First Casting for Grease at London´s Dominion

For the new run of Grease at the Dominion Theatre in London’s West End from 2nd June – 28th October 2023,  Louise Redknapp (9 to 5, Cabaret) will play the role of Teen Angel from 2 June (when the show begins performances) and will appear through to 29 July. Returning once more to the show will be Dan Partridge as Danny, Olivia Moore as Sandy and Jocasta Almgill as Rizzo.

Redknapp said today: "As the biggest fan of Grease growing up I was thrilled to be asked to join the cast in the role of Teen Angel.Traditionally seen as a male role, I'm excited to be given the opportunity to shake it up and play it from a new perspective under the direction of Nikolai Foster."

Casting for the West End return of Grease

Casting has been announced for the West End return of Grease at the Dominion Theatre which begins previews on 3 May 2022 

Dan Partridge ( Hairspray, Mamma Mia!) and Olivia Moore (Waitress, Heathers) will star as Danny and Sandy. Peter Andre will make his West End debut playing the role of Vince Fontaine at certain performances.

Also in the cast are Jocasta Almgill (& Juliet) as Rizzo, Paul French (Grease) as Kenickie, Mary Moore (Little Women) as Jan, Jake Reynolds (professional debut) as Doody, Lizzy-Rose Esin-Kelly (A Chorus Linee) as Marty, Damon Gould (Pretty Woman: The Musical) as Sonny, Eloise Davies (Be More Chill) as Frenchie, Jessica Croll (Hairspray) as Patty Simcox, Katie Lee (Matilda The Musicale) as Cha Cha, Ronan Burns (West Side Story) as Johnny Casino and Corinna Powlesland (An Officer and A Gentleman) as Miss Lynch. Darren Bennett (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) will play Officer Mailie and Vince Fontaine at certain performances.

Grease the musical announces new 2017 tour

It has just been announced that Grease the musical will launch a new UK tour in 2017.

It will open at the Manchester Palace Theatre between 10th and 25th March 2017,  with further dates and venues to be announced shortly .

The most recent UK tour of Grease ended in December 2012 starred Danny Bayne as Danny, Carina Gillespie as Sandy, Ricky Rojas as Kenickie and Kate Somerset How as Rizzo. Casting for the 2017 tour has not been confirmed.

Cool Rider (Grease 2) In Concert

Mark Benton will star as biology teacher Mr Stuart with Nikki Evans as Ms Mason. Ashleigh Gray as Stephanie, Aaron Sidwell as Michael, Hannah Levane as Paulette and Niall Sheehy as John.


The principal cast is completed by Bronté Barbe (Over The Rainbow) as Sharon, Nadine Cox (Wicked) as Ms Mason, Joshua Dowen (25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) as Louis, Evelyn Hoskins (Spring Awaking, Misfits) as Rhonda, Kane Oliver Parry (The Light Princess) as Goose and Ben Stott (Into the Woods,Wicked) as Davey.

They will be joined by Amy Bridges, Luke Dart, Joao Diogo, Callum Evans, Beki Hamilton, Ross Harbron, Cameron Hay, Megan Jenkins, Millie-rose Keutenius,Meesha Lyth, Alice Martin, Jordan Matthews, Phil McCloskey, Samuel Morgan-Grahame, Simone Murphy, Parisa Shahmir, Rose Shalloo, Genevieve Taylor, George Tebbutt, Sam Toland, Jessica West and Richard Watkins.

Grease 2 is being performed live in concert for one night only at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue on Monday 27th January 2014 at 7:30pm and 11:00 pm.

Telling the love story of Pink Lady Stephanie Zinone and English student Michael Carrington, Grease 2 follows their road to romance from bowling alley to burger joint, sing-a-long-a-sex education class to talent show, and long  romantic motorcycle rides to a slightly incongruous ending.

Featuring the hit songs including Who’s That Guy?, Score Tonight, Cool Rider, Girl for all Seasons and Rock-a-Hula Luau (Summer Is Coming), Grease 2 In Concert celebrates the infamous styles, moves and wheels of the greatest high school of all time.

Tickets for Cool Rider/Grease 2

Tour Dates for Grease the Musical

Some more tour dates have been released for the tour of Grease the Musical which opens at the Edinburgh Playhouse on 6th May and tours the UK until the end of the year.

It is currently playing at the Piccadlly Theatre in London's West End until 30th April with Lauren Samuels leaving the show on 22nd February and some cast changes being made from the 24th until the end of its run.

Casting is still to be announced for the tour.

Carina Gillespie to take over from Lauren Samuels in Grease

Lauren Samuels is due to leave the musical Grease on at the Piccadilly Theatre on 22nd January and the role of Sandy will be taken over by Carina Gillespie (pictured) from 24th January 2011.  Carina will star opposite Matthew Goodgame as Danny until the show closes on 30th April.

