Swan Theatre, Straford upon Avon With music and lyrics by Sam Kenyon, Miss Littlewood is a new musical that explores the work and personal life of radical theatre director Joan Littlewood. Littlewood is best known for her work at Stratford East theatre, where pioneering productions A taste of honey and Oh what a lovely war … Continue reading Miss Littlewood
The Place For Me
The Young Rep Lightpost company is made up of young black and mixed heritage men aged 18-25 from across the West Midlands who “take pride in telling unique and heartfelt stories". The Place For Me was created by the company using various accounts of the first Caribbean migrants who travelled to the UK in 1948 … Continue reading The Place For Me
Madagascar – The Musical
Madagascar production images Madagascar is a brand new musical based on the 2005 DreamWorks animated movie of the same name; with music and lyrics by George Noriega and Joe Someillian and a book by Kevin Del Aguila. The story tells of Alex the lion, his best friend Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria … Continue reading Madagascar – The Musical
Disenchanted! – TFTR Productions
TFTR Productions, Crestwood Theatre, Kingswinford Third From The Right Productions Ltd. are an amateur theatre company based in the West Midlands; and was formed to “bring high quality lesser known dramatic and musical theatre productions to a wider audience". Disenchanted! is part of the company’s 2018 sassitude tour. Disenchanted! opened off Broadway in … Continue reading Disenchanted! – TFTR Productions
Fun Home
Fun Home, The Young Vic, 66 The Cut, Waterloo, London, SE1 8LZ With a book and lyrics by Lisa Kron and music by Jeanine Tesori, Fun Home is a musical adapted from the graphic novel/memoirs titled Fun Home: A family Tragicomic by American lesbian cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Winner of 5 Tony awards in 2015 including best … Continue reading Fun Home
Pressure
Ambassadors Theatre, West Street, London WC2 Written by David Haig, Pressure made its world premiere at the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in 2014, before transferring to the Chichester festival the same year. In 2018, the play was revived for a UK tour and transferred to the West End on the 6th June 2018, the 74th … Continue reading Pressure
The Jungle
Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5DE The Jungle was Europe’s largest unofficial refugee camp and a temporary home to more than 10,000 people. Following a sell out run at the Young Vic in 2017, The Jungle transferred to the West End in June 2018. Written by Joe Robertson and Joe Murphy, The Jungle is … Continue reading The Jungle
13 – SAOS Youth Theatre
13 the musical is SAOS Youth Theatre’s first production. With music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and a book by Dan Elish and Robert Horn, 13 the musical opened on Broadway in October 2008 and closed on January 4th 2009 after a total of 105 performances. 13 tells the story of 12-year-old Evan Goldman who … Continue reading 13 – SAOS Youth Theatre
Love Never Dies
Love never dies: Tennessee Performing Arts Centre, 505 Deaderick St, Nashville TN 37219 With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glen Slater, additional lyrics by Charles Hart, book by Ben Elton, (based on the Phantom of Manhattan by Fredrick Forsyth) Love never dies continues the story of the Phantom of the Opera. Love never … Continue reading Love Never Dies
The General Jackson
Ever since I was a young child I have dreamed of travelling on a paddle steam boat along one of the rivers in the southern states of the USA. My imagination and fascination inspired by the strange combination of owning a clockwork steamboat, the marvellous adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer and the emotional, … Continue reading The General Jackson
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