Friday, May 20, 2011
West End Theatre Stars in Official Love146 Flash Mob - Can you see me?
Article: Chicago closes at London's Cambridge Theatre 27 Aug 2011
Chicago closes at London's Cambridge Theatre 27 Aug 2011
http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/londontheatre/news/my11/chicago20116066.htm
Chicago, will close at the Cambridge Theatre on 27 Aug 2011, to make way for the RSC production of Matilda The Musical.
The show may transfer to another West End venue: A press statement says, “We are hopeful that Chicago’s record breaking 14-year run in the West End will continue.”
(via Instapaper)
Line up at this year’s West End LIVE
Here's some of the line up for this year's West End Live which is at Trafalgar Square instead of Leicester Square this time. I'm pretty certain new musicals Ghost the musical and Rock of Aages will be there too.
Line up at this year’s West End LIVE
http://blog.musicaltheatrenews.com/2011/05/line-up-at-this-years-west-end-live.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2Fwckr+%28Musical+Theatre+News%29
The full line up of shows taking part includes Crazy For You, The Lion King, The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde The Musical, Love Never Dies, Mamma Mia!, Million Dollar Quartet, Potted Potter, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical, ZooNation’s Some Like It Hip Hop, Stomp, Thriller Live and War Horse.
(via Instapaper)
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Cheap Theatre Tickets
Theatre Royal Haymarket Theatre Breaks in London
http://www.theatrebreaks.co/wiki/Haymarket_Theatre
tells me the current show is Flare Path
http://www.theatrebreaks.co/wiki/Flare_Path
Friday, February 18, 2011
Love Never Dies New Raoul, Christine and Meg
From the 5th March 2011, Love Never Dies gets a new Raoul in the form of David Thaxton taking over the role from Joseph Millsom.
Sierra Boggess is also leaving the cast, to head for Broadway where the former Christine will star in Master Class with Tyne Daly.
The role of Christine in Love Never Dies will be taken over by the current Christine’s understudy, Celia Graham.
Other changes are that Celia Graham (who is currently Christine’s understudy) will take over the role from Sierra Boggess who is heading to Broadway to star in Master Class with Tyne Daly.
Ramin Karimloo stays on as The Phantom extending his contract for an undsiclosed period, but he’ll be one of the few Love Never Dies originators since Summer Strallen is also leaving to go on a tour of Top Hat the Musical with Tom Chambers.
Haley Flaherty (Rocky Horror Show, Mamma Mia, Follies, Grease, Chicago, Saturday Night Fever) is taking over as the new Meg Giry.
Tags: Broadway, Celia Graham, Christine, David Thaxton, Haley Flaherty, Joseph Millsom, Love Never Dies, Meg Giry, phantom, Ramin, Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Summer Strallen, Tom Chambers, understudy
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Love Never Dies New Raoul, Christine and Meg
From the 5th March 2011, Love Never Dies gets a new Raoul in the form of David Thaxton taking over the role from Joseph Millsom.
Sierra Boggess is also leaving the cast, to head for Broadway where the former Christine will star in Master Class with Tyne Daly.
The role of Christine in Love Never Dies will be taken over by the current Christine’s understudy, Celia Graham.
Other changes are that Celia Graham (who is currently Christine’s understudy) will take over the role from Sierra Boggess who is heading to Broadway to star in Master Class with Tyne Daly.
Ramin Karimloo stays on as The Phantom extending his contract for an undsiclosed period, but he’ll be one of the few Love Never Dies originators since Summer Strallen is also leaving to go on a tour of Top Hat the Musical with Tom Chambers.
Haley Flaherty (Rocky Horror Show, Mamma Mia, Follies, Grease, Chicago, Saturday Night Fever) is taking over as the new Meg Giry.
Tags: Broadway, Celia Graham, Christine, David Thaxton, Haley Flaherty, Joseph Millsom, Love Never Dies, Meg Giry, phantom, Ramin, Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Summer Strallen, Tom Chambers, understudy
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Priscilla Queen of the desert
Priscilla
Priscilla Queen of the Desert arrived in London in March 2009 after being a huge hit in Melbourne, Australia. More than just a musical performance, an evening at the theatre with Priscilla is an all round experience never to be forgotten.
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Booking right through until at least January 7th 2012
Read more: http://usefulwiki.com/londontheatre/category/priscilla
[edit] Priscilla Casting News
Ray Meagher, the Australian actor best known for playing Alf Stewart in long-running soap opera Home And Away, is swapping Summer Bay for the West End this autumn as he joins the cast of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical from 30 September.
Home and Away’s Alf Stewart, aka Australian actor Ray Meagher, has joined the London cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert this week at the Palace Theatre.
Ray plays ocker mechanic Bob who falls for Bernadette, one of the three Sydney drag queens who go bush across Australia in the fun show based on the hit movie.
Ray has already played the role of Bob in the Sydney run of the show, and will play London for a strictly limited time.
Other cast in the long-running show include The Bill’s Ben Richards as Tick, Oliver Thornton as Adam and Don Gallagher as Berndaette.
