Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella reschedules opening date to end of April 2021

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella has set a rescheduled opening date  at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, and is now scheduled to have its first preview a month later on 30th April 2021 with an opening night on 19th May. Ticket holders will be contacted regarding their booking, with tickets for new dates on sale now.

Lloyd Webber said: "50 years ago I couldn't get Jesus Christ Superstar on stage as nobody wanted to produce it, so it appeared on record first. It's so strange to find history repeating itself half a century later with the album of the complete score of my new Cinderella. I can't get Cinderella on stage because I'm not allowed to, so I have gone back to my roots and recorded the album first."

The album was recorded in  March 2020 via remote collaboration as well as socially distanced studio sessions. It will be released as a full album before it premieres on stage, with a date expected in early 2021. Cast members and guest artists are still to be announced. 

You can listen here to the first number "Bad Cinderella"

All star concert version of Hair to be staged at The London Palladium in November

The Turbine Theatre concert production of Hair is to run for two performances at The London Palladium for one night only at  5:00pm and 8.45pm on 16th  November, followed by two nights at the Southampton Mayflower on  19th-20th November.  

It will be  directed by Arlene Phillips with musical direction by Katy Richardson, design by David Shields, lighting design by Andrew Exeter, and sound design by Dan Samson. It has book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado with music by Galt MacDermot.

Appearing in the show are Aimie Atkinson (Pretty Woman, SIX), Matt Croke (Aladdin, Funny Girl), Lucie Jones (Waitress, Legally Blonde), Luke Bayer (Everybody's Talking About Jamie), Jordan Luke Gage (Bat Out Of Hell, & Juliet), Grace Mouat (SIX and & Juliet) Nicole Raquel Dennis (Dear Evan Hansen, Waitress) and Layton Williams (Everyone's Talking About Jamie, Rent).

The piece  tells the story of a group of anti-war, politically active, long-haired hippies in the 1960s wih classic numbers including" Good Morning, Star Shine", "Let the Sunshine In" and "Aquarius".

Buy tickets for Hair at the  London Palladium

Turbine Theatre to present adult pantomime Cinderella: A Socially Distanced Ball

The Turbine Theatre is to reopen with an adults-only panto, Cinderella: A Socially Distanced Ball running  from 26th November to 23rd  December, with tickets on sale now. It is the venue's first ever adult pantomime, with an age rating of 18+

The show has been written  by Jodie Prenger and Neil Hurst, with direction by Lizzy Connolly.

It will feature an all-star cast with Oscar Conlon-Morrey and Scott Paige (Ugly Sisters), Rufus Hound (Buttons), Debbie Kurup (Prince Charming),  Sean Parkins (a Fairy) and Daisy Wood-Davis (Cinderella).

The show will mark the reopening of the Battersea theatre, which has been closed since March after initially opening its doors in autumn 2019. It ran an outdoor jetty season on the Thames last month.

Buy tickets for Cinderella: A Socially Distanced Ball

JERSEY BOYS returns to London Spring 2021

The Tony Award-winning Musical, Jersey Boys is due  back to London this spring, aiming to begin performances on  April 14th, 2021 at the newly refurbished Trafalgar Theatre. The first preview is  still to be confirmed as the producers are waiting until social distancing restrictions are lifted before beginning performances. New dates for the production will be announced if restrictions aren't lifted by spring.

Jersey Boys has won 21 Major awards worldwide, including the 2008 Olivier Award for best new musical. It tells the story of the remarkable rise to stardom of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons who are one of the most successful bands in pop music history.

They wrote their own songs, with their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were 30! Four boys from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey form a group and invent their own unique sound to eventually find a place in Rock & Roll Hall of Fame selling 100 million records worldwide.

This show features many of the band's worldwide hits including: “Beggin’”, “Can’t Take my Eyes Off You”, “Oh What a Night”, “Walk Lie a Man”, “Bye, Bye Baby – Baby Goodbye”, "Sherry" and “Big Girl’s Don’t Cry” – to name but a few!

Casting will be announced at a later date. Buy tickets for Jersey Boys 

Ambassador Theatre Group announce pantos in Manchester, Bristol and Milton Keynes

Ambassador Theatre Group have just announced  that three more 2020 pantomimes  will be presented across England in Bristol Hippodrome, Manchester Opera House and Milton Keynes Theatre with casts  and full safety information to be announced.

Robin Hood will play at Bristol Hippodrome  from 18th December to 10th January, while Sleeping Beauty will run at two venues: Manchester Opera House from 12th December to 3rd January  and   Milton Keynes Theatre  from 19th December to 10th January.

The shows are to be supported by the National Lottery, allowing the productions to be financially viable with socially distanced seating. 

Presale dates for ATG TheatreCard members and anyone who originally purchased tickets to 2020-21 pantomimes in these venues:

Milton Keynes: 10:00 am Tuesday 3rd November.

Bristol and Manchester: 10:00 am Wednesday 4th November.

