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REVIEW: The Woman In White, Charing Cross Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

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The Woman In White at Charing Cross Theatre

The Woman In White Charing Cross Theatre, 4th December 2017 5 Stars Book Now Who believes in ghosts?  Everyone has their own story to tell with its own special particulars, and mine concerns a night some years ago, about the time that the original production of this musical was coming to the end of its run at the magnificent Palace theatre in the West End.  I was cycling home from a night out in Southampton, crossing the Itchen valley down a long straight stretch of highway; it was cold, and clouds of fog and mist had rolled in from the Solent in opaque billows obscuring the way ahead and shrouding where I had come from in an impenetrable, silent, white wall of vapour.  And there, down the centre of the road, wrapped only in a long, white nightdress, strode a woman, her long hair down and falling over her shoulders … Read more

FIRST LOOK: Pinocchio at the National Theatre

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Pinocchio National Theatre

We are pleased to bring you these great production images by Manuel Harlan from the National Theatre’s production of Pinocchio now in previews at the Lyttelton Theatre. Following his triumphant production of Hary Potter and the Cursed Child, John Tiffany directs this story of Pinocchio and his quest to be truly alive. We follow Pinocchio as he leaves Gepetto’s workshop with Jiminy Cricket on an electrifying adventure from the alpine forests to Pleasure Island to the bottom of the ocean. This is the first time that Pinocchio has been staged. This production features a new book by Dennis Kelly (Matilda) and the unforgettable music and songs from the Walt Disney animated film including I’ve Got No Strings, When You Wish Upon A Star and Give A Little Whistle. Cast includes Joe Idris-Roberts (Pinocchio), Audrey Brisson (Jiminy Cricket), Mark Hadfield(Geppetto),Annette McLaughlin (Blue Lady), David Langham (The Fox), David Kirkbride (Coachman), Dawn … Read more

Bat Out Of Hell to play Dominion Theatre London in 2018

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Bat Out Of Hell the musical tickets

Following critically acclaimed seasons in both Manchester and London in 2017, Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell – the Musical will be returning to London in 2018 with performances starting at the Dominion Theatre on 2 April. Tickets are now on sale. Bat Out Of Hell – the musical is currently wowing audiences in Toronto where it is playing until 7 January 2018. The new London season of the show is expected to star Andrew Polec and Christina Bennington as romantic leads Strat and Raven with further casting to be announced. Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical is a romantic adventure about rebellious youth and passionate love, 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. Meat Loaf’s album Bat Out Of Hell is one of … Read more

FIRST LOOK: The Woman In White at Charing Cross Theatre

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The Woman In White at Charing Cross Theatre

First look production photos from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman In White at Charing Cross Theatre Ahead of tonight’s press night of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman In White at the Charing Cross Theatre we are pleased to bring you these great first look production images from Darren Bell of Thom Southerland’s new intimate production of the show. The Woman In White stars Anna O’Byrne, Chris Peluso, Carolyn Maitland, Ashley Stillburn, Greg Castiglioni and Sophie Reeves. With lyrics by David Zippel and a book by Charlotte Jones, The Woman In White is adapted from Wilkie Collins’ haunting Victorian thriller of the same name. The Woman In White runs at the Charing Cross Theatre until 10 February 2018. BOOK TICKETS FOR THE WOMAN IN WHITE