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Tom Chambers - ELF the Musical in London
22 Sep
Casts
London Box Office

Tom Chambers joins the cast of ELF - Plus more new cast members

Tom Chambers - ELF the Musical in London Based on the hilarious 2003 movie starring Will Ferrell, Elf’s show tunes come from the Tony Award nominees Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin. This new production is directed by Philip Wm. McKinley, with set and costume design by Tim Goodchild, choreography by Liam Steel, lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe, sound by Gareth Owen, video design by Ian William Galloway, and wig and hair design by Richard Mawbey.

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Mark Curry as the Wizard in Wicked
22 Sep
News
London Box Office

Wicked welcomes Mark Curry back as The Wizard

Mark Curry as the Wizard in Wicked The well-loved actor and TV presenter Mark Curry is back to delight us in Wicked, playing the Wizard from 18th October 2022. The wonderful Gary Wilmot will make his final performance in the role on Sunday 16th October. As Mark Curry said, “I'm thrilled to be returning to Oz after 5 years away and to have this opportunity to play The Wizard again in the incredible Wicked”. The rest of the cast remains the same.

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Matilda The Musical
20 Sep
News
London Box Office

RSC’s Matilda The Musical - Production images, video, and an extention

Matilda The Musical The first piece of amazing news – Matilda The Musical, the brilliant show from the RSC, is extending its West End production until 17th December 2023, giving you loads of time to experience the fun for yourself. It’s naughty, anarchic and enormous fun, loved by adults and children alike. The second piece of good news? We have some awesome new production images for you, created to inspire. The third? There’s also a video to enjoy.

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Din Giovanni - ROH
19 Sep
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: DON GIOVANNI at The Royal Opera House

Drawn from de Molina’s original Spanish tale of the lover and libertine Don Juan, Mozart’s Don Giovanni premiered at Prague in 1787 with a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.It received arapturous reception and has remained a popular and regular inclusion in the opera repertoire ever since, proving conclusively that we all love to see a baddie get his comeuppance.

Din Giovanni - ROH Christopher Maltman (Leporello), Thomas Faulkner (Masetto), Christina Gansch (Zerlina), Royal Opera House, Don Giovanni © Marc Brenner 2022

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Dame Maureen Lipman in Rose at the Park Theatre
16 Sep
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: ROSE at Park Theatre!

Park Theatre’s staging of Martin Sherman’s 1999 monologue for an elderly Jewish holocaust survivor, gives audiences a chance to get up close and intimate with Dame Maureen Lipman as she delivers a funny, harrowing and poignant personal account of one woman’s journey through mankind’s darkest and most turbulent period and on into the future.

Dame Maureen Lipman in Rose at the Park Theatre Dame Maureen Lipman in Rose at Park Theatre.

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