Phil Willmott
11 Apr
Reviews 
Review: LES BLANCS at the National Theatre
By Phil Willmott Monday, April 11 2016, 09:46
The relatively new Artistic Director of the National Theatre, Rufus Norris, hasn't won many fans so far with his rather grim programming of the UK's centre of theatrical excellence. There's been very little glamour and frivolity. Even a musical of ALICE IN WONDERLAND turned out to be little appreciated but there has been some fantastic drama and this latest production is a shining example of the kind of intelligent, hard hitting theatre that couldn't exist in the commercial market and which, I for one, am delighted to see at the NT.
11 Apr
Reviews
Review: SUNSET BOULEVARD at the London Coliseum
By Phil Willmott Monday, April 11 2016, 09:32
Two words: treat yourself!
This sumptuous, Rolls Royce presentation of one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s more popular musicals of recent decades is the 2nd in a series of concert presentations from the GradeLinnit Company in Association with English National Opera.
04 Apr
News
Andrew Lloyd Webber is as busy as ever
By Phil Willmott Monday, April 4 2016, 18:21
The UK’s Greatest living theatre composer shows no signs of slowing down after five decades at the top.
In a recent interview his regular lyricist, Don Black, has revealed plans are afoot to revamp ALW’s latest flop STEPHEN WARD with the addition of new songs and there are still hope that a newly conceived Australian production of the PHANTOM OF THE OPERA sequel, LOVE NEVER DIES, will come to the UK.
04 Apr
Casts
Sherlock Star to play Hamlet next February
By Phil Willmott Monday, April 4 2016, 15:48
Andrew Scott (Moriarty in TV’s SHERLOCK) is one of my favourite actors, quirky, charismatic and emotionally precise, so I’m very excited to hear he’s to play the title role in HAMLET by William Shakespeare at the Almeida Theatre next February in a production directed by the innovative Robert Icke.
Juliet Stevenson returns to the Almeida to play Hamlet's mother Gertrude with further casting and exact performance dates to be announced in the autumn.
04 Apr
New Shows
Snap up your Dreamgirls tickets! This is going to sell out!
By Phil Willmott Monday, April 4 2016, 15:34
It’s been a long wait!
Thirty-five years after its ground-breaking original Broadway production the West End will finally get its own production of Tony Award-winning musical DREAMGIRLS when it opens at the Savoy Theatre in November, 2016.
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