From one singing feline to another, Nicole Scherzinger has recently been announced as leading the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats. Originally rising to fame as the lead singer for ‘The PussyCat Dolls’ Scherzinger will be taking her first steps in the West End as the Glamour Cat Grizabella when the show premiers at the London Palladium on 6th December this year. She will perform for almost the entire run, leaving the cast on 7th February just before the show itself closes on the 28th.
Theatre News and Reviews
30 Sep
Casts 
Nicole Scherzinger to star in one of West End’s longest running shows
By Daniel Perks Tuesday, September 30 2014, 11:18
30 Sep
News 
Thriller Live extends booking for another year!
By Oliver Mitford Tuesday, September 30 2014, 07:38
Thriller Live, the global hit Michael Jackson tribute show that is currently entertaining audiences at the Lyric Theatre in London’s West End has extended its booking period through to 6 September 2015.
Now in its incredibly successful sixth year on Theatreland’s Shaftesbury Avenue, Thriller Live had been booking until 26 April 2015, but due to the high demand for tickets, the shows producers have extended through to September.
29 Sep
Reviews 
Review of Otello
By Phil Willmott Monday, September 29 2014, 13:14
This much anticipated new staging of Verdi’s masterpiece is directed by David Alden, a veteran of many fine productions who enjoyed a particular success recently with his haunting and startling revival of Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britain, at this same address.
I call it a masterpiece to give Verdi due reverence but if I’m honest I didn’t find the music anything like as powerful as Grimes.
It all starts well enough with a gripping storm scene in which a vast crowd of chorus singers hurl themselves around bellowing chunky harmonies to magnificent crashing music as they watch a ship wreck. This is one of a number of powerful group scenes which bring much needed excitement to proceedings. Otherwise it’s all a bit dry and static.
22 Sep
Reviews
Review of A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Permanently Bard
By Daniel Perks Monday, September 22 2014, 11:14
This adaptation proves that anything is possible when it comes to Shakespeare. The Globe beware because Shakespeare Bard definitely has a modern take on things.
One of the things I love about the summer months is that everything in London moves outside – you can enjoy great food, drink and theatre in the beauty of the evening summer sun and surrounded by nature. Some plays lend themselves really well to being performed in the open air and none more so than Shakespeare. So when I was invited to see an open air performance of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ performed by Permanently Bard theatre company, I was absolutely on board. Even better, the performance was in a pub beer garden, which combines two of my favourite things – theatre and alcohol.
19 Sep
Reviews
Review: Forbidden Broadway at the Vaudeville Theatre
By Daniel Perks Friday, September 19 2014, 13:00
A great spoof of musicals old and new, but it only works if you know the original shows. Take out a couple of the more abstract references to give it a wider audience appeal.
As a regular theatregoer, I love getting caught up in the atmosphere that surrounds the West End. Each production is unique, with moments that make you laugh, cry and cheer (hopefully). Of course, no show is flawless and each has its eccentricities. So when I heard that Forbidden Broadway, a musical revue that makes fun out of all of these weird and wonderful nuances, was coming to the Vaudeville Theatre I knew I had to go along. I wondered whether this show would pick out the same things that I noticed when seeing a musical for the first time. It did, but it also opened my eyes to some completely new and hilarious moments that I will definitely watch out for in the future.
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