Carina Gillespie made her professional stage debut as Maria Elena in The Buddy Holly Story (UK & Scandinavian tours). Other theatre credits include Linda in Bloodbath- The Musical (Edinburgh Festival) and Princess Tamara in Jack in the Beanstalk (Regents Theatre, Ipswich).

The new class of Rydell High from 24th January also includes David O'Reilly (‘Roger'), Michael Pickering (‘Doody'), Zoe Doano (‘Frenchy'), Matthew Russell-Jones (‘Eugene'), Nancy Hill ‘(Miss Lynch') and Kristina MacMillan (‘Cha Cha'), Other cast members who will continue in their roles include Jamie Capewell (‘Kenickie'), Siubhan Harrison (‘Rizzo'), Bennett Andrews (‘Sonny'), Robyn Mellor (‘Marty'), Susannah Allman (‘Patty') and Jason Capewell (Teen Angel/Vince Fontaine) and  Kerry Winter will stay with the show to take over the role of ‘Jan'.

Grease the musical is then due to start a UK tour starting at the Edinburgh Playhouse on 6th  May.

Tour of Grease Announced

As already mentioned, Grease the musical will close its doors after four years at the Piccadilly Theatre in London’s West End on 30th April 2011 to make way for the new musical Ghost for which Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics is supplying the songs.

It will almost immediately begin a national tour opening at the Edinburgh Playhouse on 6th May 2011.  Watch this space for the full touring schedule and cast.

Matthew Goodgame taking over from Noel Sullivan in Grease

Matthew Goodgame is currently playing the role of Kenickie in the West End production of Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre and he will take over the role of Danny from Noel Sullivan from 27th September for the remainder of the show's London run (it has just posted its closing notices for 30th April 2011 when it will leave the West End to go on a national tour).

Goodgame made his West End debut in 2004 playing Billy Flynn in Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre, after winning the Channel 4 series Musicality. Since then he has reprised the role of Billy Flynn in Singapore and Las Vegas with the Cellophane Company.

He will star opposite Lauren Samuels (BBC1 Over the Rainbow finalist) who is playing the part of Sandy having joined the cast in July.

Noel Sullivan is leaving the show on 25th September to join the new tour of We Will Rock You playing the part of Galileo.

Also joining the Grease cast from 27th September are Jamie Capewell as Kenickie and Giovanni Spano playing  Doody.

Grease closing at Piccadilly on 30th April 2011 to make way for Ghost?

Grease the musical has just announced it is closing at the Piccadilly Theatre on 30th April  2011  adding fuel to the rumour that Ghost will open there in June after its run at the Manchester Opera House.

Grease was originally booking until September 2011 and will go straight out on tour when it leaves London's West End.

Grease Sing-a-Long Movie opens this week

Grease the Musical is playing at the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End, but if you want to see the original film again and sing along with Danny (John Travolta), Sandy (Olivia Newton-John), The T-Birds and Pink Ladies at Rydell High then the Grease Sing a Long movie is being released by Paramount Pictures on 17th September.

Find out where it is playing and book tickets at: www.facebook.com/UKGreaseSingALong

Cast changes tonight for Dirty Dancing and Grease

Ray Quinn joins the cast of Dirty Dancing tonight and is contracted to play the part of Billy at the Aldwych Theatre until 27th November when he leaves to start rehearsals for pantomime in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Derngate Theatre in Northampton.

Meanwhile Lauren Samuels who was one of the final three in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Over the Rainbow may not have got the part of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, but has landed the part of Sandy in Grease which she opens in tonight at the Piccadilly Theatre.

Abba’s Thank You For The Music Concert

Now in its 17th year Thank You For The Music is in concert at the IndigO2 in Greenwich on 24th September at 8:00 pm to celebrate 40 years of Abba.

The tribute band Abba Magic will play hits including Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, Super Trouper, Knowing Me Knowing You; The Name of the Game and Waterloo.

They will be joined by Bee Gees Magic who will play Maurice, Barry and Robin’s hits from the 70s including Stayin' Alive, Massachusetts, Night Fever, How Deep Is Your Love as well as numbers like Islands In The Stream, Heartbreaker and Chain Reaction which they wrote for other artists.

Click on this link to book tickets for Thank You for the Music

If you're a fan of Abba and the Bee Gees but can't get to the concert don't forget that Grease is still playing in the West End and there is a UK tour of Chess starting in October.

Noel Sullivan from Grease to join We Will Rock You tour

Ex Hear’Say band member Noel Sullivan has been playing Danny Zuko in Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre in London’s West End since November 2009. Lauren Samuels who was a finalist in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Over the Rainbow joins the cast to play opposite him as Sandy from Friday 26th July.

