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.

Sheridan Smith Returns To Funny Girl Tonight

News, West End
Sheridan Smith

The producers of Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre in London have just released the following statement:- We are delighted to welcome Sheridan Smith back to Funny Girl this evening. It is currently planned that Sheridan will also play this Saturday evening (not matinee), and Monday to Saturday next week (excluding the Wednesday matinee and Thursday evening performances at which Natasha J Barnes will perform). From the week commencing 18 July, Sheridan is scheduled to perform Tuesday through Saturday, with Natasha playing Fanny Brice on Monday evenings. This schedule is subject to change, but we look forward to continuing to entertain audiences at the Savoy Theatre until our run ends on 8 October. Sonia Friedman, David Babani and Scott Landis, Producers of Funny Girl BOOK NOW FOR FUNNY GIRL AT THE SAVOY THEATRE BOOK NOW FOR FUNNY GIRL UK TOUR

Mark Rylance Returns To West End in Nice Fish

News, West End
Book now for Nice Fish at the Harold Pinter Theatre

Producer Sonia Friedman has announced the West End transfer of Nice Fish, the critically-acclaimed new comic play by Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins. The production will be directed by Clare van Kampen who previously wrote Farinelli and The King. Nice Fish has played to Sold Out houses at the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University, Cambridge and St Ann’s Warehouse in New York. It will transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre for a strictly limited season in November 2016. n a unique collaboration with critically-acclaimed Minnesotan contemporary prose poet Louis Jenkins, Mark Rylance draws on his teenage years in the frozen winters and culture of the American Midwest. This beguiling new play follows an ice fishing expedition where the ordinary and extraordinary collide in a sublimely playful and profound way. On a frozen Minnesota lake, the ice is beginning to creak and groan. It’s the end of the fishing season … Read more

Little Shop Of Horrors UK Tour Casting Announced

News, Touring
Casting announced for Little Shop Of Horrors UK Tour.

Producers have today announced the full cast for the upcoming UK tour of Little Shop Of Horrors. As previously announced X Factor star Rhydian will play musical theatre’s infamous dentist Orin Scrivello DDS. Rhydian will be joined by Sam Lupton (Boq in Wicked, West End, Avenue Q, UK Tour) as Seymour, Stephanie Clift (Mamma Mia!, West End) as Audrey, Paul Kissaun (Calamity Jane, Fiddler on the Roof, UK Tours) as Mushnik, Sasha Latoya (Rent, Greenwich Theatre, Britain’s Got Talent) as Crystal, Vanessa Fisher (Hairspray, UK Tour) as Chiffon, Cassie Clare (Cats, West End) as Ronnette and Josh Wilmott (Spamalot, We Will Rock You, UK Tours) as Audrey II. The cast also includes Phil Adele, Stephanie McConville and Neil Nicholas. A charming, kooky and hilarious 1950s musical comedy, Little Shop of Horrors tells the story of Seymour, the assistant at Mushnik’s Flower Shop in downtrodden Skid Row, who becomes an overnight … Read more

Vanities Comes To Trafalgar Studios 2

News, Off West End
Book now for Vanities at Traflagar Studios 2

This Autumn, Vanities the musical will have its London debut on the 10th anniversary of the musical and the 40th anniversary of the play. Vanities is a hilarious and heartfelt story about three best friends growing up in Dallas at a time when image and style were more important than brains and ambition. Through a rich original score that blends girl group harmonies of the 60s and 70s with contemporary musical theatre, Vanities explores how these women’s warped view of the world shaped them for better and worse. It’s time to go back to 1963 and watch Mary, Kathy and Joanne obsess over their cheerleader routines, choose their sororities, plan their wedding outfits – because even though the President has been shot and America’s on the brink of a war, if the girls just stay popular and don’t lose their looks everything will be okay… right? Vanities will star Lauren … Read more

Prisoner Cell Block H Star Brings One Woman Show To King’s Head

News, Off West End
Amanda Muggleton stars in The Book Club at The King's Head Theatre

Award-winning Australian actor Amanda Muggleton is to bring her one-woman show The Book Club to London’s King’s Head Theatre for a limited four-week season from Tuesday 11 October 2016. Tickets are now on sale. Deb can’t quite shake the feeling there’s something missing in her life. Her kids have left home. Her husband is sport-obsessed. Meanwhile, she dreams of getting love letters in the post from Martin Amis. When her friend Trish pushes her to join the eccentric local book club, self-confessed bookaholic Deb decides there’s nothing to lose. Little does she know her fantasies will start to become reality…. Amanda Muggleton is one of Australia’s most versatile leading ladies. Born in Stepney, London, she emigrated to Australia in 1974. She is a two-time Helpmann Award-winner for her portrayal of Maria Callas in Master Class and another for the musical, Eureka. She has won other awards for The Book Club, … Read more

FIRST LOOK: Jesus Christ Superstar Rehearsals

Features, Gallery, News, West End
Book now for Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

BritishTheatre.com is pleased to bring you these great rehearsal room images from the forthcoming production of Jesus Christ Superstar which is being staged as part of this years season at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. With lyrics by Tim Rice abd music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jesus Christ Superstar stars Declan Bennett who plays the role of Jesus. Declan was the original lead in the London cast of Once (Phoenix), and has also appeared in Boy George’s musical Taboo (Venue Theatre), Rent (US tour and Broadway), American Idiot (Broadway) as well as on BBC’s EastEnders as Charlie Cotton. As a solo singer-songwriter, his album Record:BREAKUP was released as a live acoustic version in 2013. He achieved five UK Top 20 singles and a UK Top 20 album with Brit Award nominated band Point Break. The following casting has also been confirmed. Tyrone Huntley will play Judas, with Anoushka Lucas … Read more

UK’s First Gay Play Comes To Kings Head Theatre

LGBT, News, Off West End
Pitting Image at the Kings Head Theatre

The UK’s first ever openly gay play comes to the King’s Head Theatre as part of their 2016 Queer Season.  Colin Spencer’s Spitting Image is a witty and groundbreaking piece examining societies reaction when gay couple Gary and Tom concieve a child in sixties London. Originally produced at the Hampstead Theatre Club in 1968, the play marked a radical sea change in British society. It was met with acclaim, transferring to the West End’s Duke of York Theatre, and moral outrage in equal measure. At the time, homosexuality had been decriminalised the previous year and the passing of the Theatres Act meant that for the first time since 1737, new plays were free from oppressive government censorship. Artistic Director of the King’s Head Theatre, Adam Spreadbury-Maher says: ‘Spitting Image and I have been on an incredible journey this year. Considered too controversial for publication back in the sixties, I had … Read more