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Review: I WISH MY LIFE WERE LIKE A MUSICAL, King's Head Theatre
by Kat Mokrynski - Jul 16, 2024

Written by Alexander S. Bermange, I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical is a “comedic musical revue” that brings audiences into the world of musical theatre both onstage and off. Audience members experience the life of a performer, from the first nerve-wracking audition to the moment in which they can finally declare themselves a “diva” of the stage.

The UK Pantomime Association Reveals Nominees For The Pantomime Awards 2024
by Stephi Wild - May 2, 2024

Get the latest on The Pantomime Awards 2024 nominees, announced by The UK Pantomime Association in association with Stagecoach. The awards ceremony is set for Tuesday 18 June 2024 at 7pm at G Live in Guildford.

The UK Pantomime Association announces the nominees for The Pantomime Awards 2024
by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 2, 2024

Founded in 2021, the UK Pantomime Association (UKPA) is a charity that explores, shares and celebrates pantomime by investigating the genre's rich past, engaging with contemporary practice and inspiring the future.

Apollon Musagète Quartet and Garrick Ohlsson Play Segerstrom Center in October
by Stephi Wild - Sep 30, 2022

Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents Apollon Musagète Quartet & pianist Garrick Ohlsson on Sunday, October 9, 2022, 2:00 pm at the Samueli Theater.

POTTED PANTO Returns to The Garrick Theatre in December
by Stephi Wild - Sep 22, 2021

In a madcap ride through the biggest stories and best-loved characters from the wonderful world of pantomime, our dastardly double act dash from rubbing Aladdin's lamp to roaming the golden streets of Dick Whittington's London and making sure that Cinderella gets to the Ball.

Four Seabright Productions Filmed at Wilton's Music Hall Will Receive Streaming Premiere in July
by Stephi Wild - Jun 18, 2021

The four critically acclaimed productions were curated by Olivier Award-winning producer, James Seabright, and filmed last month before socially distanced audiences at Wilton's Music Hall, the oldest surviving Grand Music Hall in the world.

QUENTIN CRISP: NAKED HOPE and More to be Featured in Wilton's Music Hall Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 22, 2021

‘Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope’, a glorious, truthful and uplifting celebration of a genuinely unique human being, multi award-winning cabaret-musical ‘A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)’ and acclaimed play ‘Black Is The Color of My Voice’ will be presented.

POTTED PANTO Announces An Easter West End Season At The Garrick Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Dec 17, 2020

'Potted Panto' has announced an Easter West End season at the Garrick theatre from 1 - 18 April, 2021 harking back to the pantomime tradition of running all the way from Christmas to Easter - although they didn't have a pandemic-enforced closure in the middle back then!

Photo Flash: First Look at The World Premiere Of HOWERD'S END
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 30, 2020

Can you imagine being terrified of your own happiness? You can? Then let’s begin...

POTTED PANTO Comes to the Garrick Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Oct 6, 2020

Double Olivier nominees (and former CBBC TV presenters) Dan and Jeff return for a 10th anniversary festive season of 'Potted Panto', hot on the heels of their world tour and Las Vegas residency of Harry Potter parody 'Potted Potter'.

The Wallis Presents Garrick Ohlsson
by Julie Musbach - Oct 18, 2019

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents acclaimed Grammy-winning pianist Garrick Ohlsson a?" the only American ever to win Poland's prestigious International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition a?" in a program of solo works by Chopin and Brahms on Friday, November 8, 2019, 7:30 pm in the Bram Goldsmith Theater at The Wallis. Ohlsson, a musician of a?oerazor-sharp accuracy (and) a sound so lush it almost glistensa?? (The Seattle Times), puts his unique musical stamp on Chopin's Nocturne in B-flat minor and Sonata in B minor.

Garrick Ohlsson Performs Works By Chopin At The Wallis
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 18, 2019

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents acclaimed Grammy-winning pianist Garrick Ohlsson a?" the only American ever to win Poland's prestigious International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition a?" in a program of solo works by Chopin and Brahms on Friday, November 8, 2019, 7:30 pm in the Bram Goldsmith Theater at The Wallis. Ohlsson puts his unique musical stamp on Chopin's Nocturne in B-flat minor and Sonata in B minor. He also performs three sets of works by Brahms: Rhapsodies, Op. 79; Fantasien, Op. 16; and Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35 (Book II). 

TRAINSPOTTING LIVE Will Tour The UK In 2019
by Julie Musbach - Dec 18, 2018

Trainspotting Live captures the passion and the controversy of the famous novel, then globally successful film, and repackages it into a full-throttle show where the audience are literally part of the action, including the notorious 'Worst Toilet in Scotland' scene.

David Benson & Jack Lane Star in DAD'S ARMY RADIO SHOW
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 31, 2018

Two acclaimed actors play 25 characters in this brilliant staging of three classic Dad's Army radio episodes based on favourite scripts from the original TV series. Dad's Army Radio Show celebrates 50 years of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's quintessential sitcom, which won the Best One-Liner accolade in a poll of comedians conducted by digital channel Gold, with the immortal words "Don't tell him, Pike" from The Deadly Attachment episode.

HORRIBLE HISTORIES - HORRIBLE CHRISTMAS Comes to Alexandra Palace Theatre This December
by Marianka Swain - Jul 4, 2018

London is in for a treat this Christmas with a special production of HORRIBLE HISTORIES - HORRIBLE CHRISTMAS playing at the Alexandra Palace Theatre from 13 to 30 December 2018. The producers behind the Olivier award nominated Gangsta Granny and the celebrated Horrible Histories stage shows, including Barmy Britain in the West End, are bringing this festive favourite to London for three weeks over the holiday period.

Garrick Ohlsson Performs Beethoven, Scriabin & Schubert At The Broad Stage, 2/23
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 31, 2018

Since his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, pianist Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. Although long regarded as one of the world's leading exponents of the music of Frederic Chopin, Ohlsson commands an enormous repertoire, which ranges over the entire piano literature. On Friday, February 23 at The Broad Stage, he will play a program of Beethoven, Scriabin and Schubert.

SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL Enters Fourth Year in the West End
by BWW News Desk - Nov 1, 2017

A new musical is born at every performance of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, each created on the spot by the incredible, multi-award winning musical comedians The Showstoppers. The show has just announced 2018 dates, entering its fourth year in the West End.

Olivier Award Winning SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL Celebrates 800th Performance
by Julie Musbach - Feb 19, 2017

In 2015 SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL had its West End premiere in an Olivier Award winning season. New musicals created on the spot by the incredible, multi award-winning musical comedians The Showstoppers. On Monday 20th February Showstopper! The Improvised Musical celebrates a musical theatre milestone- they will be playing their 800th show. 

Olivier-Nominated POTTED PANTO is Back in the West End - 7 pantos in 80 mins at the Garrick Theatre
by Liz Cearns - Sep 16, 2016

Potted Panto, the spectacularly funny Olivier-nominated show, that crams seven pantomimes into just 80 minutes, is to return to the West End for a fourth festive season of silliness.

SHOWSTOPPER! The Improvised Musical Extends Until December at the Lyric Theatre
by Rebecca Russo - Jul 29, 2016

Every night the cast of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical pull off something incredibly ambitious; they create a real musical from scratch, not just an improv night with songs but a full story with characters you can care about, a live band of incredible musicians, and seamless choreography.