Blog / Theatre News

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07 Nov
2017

Everybody get ready, a brand new leading man will be unleashed on London's West End from Tuesday 7th November! Ben Irish joins the cast of the critically acclaimed rock musical THE TOXIC AVENGER for the rest of the run at the Arts Theatre...

07 Nov
2017

It must feel like coming home for David Thaxton, who has announced his return to LES MISERABLES in the role of Javert, which he first played back in 2014. The seasoned cast member will return to the longest running musical on the West End early next year...

02 Nov
2017

The London Musical Theatre Orchestra are on a roll of phenomenal successes and their next production, A CHRISTMAS CAROL looks like it's going to continue the tradition. Michael Xavier, Lucie Jones and more fabulous StageFaves will join Robert Lindsay (who is to play Scrooge) this December at the Lyceum Theatre...

02 Nov
2017

Tom Fletcher has been busy since writing his book "THE CHRISTMASAURUS". This November, the book and CD will be released, marking the first time an author has written a soundtrack to their novel. Now, it's heading to the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, for 10 dates only with a host of big names including his wife and sister!

02 Nov
2017

They're the Kings and Queens of British Improv. SHOWSTOPPER, the Olivier Award-winning, fully-improvised musical, have announced a new set of dates for 2018, marking their fourth year in London's West End...

This year, West End Bares raised a stonking £50,000 for the Make A Difference Trust, breaking last year's record! West End StageFaves were out in full force with celeb hosts like Graham Norton and Mark Gatiss and treated the audience to a night of dance, debauchery and spelbinding naughtiness. We've rounded up our favourite sexy snaps from "Ruby Strippers" along with a video of all the highlights...

02 Nov
2017

It's one of the most hotly anticipated West End openings this decade and now the process of re-booking seats due to the delayed opening is done, the producers of HAMILTON have announced a further release of tickets for the first booking period of the show...

01 Nov
2017

These boots were made for walking, so that's just what they'll do! The hugely successful KINKY BOOTS - winner of every Best Musical award - has announced a UK tour from autumn 2018, starting at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton in a real homecoming for the show. Which of your #StageFaves do you want to see strutting their stuff on tour?

31 Oct
2017

Spearheading a programme of work that celebrates the centenary year of female suffrage is the world premiere of the intriguingly titled new musical ORANGES AND ELEPHANTS. A new all-female musical written by Lil Warren and directed by Susie McKenna, we at #STageFaves think it is guaranteed to be a highlight of Hoxton Hall's spring 2018 season, Female Parts.

31 Oct
2017

Guess who is hiding among the plants at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre? None other than Audrey II! LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS has been announced as the big 2018 summer musical at this beautiful outdoors theatre and it couldn't be a more perfect fit. Which of your #StageFaves would you like to see in the cast?

30 Oct
2017

Lots of returning cast and several exciting new faces for the London transfer of THE GRINNING MAN. Sanne den Besten, Mark Anderson (fresh from The Toxic Avenger) and Julie Atherton are amongst those joining original stars Julian Bleach and Louis Maskell at Trafalgar Studios in December...

30 Oct
2017

Sting's debut musical THE LAST SHIP is coming home, opening in his native Newcastle in March ahead of a UK tour with Jimmy Nail reprising his Broadway starring role. But will it come to London? And which other #StageFaves will star this side of the pond?

30 Oct
2017

The ladies of Notflix are back and the show is bigger than ever! After a fantastic Edinburgh run playing to packed houses at the Gilded Balloon and a one-off evening show in their biggest space yet, the all-female improv group return to London for a triumphant one-night only gig this December before a 2018 national tour...

30 Oct
2017

The UK premiere of ROTHSCHILD AND SONS opens next year at the Park Theatre and if the cast are anything to go by, it's going to be one hell of a show! Stars of the original New York production Robert Cuccioli and Glory Crampton are heading across the pond and will be joined by our favourite West End rocker Gary Trainor this coming January...

27 Oct
2017

A Christmas miracle for #StageFaves in South London and beyond - the UK premiere of musical MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET will happen at the Bridge House Theatre this winter. Who would your ideal Kris Kringle be?

27 Oct
2017

In some amazing #StageFaves news, the ENO have announced that their next musical theatre production will be the first major West End revival of CHESS in over 30 years. The original production starred Elaine Paige and Murray Head, the 2008 Royal Albert Hall concert featured Idina Menzel and Kerry Ellis, and previous musicals here have attracted the likes of Alfie Boe and Glenn Close - which of your #StagesFaves would you like to see in this new revival?

26 Oct
2017

Hard to believe Hope Mill Theatre is just a little over a year old. This Manchester musical factory is already onto its third London transfer with today's news that its acclaimed revival of Stephen Schwartz's PIPPIN is coming to Southwark Playhouse in the new year...

26 Oct
2017

Matthew McKenna is “handsome hero” Bananaman. But who are Doctor Gloom, Crow, Eric Wimp and General Blight? Full cast now announced for the comic book page-to-stage premiere of BANANAMAN, commencing at London's Southwark Playhouse in December.

26 Oct
2017

British cult musical comedy EUGENIUS! gets a full six-week run at The Other Palace in the new year, after a star-studded one-night concert at the West End's London Palladium last May.

25 Oct
2017

Great news for fans of ORDINARY DAYS - the show is returning to London with two new #StageFaves in the cast. After impressing audiences at London Theatre Workshop and taking Edinburgh by storm, two original cast members return with the production and are joined by two new faces - can you recognise them from the musicals in which they've previously starred?