Phil Willmott
03 Sep
News 
Goodbye STRICTLY BALLROOM but Shows Based on Films Keep on Coming
By Phil Willmott Monday, September 3 2018, 10:18
It’s been announced that STRICTLY BALLROOM, a musical based on the popular Australian indie film, will close at the West End's Piccadilly Theatre on 27th October 2018. It’s a fun if lightweight night out and well worth catching if you enjoy jukebox musicals.
28 Aug
New Shows
What do we know about the Forthcoming West End Transfer of Waitress
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, August 28 2018, 12:03
It’s been announced that the popular Broadway musical Waitress will transfer to the Adelphi Theatre in the West End next year.
I’m a regular New York theatre goer but I must confess I’ve always found the show, described as “the story of Jenna, a waitress and expert pie maker trapped in an abusive relationship, who uses a baking contest as a chance for a new life” as highly resistance.
27 Aug
Quizzes
Just for Fun Quiz on Theatre Families
By Phil Willmott Monday, August 27 2018, 13:50
Earlier last week Steve Markwick reported on a production of THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE starring a real-life mum and daughter combo. So, just for fun, here’s a quiz on other theatre families. Answers below.
23 Aug
News
Catching Up with Bat Out of Hell
By Phil Willmott Thursday, August 23 2018, 14:38
Since it opened at the Coliseum in 2017 the rock musical BAT OUT OF HELL, featuring songs made famous by Meatloaf has firmly established itself as a West End favourite. Now in its new and I imagine long-time home, the massive Dominion Theatre, it seems bedded in for a significant run.
Jordan Luke Gage will be taking on the lead role of Strat from 3 September
13 Aug
News
Cameron Macintosh Announces New Plans for your Favourite West End Venues
By Phil Willmott Monday, August 13 2018, 09:41
Cameron Mackintosh is not only the producer of some of London and New York’s longest running mega-hits of the past 30 years, including PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and LES MIS, but they’ve made him wealthy enough to buy the very theatres where they’re performed. After the restoration of the Victoria Palace Theatre ahead of the opening of Hamilton, he’s announced Wyndham's, Noël Coward, Gielgud, the Novello and the Queen's Theatre will also undergo improvement.
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