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It's been a frantic fortnight for Emma Hatton, the Elphaba standby for Wicked in London. With Willemijn Verkaik leaving the show earlier than expected and Kerry Ellis going back into green in August, that means a short notice two-week run for Hatton - and she's also preparing for a concert version of song cycle Edges in the Delfont Room on August 1st.

The Tudors are always fashionable. From Hilary Mantel's books (and RSC adaptation) to the Philippa Gregory TV series, apparently audiences can't get enough of Henry VIII and his tempestuous family. The monarch at the heart of Shakespeare in Love, of course, is Elizabeth.

It's a swelteringly hot day in West London, and you can't help but feel a little sorry for the cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (beginning their UK tour this week). While production staff and scattered members of the press are wilting, gulping down as much water as possible and edging ever closer to the single fan in the rehearsal room, the company are ready to sing, dance and showcase their work.

Natalie Gray won the BWW:UK/SimG competition to perform at the Emerging Artists Showcase! Here she is at Saturday's show.

There's nothing not to like about The Tiger Who Came To Tea. It's a neat, tried-and-tested adaptation of Judith Kerr's classic children's book. There are cheery, catchy songs, a dollop of audience participation, and it all wraps up in under an hour. Perfect, surely?

We've announced the winner Natalie Gray, and the runner-up George Pelham - now take a look at some of the other brilliant Emerging Artists competition entrants!

After a month-long competition, the winner and runner-up of the search for an EMERGING ARTIST have been found!

If you're a fan of cats, anthropomorphised cats, or simply CATS, the Palladium is the place for you this Christmas. Andrew Lloyd Webber's epic musical, based on the poems of T S Eliot, is returning for the festive season - Carrie Dunn found out more!

Carrie Dunn reviews the cinematic release of From Here To Eternity: The Musical, starring Darius Campbell, Robert Lonsdale, Rebecca Thornhill and Siubhan Harrison.

It's a sultry day in London, and a sticky walk through Covent Garden to meet Rebecca Lock, who's just started her year-long run as Rosie in Mamma Mia!

In a warm-up for West End Live, Emma Hatton - London's current standby Elphaba - performed 'The Wizard and I' at Cardinal Place, near to Wicked's home at the Apollo Victoria! Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl named Elphaba.

Special guest Louise Dearman performed 'Let It Go' at West End Live this weekend! Dearman has recently starred in The Water Babies, and is probably best known for being the first woman to play Elphaba AND Glinda in Wicked!

Catch up with the Jersey Boys at West End Live with this fan's eye video! Michael Watson leads the cast in London, now at the Piccadilly Theatre. JERSEY BOYS, the internationally acclaimed hit musical, tells the remarkable rise to stardom of one of the most successful bands in pop music history.

Catch up on West End Live with this fan's eye view! Carrie Hope Fletcher, Peter Lockyer and the company of Les Miserables performed this medley of songs on the stage in Trafalgar Square.

Missed out on West End Live? You missed out on a summery sunshiney festival - packed full of stagey excitement! There were fantastic performances from West End shows past and present - plus opera legend Placido Domingo, as the ENO joined in the fun.

'It is like a family,' says David Thaxton. He's returning to Les Miserables as Javert, following his earlier very successful run as Enjolras, and is looking forward to being back in a company that he describes as friendly and loyal.

Are you an emerging singer/songwriter? Would you like to perform your songs to a London audience? We have a brand-new and EXCLUSIVE competition for you!

A comedy from the cobbles of Lancashire, set to the sights and sounds of the sixties, Mark Benton plays bombastic boot-shop owner Henry Horatio Hobson. When his 'plain' daughter, Maggie (Jodie McNee) becomes intent on marrying long-suffering boot-maker Willie Mossop (Karl Davies), Hobson's future looks uncertain. However it is hapless Willie who triumphs in this unlikely love story, as newfound fortitude deals a resolution that is - Hobson's Choice.

Let's get one thing straight before we talk about anything else. Can Savannah Stevenson - London's Glinda in Wicked - confirm or deny any of the rumours going round about the next Wicked cast change?

London's Eponine - and YouTube sensation - is very happy. Carrie Hope Fletcher is staying with the West End company of Les Miserables for another year - but she'll be taking a short break at the end of 2014 for another exciting opportunity.