Based on the hit 1992 comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg, this is the latest touring incarnation of the highly entertaining musical Sister Act. Originally set to star Goldberg in a reprise of the role, the cast instead has the more than able replacement of Beverley Knight. Joined by Jennifer Saunders, Lesley Joseph and Clive Rowe, this revival certainly isn’t lacking firepower in the casting department.
‘It’s been worth the wait’: SISTER ACT – Eventim Apollo ★★★★
Incredibly anticipated by the theatre community and postponed due to Covid, Sister Act has certainly made the long wait worth it. Beverley Knight, Jennifer Saunders, Keala Settle and Lizzie Bea leave audiences beaming from ear to ear.
‘A perfectly balanced & in sync production’: DIRTY DANCING IN CONCERT –Touring ★★★★
Marking the 35th anniversary of the popular iconic film Dirty Dancing written by Eleanor Bergstein which starred Jennifer Grey and the late Patrick Swayze, Dirty Dancing The Movie in Concert comes to the stage and is now on tour.
‘Energetic & magnetic throughout’: Ben Platt – Eventim Apollo ★★★★★
In his premiere London concert, Ben Platt performed his Sing To Me Instead tour to thunderous applause and proved that sublime vocal skill and authentic connection are the perfect combination for a magical night.
‘I’m a rock chick at heart’: Debbie Kurup chats about The Best of… Rock Musicals concert & Sweet Charity at the Donmar
Debbie Kurup chatted to Emma Clarendon about starring in The Best of… Rock Musicals and the Donmar Warehouse production of Sweet Charity.
NEWS: Love Island’s Dani Dyer to make stage debut alongside her father in the London run of Nativity! The Musical
Dani Dyer will be joining her father Danny Dyer in Nativity! The Musical this Christmas at the Eventim Apollo, from 19 to 31 December.
Are theatre programmes ‘the great publishing rip-off of our times’?
However, a couple of interesting tweets popped up from Channel 4’s political correspondent, Michael Crick, that seemed to get people’s juices flowing – one of which makes a rather pertinent point. What do we buy programmes for? What is the point of them?
THE CHRISTMASAURUS LIVE ONSTAGE – Eventim Apollo ★★★★★
“This is not a musical. This is not a concert. This is not a panto, or a play, or anything I can compare it to,” so proclaims Tom Fletcher in the show notes. And he is quite right. While The Christmasaurus Live On Stage has components of all of these, it is – much like the titular only dinosaur in the world – truly unique.
NEWS: Nativity! The Musical announces 2018 Christmas comeback
Ahead of its London premiere tonight (14 December 2017), producers of the Nativity! The Musical have announced that the screen-to-stage box office hit will return to the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith for an extended Christmas run next year.
10 shows to get you in the Christmas spirit: Pinocchio, Dick Whittington, Christmasaurus &…
With so many festive themed shows on this month, here is Love London Love Culture’s top shows to book for if you are struggling to decide.
NEWS: X Factor judge Louis Walsh appears in Nativity! The Musical
It has been announced today that the X Factor judge will appear in the musical when it arrives in London from the 13th to the 17th December. Making his stage debut in the production as Hollywood Producer,