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Samantha Womack - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
21 May
Casts
London Box Office

Samantha Womack to star in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

This spectacular 5 star version of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C S Lewis is about to roar into London’s theatreland, and Samantha Womack plays the White Witch. This fabulous production has wowed audiences across the UK and Ireland, now it’s due to make its West End premiere at the Gillian Lynne Theatre on Drury Lane. The fun begins on 18th July 2022 and the strictly limited season ends on 8th January 2023.

Samantha Womack - The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Samantha Womack as the White Witch in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at the Gillian Lynne Theatre

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Come From Away
20 May
Casts
London Box Office

Come From Away welcomes new and returning London cast members

Come From Away The multi award-winning London production of the worldwide hit musical Come From Away welcomes new and returning cast members to the Phoenix Theatre from June 2022. It’s great to see them back! This is the winner of every major Best Musical award. It tells the inspiring true story of 7,000 stranded air passengers who landed at a small town in Newfoundland, where they were welcomed in.

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The Company of My Fair Lady. Photo Marc Brenner.
20 May
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: MY FAIR LADY at The London Coliseum

As a child, this reviewer heard countless plays of the household’s Lerner and Leowe musical albums: Camelot, Paint Your Wagon, Brigadoon and of course My Fair Lady (based on George Bernard Shaw’s playPygmalion). All, had been huge commercial stage successes, spawning sumptuously colourful film versions indelibly associated with the golden age of the Hollywood musical.

The Company of My Fair Lady. Photo Marc Brenner.The company of My Fair Lady. Credit Marc Brenner.

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Olivia Moore & Dan Partridge during the curtain call at press night for GREASE, credit Piers Allardyce
19 May
London Box Office

GREASE Press Night photos released

GREASE originally opened in Chicago way back in 1971. It caused an instant sensation and transferred to Broadway the following year, when it was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including one for Best Musical. The show features a string of awesome songs, including Summer Nights, Greased Lightnin', Hopelessly Devoted To You and You're The One That I Want. Take a look at the images below – they’re inspiring.

Olivia Moore & Dan Partridge during the curtain call at press night for GREASE, credit Piers AllardyceOlivia Moore & Dan Partridge during the curtain call at press night for GREASE, credit Piers Allardyce

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Grease the Musical
18 May
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: GREASE at the Dominion Theatre

Grease the Musical Set at the fictional Rydell High, GREASE — the perennial first crush, school musical — has previously enjoyed long runs at London theatres in the early 1970s (before the film’s release) and again in the early 1990s. This year the show celebrates 50 years since it first appeared on Broadway and to mark the milestone, a new production directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by West End stalwart Arlene Phillips, has just opened at the Dominion Theatre.

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