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1Jul

By Jackie FoottitNo Comments

Yorkshire & Humber

Chicago – Hull New Theatre

Ten very talented musicians, led by fun-loving maestro Neil MacDonald, opened Chicago the Musical at Hull New Theatre on Monday evening – or at least, one of the three trumpeters did. But all ten played an enraptured audience out at the show’s end, with the aforementioned maestro encouraging us to wave our arms in the air to the music. Such talents are often hidden away in a theatre’s orchestra pit, so for these musicians to be on stage for the duration was a joy. All the action takes place in 1920s Chicago, Illinois, mostly in the women’s block of the Cook County Jail, after unfaithful housewife and nightclub dancer Roxie Hart (Janette Manrara, of Strictly Come Dancing fame) is held there pre-trial for murdering her lover. The stage designers of this amazing production cleverl...

29May

By NewsdeskNo Comments

NEWS

Join Us For Edinburgh Fringe 2025

North West End UK are once again heading to Edinburgh for this year’s Fringe festival from the 1st – 25th August and we are looking for additional reviewers to help us cover as many shows as possible in 2025. Could this be you? 2024 saw us review in excess of 200 performances across the many venues hosting the annual event and we want to do even more this year. Previous experience is not required, but we will ask you to submit an ‘audition’ piece in advance of the festival in order for us to establish your ability to construct a review. Due to the nature of the festival, we request reviews to be submitted to our editorial team within 24 hours of attending a show and we will provide full details on how to make your submissions and the format they should be written in. There is ...

Writing Opportunities Now Open With North West End UK

26Jan

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NEWS

Writing Opportunities Now Open With North West End UK

From its launch locally in Manchester back in 2014, North West End UK has grown year on year (including during the pandemic when they diversified to review online theatre) and 2024 sees no sign of that growth stopping as they continue to cover more and more of the UK. Live theatre is more important than ever today, and North West End UK strive to promote and review all forms of theatre performed from the smallest community hall up to the biggest arenas in the UK. To feed the appetite of producers, venues and PR’s, and to celebrate their 10th year of reviewing North West End UK is undertaking a huge recruitment drive and seeks new reviewers across the UK, and they need you! No experience is necessary, all that they ask is that you have a love for theatre, can commit to a deadline ...

23Nov

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NEWS

Start 2024 as a North West End UK Reviewer

From its launch locally in Manchester back in 2014, North West End UK has grown year on year (including during the pandemic when they diversified to review online theatre) and 2023 sees no sign of that growth stopping as they continue to cover more and more of the UK. Live theatre is more important than ever today and North West End UK strive to promote and review all forms of theatre performed from the smallest community hall up to the biggest arenas in the UK. To feed the appetite of producers, venues and PR’s, North West End UK is undertaking a huge recruitment drive and seeks new reviewers across the UK, and they need you! No experience is necessary, all that they ask is that you have a love for theatre, can commit to a deadline and write a balanced and honest review. Many of the...

Let North West End UK promote your show!

17Mar

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NEWS

Let North West End UK promote your show!

At North West End UK we support many amateur productions and understand the need for full houses at your shows for the short periods they run for. We are reaching out to amateur societies until the end of April with an offer to promote your production free of charge on our website, www.northwestend.com To qualify for this offer please email a press release and suitable image to support your show to info@northwestend.co.uk before the 25th April 2023. Please include links to your social media pages within the email to allow us to tag you in the article. For clarification, your show can be staged at anytime in 2023, not only before the end of April, although submissions need to be sent by the 25th April. We will publish your press releases as soon as we can after receiving them, h...

2Feb

By Paul DownhamNo Comments

NEWS

North West End UK are recruiting NOW!

From its launch locally in Manchester back in 2014, North West End UK has grown year on year (including during the pandemic when they diversified to review online theatre) and 2023 sees no sign of that growth stopping as they continue to cover more and more of the UK. Live theatre is more important than ever today and North West End UK strive to promote and review all forms of theatre performed from the smallest community hall up to the biggest arenas in the UK. To feed the appetite of producers, venues and PR’s, North West End UK is undertaking a huge recruitment drive and seeks new reviewers across the UK, and they need you! No experience is necessary, all that they ask is that you have a love for theatre, can commit to a deadline and write a balanced and honest review. Many of the...

23Jun

By Paul DownhamNo Comments

NEWS

North West End UK needs YOU!

North West End UK was created in 2015 primarily based in the Greater Manchester area before quickly expanding to cover Merseyside and parts of Yorkshire. Fast forward to today and we now cover many more locations including Glasgow, London and Birmingham, with our Edinburgh team currently preparing for our busiest Fringe season ever. We review shows from the London Palladium in the heart of the West End to church halls, both professional and amateur. You can visit us at www.northwestend.com Despite our continued success demand is outstripping our ability to provide reviews to all the performances we are invited to and need to recruit more to our regional teams. To join our volunteer team, you do not need to have had previous experience, but we will ask you to provide us with an ‘audit...

Greater Manchester and Edinburgh Fringe are back!

5May

By Paul DownhamNo Comments

NEWS

Greater Manchester and Edinburgh Fringe are back!

As the arts continues to return to what we used to call normal, we are starting to look ahead to both Greater Manchester and Edinburgh’s Fringe festivals. North West End UK has been supporting GM Fringe since our creation in 2014 and Edinburgh Fringe since 2018 following our expansion, and we are looking forward to the biggest year yet at both festivals. We are currently busy recruiting reviewing teams at both locations and look forward to having the largest number of reviewers onboard prior to the opening of each festival. If you know of anyone interested in joining our team for either just the festival or all year round reviewing, please ask them to contact the relevant email address below. GM Fringe runs from the 1st – 31st July and Edinburgh returns from the 5th – 29th August. We...

22Apr

By Paul DownhamNo Comments

NEWS

North West End UK announces major expansion

North West End UK today announces a major expansion as theatres prepare to return reopen next month in the first major step to normality following the Covid-19 epidemic. North West End UK (NWE) was founded in 2015 with the vision of promoting and reviewing amateur, fringe and professional theatre on an equal platform. With just a 2 man team in the beginning, the site has grown over the last 6 years and now has over 100 reviewers on their books across the UK. NWE has worked tirelessly during the pandemic in continuing to review online offerings from theatres and producers across the internet. Covering nearly 500 productions they have been one of the leading exponents of online theatre in the UK since March 2020. During this time they have also worked hard to forge contacts across the ...

Casting Announced for North West End UK Live at The Garrick

7Oct

By Paul DownhamNo Comments

NEWS, NWE UK Live

Casting Announced for North West End UK Live at The Garrick

North West End UK are thrilled to announce casting for our one night only concert which concludes the first week of the inaugural Alty Festival taking place at the Altrincham Garrick Playhouse on the 29th November 2020. Since our creation North West End UK has championed amateur theatre on the same platform as their professional counterparts, and this concert cements our belief that both genres are equal in every way. We have brought together three sensational multi award winning vocalists for a very special evening of musical theatre. Featuring some of the most memorable show tunes from productions including Ghost, Miss Saigon, Annie, Jekyll & Hyde, Matilda, We Will Rock You, Waitress and SIX, Bethany Heywood (Wedding Singer – PAP Productions), Sophie Lord (Little Shop of Ho...