After nine amazing years in London, producers have announced that Jersey Boys will close at the Piccadilly Theatre on Sunday 26 March 2017. They have also announced that a second national tour of Jersey Boys will open in December 2017 at the New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham.
Welcome to our latest instalment of results from our Top 100 Greatest Musicals of all time poll. There are a few new entries and some bona fide classics in this part of the list. Congratulations to all those who are listed in our roll call of truly great musicals. Did your favourites make the Top 100? Don’t forget to let us know your thoughts in the Comments section below. 70. Shrek https://youtu.be/rETYrQz-KeE Based on the 2001 Dreamworks film, which in turn was based on the 1990 Book by William Steig, Shrek is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. The original Broadway production opened in 2088 running for twelve months and a re-vamped West End production ran from June 2011 to February 2013 before touring. The Broadway production was nominated for 8 Tony Awards winning one for Best Costume Design. 69. A Chorus … Read more
FLASH SALE: Peter Pan Goes Wrong – Save Up To 52% Mischief Theatre have another go at West End success when Peter Pan Goes Wrong returns to London’s Apollo Theatre for a second disastrous limited season. Once again the members of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society battle against technical hitches, flying mishaps and cast disputes. Will they ever make it to Neverland? We doubt it! For the slickest show in the West End, DON’T see Peter Pan Goes Wrong! Given their previous track record with this disaster, BritishTheatre.com is able to offer you tickets for Peter Pan Goes Wrong at a significant discount but only if you book by 2nd October 2016. Flash Sale: Now £25.00, save up to 52% BOOK NOW FOR PETER PAN GOES WRONG AT APOLLO THEATRE Terms and conditions: Valid on all performances between 21 October and 30 November 2016. Book by 2 October 2016. Excludes 26 October … Read more
Touted as ‘bold and daring’, The Gog/Magog Project looks at the mysterious demise of performance artist Alexander Gog. Fifteen years ago, Alexander Gog began a project that would see him caged for a year in a theatre delivering nightly performances from his cage, but something went awry. Alexander’s one year of incarceration soon became fifteen, as Gog was moved from theatre to theatre, country to country, surviving only on a diet of The Daily Telegraph and Banana-flavoured ‘Moon Pies”. Billed as an absurdist circus in a cage, The Gog/Magog project is not for the faint-hearted as audiences are invited to travel the myriad labyrinth that forms Gog’s fractured psyche. It’s equal parts indictment, satire and cautionary tale! The Gog/Magog project is an event shrouded in rumour and supposition and will be presented as a work of fiction due to ongoing legal considerations. The Gog/Magog Project is written by Jason Lindner … Read more
Fresh from its critically acclaimed 2015 Edinburgh Festival season, Metal Rabbit, in association with the Bunker Theatre will present Philip Ridley’s Tonight With Dony Stixx. Donny has committed an act that shocked everyone. Tabloids called him The Most Hated Boy Alive. But, despite this, Donny doesn’t want forgiveness. All Donny wants is his own television show. Written originally as the companion piece to Fringe First winning Dark Vanilla Jungle, this brutal monologue leaves us in flux between sympathy and loathing, shocked by what unfolds. Stixx is a compelling one-man show about our celebrity-obsessed culture, the damage our parents can inflict on us and the dangers of delusion. Tonight with Donny Stixx is directed by David Mercatali, and performed by Sean Michael Verey. Tonight with Donny Stixx will run at The Bunker from 8 November – 3 December 2016. BOOK NOW FOR TONIGHT WITH DONNY STIXX
This Holloween, TheatreN16 will play host to Riot Act’s nü-gothic play, Lunatic, a new take on Dracula by Artistic Director Whit Hertford. Lunatic, examines the roots of psychotherapy through the secluded sessions between R M Renfield and alienist Dr John Seward of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Lunatic is a contemporary thriller and genre-redefining companion piece to the classic Victorian tale which explores the relevant veins of morality, sanity and fear of the unknown. POs-show, the 1931 version of Dracula starring Bela Lugosi by Tod Browning will be screened. Lunatic is directed and written by Riot Act Artistic Director Whit Hertford. Lunatic runs at TheatreN16 from 30 – 31 October 2016. BOOK TICKETS FOR LUNATIC
Shakespeare has a problem, he’s dead, and that’s fine, but when are we going to stop using him to enable our culture. Come on, it’s been four hundred years already and he’s ready to present a case to be left alone. The award-winning writer and performer Robert Crighton, explores the ongoing Shakespeare boom in the play Undead Bard, an unholy smorgasbord of play, comedy, and music, pulling apart Shakespeare, Bardolatry, and the modern world, for your pleasure. Robert Crighton is a multi-award winning playwright and performer, specialising in stories and monologues. A frequent flyer in the world of fringe theatre until about five years ago, Robert returns with his latest explorations of the world of Bardolatry. Robert graduated from Middlesex University in 2003 with a degree in Performing Arts: Drama which he occasionally uses to bolster his self-esteem. On leaving he immediately set up a residency with his occasional theatre … Read more
Babe, The Sheep Pig returns this Christmas to the Polka Theatre, before undertaking a major UK Tour starting at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in February 2017. Adapted from Dick King-Smith’s beloved children’s novel which inspired the Oscar-winning 1995 film, Babe is a heart-warming tale of friendship, bravery and adventure. When Babe arrives at Hogget’s Farm he is taken in by the trusty sheepdog Fly, and soon discovers a talent for herding. With the help of his adopted Mum, the polite piglet soon wins over the most suspicious of sheep. But can a small pig make it in a dog’s world, and when his farmyard friends are in trouble can Babe save the day? Olivier Award-winning playwright David Wood OBE has adapted Babe, The Sheep-Pig for the stage. David’s adaptations of Goodnight Mister Tom, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG and The Tiger Who Came To Tea, have delighted families … Read more
