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Open auditions for The Wiz

20 June 2021

Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester has announced the full creative team for its new production of The Wiz plus details of open auditions in London and Manchester.

Curve postpones production of Rent

17 June 2021

Leicester’s Curve has made the “difficult” decision to postpone its concert production of Jonathan Larson's Rent after the government announced it was delaying the easing of restrictions on theatres.

Bedknobs & Broomsticks for Manchester

13 June 2021

Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks will make its way to the Palace Theatre, Manchester in October.

Day job in Chicago...

13 June 2021

Darren Day will play Billy Flynn in the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of Chicago coming to the Opera House, Manchester on May 23, 2022.

Judy & Liza play the region

3 June 2021

The Judy & Liza Musical brings the real-life story of Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli to venues across the North West.

Bloody Elle—Exchange is back

3 June 2021

Bloody Elle—A Gig Musical reopens Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre.

Jodie's Sunday best in Salford

3 June 2021

Jodie Prenger stars in Tell Me On A Sunday at The Lowry in Salford.

Janie Dee joins Buxton cast of A Little Night Music

2 June 2021

Janie Dee will play Desiree Armfeldt in the Buxton Opera House and Buxton International Festival co-production of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music.

Dan Partridge will again play Danny in Grease

Full cast revealed for UK tour of Grease

28 May 2021

Dan Partridge, who played Danny on the UK and Ireland tour of Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s musical Grease, will reprise the role in a 2021 tour which starts at Leicester’s Curve.

Blackpool welcomes back big shows

23 May 2021

Blackpool continues to plot its way back out of COVID with two more big shows announced for this summer and next.

Casting call for new Teesside musical

21 May 2021

A new musical set in Middlesbrough is looking to cast a leading female role for Steel and Iron.

School of Rock ready to roll

16 May 2021

School of Rock—The Musical, will tour the UK and Ireland from 2021/22.

Jersey Boys head for Blackpool

16 May 2021

Jersey Boys will once again tour the UK and Ireland heading to the Opera House Blackpool.

Cast revealed for Curve’s Lloyd Webber concert

15 May 2021

Leicester's Curve theatre has announced the full cast and creative team for The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, a reopening concert featuring songs from the musicals of Lloyd Webber.

Write up your street?

10 May 2021

The creative team behind Preston Live Arts Festival are on the lookout for submissions from musical theatre book-writers or scriptwriters.

Rock Of Ages ready to roll

10 May 2021

Rock Of Ages will return to tour the UK opening at The Alexandra, Birmingham.

Show Must Go On in Liverpool

10 May 2021

Actors from across TV and theatre lend their support to a new show opening in Liverpool this month.

Morticia and Gomez head for Newcastle

6 May 2021

The Addams Family is coming to Newcastle Theatre Royal in 2022.

The Dream Girls are coming to Sunderland

3 May 2021

The hit musical Dreamgirls is coming to Sunderland next year.

Three chances to catch Dreamgirls in the North West

26 April 2021

The first-ever UK tour of the musical Dreamgirls will now open at Liverpool Empire before visiting Manchester and Blackpool in the region.

Curve to present staged concert of Rent

25 April 2021

Leicester’s Curve is to stage Jonathan Larson’s rock musical Rent: The Concert in-the-round in the theatre’s specially adapted auditorium.

Trafalgar opens Sydney theatre with Morissette musical

19 April 2021

Woking-based Trafalgar Entertainment, co-founded by Sir Howard Panter and Dame Rosemary Squire, has announced that the musical Jagged Little Pill will reopen Theatre Royal Sydney in September 2021.

Ria Jones as Norma Desmond and Danny Mac as Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard

Curve’s Sunset Boulevard to benefit bursary in Nairn’s name

15 April 2021

Leicester’s Curve theatre is making its streamed production of Sunset Boulevard – at Home available to view online again and all money raised will benefit the Andy Nairn Bursaries in Technical Theatre.

Cast revealed for musical theatre online festival

14 April 2021

A “spectacular company of international stars” has been confirmed for Paul Taylor-Mills’ annual festival of new musical theatre, MTFestUK 2021.

Hope Mill plans a Wiz of a Christmas

8 April 2021

Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester will stage the first new UK production of The Wiz in 10 years.

