By Oliver Mitford Tuesday, May 19 2015, 09:22
Previous X Factor winner Matt Cardle is due to star in the multi award-winning West End production of Memphis the Musical.
The popular recording artist will take over from Killian Donnelly in the role of Huey Calhoun from 6 July 2015, joining the current leading lady Beverley Knight, who will continue in her role as soul sensation Felicia Farrell.
By Oliver Mitford Monday, May 18 2015, 16:37
Smash-hit British musical Billy Elliot celebrated its tenth birthday in London’s West End last week and to mark the celebration, producers of the show have announced that it is extending its run at the Victoria Palace Theatre to 17 December 2016.
At the star-studded anniversary performance on 12th May 2015, Stephen Daldry director of Billy Elliot the Musical said ‘From the start, Billy Elliot has given me enormous professional fulfilment as well as huge pride and the show will always have a very special place in my heart.’
By Phil Willmott Monday, May 18 2015, 09:42
Anthony Sher in DEATH OF A SALESMAN at the Noel Coward Theatre. The first thing you should know if you’re considering buying a ticket to see Sir Anthony Sher in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of DEATH OF A SALESMAN, written by Arthur Miller in 1949, is that you’ll be watching one of the greatest plays ever created.
Regarded by many as the American KING LEAR it contains all the drama, heartbreak and poignancy of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy whilst dramatising, not the disintegration of a magnificent monarch but, as the title suggests, the last days of a humble travelling salesmen, Willy Loman.
By Oliver Mitford Thursday, May 14 2015, 18:04
After much speculation and gossip, the producers of the sell-out Broadway show Motown the Musical have finally announced the West End venue that will house the smash-hit production. The Shaftesbury Theatre in the heart of London’s theatreland will be the new home of the Berry Gordy penned musical, set to open in late February 2016.
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, May 5 2015, 10:38
There are very few actors whose appearance in a film or TV show will make me want to watch it regardless of anything else. John Goodman is one of those actors so it was a great thrill to be able to see him live in the West End. It’s not that he’s particularly different in each performance. Even though he does a nice line in villains from time to time and occasionally flirts with an accent he always looks and sounds pretty much as he did as Dan Connor in the long running, hit sit-com Roseanne, which made him a household name.
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