby and Laura’? Here’s your chance to find out. It’s 1963 and the world is changing. Bobby and Laura’s first single Dreamboats and Petticoats went to the top of the charts – but they haven’t been able to repeat that success with any further records. Norman and Sue have settled down to non-marital bliss – and a baby! But Ray and Donna seem blissfully happy… The advent of the Beatles and the Merseyside sound is inspirational. But will it inspire Bobby and Laura to have one more shot at stardom – Norman to “get off the drains” and find that singing voice he has longed for, and Ray to realise his ambition and manage a really top pop act!? Dreamboats and Petticoats is inspired by the 7 smash hit multi-million … Read more

Cats 2016 UK Tour Tickets

Touring, West End
CATS The Musical Tour

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical Cats is back in the UK for a series of limited engagements in Blackpool, London and Manchester. Based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats, the musical played to sell-out houses at the London Palladium last Christmas. The show will feature Jane MacDonald int he role of Grizabella in Blackpool with Beverley Knight taking on the role at the London Palladium with further casting to be announced. Directed by Trevor Nunn, choreography by Gillian Lynne and design by John Napier, the show holds the record for the show holds the title of sixth longest-running show in the West End and third longest running show on Broadway. CATS UK TOUR PAST DATES Edinburgh Playhouse Monday 4 July – Saturday 9 July 2016 Liverpool Empire Monday 11 – Saturday 16 July 2016 Princess Theatre Torquay Tuesday 30 August – Saturday 3 September 2016 Kings … Read more

The Glenn Miller Story Video Teaser Released

Touring
Tommy Steele in The Glenn Miller Story Uk Tour

https://youtu.be/xVNobShRNAM A great video teaser featuring Tommy Steele and the Glenn Miller Big Band has been released to promote the forthcoming tour of The Glenn Miller Story. It’s been seventy years since Glenn Miller vanished over the English Channel as he flew to Paris to entertain the troops during the Second World War. Did he crash? Was he shot down? Will the mystery ever be solved? The Glenn Miller Story features a spectacular 16 piece orchestra plus a full supporting company of sensational performers and dazzling choreography. BOOK NOW FOR THE GLENN MILLER STORY

REVIEW: Oklahoma! Lyceum Theatre Sheffield ✭✭✭✭✭

Reviews, Touring
Oklahoma Lyceum Theatre Sheffield then touring

Rachel Kavanaugh presents us with a wily, almost feral Aunt Eller, a metrosexual Curly, a tomboy Laurey, an arch but staunchly feminine Ado Annie, a profoundly stupid but winningly endearing muscleman Will, a troubled and deranged Jud and a pixie-like Carnes. The interloper, the foreigner, Ali Hakim, is hardworking and mercurial, smart and savvy. The characters may be old but the interpretations are sparky and resonant.

REVIEW: Oh! Carol, Crazy Coqs ✭✭✭✭

Cabaret, Reviews
Oh Carol at Crazy Coqs

Happily, Oh! Carol provides a thoroughly entertaining and exuberant cross-section of Sedaka’s work. There are the hits but also lesser remembered works, and truly no number in the playlist is dull or unworthy. For the most part, the songs covered were co-written with Greenfield, and the lively, interesting patter tells the story of the highs and lows of the Sedaka/Greenfield partnership with wry objectivity and respectful affection.

REVIEW: The Spitfire Grill, Union Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

Off West End, Reviews
The Spitfire Grill at the Union Theatre

The Spitfire Grill is a musical treat. James Valco’s score is richly rewarding and creates a genuinely engaging musical atmosphere which helps shape and drive the narrative. He creates a true musical world for the characters and, within that world, each character has tunes and phrases which assist in illuminating them and their part in the story. It does not feel like a Sondheim score, but it has a similar effect. The songs are derived from the situation, the place, the pulse of the narrative; they are not grafted on as afterthoughts or fancy trimming.