Matt Cardle News

All new rehearsal photos have been released of Strictly Come Dancing's Johannes Radebe and X-Factor winner Matt Cardle in the brand-new production of KINKY BOOTS The Musical.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is  February 17, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The full cast has been announced for the brand-new production of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning KINKY BOOTS The Musical. Learn more about the cast here!

Kinky Boots The Musical will host a special Gala Night at London Coliseum on in support of international charity WaterAid. St Martin’s Lane will close as the biggest night in theatre steps out onto the street.

Birmingham Hippodrome has released exclusive backstage photos of this year’s pantomime Robin Hood giving audiences an opportunity to see behind the scenes of the ultimate sheriff-busting pantomime extravaganza which is right on target.

Multi-platinum-selling recording artist and award-winning West End actor Matt Cardle will play Charlie Price alongside Johannes Radebe as Lola, in the brand-new production of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning KINKY BOOTS The Musical.

A merry band of stars arrived in the city to launch Birmingham Hippodrome's pantomime Robin Hood. The cast swapped Sherwood Forest for Aston Hall and had fun getting to know each ahead of this year's show.

Ben Jackson Walker, the original Romeo in the Broadway production of & Juliet, will be revisiting the role in the UK and Ireland tour. Learn more about the show here!

& Juliet will host a special sing-along performance on Thursday, November 21 at 7 pm, hosted by  Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter-producer and *NSYNC star JC Chasez. 

JC Chasez and Jimmy Harry release their groundbreaking new musical theater concept album, Playing With Fire. Inspired by Mary Shelley’s timeless novel Frankenstein, Playing with Fire marks Chasez’s first major musical theater recording project. Listen to it now!

Bradley Riches, Amber Davies, and Claudia Kariuki will join Amy di Bartolemeo, Oliver Tompsett, and Stuart Matthew Price as guest vocalists for internationally acclaimed songwriter SCOTT ALAN live at Cadogan Hall.

Performer and member of boy band NSYNC, JC Chasez, is trying his hand at musical theater! The singer, songwriter, producer and actor has teamed up with songwriter and composer Jimmy Harry to create a concept album inspired by Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein. View the trakc list and learn more about the album.

Get whisked away on a fabulous journey as Juliet ditches her famous ending for a fresh beginning and a second chance at life and love—her way.

After thrilling audiences at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London’s West End from 2019-2023,  & JULIET is on a UK and Ireland tour, visiting Manchester, Southampton, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham, Cardiff, Nottingham, Leeds and more. Check out all new video clips here!

Check out new production photos of the UK & Ireland tour of & Juliet

Award-winning songwriter Max Martin attended the first performance of the UK tour of & JULIET at the Manchester Opera House on Monday 8 July. Max joined the cast onstage to make a speech after the bows. Check out photos here!

All new rehearsal photos have been released from the & Juliet UK and Ireland Tour. The tour opens at Manchester Opera House on 8 July and continues until concluding on 28 June 2025 at Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre.

The UK & Ireland tour cast of & Juliet appeared on Britain's Got Talent to give the audience a sneak-peak from their hit musical. Check out the video here of the cast performing Katy Perry's 'Roar'!

Dr Ranj Singh will make his musical theatre debut playing the role of Lance in the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of & JULIET. The tour opens at Manchester Opera House on 8 July 2024.   

West End actor, Matt Cardle, will play the role of Shakespeare in the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of & Juliet. He joins the previously announced Gerardine Sacdalan as Juliet, Sandra Marvin as Angélique and Lara Denning as Anne.