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Northern Ballet take Tortoise & The Hare on tour

14Jan

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Northern Ballet take Tortoise & The Hare on tour

Northern Ballet are taking their children’s ballet Tortoise & The Hare on the road kicking off at The Linbury theatre in London’s Royal Opera House from 27th – 29th January before embarking on an extensive UK tour. Tortoise & the Hare is a child friendly re-imagining of Aesop’s much-loved fable of a Tortoise who tired of being teased for his slowness challenges a speedy Hare to a race with unexpected results. Choreographed by former Northern Ballet dancers Dreda Blow and Sebastian Loe, Tortoise & the Hare premiered in 2015 and was the second children’s ballet by the pair. The production includes an original score composed by Bruno Merz, colourful set designs by Ali Allen and live music performed by members of the Northern Ballet Sinfonia. It’s a short ballet running ...

EGTG celebrates 70 years of amateur theatre in Edinburgh

13Jan

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EGTG celebrates 70 years of amateur theatre in Edinburgh

Local amateur theatre company, Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group (EGTG), will celebrate 70 years of producing theatre in 2024, with a bumper season of theatrical productions, drama workshops, and more. EGTG was first started in 1954 by alumni of the Edinburgh University Dramatic Society, and has gone on to become one of Edinburgh’s most respected amateur theatre companies, presenting a versatile catalogue of challenging contemporary work through to crowd-pleasing classics. In 2024 the group will celebrate its 70th anniversary with the staging of six plays and an exciting calendar of events to run throughout the year. EGTG kicks off its season at the SCDA One Act Festival with Martin Foreman’s Taiwan, directed by Claire Morand. It’s a question of survival. Welcome to Scotland in the ne...

Snow White the Panto – Rainhill Musical Theatre Company at Rainhill Village Hall

9Jan

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Snow White the Panto – Rainhill Musical Theatre Company at Rainhill Village Hall

Has the panto season finished? Oh no it hasn’t! And Rainhill Musical Theatre Company are about to prove that very point as they whisk us off to the village of Applebury where the kind and beautiful young Snow White has become the target of her wicked stepmother, the evil Queen Venefica III. But with the help of a charming prince and a host of quirky characters, Snow White is about to embark on a journey of self-discovery to find the true meaning of friendship and love. With their usual slapstick comedy and toe-tapping musical numbers, Rainhill Musical Theatre Company’s panto extravaganza promises to bring laughter and cheer and a whole lot of audience participation on this side-splitting journey full of surprises, gags, and the magic of panto where the stage is set, the jokes are fly...

The Little Big Things Cast Album Released Today

5Jan

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The Little Big Things Cast Album Released Today

Following The Little Big Things performance of The World Is Waiting on The Royal Variety Performance, the critically acclaimed new British musical, based on the Sunday Times best-selling memoir by Henry Fraser, announce that the show’s official West End cast album will be released today, Friday 5th January 2024. The 19-song collection, which has music by Nick Butcher and lyrics by Nick Butcher and Tom Ling, will be available digitally worldwide and on CD from @sohoplace. Michael Harrison and Nica Burns production of The Little Big Things, based on the best-selling memoir by Henry Fraser, with music by Nick Butcher, lyrics by Nick Butcher and Tom Ling and book by Joe White, runs @sohoplace until 2 March 2024. An extraordinary true story about an ordinary family. When one moment ...

24Dec

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Best Amateur Production of 2023

We have been thrilled to be invited to review a huge number of amateur productions in 2023, but which was the most popular with our readers. Below are the top 5 shows, we are looking forward to visiting even more amateur shows in 2024. You can request reviews for your society by emailing info@northwestend.co.uk with at least 4 weeks notice. NUMBER 5 – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Altrincham Garrick Playhouse. “one of the strongest opening nights of a show I have seen in a long time” https://northwestend.com/chitty-chitty-bang-bang-altrincham-garrick-playhouse/ NUMBER 4 - Betty Blue Eyes at Gladstone Theatre. “a great family show – charming, funny, uplifting and memorable” https://northwestend.com/betty-blue-eyes-gladstone-theatre/ NUMBER 3 – The Wedding Singer – Grange Th...

