Michael Benz and Olivier Award-winner Giles Terera will lead the cast in the London premiere of Paul Grellong's Power of Sail which will open at the Menier Chocolate Factory on March 28th. Terera won the Olivier Award for 'Best Actor in a Musical' for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in Hamilton, and will play Baxter, while [...]
Full casting has been announced for the upcoming West End return of Sister Act which will open at the Dominion Theatre on March 15th. Joining the cast alongside the previously announced Beverley Knight as Deloris Van Cartier and Ruth Jones as Mother Superior will be Jermaine Woods, Caroline Bateson, Anne Smith, Natalia Brown, Damian Buhagiar, [...]
Vanessa Williams, (Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives) has been cast in the role of Miranda Priestly in the forthcoming new West End musical The Devil Wears Prada. The show will open at the Dominion Theatre on October 24th, 2024. The musical which features a score from Olivier and Tony Award winner Sir Elton John, is based [...]
Laurie Kynaston (Fool Me Once, Spring Awakening, The Son) will join the West End cast of Long Day's Journey Into Night at the Wyndham's Theatre to take the role of Edmund Tyrone, to replace Anthony Boyle, who has, for personal reasons, withdrawn from the production. Kynaston, who will also star at the London Palladium in [...]
Olivier Award nominee Charlie Stemp and upcoming West End starlet Georgina Onuorah will both appear in the revival of Cole Porter's musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate which will showcase at the Barbican this summer. The duo will join the previously announced pairing of Tony Award winner Stephanie J. Block and Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar. Stemp, whose previous [...]
'Almost Famous' and 'The Morning Show' star Billy Crudup is set to make his West End debut in David Cale’s thrilling comedic play Harry Clarke which will open at the Ambassadors Theatre on March 9th. Harry Clarke is a one-man play, first performed by Crudup in 2017 off-Broadway, and follows the fortunes of a midwestern [...]
Tracy-Ann Oberman (Doctor Who, Eastenders) will star in The Merchant of Venice 1936, as it transfers into the West End at the Criterion Theatre on February 15th. Oberman will reprise her portrayal of the play’s principal villain, Shylock, and is the first British actress to play the role. Joining her will be a talented cast [...]
Producers of the new musical Opening Night, starring Sheridan Smith, have announced the arrival of new members to the cast ahead of its forthcoming run at the Gielgud Theatre from 6th March 2024. West End regular Hadley Fraser, who has previously appeared in The Lehman Trilogy, City of Angels, and Les Misérables, will join the [...]