When news of its existence began circulating many moons ago, there seemed something delightfully subversive about the prospect of Elton John and Jake Shears combining their songwriting talents to create a musical based on the tumultuous life of one of the Christian Evangelical movement’s most unforgettable, beloved, pilloried, reviled and eventually rehabilitated television personalities, Tammy Faye Bakker.
West End Theatre News and Reviews


Review: TAMMY FAYE at Almeida
By Stuart King Friday, October 28 2022, 10:42


THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL to play five weeks in London
By London Box Office Wednesday, October 26 2022, 11:59
Showpath Entertainment announces the UK Premiere Tour of the Tony Award nominated, award-winning THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL. The fun will take off on tour across the UK and Ireland, opening at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton on Wednesday 5 April 2023. Then it’s due in London for a five week summer run that’ll have you and the kids in fits of laughter.


Review: A SINGLE MAN at Park Theatre
By Stuart King Monday, October 24 2022, 10:22
Tom Ford electrified the movie world in 2009 with his gorgeously soft-focussed, cinematic adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s novel about a bereaved gay teacher, set in the early 1960s amidst Santa Monica’s swinging set.
Miles Molan, Phoebe Pryce, Theo Fraser Steele, Olivia Darnley, Freddie Gaminara - Photographer Mitzi de Margary.


Review: MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO at the Barbican Theatre
By Miriam Gibson Wednesday, October 19 2022, 11:19
There are two types of people in the world: people who love Studio Ghibli movies, and people who’ve never heard of them. My Neighbour Totoro will be most loved by the former group, but just about enjoyable by the latter.


MJ - Coming to the West End for 2024
By London Box Office Tuesday, October 18 2022, 11:28
Producers Lia Vollack Productions and The Michael Jackson Estate have announced their multiple Tony Award winning Broadway musical MJ will be in theatreland for March 2024, on stage at the magnificent Prince Edward Theatre. This show is about so much more than the music. MJ reveals the backdrop to Jackson’s outstanding 1992 Dangerous World Tour, which set the stage for a lifetime of fame, fortune, and truly extraordinary tunes.
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