Douglas Mayo

Douglas Mayo has had a life long love affair with musical theatre. He has authored several books on publicity and marketing for amateur theatre groups. He is in the process of developing a musical based on his original story concept.

New Heist Drama Premieres At Trsitan Bates Theatre In April

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Sublime at Tristan Bates Theatre

The heistess is back in town. In one week she has three jobs on her schedule. She’s good, but is she that good? We will find out in Sublime, a provocative new play by Sarah Thomas, directed by Ben SantaMaria. After a two-year estrangement, Sophie bursts back into her brother’s life, claiming to need his help in a series of thefts to cover a debt she owes in her new home in Corsica. Upset at her absence and seeming to have settled down with his girlfriend Clara, Sam is unable to say no to a last bash at an old, exciting life. As they don their costumes and practice their old grifting routines, old emotions quickly resurface and collide, forcing them to question the new lives they have built for each other. Can Sophie lure Sam away from domestic coupledom to rekindle their old crime partnership and save her skin? … Read more

Audra McDonald Reschedules Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar And Grill

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Audra McDonald in Lady Day at Emersons Bar and Grill

Following the postponement of Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar And Grill last year due to the joyous news of Audra McDonald’s Pregnancy, an announcement has been made that the show will transfer to the West End this Summer, opening at Wyndham’s Theatre on 17 June 2017. Audra McDonald, the Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award-winning singer, will be making her West End debut portraying jazz legend Billie Holiday in a performance that won her a record-breaking sixth Tony Award. Audra is the first and only person to receive awards in all four acting categories. Written by Lanie Robertson and directed by Lonny Price, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill recounts Holiday’s life story through the songs that made her famous, including “God Bless the Child,” “What a Little Moonlight Can Do,” “Strange Fruit” and “Taint Nobody’s Biz-ness.” Read our review of the Broadway production. 1959, in a small, intimate bar … Read more

SHOW OF THE MONTH – Mamma Mia! – Save Up To 30%

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Mamma Mia Save Up To 30% February Show Of The Month

The world-wide blockbuster musical that is Mamma Mia! continues in London at the Novello Theatre and during February we have made Mamma Mia! our show of the month. You can save 30% on Band A Tickets for Monday to Thursday performances between 1 February and 30th March 2017 if you book by 28 February 2017 *(Excludes 13- 19 February 2017) You can save 18% on Band B Tickets for Monday to Thursday performances between 1 February and 30 march 2017 if you book by 28 February 2017 (Excludes 13 – 19 February 2017). Featuring the classic songs from super group ABBA, Mamma Mia! is a story of love, friendship and identity, that is sure to entertain the whole family. BOOK NOW FOR SHOW OF THE MONTH FEBRUARY 2017 – MAMMA MIA!

Taylor Swift Becomes Focus Of Modern Day Version Of Genet’s The Maids

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Swifties a new play by Tom Stenton at Theatre N16

Swifties is a new play about Taylor Swift, Instagram and having no money. Tom Stenton’s play Swifties is a bold new adaptation of Jean genet’s play The Maids, exploring the alienating and destructive effect that poverty, celebrity fetishism and social media can have on the lives of normal people. Yasmin and Nina work in an Amazon “fulfilment centre”. They live in Luton, the birthplace of Britain First. And they are Taylor Swift’s biggest fans. Ever. Their ultimate dream is to be a part of Tay Tay’s famous ‘girl squad’. But the closer they get to realising that dream, the blurrier the line between fantasy and reality becomes. Swifties stars Isabella Niloufar and Tanya Cubric. Isabella has just been announced as the lead in Salome, directed by Yaël Farber, playing at the National Theatre through May-July 2017. Tanya recently starred in the Sky Atlantic adaptation of The Tunnel (2016). Swifties will … Read more

Idina Menzel UK Tour

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Broadway’s first lady Idina Menzel returns to the UK for a series of concerts around the UK in June 2017. The artist sometimes known as Adele Nazeem, originated the role of Elphaba in the hit musical Wicked, workshopped and originated the role of Maureen in Rent, and originated the role of Elizabeth in If/Then on Broadway. She had a recurring role in HT series Glee and was the voice of Queen Elsa and sang the Oscar and Grammy award-winning song Let It Go in the Disney film Frozen. This summer Idina will perform concerts in London (15 June), Bristol (14 June), Portsmouth (16 June), Manchester (18 June), Birmingham (19 June), Glasgow (20 June), and Cork (25 June). BOOK TICKETS TO IDINA MENZEL UK TOUR

Wicked UK Tour

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Wicked UK Tour 2018

Producers have announced that Wicked will tour the UK and Ireland from February 2018. Tickets for the Wicked UK Tour 2018 are now on sale. Wicked is the worldwide smash hit musical phenomena that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches Of Oz. Following a fifteen-city tour of the UK and Ireland which met with critical acclaim and box office success, this new tour will open in Bristol Hippodrome on 5 February 2018. Wicked has music and lyrics by multi Grammy and Academy Award-winner Stephen Schwartz (Godspell and Disney’s Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Enchanted) and is based on the novel ‘Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West’ by Gregory Maguire and adapted for the stage by Winnie Holzman. Musical staging is by Tony Award-winner Wayne Cilento and the production is directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe Mantello. Casting for the Wicked … Read more

Sleepless The Musical Producer Postpones UK Tour

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Sleepless the musical is postponed

Producers have announced today that the forthcoming production of Sleepless The Musical which was to have starred Danny Mac, Carley Stenson Jenny Dale and Cory English has been postponed. The statement today cited “illness within the producers family and overwhelming unexpected circumstances” as the reason for the cancellation, adding that they hope to have further news of the production next year. The world premiere of Sleepless was to be presented by Michael Rose and David Shor, in association with Marc Toberoff and the Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin; a Theatre Royal Plymouth production. Visit our Sleepless Tour Page or to be kept informed regularly on this and other great touring productions subscribe to our mailing list.