New lead casting announced for MAMMA MIA! in the West End after 8-week TV search

10Dec

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New lead casting announced for MAMMA MIA! in the West End after 8-week TV search

After eight unmissable weeks of singing, dancing, and acting their way to a place in the final, Stevie Doc and Tobias Turley have tonight been crowned the winners of MAMMA MIA! I Have a Dream, securing them a money can’t buy prize – the lead roles of Sophie and Sky in the West End production of MAMMA MIA! Filmed in the idyllic setting of Greece where the MAMMA MIA! story is set, viewers have been treated across the series to incredible performances from the talented cast made up of 14 aspiring musical theatre performers. Each week, the theatre star hopefuls were put through their paces with a series of workshops, where they were mentored by MAMMA MIA!’s choreographer Anthony Van Laast and musical director Martin Lowe before being whittled down to the final four by judges Alan Carr, Jess...

Alan Turing – A Musical Biography to play Studio 3 at Riverside Studios

10Dec

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Alan Turing – A Musical Biography to play Studio 3 at Riverside Studios

Alan Turing – A Musical Biography will play Studio 3 at Riverside Studios from 8th – 27th January. ‘A genius who ended up in despair’. Directed by Jane Miles, with music by Joel Goodman and Jan Osborne, book by Joan Greening, lighting design by Rob Dyer, and starring Joe Bishop as ‘Alan Turing’ and Zara Cooke as multiple roles including Joan Clarke. This OffFest award-nominated show was a sold-out hit at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe, where it garnered great critical acclaim. A journey through the extraordinary life of Alan Turing, the genius whose code breaking brain saved approximately fourteen million lives in WW2. Joel Goodman said, “I am delighted to be bringing Alan Turing A Musical Biography to London, and very much looking forward to our run at Riverside Studios. ...

Matinee Performance added for Lucie Jones Live at Cadogan Hall

10Dec

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Matinee Performance added for Lucie Jones Live at Cadogan Hall

FOURTH WALL LIVE and WestWay Music are delighted to announce the addition of a 2.30pm matinee performance for West End star LUCIE JONES live at Cadogan Hall on Sunday 12th May 2024. Performances are now at 2.30pm and 6.30pm. Tickets for the additional matinee are on sale NOW at www.fw-live.com and www.cadoganhall.com LUCIE JONES first came to prominence when she reached the finals of ITV’s The X Factor in 2009. Quickly winning the hearts of the nation, she became a household name to the millions of viewers who supported her and watched her perform week after week. Lucie performed in the sell-out X Factor Arena Tour in 2010 before joining the West End cast of Les Miserables, playing the role of Cosette. Since then, Lucie has performed all over the world as a solo artist and in many music...

10Dec

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Paddington in Concert 2024

Marmalade sandwiches at the ready! STUDIOCANAL and Raymond Gubbay Limited are pleased to present PaddingtonTM in Concert. Next year, audiences across the UK can enjoy watching the award-winning 2014 film on a giant HD screen, accompanied by The London Concert Orchestra playing Nick Urata’s calypso-infused score live. Based on Michael Bond’s much-loved books, cherished by families since 1958, the charming story follows the misadventures of a young bear from Peru who travels to London in search of a home. Taken in by the Brown family, who finds him lost and alone in Paddington Station, things are looking up for this rarest of bears. Until that is, he catches the eye of an ambitious museum taxidermist... Boasting an all-star ensemble cast including Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, ...

Cheryl Martin joins Red Ladder Theatre Company as new Artistic Director

9Dec

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Cheryl Martin joins Red Ladder Theatre Company as new Artistic Director

Director and writer Cheryl Martin joins radical theatre company Red Ladder as their new Artistic Director from January 2024 replacing Rod Dixon who stood down after 17 years leading the company. Alongside her work writing and directing award-winning theatre productions, Cheryl has also fulfilled a variety of roles including supporting writers and practitioners at Contact Theatre, Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, and Oldham Coliseum. She has also worked with Community Arts Northwest on a series of community plays devised with, and starring, mostly women refugees and asylum seekers. In 2015 she co-founded LGBTQ+ Global-Majority performance arts company Black Gold Arts creating a week-long celebration in choreography, writing, directing and cabaret, which was part of the Eurovision...