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First London Theatre App Launched for iPhone and Android Mobile Phones This week launched the first London Theatre mobile phone App that can be used on iPhone and Android networks, from which theatregoers can book theatre tickets through a secure booking system and also read London theatre news, show reviews and cast interviews. This new mobile phone App, which is free to download from the iPhone store and the Android Market from anywhere in the world, is unique in that it is the only … [Read more...]

The tweets were flying yesterday morning as the new December cast for Wicked were announced. Taking over from Louise Dearman as Glinda is Gina Beck, currently in The Belle’s Stratagem at the Southwark Playhouse; the talented soprano has previously been in Les Miserables and The Phantom of the Opera. Joining her in Wicked will be Lillie Flynn as Nessarose, Christopher Howell as Doctor Dillamond and Adam Pettigrew as Boq, with Desmond Barrit returning to the role of the Wizard. Last night, it also … [Read more...]

I work the occasional shift in my local pub and from behind the bar, you hear all kinds of things. In conversation with a customer last night, I mentioned that I write for theatre, to which he replied, “Are you a posh girl then?” That theatre is just for the ‘upper-class’ of society, as it were, is clearly one misconception that is still being touted around; the image of well-to-do people dressed in all their finery whilst sitting in the theatre – perhaps with a stuffy critic or two – for … [Read more...]

The film Ghost (1990), written by Bruce Joel Rubin won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and laid a solid foundation for Ghost The Musical. Dave Stewart, together with Glen Ballard and Bruce Joel Rubin have worked together in writing the music and lyrics for this fabulous new musical. Dave Stewart is acknowledged as being one of the most respected and accomplished talents in the world of music today. Aside from his creative work as a musician, he is also a celebrated producer, writer, … [Read more...]