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Be More Chill
02 Mar
News
Josephine Balfour-Oatts

BE MORE CHILL Becomes The Longest-Running Musical Ever To Run At The Other Palace

Be More ChillBooking tickets for the hit musical Be More Chill demands the opposite temperament to that of its title. Get excited and get yours now - having just become the longest-running musical in the history of The Other Palace Theatre, seats are selling like hot cakes. 

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London's West End
28 Feb
News
Phil Willmott

New Figures Reveal West End Theatre is Thriving

London's West End West End producers are far more secretive about box office figures than their Broadway counterparts. In New York every Broadway production publishes details of how a show is doing on a weekly basis. If you’re a theatre geek it can make fascinating reading. You can access everything at https://www.broadwayworld.com/grosses.cfm

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The Prince of Egypt
28 Feb
Reviews
Phil Willmott

Review: THE PRINCE OF EGYPT at the Dominion Theatre

The Prince of Egypt The vast stage of the Dominion Theatre is a tough nut to crack and a number of sprawling musicals have spluttered to life for short runs there recently. Next up is THE PRINCE OF EGYPT based on an animated film from DreamWorks which I confess I’ve never seen. It’s what Hollywood used to call a biblical epic and tells the story of Moses, he of the slave exodus from Egypt, parting of the Red Sea, the plagues, burning bush etc.

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Dear Evan Hansen
28 Feb
News
Josephine Balfour-Oatts

DEAR EVAN HANSEN Extends Booking Period

Dear Evan HansenNow booking until the summer of this year, the multi award-winning, multi-generational musical Dear Evan Hansen continues to enchant audiences at London's Noel Coward Theatre. 

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THE PIRATE QUEEN The entire company. Photo Earl Carpenter.
28 Feb
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: THE PIRATE QUEEN at The London Coliseum

THE PIRATE QUEEN The entire company. Photo Earl Carpenter. The original 2007 Broadway run of The Pirate Queen (created by the Les Miserables team), made an estimated loss in excess of $16 million due to high running costs and mediocre box office interest. But did producer Tom Gribby’s much anticipated, one-night, semi-staged version at the Coliseum, signal a possible future London opening?

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