General sale for all venues will open at 10am on Friday 6th November

 

 

Just announced: Amazing line up of West End stars Supporting Virtual Animal Adoption Event

West End Woofs is  the UK’s first virtual dog and  cat adoption event, co-hosted by theatre icons Elaine Paige and Bernadette Peters. It has just been announced that  the following stars from the world of theatre and entertainment are confirmed to take part:

Michael Ball, John Barrowman, Tracie Bennett, Kerry Ellis, Maria Friedman, Alexander Hanson, Ruthie Henshall, Craig Revel Horwood, Bonnie Langford, Robert Lindsay, Matt Lucas, Lulu, Clarke Peters, Charlie Stemp, SIX Queens: Natalie Paris, Aimie Atkinson, Renee Lamb, Twiggy, Michael Xavier and James Dreyfus

In 1998, Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore co-founded Broadway Barks, the annual star-studded dog and cat adoption event benefiting New York City animal shelters and rescue centres. Featuring a cast of adorable dogs and cats, and the Broadway actors who love them, the event helps many of these New York City animals find permanent homes.

Bernadette is now helping to launch the first ever UK  West End Woofs, with a virtual event co-hosted by her good friend Elaine Paige, featuring a whole host of beloved West End performers and other well-known faces. Stealing the show however, will be the wonderful dogs and cats of the UK who are looking for their forever homes.

The event will be live streamed at 7:00pm on Monday 9th November on www.broadway.com

New West End concert production of Roles We'll Never Play now on sale

A new West End concert production of Roles We'll Never Play will take place at the Apollo Theatre on Sunday 6th December at 6.30pm and 7th December  at 7.30pm. It will feature West End performers singing roles they'd never normally be able to take on.

Directed by Sasha Regan and produced by Tom Duern with musical direction by Flynn Sturgeon and hosting by Carl Mullaney, the concert will be performed with full Covid compliancy rules as set out by venue owners Nimax. The full cast will include  Kelly Agbowu (Les Misérables / Waitress), Laura Baldwin (Waitress, Eugenius!), Pearce Barron (Hairspray), Luke Bayer (Soho Cinders / Everybody's Talking About Jamie), Courtney Bowman (Six / Everybody's Talking About Jamie), Lauren Byrne (Six / Beautiful), Mary-Jean Caldwell (Les Misérables), Lloyd Daniels (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat / The X Factor), Nicole Raquel Dennis (Dreamgirls / Waitress), Tom Duern (Gretel / Pirates Of Penzance), Matt Facchino (Sweeney Todd / Pirates Of Penzance), Alice Fearn (Come From Away / Wicked), Chris Howell (Hairspray / Wicked), Idriss Kargbo (Wicked / Five Guys Named Moe), and Caroline Kay (The Space Between / The Clockmakers Daughter). 

Also featuring are Josie Kemp (Les Misérables) Renée Lamb (Be More Chill / Six), Michael Mather (Soho Cinders / Mythic), Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky (Tina The Musical / Bat Out Of Hell), Billy Nevers (JCS / & Juliet), Trevor Dion Nicholas (Hamilton / Aladdin), Eve Norris (Be More Chill / Bat Out Of Hell), Oliver Ormson (Frozen / The Addams Family), Natalie May Paris (Six), Maiya Quansah-Breed (Rent / Six), Alan Richardson (Chicago / Pirates Of Penzance), Lauren Soley (Les Misérables) Danielle Steers (Six / Bat Out Of Hell) and Rodney Vubya (Evita / Tina The Musical). There will  be two graduates as a featured ensemble – Karen Wilkinson (Mountview) and Markus Sodergren (ArtsEd)

Buy tickets for Roles We'll Never Play 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everybody's Talking About Jamie returning to the Apollo Theatre with a six-month run beginning November 28th

The  West End musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie is making its West End return next month with a full cast and orchestra - and Covid-19 secure in all areas  - at the Apollo Theatre with  a six-month run  from  November 28th 2020-February 28th 2021 and extend as demand warrants.

Changes have been made to the show's staging to 'reflect a new Covid world' including the ensemble members playing school kids wearing masks.The full  cast includes  Noah Thomas as Jamie and Melissa Jacques as his mum Margaret, Sejal Keshwala as Ray, Hiba Elchikhe as Pritti Pasha, Gillian Ford as Miss Hedge and  Phil Nichol will play Loco Chanelle (taking over from Rufus Hound, who has committed to Dancing On Ice).

With Alexander Archer (Mickey), Zion Battles (Levi), Ebony Clarke (Swing), Marlon G. Day (Jamie's Dad), James Gillan (Tray Sophisticay), Zahra Jones (Becca), Emily Kenwright (Vicki), Keenan Knight (Sayid), Jordan Laviniere (Cy), Garry Lee (Sandra Bollock), Brian James Leys (understudy), David O'Reilly (Laika Virgin), Harriet Payne (Bex), Jordan Ricketts (Dean Paxton), Rachel Seiran (Fatimah) and Joe Wolstenholme (Swing).

Tickets for the limited return go on sale today 

The tour of Everybody's Talking About Jamie is due to start in January next year st Wolverhampton