Honeymoon In Vegas Gets Concert Production at London Palladium

Book tickets to Honeymoon in Vegas at the London Palladium

The London Musical Theatre Orchestra will be staging a concert version of Jason Robert Brown’s Honeymoon In Vegas to the London Palladium as the first show of its 2017 season. Honeymoon In Vegas tickets are now on sale. Based on the hit 1992 film starring Sarah Jessica Parker, and Nicholas Cage, Honeymoon in Vegas tells the story of mild-mannered Brooklynite, Jack, who haunted by the fear of a promise to his dying mother never to get married, avoids proposing to his new girlfriend Betsy. He finally summons the nerve and takes Betsy to Las Vegas only to have his plans compromised by a dashing gambler with an eye for luxury and Jack’s new fiancée. Honeymoon In Vegas will feature Samantha Barks (Les Miserables movie, The Last Five Years) as Betsy, Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who, Legends Of Tomorrow) as Jack, Simon Lipkin (Avenue Q, The Lorax) as Buddy, Maxwell Caulfield (The … Read more

Shrek UK Tour

Book tickets for Shrek UK Tour

NEW PRODUCTION OF SHREK TOURING IN 2023 Based on the Dreamworks animated film, Shrek is back for its second major UK tour starting in late 2017. The first Shrek UK Tour was seen by nearly 800,000 people visiting 25 major venues over 20 months. Read our review of the last Shrek tour. Join our unlikely hero Shrek and his loyal steed Donkey as they embark on a quest to rescue the beautiful (if slightly temperamental) Princess Fiona from a fire breathing, love-sick dragon. Add the diminutive Lord Farquaad, a gang of fairytale misfits and a biscuit with attitude, and you’ve got the biggest, brightest musical comedy around! Featuring all new songs as well as cult Shrek anthem I’m a Believer, Shrek The Musical brings over 100 much-loved fairytale characters, plus a 14-foot dragon, to life in an all singing, all dancing extravaganza. The UK Tour of Shrek is directed by … Read more

Legally Blonde UK Tour

Legally Blonde UK Tour Book Now

Everyone’s favourite pink leading lady is back as Elle Woods once again returns in a new Legally Blonde UK Tour. When Elle is dumped by her boyfriend Warner Huntingdon III for a more serious girlfriend she puts down the credit cards and picks up the books. Packing up her trusty pooch, Bruiser, she bags herself a place at the prestigious Harvard Law School to try and win him back. With the support of her new friends she learns that you can be both smart and fashionable. This new tour of Legally Blonde will feature Rita Simons best known for playing Roxy Mitchell in BBC’s Eastenders playing Paulette, Lucie Jones, who is the UK’s representative in this years Eurovision Song Contest will play Elle, whilst Bill Ward, star of Coronation Street and Emmerdale will play Professor Callahan. Also in the cast are: David Barrett (Emmett), Liam Doyle (Warner), Laura Harrison (Vivienne), … Read more

Ball And Boe To Perform at Greenwich Music Time – On Sale 9am Today

Book now for Michael Ball and Alfie Boe as part of Greenwich Music Time 2017

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe are to perform together Again as part of this year’s Greenwich Music Time and BritishTheatre.com would like to invite you to book during our presale period starting at 9am Wednesday morning. This amazing event will be held at The Old Naval College in Greenwich on 30 June 2017. Michael and Alfie said: “We have always wanted to work together, it was just a case of getting the timing right. We are so grateful to all our fans who have supported us and everyone involved for believing in us. We are literally having the best time and are so happy with the success of the album and the tour” Following the success of their platinum-selling album Together, which entered the UK charts at number 2 on its release last November, before going on to be the biggest-selling album of 2016 and the Christmas number1, double Olivier … Read more

PHOTOS: Gala Night For The Girls

Book now for The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre

Last night the great and the good gathered for the Bloodwise Gala Night of The Girls – a new musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth which opens in the West End tonight Tuesday 21 February 2017. Celebrity guests, who were in the presence of HRH The Duke of Kent and HRH The Countess of Wessex, included Graham Norton, Mel Giedroyc, Mark Owen, Michael Ball, and Angus Deayton. At the curtain all, the cast were joined on stage by writers Gary Barlow and Tim Firth, producers David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Bob Wankel of The Shubert Organization, and the original Calendar Girls. The ‘Girls’ are played by Debbie Chazen, Sophie-Louise Dann, Michele Dotrice, Claire Machin, Claire Moore and Joanna Riding. The Girls is directed by Tim Firth. BOOK NOW FOR THE GIRLS AT THE PHOENIX THEATRE

FLASH SALE: Stepping Out

Stepping Out is a funny and heart-warming comedy which follows the lives of seven women and one man as they tap away the strains of their daily lives at a weekly tap-dancing class culminating in a tap-tastic charity gala. Starring Amanda Holden, the stellar cast also includes Tracy-Ann Oberman, Tamzin Outhwaite, Nicola Stephenson and Natalie Casey. Stepping Out is directed by Maria Friedman. Stepping Out was the winner of the Evening Standard Comedy of the Year Award, 1984. It was also made into a musical, which became a film in 1991, starring Liza Minnelli and Julie Walters. Book before 26 February 2017 and save up to 37% on normal ticket price. Was £62.50 Now £39.50, saving 35% Was £59.50 Now £39.50, saving 33% Was £20.00 Now £12.50, saving 37% Valid Wednesday Matinee and Monday- Friday Evening performances from 1 to 23 of March 2017 BOOK TICKETS FOR STEPPING OUT

INTERVIEW: Frances Ruffelle Talks The Wild Party and New Musicals

Frances Ruffelle to star as Queenie in The Wild Party at The Other Palace

We had a brief moment during rehearsals for The Wild Party to talk to British Musical Theatre star Frances Ruffelle about new musicals, The Wild Party and her attraction to new talent. What Is The Wild Party About? It’s a very debauched poem written in the 1920’s at a time when prohibition forced people to hold parties in their own homes with drug taking, bath tub gin and a lot of free love. It’s about a racy 24 hours in the life of New York chorine Queenie. She’s unsatisfied with her life. Having come to New York to make it big, she’s now stuck with her lover Burrs who is violent and nothing has quite worked out as she planned. Unhappy, she gets her fulfilment from multiple lovers and partying her life away. In the midst of the partying, she has a revelation that she needs to find her own … Read more