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2017
This Christmas, why not take your friends and family to the Vaudeville Theatre for some magical fun for all the family? WILDE CREATURES opens this December before heading off on tour and it's sure to enchant audiences as much as Oscar Wilde's fairy tales enchanted their original readers...
2017
It's been all over the news for over a year and now it's coming, in song-form to the London stage! BREXODUS! THE MUSICAL (formerly known as Brexit, the musical) is coming to The Other Palace for a limited few performances this July. Get ready to trigger those articles guys, we're in for a bumpy ride...
2017
Casting has been announced for THE HIRED MAN, which will run at The Union Theatre from 19 July. Based on the novel by Melvyn Bragg, THE HIRED MAN centres around the lives of a simple country family facing the turn of the century and the darker times that lay before them. We can't wait to see this fab show in such an awesome London venue...
The brilliant new one-man musical SUPERHERO has its opening night on 30 June at Southwark Playhouse and we can't wait to see it. In celebration of this wonderful show, we've got videos of the trailer and two awesome songs, including "Don't Look Down" (which won the Stiles and Drewe award) sung by the fabulous Michael Rouse. So pop on your Bat Man capes and fly on down to Southwark...
2017
Ever fancied setting sail in a big ship surrounded by fellow musical theatre fans and a bunch of your favourite West-End stars? Well, if that's your oddly specific fantasy, 2018 could literally herald the realisation of all your dreams! A new musical theatre cruise "Stages" has been announced aboard the Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas cruise ship. Michael Ball, Beverley Knight, Lee Mead, Sophie Evans, John Owen-Jones and musical theatre group Collabro will appear and we've gotta say, it sounds like a hell of a party...
2017
Everybody go #PoopPoop!! Toad is in town and he's hopped his way to the London Palladium! Our #FirstNightTakeover series continues with Perry O'Bree attending the opening night of THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS on 29 June 2017 and chatting to Mr. Toad himself, Rufus Hound (amongst others!) on the red carpet! This new adaptation of the world-famous children's book was composed by Stiles and Drewe and is sure to be a West-End smash! Watch Perry's #FirstNightTakeover vlog and check out his tweets and photos from the red carpet.
2017
It may have been postponed last year due to her pregnancy, but Audra McDonald has finally arrived on our shores to make her West End debut in LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR & GRILL. The six-time Tony Award winner (a record number, the latest of which was for this show), who plays legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in the musical play has been astonishing fans and critics alike and we can understand why. We've put together a round-up of all the top reviews, and don't forget to watch our interview with her on opening night...
2017
Yup - it's true. Your eyes are not deceiving you. THE MARRIAGE OF KIM K- THE KIM KARDASHIAN MUSICAL is a real thing, it's an opera, and it's coming to the Arcola Theatre this july! It's a new take on Mozart's THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO combining pop, electronic and classical music and it sounds like one of the most intrigueing shows that'll be hitting the London stage this summer...
2017
It's been almost 30 years, but METROPOLIS is back! For the first time since its 1989 West End debut, All Star Productions are continuing their string of lesser-produced musicals with a full run this October at Ye Olde Rose And Crown. It's been a long wait and we're super psyched, but I'm sure we can wait a few months longer...right...RIGHT!?
The full cast has been announced for this summer's return of the Open Air Theatre's Olivier Award-winning revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. In addition to the previously announced Declan Bennett, Tyrone Huntley and Peter Caulfield - all reprising their performances as Jesus, Judas, Pilate and Herod, respectively - who's back and who's new?
The full cast has been announced for this summer's return of the Open Air Theatre's Olivier Award-winning revival of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. In addition to the previously announced Declan Bennett, Tyrone Huntley and Peter Caulfield - all reprising their performances as Jesus, Judas, Pilate and Herod, respectively - who's back and who's new?
2017
#StageFaves Perry O'Bree and Terri Paddock attended the West End premiere of Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, starring Broadway superstar Audra McDonald making her West End debut. After the show, Perry talked to the six-time Tony Award winner about playing Billie Holliday and what she has in common with chihuahua co-star Tilly...
2017
Forget Glastonbury, this weekend the only place to be was WEST END LIVE with amazing performances from all of our favourite shows! We’re rounded up 20 of our favourite tweets from performers and shows that capture some of the magic! You can find our full social media coverage, features and more on our dedicated WEST END LIVE page.
2017
Forget Glastonbury, this weekend the only place to be was WEST END LIVE with amazing performances from all of our favourite shows! We’re rounded up 20 of our favourite tweets from performers and shows that capture some of the magic! You can find our full social media coverage, features and more on our dedicated WEST END LIVE page.
How many dads does it take to make a musical? One is all you need. Join #StageFaves founder Terri Paddock for an exclusive post-show Q&A with the creators and star of new musical SUPERHERO - including the Stiles & Drewe award-winning song "Don't Look Down" - at Southwark Playhouse on 11 July...
How do you measure success when it comes to one of Europe's largest free performing arts festivals? Check out these stats for West End Live, both in terms of what happened in Trafalgar Square, and how the event became a top trending topic across both Twitter and Facebook. We think the organisers definitely #GetSocial!
How do you measure success when it comes to one of Europe's largest free performing arts festivals? Check out these stats for West End Live, both in terms of what happened in Trafalgar Square, and how the event became a top trending topic across both Twitter and Facebook. We think the organisers definitely #GetSocial!
2017
Who'd our vlogger Perry O'Bree catch up with at West End Live? Watch all his backstage video interviews from both days with West End stars including Ben Forster, Jade Ewen, Danny Mac, Cassidy Janson, Marisha Wallace, Kerry Ellis, Rachel Tucker, Tyrone Huntley, John Partridge (in drag!), Lucie Jones, Jason Manford and many others from Aladdin, An American in Paris, The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, Five Guys Named Moe, On the Town, The Lion King, Everybody Loves Jamie, Half a Sixpence and The Wind in the Willows - to name a few!
2017
Who'd our vlogger Perry O'Bree catch up with at West End Live? Watch all his backstage video interviews from both days with West End stars including Ben Forster, Jade Ewen, Danny Mac, Cassidy Janson, Marisha Wallace, Kerry Ellis, Rachel Tucker, Tyrone Huntley, John Partridge (in drag!), Lucie Jones, Jason Manford and many others from Aladdin, An American in Paris, The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia!, Five Guys Named Moe, On the Town, The Lion King, Everybody Loves Jamie, Half a Sixpence and The Wind in the Willows - to name a few!
2017
Disney knows a thing or two about getting people talking - and sharing. We loved their use of social media at West End Live this year. In the Disney hut, fans were encouraged to get pics of themselves with props and costumes from Disney's two current West End hits, ALADDIN and THE LION KING, both of which performed at this weekend's festival....