Although not entirely perfect, this staging – the first ever in the UK – of Pablo Sorozabal’s Zarzuela (Spanish Operetta) is brilliant, atmospheric, moving and one of the most satisfying productions I’ve seen this year. Imagery of the clown (el payaso) - and specifically the Pierrot of Comedia dell’arte - has long represented social outsiders and the disenfranchised, as depicted in Picasso’s rose period or more recently in Alex de la Iglesia’s Spanish Civil War darkly comic 2010 film The Last … [Read more...]
London Theatre News - UK Touring Productions News
New Cast Announced To Join Kevin Kennedy in Rock of Ages Tour
The producers of ROCK OF AGES are thrilled to announce full casting and additional dates for the UK tour starring Kevin Kennedy as ‘Dennis Dupree’ alongside Cameron Sharp as ‘Stacee Jaxx’ from Tuesday 23 August when the show opens in Inverness. The cast also includes Natalie Winsor as ‘Justice’, David Breeds as ‘Franz Klinenmann’ and Tianna Sealy-Jewiss joins the ensemble. They join returning cast members Sam Turrell as ‘Drew’, Gabriella Williams as ‘Sherrie’, Vicki Manser as ‘Regina’, Joe Gash … [Read more...]
Edinburgh Fringe 2022 recommendations
With well over three thousand productions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022, here’s my attempt at a list of recommendations. I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical, by Alexander S Bermange (Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 8:45pm, 6-28 Aug) achieved twenty-two five-star reviews at Fringe 2019 (including one from me) – there were previous incarnations even before that, described in LondonTheatre1 by Fiona Scott as “a wonderful lighthearted insight into the life of the musical theatre … [Read more...]
Interview with Sha Dessi – Éponine in Les Misérables
Sha Dessi graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in 2021 and is currently making her professional theatre debut as Éponine in Les Misérables. Q: From an aspiring actress at a young age, what were your dreams? Sha: Simply to choose a career that I could see myself being excited about for a long time. There is so much variety in terms of projects in the entertainment industry. I just wanted to contribute to theatre in whatever way I could, it is the thing that moves me most. … [Read more...]
Magical Merlin at the Fortune Theatre London
Following the February sell-out run of Jungle Rumble, Perform Productions returns to the West End presenting the premiere run of Magical Merlin. The spellbinding family musical will play at The Fortune Theatre this October half-term from Monday 24 to Sunday 30 October 2022. Magical Merlin features a mix of magic, songs and dancing, as well as uplifting themes of teamwork and self-belief. The show is set in ancient Britain, a wild world of witches and wizards where Magical Merlin’s miraculous … [Read more...]
Casting Announced for An Inspector Calls 30th Anniversary UK and Ireland Tour
PW Productions are delighted to announce the full cast for the 30th Anniversary UK and Ireland Tour of Stephen Daldry’s seminal production of JB Priestley’s classic thriller AN INSPECTOR CALLS which opens at the New Wimbledon Theatre on Friday 9 September before visiting Shrewsbury, Milton Keynes, Stoke, Cambridge, Cardiff, Southampton, Newcastle, Brighton, Guildford, Birmingham, Salford, Nottingham, Truro, Edinburgh, York, Aylesbury, Coventry, Plymouth, Liverpool, Leicester, Bromley, Richmond, … [Read more...]
Full cast announced for Tour of Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical
The producers of the world premiere production of FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS: THE MUSICAL are delighted to announce the full cast for the UK & Ireland tour, setting sail from 1 September 2022 at Theatre Royal Plymouth. The production will also make its North American premiere, opening at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Canada on 27 November 2022 for a limited Christmas season, before returning to the UK in 2023. Jason Langley (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (West End), Oslo (West … [Read more...]