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Cabaret’s New Cast Have Arrived

Cabaret's New Cast Have Arrived 11-03-24 Images have been released today of Cara Delevingne, Luke Treadaway and Michael Ahomka-Lindsay in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, ahead of their first performance tonight. Actress and model Cara Delevingne will play ‘Sally Bowles’, Olivier Award-winning actor Luke Treadaway will play ‘The Emcee and Michael Ahomka-Lindsay will play ‘Clifford Bradshaw’. The cast also includes Beverley Klein as Fraulein Schneider, Teddy Kempner as Herr […]

March 11, 2024

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Cast News: Opening Night

Cast News: Opening Night Wessex Grove, Gavin Kalin Productions and Playful Productions have announced full casting for the World Premiere of John Cassavetes’ Opening Night, a new musical with book by Ivo van Hove and music and lyrics by Rufus Wainwright. Joining the previously announced Sheridan Smith as Myrtle, Hadley Fraser as Manny, Shira Haas as Nancy, Nicola Hughes as Sarah, Amy Lennox as Dorothy and John Marquez as David will […]

March 8, 2024

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On Tour: My Beautiful Laundrette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxLJ5XC4mmk On Tour: My Beautiful Laundrette The spring 2024 tour of Hanif Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette has begun, which runs at Leicester’s Curve theatre 17 to 24 February, before touring to Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch 28 February to 9 March, Theatre Royal Wakefield 11 to 14 March, The Lowry, Salford 19 to 23 March, Liverpool Playhouse 26 to 31 March and Blackpool Grand Theatre 2 to 6 April. Gordon Warnecke, who played […]

February 24, 2024

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Cast News: Kinky Boots

Storyhouse Unveils Cast for Hit Musical Kinky Boots Chester's Storyhouse has revealed the stellar cast for the upcoming production of the hit musical Kinky Boots, featuring a Tony and Grammy-winning score by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein, this electrifying show will run from 3 – 18 May. Kinky Boots tells the heartwarming tale of Charlie Price, who inherits a struggling shoe factory. His encounter with the fabulous drag […]

February 24, 2024

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Soho Dreams Releases EP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5koYkMjoQfo Daniel Bravo & Jessica Pardoe sing ‘When I Look In The Mirror’ Soho Dreams Releases EP 23-02-24 Daniel Bravo, currently wowing audiences as Sebastien Valmont in ‘Cruel Intentions’ at The Other Palace in London has united with Jessica Pardoe to sing ‘When I Look In The Mirror’ part of a new six song EP release from the upcoming British musical ‘Soho Dreams’. The show set in 1980s London captures […]

February 23, 2024

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Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Make Winter Season Announcement

Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Make Winter Season Announcement 21-02-24 Christmas 2023 proved to be another bumper season at the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, with the annual Rock ‘n’ Roll panto Cinderella playing to full houses and standing ovations, while the West End hit The Woman in Black spooked audiences at the Playhouse. The theatres have already announced Rapunzel at the Everyman (16 November to 18 January), with Richard O’Brien’s global […]

February 21, 2024

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Cast News: Donny Osmond returns to Joseph

Cast News: Donny Osmond returns to Joseph 21-02-24 Michael Harrison and the Really Useful Group have announced that Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will mark the opening of its second UK tour with a strictly limited festive season at the Edinburgh Playhouse this Christmas. Making his first UK appearance in a stage version of the production, global entertainment icon and highly-celebrated alumni star of Joseph, Donny Osmond returns to […]

February 21, 2024

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Review: The Gap

Review: The Gap Jamie Griffiths: Hope Mill Theatre 14-02-24 Given the calibre of the writing talent, I went to see The Gap with high expectations, especially given Jim Cartwright's previous success with heart-warming northern dramas and duologues. In this production, directed by Anthony Banks, our two protagonists are unlikely friends Corral and Walter (Denise Welch and Matthew Kelly), and for an hour and twenty minutes we travel through numerous decades, […]

February 15, 2024

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Review: Cabaret

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVi7QdLuKsg Review: Cabaret Richard Douglas: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, 09-02-24 Even the orchestra is beautiful! Let me start by saying, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club was exceptional and if you get the opportunity, see it. I approached the performance eagerly as someone who loved both the 1972 film and Christopher Isherwood’s Goodbye to Berlin, but one who had never seen Cabaret on the stage, and it surpassed […]

February 12, 2024

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New Music Released From Soho Dreams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pCBXa4b928 New Music Released From Soho Dreams 08-02-24 A second song and video have been released from new upcoming British musical Soho Dreams: ‘Child’ has been released by Bucks Music on SPOTIFY, Apple Music and streamers worldwide. More tracks will be released later this month, and include vocals from Daniel Bravo (Sebastian Valmont in Cruel Intentions the ‘90s Musical) ‘Child’ is a moving autobiographical ballad, performed by Jessica Pardoe […]

February 9, 2024