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2018
What's the secret to a modern librettist-composer relationship? How did an episode of BBC Radio Four's From Our Own Correspondent lead to an original British musical? Ahead of SAN DOMINO's full-scale run at London's Tristan Bates Theatre, we catch up with collaborators and former bandmates Tim Anfilogoff and Alan Whittaker about their partnership and the show's journey to date...
2018
Just in time for this year's Royal Wedding, right royal musical comedy H.R.Haitch gets its full-length premiere at the Union Theatre, where Tori Allen-Martin (who bears an uncanny resemblance to Megan Markle, we reckon) stars...
2018
Award-winning American musical revue IT'S ONLY LIFE gets its UK premiere at London's Union Theatre this summer care of Aria Entertainment's Katy Lipson with a fantastic five-strong ensemble cast including Noel Sullivan...
2018
The Stable has announced casting and dates for THE RHYTHM METHOD, a new British musical in the making about fertility, which has limited London dates in May at the Bush and Landor Theatres with a series of post-show expert discussions...
2018
Matt Board and Reina Hardy's British musical comedy FANATICAL, celebrating 'cult TV sci-fi show Angel 8' and its fans at comic convention, premieres later this year at London's Playground Theatre. Have a sneak-listen of some of the music ahead of casting...
2018
Kwame Kwei-Armah, the new artistic director of London's Young Vic Theatre, will open his inaugural season with the London premiere of his and Shaina Taub's community musical version of TWELFTH NIGHT, first seen in New York in 2016. Find out why, and who will star, here...
2018
The Tudor queens are ready to rule again! After extended, sell-out showcase dates earlier this year, SIX The Musical, about the six wives of Henry VIII, is returning to the Arts Theatre for a full season after a triumphant reprisal at this summer's Edinburgh Fringe...
2018
Kinda like Rock of Ages meets Camelot? Or Game of Thrones crossed with Mamma Mia? KNIGHTS OF THE ROSE, a new jukebox musical set in the Middle Ages to a backdrop of rock classics, will get its world premiere this summer at the West End's Arts Theatre, directed and choreographed by Racky Plews...
You may well have seen Welshman Iwan Lewis on stage or screen. His many credits include Legally Blonde, Godspell, Therese Raquin and the blockbuster film version of Les Miserables (yes, that's him with Hugh Jackman). How'd he go from treading the boards to launching and running Cirencester's brand-new Barn Theatre? Watch as he lays out his vision for bringing the West End to the Cotswolds...
Dean John-Wilson and Na-Young Jeon will play the young lovers alongside Broadway stars Kelli O'Hara, Ken Watanabe and Ruthie Ann Miles in the transatlantic transfer of Rodgers & Hammerstein classic THE KING & I, which has announced a final, three-week extension at the West End's London Palladium.
2018
The Union Theatre is well known for bringing back well-loved and classic musicals, but in an exciting addition to their 2018 spring season, a new, freshly imagined, full-length production of H.R.HAITCH heads to the stage this May...
2018
Meet the four young actresses alternating in the central role of Tina Denmark in the UK premiere of award-winning all-female character camp killer cult classic RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL, starting performances later this month at London's Arts Theatre.
2018
The UK premiere of ROTHSCHILD & SONS, with music by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, is now in its final week at London's Park Theatre. We caught up with Broadway's Glory Crampton, reprising her role from the show's New York run, and West End favourite Gary Trainor, who play mother and son in the show...
SAN DOMINO, a new musical exploring Benito Mussolini's persecution of homosexuals, is coming to London's Tristan Bates Theatre. Watch our video from writer Tim Anfilogoff, who recounts the real Second World War atrocity that inspired the show. And heads up: Faves founder Terri Paddock is organising a post-show Q&A...
2018
Did you see Arlene Phillips and Sam Cassidy's rock musical 27 at the Cockpit Theatre in 2016? Well, now it's time to see it in its next stage of development as MYTH: THE RISE & FALL OF ORPHEUS with a series of workshopping concert performances this March at The Other Palace...
What do Britney Spears and Natalie Portman have in common? Both Hollywood stars got early career breaks in the Off-Broadway musical spoof RUTHLESS, which savagely rips off the likes of Gyspy and is - after 25 years! - finally getting its London premiere at the Arts Theatre this March...
2018
Welcome to 2018! What’s the best way to start the New Year? By checking out our sparkling top 20 #StageFave New Year tweets of course! Here's to another #stagey year of fantastic theatre!
2017
Our #FirstNightTakeover series continues with Perry O'Bree attending the West End premiere (on 14 December 2017) of macabre musical masterpiece THE GRINNING MAN, which has transferred to Trafalgar Studios after its award-winning 2016 world premiere at Bristol Old Vic. In addition to capturing the creepy atmosphere and Trafalgar transformation, Perry caught up with show stars Louis Maskell, Sanne den Besten and Amanda Wilkin, as well as fellow #StageFave Hannah Waddingham, who recently recorded her own version of one of the show's songs...
2017
Our #FirstNightTakeover series continues with Perry O'Bree attending the London premiere (on 14 December 2017) of screen-to-stage adaptation NATIVITY! THE MUSICAL at the Eventim Apollo. What happened when he met Samantha Barks and other #StageFaves on the red carpet? Did he get into the festive spirit?
Laura Baldwin is making herself at home at The Other Palace. After she finishes in Big Fish, she'll stay on to star opposite American Liam Forde, making his London stage debut, in the premiere of EUGENIUS! Who else will join them in this new musical produced by actor Warwick Davis?