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Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical – Original Cast Recording News

Time Traveller's Wife: The Musical - Original Cast Recording News 15-09-23 Masterworks Broadway has announced the Original Cast Recording to The Time Traveller's Wife: The Musical. Available for pre-order from today, the Original Cast Recording will be released on 29 September 2023. Featuring new music by Joss Stone and Dave Stewart, the musical will begin performances on 7 October, opening on 1 November, at the Apollo Theatre in London’s West […]

September 17, 2023

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“The Nightingale” to perform Night of Musicals

"The Nightingale" to perform Night of Musicals 06-09-23 Christina Johnston will be performing a solo show in London on 13th September at Crazy Coqs. Despite her young age Christina Johnston, internationally-renowned Coloratura Soprano became a firm favourite of Heads of State and Presidents including the President of China and the President of Czech Republic, where she has sung regularly, earning the name of “The Nightingale”. Christina recently returned to the […]

September 9, 2023

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Cast News: The Witches

Cast News: The Witches 04-09-23 The National Theatre has revealed the full cast for Roald Dahl’s The Witches, a co-production with the Roald Dahl Story Company playing in the Olivier theatre from November. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (The Crucible) with book and lyrics by Olivier Award-winner Lucy Kirkwood (Mosquitoes) and music and lyrics by Tony Award-nominee Dave Malloy (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812), The Witches is a […]

September 4, 2023

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Review: Lizzie

Review: Lizzie 03-09-23 Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester by Jamie Griffiths We've played Lizzie, the "true crime rock musical" about Lizzie Borden, for many years on Matinee. Few shows can claim to be a staple of our rock, Pride and Halloween playlists but this one most certainly can. It meant that this fresh new production, the first ever to be built and toured in the UK has a lot to live […]

September 3, 2023

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Cast News: The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical

Cast News: The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical 31-08-23 Producer Colin Ingram (Back to the Future the Musical, Grease the Musical) has announced the full cast joining the previously announced David Hunter (Henry) and Joanna Woodward (Clare), Tim Mahendran (Gomez), Hiba Elchikhe (Charisse) and Ross Dawes (Henry’s Dad) in The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical. The world premiere production of The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical, based on the […]

September 1, 2023

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Review: Freedom of My Mind

Review: Freedom of My Mind(Live at Power Station NYC) 01-09-23 by Jamie Griffiths Today is a big day for Mary Bridget Davies – she releases a special live album Freedom of My Mind which fuses music from a variety of musical productions that are synonymous with her career. To release a live version of these numbers is testament to her phenomenal talent, capturing her at her very best, and celebrating […]

September 1, 2023

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Amy Di Bartolomeo stars in new Musical

Amy Di Bartolomeo stars in new Musical For Tonight 14-08-23 Amy Di Bartolomeo (SIX, We Will Rock You) and Jacob Young (Mamma Mia, Heathers) announced in the leading roles of new musical For Tonight, alongside Dale Evans (Jesus Christ Superstar) and BAFTA award-winning actress Emily Burnett (CBBC’s So Awkward, The Dumping Ground). The four Principals will be joined by a further 14 cast members and a choir, to be announced […]

August 19, 2023

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Bronco Billy Announces 2024 West End Premiere

Bronco Billy Announces 2024 West End Premiere 18-08-23 West End favourite Emily Benjamin, currently appearing as alternate Sally Bowles in Cabaret, will star in the award-winning new Wild-West End show Bronco Billy – The Musical, which will premiere in the UK in 2024. Bronco Billy - The Musical will play at the Charing Cross Theatre from 23 January until 7 April. Bronco Billy – The Musical is a rollicking new […]

August 19, 2023

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Mandy Patinkin is coming to the West End

Mandy Patinkin is coming to the West End 18-08-23 The Dodgers and Staci Levine will be producing Broadway’s master songman, Mandy Patinkin, accompanied by Adam Ben-David on piano, in Mandy Patinkin Live in Concert at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue in London’s West End for strictly eight performances only from Tuesday 7 November 2023. This is the first time Mandy has appeared on the West End stage since 2009. Tickets […]

August 18, 2023

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Mary Bridget Davies to release Freedom Of My Mind

Mary Bridget Davies to release Freedom Of My Mind 14-08-23 Mary Bridget Davies, a Tony Award nominee and matinee favourite, fervently poses the question, "What more do you want?!" in her track "Why?" from the latest live album "Freedom Of My Mind." This inspiring collection of songs delves into the theme of women's empowerment, drawing inspiration from Virginia Woolf's book "A Room Of One's Own." Amidst the current political climate […]

August 15, 2023