Touring the UK 2020: Sunny Afternoon (Preview)

LONDON – Sonia Friedman Productions and Ambassador Theatre Group Productions have announced that the multi Olivier Award-winning hit Sunny Afternoon will return for its second UK tour, opening at the Manchester Opera House on Friday 7th August 2020. Sunny Afternoon tells the story of the early life of Ray Davies and the rise to stardom of The Kinks, who exploded on to the 60s music scene with … Continue reading Touring the UK 2020: Sunny Afternoon (Preview)

Touring the UK 2021: My Best Friend’s Wedding The Musical (Preview)

UPDATE: Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced rescheduled dates for the world premiere of My Best Friend’s Wedding The Musical. The show will now open at the Manchester Palace Theatre on 20th September 2021 ahead of a UK and Ireland tour. New tour schedule available on their website here LONDON – Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced the world premiere of My Best Friend’s Wedding … Continue reading Touring the UK 2021: My Best Friend’s Wedding The Musical (Preview)

In London’s (Off) West End 2020: Be More Chill at The Other Palace (Preview)

LONDON – Making its UK premiere in 2020, Be More Chill, based on the groundbreaking novel of the same name by Ned Vizzini, arrives at The Other Palace on 12th February. With original music and lyrics by Joe Iconis and a book by Joe Tracz, Be More Chill is an international sensation – when the 2015 Original Cast Recording was released by Ghostlight Records, millions of people streamed the album and formed a … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2020: Be More Chill at The Other Palace (Preview)

London’s VAULT Festival 2020: Tarot by The Feathers of Daedalus Circus (Preview)

LONDON –  Live Tarot reading meets mesmeric contemporary circus as The Feathers of Daedalus come to VAULT Festival with a spell-binding reworking of their Edinburgh Fringe hit, Tarot. Taking audiences on a thrilling and unpredictable adventure guided by fate, the visual imagery and characters of the cards are brought to life through skilled acrobatic and musical improvisation. Audience members are invited onstage for Tarot readings … Continue reading London’s VAULT Festival 2020: Tarot by The Feathers of Daedalus Circus (Preview)

Touring the UK 2020: Bring It On the Musical (Preview)

LONDON – Selladoor Productions is delighted to present a brand-new UK and Ireland Tour of the Tony Award nominated BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL opening at Birmingham Hippodrome from 2nd – 6th June 2020. Inspired by the 2000 film of the same name, BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL features an original score by the multi award winning creator of “Hamilton”, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Pulitzer Prize winning Tom Kitt, composer of “Next To Normal”. … Continue reading Touring the UK 2020: Bring It On the Musical (Preview)

In London’s (Off) West End 2020: The Great Experiment by Border Crossings (Preview)

LONDON – Exposing the little-known history of the Indian migrant labourers indentured to work on plantations around the world following the Abolition of Slavery, the award-winning Border Crossings brings The Great Experiment to audiences across London. This new work recounts the moment in history when more than two million Indians were indentured to replace slave labour in Mauritius, Malaysia, the Caribbean and mainland Africa as … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2020: The Great Experiment by Border Crossings (Preview)

In London’s (Off) West End 2020: For the Sake of Argument at Bridewell Theatre (Preview)

LONDON –Coming to Bridewell Theatre in the New Year, For the Sake of Argument follows the story of Eleanor Hickock, a passionate and argumentative polemical journalist who becomes the Iraq War’s chief evangelist. This hard-hitting production interrogates the power and danger of language, as one journalist’s words send a young man to enlist for the frontline. For Eleanor, conversations are a battleground and words are … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2020: For the Sake of Argument at Bridewell Theatre (Preview)

Touring the UK 2020: seeds by tiata fahodzi and Wrested Veil (Preview)

LONDON – Shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award, seeds embarks on a UK tour in 2020. Sensitively written by Mel Pennant, it tells the story of two mothers united in sorrow, unable to escape the tragedy and violence of knife crime. Together, they try to face the hardship of protecting their sons – one in life, and one in death. On Michael Thomas’ birthday, his … Continue reading Touring the UK 2020: seeds by tiata fahodzi and Wrested Veil (Preview)

In London’s (Off) West End 2019: The Grid by Lollipop (Review)

Crafty sci-fi themed escape room and innovative cocktails make this experience one to remember. LONDON – With the advent of increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI), will robots one day rule the world? The answer to that may just be dependent on how well you fare at Lollipop’s sci-fi multi-chamber escape room The Grid.  Set at the offices of Neosight, The Grid tasks players with an all-important mission – … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2019: The Grid by Lollipop (Review)

In London’s (Off) West End 2020: Scrounger at the Finborough Theatre (Preview)

LONDON – Marking the opening of the Finborough Theatre’s 40th anniversary season, Olivier award-nominated writer and performer Athena Stevens will perform in the premiere of her latest show, Scrounger. On the streets of Elephant and Castle, everyone likes to make speculations about Scrounger. She needs help, she’s naïve, she is sent from the demons to torture her mum… at least according to her Nigerian Uber driver. Scrounger doesn’t … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2020: Scrounger at the Finborough Theatre (Preview)