Cast Announced For GLORY RIDE at the Other Palace
by Stephi Wild - Oct 24, 2022
New, original musical based on an amazing, true story from the Second World War, Glory Ride will have its world premiere in the main theatre at The Other Palace as a staged concert for three performances this November.
Review: NEW UK MUSICALS - LIVE IN CONCERT, The Other Palace
by Katie Kirkpatrick - Jul 8, 2022
One year on from theatres being allowed to fully reopen, where is the new writing? This is a problem Darren Clark has set out to tackle with his project New UK Musicals. Set up during the pandemic, the project's website makes sheet music and backing tracks to new original musical theatre songs by British writers widely available.
PRIDE'S GOT TALENT Returns to London For 10th Year
by Stephi Wild - Mar 4, 2022
Pride In London announces today the return of Pride's Got Talent in 2022. Celebrating 10 years of elevating LGBT+ talent, the extremely popular competition opens for applications today. Heats will commence in April across the capitals many LGBT+ venues – stay tuned for dates and locations.
West End Calling Announces Audition Tour Dates
by Stephi Wild - Sep 8, 2019
Are you a budding musical theatre performer aged 6 to 21? Do you dream of performing in London on a West End stage? The talent competition, West End Calling is back and they want to see YOU!
BWW Review: FIVER, Southwark Playhouse
by Caroline Cronin - Jul 7, 2019
The Southwark Playhouse has made a name for itself in featuring new musicals and inventive revivals. It's a venue that provides a platform for productions that are lesser-known, but have the potential to go further and I suspect with Fiver, they have an uncontested hit on their hands.
Daniel Buckley, Hiba Elchikhe, Kayleigh McKnight To Star In New Musical FIVER At Southwark Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Mar 7, 2019
FIVER follows the story of a humble £5 note as it passes through the hands and pockets of different people in London. Often unnoticed and obviously unaware, the fiver is present for significant moments in each person's life - from an appreciation of their skills as a street performer, the start or end of relationships to the simple realisation that they can afford a bed for the night.
A LONELY VOICE - The Lyrics of Robert Gould Comes to the Union Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2018
After sold out shows in April 2018 and May 2017, lyricist Robert Gould will return to the Union Theatre at 7.30pm on October 21 with A LONELY VOICE, a concert of songs with his lyrics performed by a cast of West End and Off-West End musical theatre performers (from the casts of shows such as Tina The Musical, Little Shop Of Horrors and Wicked). The concert will feature a showcase of songs from "Cleopatra", a brand new musical-in-development by Robert Gould and Lyndon Samuel, as well as an eclectic mix of musical theatre, indie pop and folk/rock numbers with music penned by composers from the UK, USA, Sweden, Israel and the Netherlands, including Tristan Bons, Alex James Ellison, Alexander Engstrom, Dean Heller, Ty Kroll, Omri Lahav, Ben Messenger, Christopher J. Orton, Joe Sterling, Dylan Wynford and Bo Wastesson. (a composer from Sweden, whose works include the musicals "The Brothers Lionheart", "The Blacksmith's Daughter" and "Gerda")