But Sullivan is now due to leave the show later this year to join the  tour of We Will Rock You you which opens at the Palace Theatre in Manchester on 3rd December and runs until January 2012.  Prior to Grease he appeared in Fame, Flashdance and Love Shack.

Over the Rainbow’s Lauren playing Sandy in Grease

Lauren Samuels was in the last three for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Over the Rainbow quest to find a girl to play Dorothy in his new production of The Wizard of Oz which opens in the West End next year. 

She may not be heading up the Yellow Brick Road but instead she is enrolling at Rydell High in the musical Grease to take over the role of Sandy from Siobhan Dillon. 

Lauren joins the cast of Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre on 26th July and is scheduled to play Sandy to 22nd January next year starring alongside former Hear'say pop star Noel Sullivan who continues in the role of Danny.

Booking Period for Grease Extended into Next Year

The booking period for the  Grease the musical  has been extended from September 2010 for another year until 3rd September 2011.

The show at the Piccadilly Theatre currently stars Noel Sullivan and Siobhan Dillon as high school sweethearts Danny and Sandy, with Dancing On Ice judge Robin Cousins appearing as Teen Angel until 19th June 2010.

Musicals Compete in West End Eurovision Contest

The 55th Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Graham Norton will be held  in Oslo on 29th May.  But before heading off to Norway Graham will join musical theatre star Sally Ann Triplett and Toby Anstis (who recently made his West End debut as Teen Angel in Grease) on the judging panel for the third annual West End Eurovision.

This  will be held on Thursday 20th May at 11.30 pm at the Piccadilly Theatre in aid of TheatreMAD (Theatre: Make a Difference), the charity which supports those living with HIV, AIDS and other long-term conditions.

The casts from eleven West End musicals: Avenue Q, Billy Elliot, Dirty Dancing, Dreamboats & Petticoats, Legally Blonde, Les Miserables, Love Never Dies, The Phantom of the Opera, We Will Rock You, Wicked, a company from Jermyn Street Theatre and last year’s winner Mamma Mia! will compete by putting their stamp on a previous Eurovision song.  Special guests Bardo will perform their 1982 Eurovision entry “One Step Further”.

The winners will be decided by the audience who vote via text message.

The show commences has an estimated running time of two hours. To book tickets telephone 0844 871 7630 or visit www.ambassadortickets.com

Emma Bunton to Star in Grease?

Spice Girl Mel C has won great critical acclaim for her performance in Blood Brothers at the Phoenix Theatre, and it now looks as though Emma Bunton is thinking of treading the boards.  Rumour has it that she is considering playing the role of Sandy in Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre.

There is also a whisper that Peter Andre has been approached to play Danny Zuko.

They would make a good pairing I think ….

Dancing on Ice Duo Up for West End Roles

Dancing on Ice star Hayley Tamaddon and her professional skating partner Dan Whiston are heading to London's West End, with Theatre bosses keen to persuade the duo to star in a musical together.

One tabloid newspaper reported that a producer has been impressed by the "chemistry" between the couple and they could be linked to roles in the musical Chicago.

Don’t be horrified as apparently Dan can sing as well as dance and Hayley's got a great voice.  The ex Emmerdale actress  was runner-up in ITV's Soapstar Superstar which led to her singing with Michael Ball at the Opera House in Blackpool . She has also done numerous pantos, plàyed Frenchie in Grease, Diana Morales in A Chorus Line as well as appearing in Boogie Nights, Mamma Mia!,  Fame. and The Rocky Horror Show.

Robin Cousins is new Teen Angel in Grease

Robin Cousins will be swapping the ice rink for the West End stage when he joins Grease playing Teen Angel on 29th March. Toby Anstis is playing the role until 20th March. 

The former Olympic champion and Dancing on Ice judge will guest star for a limited season until 19th June at the Piccadilly Theatre.

Robin is a gifted choreographer with ice interpretations of The Wizard of Oz, Starlight Express and Disney's Toy Story. Away from the ice, Robin has appeared in Cats, The Rocky Horror Show (in the West End) and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. He is currently commentating for the BBC on figure skating at the Winter Olympics and will return as head judge to the ice panel of Dancing on Ice this weekend.

Peter Andre to play Danny Zuko in Grease?

Rumour has it that Peter Andre is in discussion to take on the leading role of Danny Zuko (the character made famous on film by John Travolta)  in the long running musical Grease in London’s West End.

Andre is a huge fan of the show and at a recent visit told the cast that he would love to join them . He loves the character of Danny and is confident that he will be able to play him but his diary is pretty full at the moment so it won`t  be until next year.

The show at London's Piccadilly Theatre currently features former Hear'Say singer Noel Sullivan as Danny