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Great Again-The Musical, Vault Festival
A musical about what drove voters to Trump from their point of view sounds utterly horrifying for some of us. Old Sole’s Great Again is a sympathetic look at a controversial subject. Trump supporters are racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim etc, right? This production looks at those yearning for an America for Americans and…
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Austen the Musical, Mirth, Marvel and Maud
Austen the Musical opens and closes on a song that one has to assume is titled ‘Romantic heart’ and it is this that frames a romantic take on the life of Jane Austen. There’s nothing especially wrong with that. Austen did have a high ideal of romantic love, writing to her niece once “Anything is…
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Shanine’s 2017 Theatre Highs at a glance
I decided to compile a quick look at the best theatre of the year, though I failed to see anything in December. The year had many highlights; new plays hosted by Theatre N16, which closed in December and is looking for a new home, amongst revivals of forgotten classics such as Incident at Vichy, which…
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All black Guys and Dolls announced
Michael Buffong transports the smash-hit musical GUYS AND DOLLS up-town to 1939 Harlem in the UK’s first all-Black cast production of this iconic show. Celebrating the off-beat stories of Damon Runyon that made the gangsters and hustlers of New York City infamous, GUYS AND DOLLS is co-produced by the Royal Exchange Theatre and Talawa Theatre Company – the UK’s primary Black led touring theatre company. Ray Fearon as…
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‘Tina’ The Tina Turner Musical casting announced
Adrienne Warren was announced by Tina Turner as the actor who will portray her in the world premiere of the new musical TINA. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd, TINA will open at the Aldwych Theatre in April 2018. Performances will begin on 21 March 2018 with press night on 17 April 2018. Produced by Stage Entertainment, TINA is currently booking to 16 June 2018. Written…
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TINA confirmed for Spring 2018
TINA, a new musical based on the life of legendary artist Tina Turner, will open at the Aldwych Theatre in April 2018. Performances will begin on 21 March 2018 with press night on 17 April 2018. TINA is initially booking to 16 June 2018. Tickets are released for public sale at 10am on 22 September 2017 with priority booking…
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Call the Midwife’s Laura Main to star as Princess Fiona in Shrek the Musical tour
Following the unprecedented success of the first UK and Ireland tour, the original production team reunites to bring the hit musical to a swamp near you. Opening at Edinburgh Playhouse for the festive season this year from 12 December, the production will then tour throughout the country in 2018. Leading the cast as beloved swamp-dwelling…
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Pageant, London Irish Centre
Pageant is a revival of a musical first performed off-Broadway in 1991, and it’s telling that this drag satire on the culture of women as decoration still feels biting 26 years later. The professional nature of this production (it was revived off-Broadway in 2014 initially) is obvious by the calibre of the performers, who are…
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Kelsey Grammer to make London Stage debut
Kelsey Grammer will star as ‘Edward Bloom’ in a new production of John August and Andrew Lippa’s BIG FISH THE MUSICAL. Based on the novel BIG FISH by Daniel Wallace and the Columbia Pictures film screenplay by John August, this new production will be the London premiere of the musical and also marks Kelsey’s first time on the London…
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