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Full cast announced for Aspects Of Love at Southwark Playhouse

Douglas Mayo21st November 2018 News, Off West End

Full casting has been announced for Aria Entertainment and Hope Mill Theatre’s production of Aspects Of Love at Southwark Playhouse in January 2019.

Aspects Of Love To Transfer to Southwark Playhouse

Douglas Mayo18th October 2018 News, Off West End

Following an acclaimed season at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre, Aspects Of Love is to transfer to London’s Southwark Playhouse in January 2019.

Floating Festivals Stages Cruise October 2018 – Book Now

Editorial Staff22nd September 2018 Events, Features, News, West End

Join Michael Ball and some of the West End’s biggest stars as the Stages Musical Theatre Festival At Sea brings luxury to a musical theatre festival experience this October. Artists including Michael Ball, Collabro, Beverley Knight, The Showstoppers, Christina Bianco, Lee Mead, Sophie Evans, John Owen-Jones, Don Black, Arlene Phillips and Marti Webb will headine this unique experience which is a must for musical theatre lovers. Check out the updated artist list here. Departing Southampton on the 15th October this four night trip to Amsterdam (including a full day ashore in Amsterdam) is the red carpet adventure of a lifetime on the Royal Caribbean’s Navigator Of The Seas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=53&v=9tt_FJSql8E Stages guests will experience non-stop interactive musical theatre activities, Events and workshops day and night. You will walk the red carpet on a star-studded theme night and be in the inner circle for all the blockbuster shows. Get access to intimate … Read more

REVIEW: Sunset Boulevard – UK Tour, New Victoria Theatre Woking ✭✭✭✭✭

Douglas Mayo16th February 201923rd January 2018 Touring Reviews

Douglas Mayo reviews Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard starring Ria Jones as part of the UK Tour and is impressed by the quality of this touring production.

FIRST LOOK: Ria Jones and Danny Mac in Sunset Boulevard UK Tour

Douglas Mayo20th September 2017 Features, Gallery, Touring

We are pleased to bring you Manuel Harlan’s great first look production photos from the current tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning musical Sunset Boulevard. This new production directed by Nikolai Foster stars Ria Jones as faded silent film star Norma Desmond, Danny Mac as aspiring screenwriter Joe Gillis, Adam Pearce as Max Von Mayerling, and Molly Lynch as Betty Schaefer. In her mansion on Sunset Boulevard, faded, silent-screen goddess, Norma Desmond, lives in a fantasy world. Impoverished screen writer, Joe Gillis, on the run from debt collectors, stumbles into her reclusive world. Persuaded to work on Norma’s ‘masterpiece’, a film script that she believes will put her back in front of the cameras, he is seduced by her and her luxurious life-style. Joe becomes entrapped in a claustrophobic world until his love for another woman leads him to try and break free with dramatic consequences. One of the all-time … Read more

Sunset Boulevard UK Tour

Douglas Mayo14th August 201810th February 2017 News, Touring

Ria Jones will play Norma Desmon in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard UK Tour starting at the Curve Theatre in Leicester in September 2017. In her mansion on Sunset Boulevard, faded, silent-screen goddess, Norma Desmond, lives in a fantasy world. Impoverished screen writer, Joe Gillis, on the run from debt collectors, stumbles into her reclusive world. Persuaded to work on Norma’s ‘masterpiece’, a film script that she believes will put her back in front of the cameras, he is seduced by her and her luxurious life-style. Joe becomes entrapped in a claustrophobic world until his love for another woman leads him to try and break free with dramatic consequences. Sunset Boulevard, based on Billy Wilder’s classic film is one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s greatest musicals. The Tony Award-winning musical (Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Book Of A Musical) with Don Black and Christopher Hampton’s wonderful book and lyrics. … Read more

OPENING NIGHT: Sunset Boulevard

Douglas Mayo5th April 20165th April 2016 Gallery, News, West End

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close

BritishTheatre.com is pleased to bring you these great images of the Opening Night of Sunset Boulevard at the London Coliseum. This semi-staged production stars the incomparable Glenn Close, Michael Xavier, Siobhan Dillon and Fred Johnason together with the 48 piece ENO Orchestra.

Douglas Mayo5th April 20161st April 2016 Features, Gallery, News, West End

Tickets for Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard are available through Britishtheatre.com

Performances begin today for Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard at the London Coliseum. Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton’s musical based on Billy Wilder’s iconic film of the same name is being presented for 43 performances only. Co-starring Michael Xavier, Sionhan Dillon and Fred Johanson, Sunset Boulevard looks set to be the theatrical event of 2016. Read our review of Sunset Boulevard BOOK NOW FOR SUNSET BOULEVARD Photos: Richard Hubert Smith