Homebaked musical rises at Royal Court

8 April 2021

Liverpool’s Royal Court is teaming up with Red Ladder Theatre Company to bring the story of Liverpool’s most famous community bakery to the stage.

South Pacific to reopen Chichester

3 April 2021

Chichester Festival Theatre will reopen its doors with its summer musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, originally scheduled as the centrepiece of Festival 2020.

Courtyard slinks into summer with Kinky Boots

26 March 2021

Theatre company X-Entricity is to return to Hereford theatre The Courtyard in summer 2021 with the musical Kinky Boots.

Chorus Line comes to Curve at Christmas

26 March 2021

Leicester’s Curve is to stage a new production of the Broadway musical A Chorus Line at Christmas 2021, replacing The Wizard of Oz which has been postponed for 12 months.

Blackpool counts down to SIX

25 March 2021

SIX the musical is set to head to the Opera House Blackpool.

Musical reviews

Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, The Musical

Libretto by Jeff Whitty, Music and Lyrics by Jake Shears and John Garden, Bas...

American Conservatory Theater

ACT’s Geary Theater, San Francisco

21–27 June 2021

The Theatre Channel Episode Seven: Rogers and Hammerstein

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II

Adam Blanshay Productions

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

18–25 June 2021

Forever Plaid

Stuart Ross

Katie Plews for Ovation

Upstairs at the Gatehouse

1–27 June 2021

Public Domain

Book by Francesca Forristal, music by Jordan Paul Clarke, lyrics by Francesca...

Adam Lenson for ALP Musicals

Vaudeville Theatre

27–30 May 2021

The Theatre Channel Episode Six: Showstoppers

Various

Adam Blanshay Productions

The Theatre Café

21–28 May 2021

Amélie - the Musical

Book by Craig Lucas, music by Daniel Messé, lyrics by Nathan Tysen and Daniel...

Hartshorn-Hook Productions, Broadway Asia International and Selladoor Worldwi...

Criterion Theatre

20 May–25 September 2021

Folk

Nell Leyshon

Hampstead Theatre for Radio Three

Released 9 May 2021

The Sorrows of Satan

Music by Luke Bateman, book and lyrics by Michael Conley

Produced by Alfred Taylor-Gaunt and Aisling Tara

Brocket Hall

4–31 May 2021

West End In Blackpool

Director Ashley Luke Lloyd

Winter Gardens, Blackpool

6 April–9 July 2021

Musical features

Could Andrew Lloyd Webber be swapping Cinderella for Midnight Express?

11 June 2021

Lord Lloyd Webber has announced that he will open Cinderella on 25 June, even if that means breaking the law and a potential prison sentence.

Musicals

Musicals news

Open auditions for The Wiz

Curve postpones production of Rent

Bedknobs & Broomsticks for Manchester

Day job in Chicago...

Judy & Liza play the region

Bloody Elle—Exchange is back

Jodie's Sunday best in Salford

Janie Dee joins Buxton cast of A Little Night Music

Full cast revealed for UK tour of Grease

Blackpool welcomes back big shows

Casting call for new Teesside musical

School of Rock ready to roll

Jersey Boys head for Blackpool

Cast revealed for Curve’s Lloyd Webber concert

Write up your street?

Rock Of Ages ready to roll

Show Must Go On in Liverpool

Morticia and Gomez head for Newcastle

The Dream Girls are coming to Sunderland

Three chances to catch Dreamgirls in the North West

Curve to present staged concert of Rent

Trafalgar opens Sydney theatre with Morissette musical

Curve’s Sunset Boulevard to benefit bursary in Nairn’s name

Cast revealed for musical theatre online festival

More videos released from free Northampton musical

Hope Mill plans a Wiz of a Christmas

Homebaked musical rises at Royal Court

South Pacific to reopen Chichester

Courtyard slinks into summer with Kinky Boots

Chorus Line comes to Curve at Christmas

Blackpool counts down to SIX

Musical reviews

Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, The Musical

The Theatre Channel Episode Seven: Rogers and Hammerstein

Forever Plaid

Public Domain

The Theatre Channel Episode Six: Showstoppers

Amélie - the Musical

Folk

The Sorrows of Satan

West End In Blackpool

Musical features

Could Andrew Lloyd Webber be swapping Cinderella for Midnight Express?