If you wanted to know who were the biggest actors on the West End stage in 2011, the names of Ramin Karimloo and Alfie Boe would most definitely crop up. Both have enjoyed huge success this year and have seen their fan following shoot as high as their rising stars. So what better way to celebrate than by releasing an album? Alfie Boe is first on the agenda, with his second Decca album having just been released on 31st October 2011. The self-titled Alfie continues from the success of his 2010 … [Read more...]
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Cast announcements for Oliver! UK Tour
Oliver! Is one of those classic musicals that everyone has heard of, regardless of whether you’re a musical theatre fan or not. Based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, the tale of the orphan boy and his life on the streets of London was the first successful stage adaption of a Dickens work. Lionel Bart’s original production by opened at the New Theatre (now the Noel Coward Theatre) in 1960 and transferred to Broadway three years later. It also spawned the popular 1968 film … [Read more...]
Matilda previews and Ramin Karimloo heads to Les Miserables
After what seems like an eternity of waiting, the much anticipated Matilda the Musical is in its new West End home at the Cambridge Theatre and last night, invited its first audiences over for its opening preview. Written by Dennis Kelly and with music/lyrics by Tim Minchin, Matilda was a mammoth success for the RSC in Stratford earlier this year, where it originally played before its West End transfer. Based on the popular children’s book by Roald Dahl, which has already spawned a film … [Read more...]
Crazy For You Review Novello Theatre
After a successful run at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Crazy For You has made its West End transfer to the Novello Theatre, and quite frankly, who could ask for anything more? God bless such a musical that ensures every single patron sways their way out of the Novello, exiting as a youngster once again no matter what their age; simple, traditional magic at its best! Sure, it is evidently a musical plucked straight out of its time, the pre-Sondheim separation between song and dance is more … [Read more...]
Why we should encourage children to go the theatre
In one of my blogs a few weeks back, I mentioned an incident that occurred during a trip to see Love Never Dies, in which a fellow theatre-goer criticized the fact that my young daughter was in attendance by remarking that ‘children shouldn’t be allowed at the theatre’. This man is hardly alone in his thinking; I have heard stories of other such incidents in other theatres. I find such small-mindedness truly unbelievable – where do these people think the next generation of theatre-goers are … [Read more...]