Kipps – The New Half A Sixpence Musical is “new” in the sense that it’s an updated version of a musical first performed in the early 1960s to showcase the singing, dancing and banjo playing talents of Tommy Steele.
NEWS: Half a Sixpence posts West End closing notices for 2 September
First presented at Chichester’s Festival Theatre last summer, the Olivier Award-nominated revival of HALF A SIXPENCE will play its final performance at the West End’s Noel Coward Theatre on Saturday 2 September 2017.
NEWS: Mates Mark Shenton & Terri Paddock join Curtain Up Oliviers broadcast
Mates co-founders Mark Shenton and Terri Paddock join the guest line-up for The Curtain Up Show Olivier Awards 2017 Special on Friday 7 April.
NEWS: Half a Sixpence extends West End booking to 2 September, adds midweek matinee
Booking for HALF A SIXPENCE at the West End’s Noël Coward Theatre has been extended for a second time to 2 September 2017. From 20 March, there will be an additional midweek matinee performance on Thursdays at 2.30pm.
HALF A SIXPENCE – West End
George Stiles and Anthony Drewe have given the 1963 David Henecker score a complete re-boot with new songs which fit seamlessly into the story – their ragtime ‘Pick Out A Simple Tune’ being an absolute stunner in Andrew Wright’s mercilessly energetic choreography.
HALF A SIXPENCE – West End
It was no surprise to discover that Half A Sixpence would be transferring into the West End – its run at Chichester Festival Theatre was a huge success and with Cameron Mackintosh on producing duties, it was always going to be a case of when rather than if. It’s a slow-burner of a show, the second act really is the business thanks to Andrew Wright’s choreography.
NEWS: Half a Sixpence transfers to West End, Opens 17 Nov at Noel Coward
Following rave reviews and a record-breaking run in Chichester, Cameron Mackintosh is delighted to announce the West End transfer of the critically acclaimed hit musical HALF A SIXPENCE – which he co-produced with Chichester Festival Theatre – introducing the sensational new star Charlie Stemp as Arthur Kipps.
HALF A SIXPENCE – Chichester
The original numbers have been reworked by Stiles and Drewe with a few new songs added too, in what is a light-hearted and delightfully dated snapshot of the English class system and its social mores around the turn of the 20th century.
Mourning Show Boat: Why do great shows close early?
When the news came in late yesterday that, just a fortnight after opening, Show Boat had posted West End closing notices, I was both shocked and not the least bit surprised.
Mourning Show Boat: Why do great shows close early?
When the news came in late yesterday that, just a fortnight after opening, Show Boat had posted West End closing notices, I was both shocked and not the least bit surprised.
NEWS: Emma Williams and Ian Bartholomew reunite for Half a Sixpence, Full cast
Chichester Festival Theatre and Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of HALF A SIXPENCE will introduce two young actors – Charlie Stemp as Arthur Kipps (replacing Bryan Dick*) and Devon-Elise Johnson as Ann Pornick – alongside three times Olivier-nominated actor Ian Bartholomew as Chitterlow, three times Olivier-nominated actress Emma Williams as Helen Walsingham, and Vivien Parry as Mrs Walsingham.
NEWS: Mrs Henderson Presents posts closing notices, 18 June
There are just six weeks left to see the critically acclaimed, Olivier Award nominated musical MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS at the West End’s Noel Coward Theatre. The final performance of this strictly limited 18-week season will be on Saturday 18 June 2016.
INTERVIEW: Olivier nominee Ian Bartholomew on Mrs Henderson Presents
As the 2016 Olivier Awards ceremony draws closer, new musical Mrs Henderson Presents is nominated in four categories. Ian Bartholomew is up for Best Actor In A Musical and I spoke with him about the show.
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS – West End
I loved this show at the Theatre Royal, Bath, and – especially given a couple of rather snotty lukewarm reviews – thought I should check it out on its transfer, which runs into the summer. And so it should. For me, it still works.
“I clapped so hard I dented my ring” + Press pass: All the reviews and news on Mrs Henderson Presents
I gave Mrs Henderson Presents a very enthusiastic response at the curtain call of last night’s West End premiere – so enthusiastic that, as I tweeted at the time, I dented my ring. This is not good, it was my favourite ring, but I couldn’t help myself and I don’t begrudge the show. (A helpful […]
“I clapped so hard I dented my ring” + Press pass: All the reviews and news on Mrs Henderson Presents
I gave Mrs Henderson Presents a very enthusiastic response at the curtain call of last night’s West End premiere – so enthusiastic that, as I tweeted at the time, I dented my ring. This is not good, it was my favourite ring, but I couldn’t help myself and I don’t begrudge the show. (A helpful […]
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS – West End
The old gags are the best, they say – or just the oldest – and in this hugely enjoyable adaptation of the movie Mrs Henderson Presents they come thick and fast from the mouth of the show’s very own Emcee Arthur (Jamie Foreman) who steers us through good times and bad, through blitz and all-clears, for the little review theatre whose slogan “We Never Close” was something not even Hitler’s bombs could challenge. Our own Lord Chamberlain had more chance but even he failed to exact a direct hit on the tits and ass. And to think The Windmill was/is just from where we were sitting just across Leicester Square.
NEWS: EastEnders’ Jamie Foreman joins Mrs Henderson Presents cast
Norma Heyman, John Reid, Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Michael Harrison are delighted to announce full casting for the hit new British musical MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS, opening at the Noel Coward Theatre on Tuesday 9 February 2016, for a strictly limited season, with a press night on Tuesday 16 February 2016. Joining the previously announced Tracie Bennett as ‘Laura Henderson’, …
NEWS: Mrs Henderson Presents transfers to West End’s Noel Coward in Feb
Norma Heyman, John Reid, Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Michael Harrison are delighted to announce that following a sell-out season at the Theatre Royal Bath this summer, MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS will open at the Noel Coward Theatre on Tuesday 9 February 2016, for a strictly limited season, with a press night on Tuesday 16 February 2016. MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS will …
MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS – Theatre Royal, Bath
GETTING ‘EM OFF FOR VICTORY Never in the field of TR Bath’s excellent endeavours has so much flesh been displayed with such nerve to so many. Some were, in the interval queue for the Ladies, a bit gobsmacked. “Didn’t expect … Continue reading →
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