Best theatre lockdown moments might sound like a bit of a contradiction in terms. After all, what could possibly be good about theatres closing for a year?
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10 times London theatres closed but bounced back better
London Theatre is the great survivor. Take a look at the ten times theatres have closed and how they always come back stronger.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s New Musical Cinderella Set To Open Next Spring
This highly-anticipated production of Cinderella will premiere in London in April 2021.
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Review: School of Rock – 7/10 see me
Read Andrew Lloyd Webber’s school report and see just how badly behaved he can be as we review his latest offering, School of Rock.
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Phantom at 30: Tears & Tragedies of the Original London Cast
Mystery and intrigue is not limited to the Phantom of the Opera’s lair – as we discovered when we began to investigate the whereabouts of Phantom’s Original Cast of 1986. As the show turns 30, it seems the current stars would do well to heed the Phantom’s instructions that Box Five is to be kept empty…
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School of Rock flies in to the West End
Based on the hit 2003 movie and now adapted for the stage by Julian Fellowes, School of Rock The Musical follows failed, wannabe rock star Dewey Finn as he turns a class of straight-laced, straight-A prep school students into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. Can this loveable, crazy buffoon get them to the Battle…
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Sunset Boulevard’s Michael Xavier on making musical magic with Glenn Close
*Update – The Stage Review recently announced that Michael will be reprising the role of Joe Gillis on Broadway in 2017* It’s the role every West End leading man wanted: On 1st April 2016 Michael Xavier will step onto the stage of the London Coliseum to play Joe Gillis opposite Hollywood Icon Glenn Close in…
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Douze Points: A West End Eurovision Love Affair
This weekend sees the 60th anniversary of the camp-fest that is the Eurovision Song Contest. Vienna has re-phased its traffic lights in anticipation for a competition which started way back in 1956 when Europe was just a group of countries making cheese and squabbling over Poland. Since then, Europe has opened it’s arms to allow…
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‘Tis The Season To Be Jellicle
Welcome to Christmas in Theatreland! If you’re unfeasibly excited, up to your eyeballs in wrapping paper and overdosing on eggnog, you’re not alone. The nights may be long and skies dark and gloomy, but fear not – the lights of Theatreland burn bright at this time of year. You’re not short of choices either –…
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