As panto season gets into full swing, I’m sitting here, fingers crossed and touching wood - my middle name is Versatile - hoping beyond hope that this year I will be able to get to the Backstage Bar at the Rialto for The West End's number one adults-only pantomime Snow White and The Seven Merry Men. In merry anticipation, I caught up with drag queen Ava Cardo and Jamie Redman who are playing Snow White and Prince Donkey Dick respectively. Before moving on to the show, I asked the two to tell me … [Read more...]
London Theatre News - UK Touring Productions News
MATT TERRY To Star As ‘Stacee Jaxx’ in ROCK OF AGES
The producers of the smash-hit musical ROCK OF AGES have announced that musical theatre star and X-Factor Champion MATT TERRY will star as ‘Stacee Jaxx’ from Tuesday 25 January at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking until Saturday 9 July at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend. Performer, singer and songwriter MATT TERRY is perhaps best known as the champion of the 2016 series of ITV’s The X Factor, gaining a Top 3 hit with his Ed Sheeran penned winner’s single, “When Christmas Comes Around”. He … [Read more...]
The Human Voice starring Ruth Wilson comes to London…
Sonia Friedman Productions has announced that Ruth Wilson will star in Ivo van Hove’s adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s The Human Voice, which he also directs with design by Jan Versweyveld, originally produced by Internationaal Theater Amsterdam. The production opens at the Harold Pinter Theatre on 22 March, with previews from 17 March, and runs for three weeks only until 9 April. BOOK TICKETS HERE Ruth Wilson said today, “I am absolutely thrilled to be collaborating again with Ivo and Jan … [Read more...]
Girl From The North Country will embark on its first UK Tour…
The award-winning smash-hit production of Girl From The North Country, written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson (The Weir, The Seafarer) with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan, will embark on its first UK Tour following an opening 5-week season at 3Olympia Theatre Dublin from 25 June 2022. The production will tour to Canterbury, Southampton, York, Salford Quays, Newcastle, Bath, Nottingham, Cheltenham, Plymouth, Bradford, Cardiff and Sheffield. Further tour dates are to … [Read more...]
West End date for John Barrowman + 16-date tour of ‘I AM WHAT I AM’
John Barrowman is back on tour with his new show ‘I am What I am’ The tour launches on Saturday 30 April, 2022 at Southend‘s Cliff’s Pavilion and visit 16 venues including the Adelphi Theatre in the West End on Tuesday 24 May. John said: “From the West End to Broadway, this has been the amazing journey of my musical theatre career. I’ve worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, Cameron Mackintosh to name a few. I’ve performed at the National Theatre and on Broadway. I’ve lived … [Read more...]