West End Theatre Breaks
The Wizard of Oz opens on 01 March 2011 at the London Palladium, produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Bill Kenwright, and is already backed by a swell of publicity that accompanied 18 year old Danielle Hope winning the BBC talent......
Posted by Ben on Thursday 18th November 2010 at 12:14PM
The 2010 Evening Standard Theatre Awards will be presented at the Savoy on November 28, 2010. The much-anticipated list of nominees has been announced and features a few interesting head-to-heads including the Best Actor Award with Sherlock co-stars Benedict Cumberbatch (for After The Dance) and Martin Freeman......
Posted by Ben on Wednesday 27th October 2010 at 9:38AM
Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's global smash-hit The Phantom of the Opera, has announced its first overseas production will open in Melbourne, Australia in 2011. Speaking to the Australian media by satellite from London, Lloyd Webber revealed that the musical......
Posted by Ben on Friday 15th October 2010 at 4:13PM
The special Les Miserables concert performance, held this Sunday (03 October 2010) at the 02 Arena, will be filmed and broadcast live after agreeing a deal with cineStage - an arm of alternative cinema producers Omniverse Vision. ......
Posted by Ben on Wednesday 29th September 2010 at 2:37PM
Whoopi Goldberg will rejoin the cast of the hit musical comedy Sister Act next month to complete her run as Mother Superior. The actress had to drop out of the show in August due to a family emergency back home in the States. ......
Posted by Ben on Tuesday 14th September 2010 at 10:21AM
The cast for next year's London production of Shrek the Musical has been confirmed. Nigel Harman and Nigel Lindsay will play the roles of evil ruler Lord Farquaar and loveable ogre Shrek respectively.The two Nigel's join Amanda Holden (Princess Fiona) and Richard Blackwood (Donkey) in the show,......
Posted by Ben on Friday 3rd September 2010 at 1:12PM
TV presenter and West End star Denise Van Outen will return to the London stage next month, joining Sheridan Smith and the cast of Legally Blonde the Musical at the Savoy Theatre. Former Hollyoaks actress Carley Stenson and talent show star Siobhan Dillon......
Posted by Ben on Wednesday 1st September 2010 at 10:02AM
Whoopi Goldberg has left the musical Sister Act after receiving the news that her mother had suffered a severe stroke. The star flew home today, Friday 27 August, to join her family at this difficult time. With immediate effect, the role of Mother Superior will......
Posted by Ben on Friday 27th August 2010 at 3:49PM
Willy Russell’s long running musical Blood Brothers has been extended for a further 12 months. The popular show is now booking until 26 November 2011 at the Phoenix Theatre. Musical As Good......
Posted by Ben on Friday 27th August 2010 at 9:31AM
There’s just two weeks left to see the fabulous hippy rock musical Hair at the Gielgud Theatre. The spirit of the ‘60s returned to the West End in April. It stars the phenomenal Broadway cast who led the New York show to the 2009......
Posted by Ben on Tuesday 24th August 2010 at 2:04PM