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The Band – The New Musical Explained

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The Band, Gary Barlow's new musical explained

We thought it might be a good idea to take a look at new musical The Band, explaining what is actually happening rather than rumour. Now that the reality talent show Let It Shine is over this is what is known about The Band. So here’s what we now know:- Who has written The Band? The Band is a new musical by Tim Firth with the music of Take That. Tim Firth co-wrote the original screenplay for Calendar Girls and collaborated with Gary Barlow on the musical The Girls which is now running in the West End. Read our review. What is The Band About? The Band will be about five 16-year-old girls. For these girls Take That has provided the soundtrack to heir lives. So who will star in The Band? It has become clear that the casting of these girls has already been done and the parts will … Read more

UPCOMING: Cases at The Phoenix Artists Club

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Cases by Dominic Powell

Cases Phoenix Artist Club Sunday 12th February 2017 A new work by the breathtakingly talented Dominic Powell (who is barely into his third decade) is always a cause for celebration, and there was plenty of that in the below-stairs cabaret beside the Phoenix Theatre a few weekends ago, when he unveiled his latest festival of song. On hand to deliver this cycle of musical moments from his newest show were the terrific voices of Bobbie Little, Christina Matavu, Nicholas McLean, Jordan Shaw and ‘narrator’ Brandon Lee Henry. The band was made up of Powell on keyboard, one Powell senior on guitar, and another on kahoon. Typically for Dominic, it was a neat, well thought-out and very effective presentation. Cultivating a very commercial ‘American’ sound, the opening number – the title song – seemed to have emerged via any number of drama school productions of ‘Rent’. But it was more artful, … Read more

Celebrating Women At Ovalhouse Theatre

News, Off West End
Perfectly Imperfect Women at Ovalhouse

Perfectly Imperfect Women has been developed by multi-award-winning storyteller Danyah Miller as part of the Ovalhouse Spring Season to celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March 2017. Perfectly Imperfect Women tells the story of five generations of women from one family. This universal tale drives us to want to live perfect lives as mothers, daughters, wives, sisters and bread-winners. Perfectly Imperfect Women examines the complex relationship between mothers and daughters and the challenge of discovering you may have more in common with your female ancestors than you care to admit. Join Danyah on her search for a richer understanding of the concept of perfection and what it means to accept imperfection in order to connect more deeply to her female line. Writer and performer, Danyah Miller, comments, As we began to create this show I realised that I find it really challenging to accept ‘imperfection’, because I’m afraid that this … Read more

OFFER – Save 50% on Jack Whitehall in Birmingham Sunday 26 Feb.

Events, News, Regional
Book tickets to Jack Whitehall this Sunday and save 50%

Multi award-winning stand-up comic Jack Whitehall is back on tour and bringing his brand new live show to arenas across the country. The follow-up to his ground-breaking debut arena show, Jack Whitehall At Large will be the biggest tour ever from one of the UK’s hottest comedy stars. Fresh from hosting the Royal Variety Performance and starring in Bad Education and A League Of Their Own, this is your chance to catch Jack at his dynamic best, live on stage! JACK WHITEHALL AT LARGE – SPECIAL OFFER Don’t miss Jack Whitehall at the Barclaycard Arena this Sunday 26th February 2017. Tickets are now available for HALF PRICE when you use the code WHITEHALL50OFF, this offer will run right up until showtime on Sunday 26th February! Prices for tickets start from £37.36 down to £19.08 with the code (including admin fee). BOOK TICKETS FOR JACK WHITEHALL

FIRST LOOK: Lizzie, Greenwich Theatre

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Book tickets for Lizzie at Greenwich Theatre

BritishTheatre.com is pleased to bring you these great first look production photos from Lizzie by Soren Malmose now playing at the Greenwich Theatre. On a sweltering summer morning in 1892, in a small New England city, a prominent businessman and his wife were axed to death in their home. Their daughter Lizzie Borden was the prime suspect. Lizzie’s trial was a coast-to-coast media sensation, and her story has become an American legend. Lizzie is four women fronting a six-piece rock band. Lizzie is rage, sex, betrayal, and bloody murder. Lizzie is American mythology set to a blistering rock score. Lizzie is a new American musical with a sound owing less to Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber than to Bikini Kill, the Runaways, and Heart. Lizzie runs at Greenwich Theatre until 12 March 2017. BOOK TICKETS FOR LIZZIE

Jack O’Connell and Sienna Miller To Star In Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

News, West End
Cat on A Hot Tin Roof starring Sienna Miller at the Apollo Theatre

The Young Vic will launch a production of Tennessee William’s Cat On A Hot Tin Roof direct to the West End’s Apollo Theatre from 13 July 2017 starring Sienna Miller as Maggie and Jack O’Connell as Brick for a strictly limited twelve-week run. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Tickets are now on sale. This new production will be directed by Benedict Andrews, set designs are by Magda Willi with costume designs by Alice Babidge and lighting design by Jon Clark. Further casting is to be announced soon. The truth hurts. On a steamy night in Mississippi, a Southern family gather at their cotton plantation to celebrate Big Daddy’s birthday. The scorching heat is almost as oppressive as the lies they tell. Brick and Maggie dance round the secrets and sexual tensions that threaten to destroy their marriage. With the future of the family at stake, which version of the … Read more

FIRST LOOK: Bat Out Of Hell, Manchester Opera House

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Book tickets for Bat Out Of Hell the Musical

Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell The Musical has now opened at the Manchester Opera House and we are delighted to bring you these exclusive production images of the show by Specular. Running in Manchester until April 8, the show then transfers to the London Coliseum from 5 June to 22 July 2017. Tickets are now on sale. Passionate love, rebellious youth and a romantic adventure set against the backdrop of a post-cataclysmic city adrift from the mainland. Strat, the forever young leader of The Lost, has fallen for Raven, daughter of Falco, the tyrannical, ruler of Obsidian. Starring Andrew Polec (Strat), Christina Bennington (Raven), Rob Fowler (Falco) and Sharon Sexton (Sloane), Bat Out Of Hell The Musical incorporates some of the most iconic songs from the Bat Out Of Hell Albums including Bat Out Of Hell, You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth, Two Out Of Three … Read more

Mel B Breaks Character In Broadway’s Chicago To Perform Wannabe

Broadway, Features, News

Word has started to spread across the theatre world that on Sunday during one of her last performances as Roxie Hart on Broadway Mel B broke character to perform a snippet of The Spice Girls Wannabe. She even posted footage on her Instagram page! The tradition of a bit of onstage nonsense during the last matinee of the last few shows happens a lot but usually not at the expense of the experience of the audience or in any way that is overtly noticeable by the audience. Chicago, the musical by Broadway veterans John Kander and Fred Ebb is considered a classic and in the past and its two villanous leads have been performed by some of the world’s greatest leading ladies including Gwen Verdon, Ruthie Henshall, Anne Reinking, Chita Rivera, Maria Friedman, Michelle Williams, Liza Minnelli, Tina Arena, Bonnie Langford and Sharon Millerchip amongst others. Chicago now holds the … Read more