Read more: http://theatrebreaks.co/wiki/Priscilla_Queen_of_the_Desert#ixzz1EEacgXnS
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Betty Blue Eyes
Betty Blue Eyes
Posted by admin on 13/2/11 • Categorized as Betty Blue Eyes
Tagged as: Adrian Scarborough, Alan Bennett, Alan Bennettâ, Andy Mace, Ann Emery, Annalisa Rossi, Anthony Drewe, Betty Blue, Betty Blues, Chris Howell, Claire Machin, Dan Burton, Daniel Lipman, David Bamber, Gemma Wardle, George Stiles, Gilbert Chilvers, Hollie Taylor, Holly Dale Spencer, Howard Jones, Ian Conningham, Jack Edwards, James Barron, Kirsty Hoiles, Laura Medforth, Mark Meadows, Neil Ditt, novello theatre, Private Function, Rachael Archer, Rebecca Louis, Reece Shearsmith, Richard Eyre, Ron Cowen, Sarah Lancashire, Veronica HayBetty Blue Eyes
Betty Blues Eyes is based on Alan Bennett’s screenplay A Private Function.
Previews start at the Novello Theatre on 19th March 2011 and the show opens on 14th April. It is currently booking until 22nd October 2011.
The cast is led by Reece Shearsmith playing the hen-pecked chiropodist Gilbert Chilvers and Sarah Lancashire as his wife. Ann Emery who played Billy’s gran in the musical Billy Elliott is playing Mother Dear with David Bamber (Swaby), Jack Edwards (Allardyce), Mark Meadows (Lockwood) and Adrian Scarborough (Wormold).
They will be joined by cast members Ian Conningham, Claire Machin, Kirsty Hoiles, Annalisa Rossi, Rachael Archer, Laura Medforth, Andy Mace, Gemma Wardle, James Barron, Dan Burton, Neil Ditt, Chris Howell, Hollie Taylor, Howard Jones, Holly Dale Spencer, Veronica Hay and Rebecca Louis.
Written by Alan Bennett, adapted by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, with a score by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.
The company also includes David Bamber as Swaby, Jack Edwards as Allardyce, Ann Emery as Mother Dear, Mark Meadows as Lockwood and Adrian Scarborough as Wormold, directed by Richard Eyre.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Les Misreables
If you missed the first broadcast of the special concert marking the 25th anniversary tour of Les Miserables, then you can hear it this Friday (11th February) on BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night at 20:00.
Performers include John Owen-Jones, Gareth Gates and Jacinta Whyte who are accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Mike Dixon.Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Australia Love Never Dies Cast
After a great opening in London, an acclaimed first year and a partial redesign and rewrite, Love Never Dies takes its first step away from the Adelphi Theatre soon as the Australian production opens in Melbourne in June 2011.
Love Never Dies Australian Cast
The Australian Christine is to be played by a previous Christine from The Phantom Of The Opera. Anna O’Byrne has already played the part to great acclaim in an Australian tour of The Phantom of the Opera. Anna is an award-winning classically trained singer, and has performed as Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera and appeared in works by Mozart, Puccini and Ibert for The Victorian Opera, Victorian College of the Arts and Victorian Youth Opera.
The Phantom in the new Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies is being played by Ben Lewis.
Ben’s previous stage credits include the original Australian cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical, Sir Galahad in the original Australian cast of Monty Python’s Spamalot, two-seasons as Count Carl-Magnus in Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, Urinetown with Sydney Theatre Company and Polites in The Odyssey for Black Swan and the Malthouse.
Performances begin in Melbourne on May 29th 2011 at the Regent Theatre.
Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anna O'Byrne, Australia, Ben Lewis, Christine, Love Never Dies, Melbourne, musical, Phantom of the Opera, the phantom of the opera
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Australia Love Never Dies Cast
After a great opening in London, an acclaimed first year and a partial redesign and rewrite, Love Never Dies takes its first step away from the Adelphi Theatre soon as the Australian production opens in Melbourne in June 2011.
Love Never Dies Australian Cast
The Australian Christine is to be played by a previous Christine from The Phantom Of The Opera. Anna O’Byrne has already played the part to great acclaim in an Australian tour of The Phantom of the Opera. Anna is an award-winning classically trained singer, and has performed as Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera and appeared in works by Mozart, Puccini and Ibert for The Victorian Opera, Victorian College of the Arts and Victorian Youth Opera.
The Phantom in the new Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies is being played by Ben Lewis.
Ben’s previous stage credits include the original Australian cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical, Sir Galahad in the original Australian cast of Monty Python’s Spamalot, two-seasons as Count Carl-Magnus in Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, Urinetown with Sydney Theatre Company and Polites in The Odyssey for Black Swan and the Malthouse.
Performances begin in Melbourne on May 29th 2011 at the Regent Theatre.
Tags: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anna O'Byrne, Australia, Ben Lewis, Christine, Love Never Dies, Melbourne, musical, Phantom of the Opera, the phantom of the opera
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