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Old Vic Theatre
24 Nov
News
Phil Willmott

Can We All Open Our Shows Please?

Old Vic Theatre Like most theatre Directors I've spend most of lock down rehearsing a show. Don't worry, bizarrely government regulations allow for this as long as no members of the public are admitted. However it's been surreal not knowing when that will be as no one has been able to guarantee that audiences will actually be able to watch from December 2nd as previously announced.

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Cinderella - Andrew Lloyd Webber
19 Nov
News
Phil Willmott

More BAD CINDERELLA News

Cinderella - Andrew Lloyd Webber The BAD CINDERELLA team are obviously keeping busy during lock down. If the intention is to install breathless anticipation in us, it’s working! Well for me at least.

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Death Drop - Garrick Theatre
18 Nov
New Shows
Phil Willmott

See Stars from RuPaul's Drag Race in the West End

Death Drop - Garrick Theatre A few weeks ago a West End show was announced for the Garrick theatre with very little fanfare. Given the that the creators have entitled it DEATH DROP in the midst of a pandemic I assumed it was some kind of a tasteless hoax and ignored it.

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Andrew Lincoln
06 Nov
News
Phil Willmott

Celebrity Scrooge Revealed and a Double Helping of Santa’s Elves. Your Covid Theatre Christmas!

Andrew Lincoln The Old Vic theatre had us all guessing when they teased they had signed up a major star to play Scrooge in their highly acclaimed production of A Christmas Carol. It’s already played to a quarter of a million people, with different lead actors, in London and New York over the last three Christmases and this year it will be broadcast on line.

All has been revealed and the actor in question is Andrew Lincoln best known for starring in 7 seasons of the US TV hit THE WALKING DEAD.

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Jersey Boys London
06 Nov
New Shows
Phil Willmott

JERSEY BOYS Returns to the West End

Jersey Boys London The story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons will make a welcome return to the West End next spring when the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS is revived at the new Trafalgar Theatre from Wednesday 14 April 2021.

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