Touring The UK 2020: Holes by Nottingham Playhouse

LONDON –  The Children’s Theatre Partnership (CTP) and Royal & Derngate, Northampton present a UK Tour of the Nottingham Playhouse production of Holes, written by Louis Sachar and directed by Adam Penford. The production will open at Royal & Derngate, Northampton on 24th January 2020 before embarking on a UK tour, with stops in Nottingham, Coventry, Newcastle and more. In this new adaptation of  the multi-award-winning novel of the same name, this thrilling off-beat comedy … Continue reading Touring The UK 2020: Holes by Nottingham Playhouse

Touring The UK 2019: Casting Announced – Louise Redknapp and Amber Davies To Star in Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 The Musical In Select Cities This Autumn

LONDON – After opening to warm reviews in the West End in February, where Dolly Parton herself attended the premiere and joined the cast on stage at the finale, the hit musical 9 to 5 is now set for a national tour featuring original West End cast members Louise Redknapp and Amber Davies! Based off the 1980 film of the same name, 9 to 5 currently plays at … Continue reading Touring The UK 2019: Casting Announced – Louise Redknapp and Amber Davies To Star in Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 The Musical In Select Cities This Autumn

Touring The UK 2019: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes (Preview)

LONDON – Based on the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, as well as the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale of the same name, Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes returns for a UK tour this November, with dates set for Plymouth, Salford and Sadler’s Wells in London for a seven week Christmas season.  The double Olivier award-winning production was a sell-out before it even hit its world … Continue reading Touring The UK 2019: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes (Preview)

Review: Bitten – Return To Our Roots by Thong Pei Qin and Dr Nidya Shanthini Manokara

Blood ties run deep as this production gets bitten by the history bug. Dengue fever may seem like an unexpected and morbid inspiration to create an entire show around, but for Bitten: Return to Our Roots creators Thong Pei Qin and Dr Nidya Shanthini Manokara, it’s an affliction that doubled as a metaphor and the beginnings of an ongoing exploration into their past, present and future. Inspired … Continue reading Review: Bitten – Return To Our Roots by Thong Pei Qin and Dr Nidya Shanthini Manokara

Preview: RuPaul’s Drag Race Star Todrick Hall to Star In Chicago at Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End

LONDON – RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni, American Idol and YouTube sensation Todrick Hall is set to take over the role of Billy Flynn in Chicago from 19th November 2018 until the end of the show’s run at the Phoenix Theatre on 5th January 2019. This is a role that Hall is reprising after appearing in the same role on Broadway earlier on, and certainly, he is no … Continue reading Preview: RuPaul’s Drag Race Star Todrick Hall to Star In Chicago at Phoenix Theatre in London’s West End

Preview: Dolly Parton Presents 9 to 5 The Musical at London’s Savoy Theatre

LONDON – Coming to London in 2019 is legendary Queen of Country music Dolly Parton as she presents hit musical 9 to 5!  Based off the 1980 film of the same name, 9 to 5 plays at the Savoy Theatre from 28th January to 31st August 2019 for a strictly limited season, featuring a book by the film’s original screenwriter Patricia Resnick, music and lyrics by … Continue reading Preview: Dolly Parton Presents 9 to 5 The Musical at London’s Savoy Theatre

Review: Kinky Boots presented by Base Entertainment Asia

Full of heart and high heels, Kinky Boots delivers its message of acceptance loud and proud.  It’s been a long time coming, but there’s never been a better time for multi-award winning musical Kinky Boots to have finally found its way to Singapore. With a touring cast direct from Broadway, the Harvey Fierstein/Cyndi Lauper musical is feel good entertainment at its very best, boasting infectious numbers and … Continue reading Review: Kinky Boots presented by Base Entertainment Asia

Touchdown from Broadway: An Interview with the Fabulous Angels and Female Leads of Kinky Boots

For the first time ever, multi-award winning musical Kinky Boots will be staged in Singapore! Written by theatre veteran Harvey Fierstein with music by the legendary Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots plays at the Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands for just two weekends. The raucous but heartwarming musical tells the story of the fictitious Price & Son shoe factory, as newly crowned owner Charlie Price attempts to save it. Little … Continue reading Touchdown from Broadway: An Interview with the Fabulous Angels and Female Leads of Kinky Boots

Kinky Boots: #JustBe Campaign Launches in Singapore

Award-winning musical Kinky Boots flies in straight from Broadway this week for its Singapore debut, and before it opens, they want you to know this: “just be who you want to be”. Fronted by international superstars such as Kelly Osbourne, Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, James Earl Jones and Martina Navratilova, the campaign spreads Kinky Boots’ central message of loving and accepting one’s self, as each of these representatives pose … Continue reading Kinky Boots: #JustBe Campaign Launches in Singapore

Preview: Les Misérables UK/Ireland 2018/2019 Tour

LONDON – Les Misérables is without a doubt one of the world’s most famous and best musicals, seen by over 120 million audience members in over 51 countries in 22 languages. Now, the West End mainstay is about to go on tour around the UK and Ireland this November. Produced by Cameron Mackintosh, this version of Les Misérables was originally conceived in 2009 to celebrate the show’s 25th anniversary, receiving critical … Continue reading Preview: Les Misérables UK/Ireland 2018/2019 Tour