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Stephenson Ardern-Sodje Returns to The Lion King 20-03-25 Stephenson Ardern-Sodje will return as the King of Pride Rock in Disney’s The Lion King as he takes over the role of Simba in the London production from 6 May through until 28 September 2025 having previously performed the role on the UK & Ireland tour. Hope Maine, who also previously played Simba, will then take over until 25th January 2026. Stephenson […]
Lion King Breaks Records At The Empire 10-05-23 Disney’s The Lion King ended a record-breaking season at Sunderland Empire on Saturday 6 May having performed to over 100,000 audience members during the production’s second visit to the city. The show broke box office records for the highest single day of ticket sales at Sunderland Empire, beating its own record set back in 2014 by the first UK & Ireland tour […]
https://youtube.com/shorts/r3kXeOYFuns?feature=share From Broadway to the TARDIS: Jinkx Monsoon 19-04-23 Jinkx Monsoon has landed and started filming for Doctor Who and here is the first look image of her in character... as the Doctor’s most powerful enemy yet! Jinkx has cultivated an international fanbase after winning two seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race including an All Stars season where she was crowned Queen of Queens, competing against other winners of the show. […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2jmDT64nJ0 First Ever UK Tour: Aladdin 24-02-23 Disney Theatrical Productions, under the direction of Thomas Schumacher, have announced that their critically acclaimed Broadway and West End musical Aladdin will tour the UK and Ireland for the first time, opening in Edinburgh in October 2023, followed by dates in Cardiff, Plymouth, Sunderland, and Milton Keynes, with further cities to be announced. Tickets will go on sale in March and full casting […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy44Bey8SzA Review: Newsies 08-12-22 Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre by Jamie Griffiths Reimagining an award winning musical can be a tricky thing to master, but done right they can build on the original premise and reach hitherto unseen heights. Or it can be regarded as a pale imitation of what has gone before, and I was pleased to discover that this new production of Disney’s Newsies is most certainly the former. […]
Full Cast Announced for Newsies at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre 06-10-22 The producers of Disney’s Newsies, the award-winning Broadway musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman and book by Harvey Fierstein, are delighted to announce that Michael Ahomka-Lindsay (Emmett in Legally Blonde at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre for which he has received a 2022 Black British Theatre Award nomination) and Bronté Barbé (Oklahoma Chichester Festival Theatre, […]
Identical: A Twin-Sational New Musical Identical, a brand new musical based on the novel ‘The Parent Trap’ by Erich Kästner, is destined for the West End, Identical premieres at the Nottingham Playhouse on Tuesday 26th July before playing at The Lowry from Friday 19th August to Saturday 3rd September. The book is inspired the hugely successful Disney films featuring Hayley Mills in 1961 and Lindsay Lohan in 1998, which have […]
Lea Salonga on Disney's fierce leading ladies 20-06-22 "It's a wonderful contribution to this continuing legacy of the Disney Princess that she cannot be defined in one way... which I love" Two time Disney Princess and Matinee favourite Lea Salonga is back in the UK for her 2022 Dream Again tour, and she took Matinee backstage to chat about some of the most iconic figures in modern Disney musicals, including […]
Lea Salonga prepares to Dream Again 22/05/22 Musical theatre royalty, two-time Disney Princess and Matinee Radio favourite Lea Salonga is coming back to the UK with her brand-new tour Dream Again. Lea Salonga claimed her theatrical crown aged just 18 when she created the role of Kim in the epic musical Miss Saigon in the West End and subsequently on Broadway. She then went on to be the first actress […]
