If you’ve noticed an increase in people humming Disney songs around the West End at the moment it’s because auditions are in full swing for the London transfer of the Broadway hit ALADDIN and almost every musical theatre performer you’ll meet has, or is hoping to have, a shot at being in the show.
New Shows
Here is where you will read about new shows, upcoming productions, and West End gossips!
20 Aug
New Shows 
Get the Aladdin Buzz!
By Phil Willmott Thursday, August 20 2015, 13:11
13 Aug
New Shows
SHOWSTOPPER! The Improvised Musical
By Phil Willmott Thursday, August 13 2015, 12:38
Most people appreciate how tough it is to get a new musical right, achieving the perfect balance of story, song, comedy and tragedy as recent flops like MADE IN DAGENHAM have proved.
All the more reason than to see this extraordinary little show where a handful of performers and musicians improvise a new musical based on suggestions from the audience EVERY NIGHT!
11 Aug
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Preview of The Barber of Seville
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, August 11 2015, 11:46
Jonathan Miller, who first found fame way back in the 1960’s as part of the posh comedy group BEYOND THE FRINGE has achieved extraordinary success over the last few decades as the director of some of the best loved and most often revived opera productions in the modern repertoire.
10 Aug
New Shows
Richard O'Brien and The Rocky Horror Show
By Phil Willmott Monday, August 10 2015, 10:43
Revivals of the cult musical THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW have made regular appearances in the West End since it started life in the 1970s in a small theatre off the Kings Road in Chelsea. But it was cinema that really established the piece as a classic.
06 Aug
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Oresteia coming to Trafalgar Studios
By Phil Willmott Thursday, August 6 2015, 11:21
I’m absolutely thrilled to hear the Almeida Theatre’s recent production of ORESTEIA is to transfer to the Trafalgar Studios in the West End from 22nd August.
The ancient Greek trilogy of tragedies is arguably one of the most important pieces of drama ever written, dealing, as it does, with the mythical world’s passage from fear and superstition at the mercy of the fickle gods, to peace and civilisation as democracy is established.
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