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Sunset Blvd

Nicole Scherzinger stars as Norma Desmond in this roughed up West End revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard.

God, Lyonesse

Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James star in this bleak 3 hour #MeToo tale that is so coarsely conceived it obliterates any emotion, any theatricality.

Free Your Mind at Aviva Studios

Danny Boyle’s darkly hectic trip down the rabbit hole is the opening show at Manchester’s £242m Aviva Studios

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Sunset Blvd

Nicole Scherzinger stars as Norma Desmond in this roughed up West End revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard.

God, Lyonesse

Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James star in this bleak 3 hour #MeToo tale that is so coarsely conceived it obliterates any emotion, any theatricality.

Free Your Mind at Aviva Studios

Danny Boyle’s darkly hectic trip down the rabbit hole is the opening show at Manchester’s £242m Aviva Studios

I Went Along To Stephen Sondheim’s Final Musical: Here We Are

A gutsy posthumous musical from the greatest musical composer of all time doesn’t imbue confidence but Here We Are is a reminder of a theatre genius. Here We Are (originally titled Square One) -becomes the third major Sondheim production running in New York...

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First Look: Into the Woods

Photo Credit: Marc Brenner Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by James Lapine; Co-Directed by Terry Gilliam and Leah Hausman This imaginative and delightfully playful new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods arrives as a...

Jerusalem returns

If life does indeed come down to just a single moment, mine probably arrived last week on Easter Monday when I witnessed Mark Rylance on stage as Johnny ‘Rooster’ Byron in Jerusalem. His combination of theatricality and verbal vivacity is extraordinary. First...

Olivier Awards nominations 2022: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club leads the pack

Rebecca Frecknall’s dazzling Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club up for 11 prizes 2022 Awards

National Youth Theatre and Contact, Manchester: Putting young people centre stage

With National Youth Theatre Chair Dawn Airey and Artistic Director Paul Roseby In this age of extremes, I often find myself at the sharp end of funding squeezes, local authority cuts, and am continually alarmed by the devastating demise of arts in our state schools....

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NPO Funding decisions 2023-26

This year’s funding announcement comes against the backdrop of “Levelling Up” and Priority Areas outside of the capital.

£400 tickets for West End Cock? No thanks.

‘Dynamic pricing’ sees Cock ticket costs fluctuate wildly for the production’s final performances in the West End

Review: Oklahoma! — beguiling, brave & occasionally contentious

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1943 musical is no cinch to sell to a modern audience. So fair play to Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein’s stirring Tony-winning production for shooting for something new. Oklahoma! Photo credit: Marc Brenner It does so by bringing bring to the...

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella: Not So Happy Ever After

Cinderella will end in June at London’s Gillian Lynne theatre

Reviews

God, Lyonesse

Kristin Scott Thomas and Lily James star in this bleak 3 hour #MeToo tale that is so coarsely conceived it obliterates any emotion, any theatricality.

Mesmerising Sweeney Todd got me by the throat

Lots to love about Nick Bagnall’s stripped-back Sweeney Todd in Liverpool, including the cast, acting, and absorbing scenes between Sweeney Todd and Mrs Lovett and the decision to set it in a time of Brexhaustion. Everything seems fresh minted. Bagnall’s wickedly...

Standing at The Sky’s Edge

Standing At The Sky’s Edge’s portrayal of high-rise communities in the iconic concrete housing estate could hardly be bettered. It’s an evocative setting. Park Hill was built in the 1950’s as a solution to the city’s social housing. This new musical is all about that...

Young Frankenstein: do we all make our own monsters?

The gender roles in Young Frankenstein raise huge questions around our own collusion as audiences and Mel Brooks’ musical comedy starring Ross Noble, Hadley Fraser, Summer Strallen and Lesley Joseph is ruffling feathers. The background is that, in Natasha...