Casting has been announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s West End production of Matilda The Musical which returns to the Cambridge Theatre from 16 September 2021. Celebrating 10 years since the multi-award-winning show opened in London, the much-loved British musical is now booking through to 13 February 2022.
‘So many treats’: THE SHOW MUST GO ON – Palace Theatre & Online
Featuring 18 West End musicals, The Show Must Go On is a concert to remember, featuring a whole host of theatrical talent both on and off the stage.
‘A rambunctious, riotous, rebellious bundle of joy’: MATILDA THE MUSICAL – Touring ★★★★
If, like me, you still love to stick your head in a book and long to remember the days you could read for hours unencumbered by the worries of the world then get along and see Matilda The Musical, a kindred spirit’s story writ large across the Southampton stage.
‘It’s impossible not to get swept up in the excitement’: MATILDA THE MUSICAL – Touring ★★★★
For many parents unable to travel to London, this is their opportunity to take children to Matilda The Musical for the first time, and it’s impossible not to get swept up in the excitement upon arriving at the theatre.
‘What stands out is the sheer power of storytelling’: MATILDA THE MUSICAL – Touring ★★★★
Stories rule in the RSC’s brilliant production of Matilda The Musical in an adaptation which feels properly true to the spirit of its Roald Dahl original – complete with dangerous spikes and revolting children.
‘The children are the most talented I have ever seen in a production’: MATILDA THE MUSICAL – Touring
A captivating and energetic production that holds your attention entirely, throughout. In fact, I’ve never been at a show that seemingly passes so quickly.
‘The greatest Dahl adaptation to date’: MATILDA THE MUSICAL – Touring
Matilda is THE family musical of this generation and a must-see for musical theatre aficionados for Minchin’s score alone. The fun and mischief are infectious and I can’t remember the last time I smiled this much at the theatre.
Album Review: Ushers – The Front Of House Musical (2014 Original London Cast Recording)
“I’ll be an inspirationA musical sensation”The cast recording for USHERS: The Front Of House Musical was released in advance of its 2014 run at the Charing Cross Theatre but ever the trail-blazer ;-), I saw the show a few months before when it played a…
THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE – Greenwich Theatre
A modern master of the ‘play within in a play’, Bertolt Brecht’s epic theatre piece The Caucasian Chalk Circle is as relevant a political commentary today as it was in the 1940s.
THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE – Greenwich Theatre
A modern master of the ‘play within in a play’, Bertolt Brecht’s epic theatre piece The Caucasian Chalk Circle is as relevant a political commentary today as it was in the 1940s.
INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… Actor Carly Thoms
Carly Thoms is a dream of a performer. She recently breathed life into the role of Little Voice at The Union Theatre and previously took on the 48-Hour Challenge where she played Miss Dorothy in Thoroughly Modern Millie. I caught up with Carly, post LV, to ask all manner of nosey questions!
Closing Review: The Rise & Fall of Little Voice
The final production at the Union Theatre’s old residence has been an absolute cracker. Jim Cartwright’s The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is a brilliantly observed study of life in a northern town through the multi-faceted prism of Mari Hoff and her gifted daughter Little Voice (abbreviated to LV).
THE RISE & FALL OF LITTLE VOICE – Union Theatre
Carly Thoms is an amazing talent. Her capabilities seem boundless – she plays the shy and frightened LV superbly, but when she embodies LV’s various heroes, her mimicry is second to none.
THE RISE & FALL OF LITTLE VOICE – Union Theatre
Staged in the Union Theatre, of which this is the last production to be held at this site before moving to its new premises just across the road, a perfect scene is before us.
Review: USHERS The Musical (Charing Cross Theatre)
USHERS, the front of house backstage musical set in a West End theatre, has finally made the quantum leap from Islington’s cosy Hope; if not to Shaftesbury Avenue then at least to the busy-busy tunnel that is Charing Cross Theatre. Squeezed in to the two-hour gap betweenLost Boy and Last Tubes and soon to share […]
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