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Julie Atherton and Andy Coxon join Made In Ldn Line Up

Douglas Mayo7th March 2016 News, Off West End

Julie Atherton joins the cast of Made In Ldn

Julie Atheron (Avenue Q, Sister Act) and Andy Coxon (Les Miserables, Beautiful) will join the new monthly showcase for British Musical Theatre talent entitled made In Ldn presented by Interval Productions and The Cock Pit Theatre. Made In Ldn launches this Sunday 13th March at 7pm. This exciting cast will be performing work from Aaron Lee Lambert’s From Up Here, Sam Cassidy and Matt Wills’ 27, Luke Bateman and Mary Evans’ H.R.Haitch, Scott Morgan’s Strange People, Tori Allen-Martin and Tim Prottey Jones’ Equally, Sarah Henley and James Fox’s The Unblinding and Tim Gilvin’s original pieces, plus excerpts from Stay Awake Jake. Joining Julie and Andy are Sabrina Aloueche (Les Miserables, We Will Rock You) and Greg Oliver (The Prodigals,Muted) Vince Kidd (BBC’s The Voice), Richard Carson (Miss Saigon), Natalie Green (Wicked), Liberty Buckland (Yarico, Bye Bye Birdie), Matthew Pennington (H.R.Haitch) and Jean Luke Worrell (Yarico). Book Tickets for Made In … Read more

Blind Mans Song Comes To The Pleasance

Douglas Mayo7th March 2016 News, Off West End

Blind Man's Song at the Pleasance Theatre London

Theatre Re will present Blind Man’s Song, a wordless tale about the power of imagination that blends together physical theatre, mime, sound, illusion and a beautiful love music score. The show will undertake and international tour following a run at the Pleasance in April/May. As an old blind man takes unsteady steps around a room, he recalls an encounter that triggers his memories and imagination and a story of love, courage and hope unfolds. Inspired by interviews with blind and visually-impaired people, Blind Man’s Song is a tale about one man’s rage against his world of darkness. It demonstrates the power of the body to communicate without words. Guillaume Pigé comments, Since premiering Blind Man’s Song at the 2015 London International Mime Festival, we have performed the piece more than forty times. Every night we take a different journey where to push the imagination to its extreme. We respond to … Read more

Forever Plaid casting Announced

Douglas Mayo16th March 20167th March 2016 News, Off West End

Forever Plaid at the St James Theatre Studio

Casting has been announced for Forever Plaid at the St James Theatre. The cast of four is Jon Lee (Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, original member of British pop band S Club 7), Keith Jack (Joseph in Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat, runner-up in BBC’s Any Dream Will Do), Matthew Quinn (Dreamboats and Petticoats, West End) and Luke Striffler (UK tours of Hairspray and Avenue Q, runner-up with The Kingdom Tenors on Britain’s Got Talent 2015). Forever Plaid is a revue that pays tribute to close harmony guy groups that reached the height of their popularity during the 1950s. Personifying the clean-cut genre are the Plaids. This quartet of high-school friends dreams of recording an album ended in death in a collision with a bus filled with Catholic schoolgirls on their way to see the Beatles’ American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. The play begins with the Plaids returning … Read more

Emily Atack To Play Holly Golightly As New Venues Announced

Douglas Mayo7th March 2016 News, Touring, West End

Emily Atack to share the role of Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's

Emily Atack will now play the role of Holly Golightly in the UK Tour of Breakfast at Tiffany’s from 2 May to 11 June 2016, appearing at His Majesty’s Aberdeen, Nottingham Theatre Royal, Theatre Royal Bath, Glasgow Theatre Royal, King’s Theatre Edinburgh and Wycombe Swan. She will be replacing Verity Rushworth, who has had to withdraw because she is expecting her first child. Emily will be sharing the role with Pixie Lott, whose dates, including the West End season, have been announced previously. Emily can currently be seen in the highly anticipated remake of Dad’s Army, which topped the UK box office earlier this year. Emily stars as Daphne alongside an all-star cast that includes Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bill Nighy, Toby Jones & Michael Gambon. She is best known for her role as Charlotte Hinchcliffe in the award-winning E4 series The Inbetweeners. Emily has most recently shot Iron Sky 2 alongside … Read more

Casting Announced For 2016 Summer Season At Regent’s Park

Douglas Mayo7th March 2016 News, West End

Declan Bennet as Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Producers at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre have announced today that Michelle Terry will play the title role of Henry V directed by Robert Hastie and that Declan Bennett will take on the title role in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar to be directed by Artistic Director Timothy Sheader. Henry V will be presented from 17 June – 9 July 2016. Olivier Award-winning actress Michelle Terry plays the title role in Henry V. With a wealth of Shakespearean roles to her credit, Terry takes on the role of King Henry in this new production as part of Shakespeare400. Terry is most noted for her numerous roles at The Globe, RSC and the National Theatre (currently appearing in Cleansed), as well as Privacy (Donmar Warehouse) and Before the Party (Almeida). In 2011 she was awarded ‘Best Actress in a Supporting Role’ at the Olivier Awards for her … Read more

Come Look At The Freaks – Side Show At Southwark Playhouse

Douglas Mayo10th October 20165th March 2016 News, Off West End

Paul Taylor-Mills will present the UK premiere of Side Show at the Southwark Playhouse from 21 October 2016. The production will be directed by Hannah Chissick. Inspired by the true story of conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, Side Show is a remarkable musical about love, acceptance and embracing the unique. The Hilton Sisters make ends meet playing a headline act at a seedy side show, languishing under the rule of an oppressive ringmaster. But when spotted by a talent agent, they are thrust into the spotlight of the famed 1920’s Orpheum Circuit. They soon become the highest paid vaudeville stars of their time, but whilst Daisy relishes the spotlight, Violet wishes for a quiet life with a man she loves, and who loves her. Can they balance their individual dreams with their inescapable physical connection? Side Show is a heartwarming musical about the search for love and acceptance amidst … Read more

The Sound Of Gaga

Douglas Mayo27th February 2016 News, Touring, Video

No doubt some of you will have heard of the online viral sensation that is The Sound Of Gaga. At the 2015 Oscars, Lady Gaga performed a medley of songs from The Sound of Music to mark the 50th Anniversary of the classic movie. In return, the cast of The Sound of Music pay their thanks to the ‘Mother Monster’ by performing their take on some of Lady Gaga’s hits. Enjoy this great clip and don’t forget to book your tickets for The Sound Of Music on tour.

Top-Selling Touring Shows March 2016

Douglas Mayo27th February 2016 News, Touring

There are some great tours currently being presented around the UK. We highly recommend the following productions which are currently ranking as our top-selling tours at the moment. Other great tours can be found on our TOURING PAGE Book your tickets now for these amazing productions:- CHICAGO This fabulous new revival is razzle-dazzling audiences around the UK. Slick, sexy and talent driven you’ll have a great night enjoying one of musical theatre’s greatest scores. BOOK NOW FOR CHICAGO ON TOUR CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Oh Chitty Chitty Bang Bang we love you! Following a sell-out season at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Chitty is now headed to a venue near you with a cast including Jason Manford, Gary Kemp and Michelle Collins. Enjoy! BOOK TICKETS FOR CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG ON TOUR JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s family favourite takes on a new Joseph … Read more