3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (436+ words) Arriving from Broadway, with five Tony awards nestled in its hand luggage, Kimberly Akimbo has undoubtedly been one of the most anticipated London transfers in recent years. It’s easy to see why it became such a fan favourite across the…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (227+ words) Olivier Award nominee Frances Mayli McCann and EastEnders star Shona McGarty join the cast of From The Heart this October. Shona McGarty said: “I am so excited to be part of this show. Don Black is such a legend, and…...

4+ day, 50+ min ago   (553+ words) The music doesn't stop there. Songs keep popping up at exactly the right moment, sometimes with a lyric that suddenly fits what's happening – Britney Spears singing "I must confess" being one particularly well-timed example. At first, it's another part of…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (594+ words) West End Best Friend Review: EAST IS EAST, Octagon Theatre As a celebration of the original production’s 30th anniversary, a new production of East is East comes to Bolton as a collaboration between the Octagon Theatre, Citizens Theatre and Wiltshire Creative,…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (578+ words) westendbestfriend.co.uk Review: JANE EYRE - A MUSICAL, Southwark Playhouse Written almost 200 years ago, Jane Eyre is one of the best known and loved romance novels in the English language. Therefore, there is a lot to live up to for…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (627+ words) West End Best Friend Review: THE MOUSETRAP, The Alexandra - Tour Everybody loves a good whodunnit, and it doesn’t get much more classic than Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. First opening in the West End in 1952, it has been keeping audiences guessing…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (381+ words) Fresh from an acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, comedy troupe Crybabies have brought their all-new horror spoof The Scaring to London’s Soho Theatre. It is no easy feat to replicate the success of a fringe production but this…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (253+ words) The UK premiere of the dynamic new musical CEILIDH, directed by Tony Award-winning Sam Pinkleton, arrives in the UK following a critically acclaimed North American season, with casting now revealed. Following its beloved run in Baltimore, CEILIDH premieres in the…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (155+ words) Performed as a half-staged reading, it can't settle on whether it wants to be page or stage: the passages of dialogue between Zimmerman and his friend, played on this day by Lucy Speed, cry out to be lifted off the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (266+ words) Benjamin O’Mahony as Shostakovich gives the appropriate level of ego while still allowing us to sympathise with his plight. His performance keeps the composer from becoming simply a historical figure. Nina, his wife, played by Jenna Augen, his biggest supporter…...