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⭐ & JULIET NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCTION ANNOUNCED ⭐ Award-nominated West End musical & Juliet will make its North American premiere in Toronto, it has been announced. Luke Sheppard’s production will open at the Mirvish Theatre in February 2021. & Juliet is the hilarious and fun-loving new musical that asks: what if Continue Reading

⭐ WORLD PREMIERE OF THE BOOK THIEF MUSICAL ADAPTATION ANNOUNCED ⭐ The world premiere musical stage adaptation of the bestselling novel, The Book Thief, has been announced for Bolton’s Octagon Theatre. In 1930s Germany, young orphan Liesel stands next to her brother’s grave and picks up a book abandoned in Continue Reading

⭐ THE PRINCE OF EGYPT EXTENDS WEST END RUN ⭐ The Prince of Egypt has extended its limited run in the West End by seven weeks, it was announced. The musical has enjoyed 20 sold-out preview performances, with over 41,000 people to date seeing the show. It officially opens night Continue Reading

⭐ CHRIS EVANS IN TALKS FOR LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS REMAKE ⭐ Chris Evans is reportedly in talks to star in the Little Shop of Horrors film remake, it has been announced. He would play the sadistic, nitrous oxide-addicted dentist Orin Scrivello. Billy Porter has signed up to play Audrey Continue Reading

⭐ FOOTLOOSE UK TOUR CAST ANNOUNCEMENT ⭐ Casting has been announced for the upcoming UK tour of Footloose. The cast will include Geri Allen (Ethel/Betty/Coach), Holly Ashton (Vi Moore/Principal Clarke), Jess Barker (Wendy-Jo), Ben Barrow (Wes/Swing), Alex Fobbester (Bickle), Josh Hawkins (Ren), Lucy Ireland (Off-Stage Swing), Evie Rose Lane (Ariel), Continue Reading

⭐ HAIRSPRAY UK TOUR VENUES ANNOUNCED ⭐ The list of venues have been announced for the upcoming 2020/21 UK tour of Hairspray. It can now be confirmed that the tour will open at Leicester Curve on 20th August and will visit the following venues in 2020: Manchester Palace, Bradford Alhambra, Continue Reading

⭐ BE MORE CHILL EXTENDS RUN AT THE OTHER PALACE ⭐ Be More Chill has extended at The Other Palace for an additional six weeks and will now play until 14th June, it was announced. Featuring a Tony-nominated score by Joe Iconis, a book by Joe Tracz and inspired by Ned Continue Reading

⭐ HOT GAY TIME MACHINE LIMITED RUN ANNOUNCED FOR SOHO THEATRE ⭐ Hot Gay Time Machine will play a limited run at Soho Theatre, it has been announced. Fresh from their sold-out, five-star run at the Edinburgh Fringe and in London’s West End, join multi-award-winning duo, Zak Ghazi-Torbati & Toby Continue Reading

⭐ EMILIA FILM ADAPTATION IN DEVELOPMENT ⭐ Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s hit play Emilia has been optioned as a film, it has been announced. The film adaptation is in development with Morgan Lloyd Malcolm currently working on it. Four hundred years ago, Emilia Bassano wanted her voice to be heard. It Continue Reading

⭐ TYPICAL GIRLS – WRITTEN BY MORGAN LLOYD MALCOLM – ANNOUNCED FOR SHEFFIELD THEATRES & SOHO THEATRE ⭐ Sheffield Theatres have announced the world premiere of Typical Girls, a co-production with Soho Theatre and Clean Break. In a mental health unit inside a prison, a group of women discover the Continue Reading