In a feature for The Stage earlier in the week, Jessica Korvavos, president of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group, was asked to sum up the last year: “A year when singing and dancing in public have been against the law? It’s been like a horrible dystopian cross between Footloose and Groundhog Day.”
REVIEW ROUND–UP: Tina – The Tina Turner Musical on Broadway
Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, show based on Tina Turner’s life and career, which has transferred to Broadway.
NEWS: Nadia Fall’s second season at Theatre Royal Stratford East features 10th anniversary production of Sucker Punch
Theatre Royal Stratford East has announced Nadia Fall’s second season as artistic director to run from autumn 2019 to summer 2020.
NEWS: Nkeki Obi-Melekwe & Ashley Zhangazha are the new leads in West End’s Tina The Musical
Nkeki Obi-Melekwe will play Tina Turner in the West End production of Tina – The Tina Turner Musical from 15 April 2019. Joining the company from the same date will be Ashley Zhangazha as Ike Turner. Adrienne Warren, who has played the title role in London since the show’s world premiere, will lead the Broadway production opening in autumn 2019.
‘Inspiring story with a terrific catalogue of hit songs’: TINA THE MUSICAL – West End
Currently one of London’s hottest tickets, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical is a solid entry in the bio-musical genre, combining an inspiring story with a terrific catalogue of hit songs.
‘Extraordinary study of belief’: OUR LADY OF KIBEHO – Northampton
Katori Hall teams up once again with director James Dacre to present the extraordinary Our Lady of Kibeho, a study on belief that is at once universal and deeply personal, while also scrutinising the communal seeds of warfare.
NEWS: Adrienne Warren & Kobna Holdbrook-Smith continue in Tina musical as cast recording & booking extension announced
As more than 200,000 tickets are released for Tina – The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre and booking is extended until 21 December 2019, the producers have also announced there will be an upcoming recording of an original cast album.
Twenty shows to look forward to in 2019
So many of the recommendations for shows to see next year focus on the West End. And for sure, I’m excited to catch big ticket numbers like All About Eve, Come From Away and Waitress, but I wanted to cast my eye a little further afield.
‘Hall’s text is a creeping force of nature’: THE MOUNTAINTOP – Touring
The night before Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination on the balcony outside of his Memphis motel room, Katori Hall’s play The Mountaintop takes us inside Room 306 where he was staying.
‘Much more than a tribute’: TINA THE MUSICAL – West End ❤❤❤❤❤
Overall, Tina the Musical at the Aldwych Theatre is an electrifying addition to the West End and is well worth a trip.
‘Much more than a tribute’: TINA THE MUSICAL – West End ❤❤❤❤❤
Overall, Tina the Musical at the Aldwych Theatre is an electrifying addition to the West End and is well worth a trip.
‘Adrienne Warren’s performance makes it worth the while’: TINA THE MUSICAL – West End
With the almighty back catalogue of Tina Turner to call on, there’s a thrilling sense of energy in Tina the Musical which is perfectly encapsulated in the star-making performance of a fricking amazing Adrienne Warren.
Where are the plays from British black writers?
When it comes to looking at racism and what it is to be black, we are currently in a phase of importing US stories rather than encouraging and platform black British writers.
NEWS: Tina The Musical extends ahead of opening, 100,000 new tickets go on sale
More than 100,000 new tickets will go on sale today (Friday 26 January 2018) at 12noon GMT for Tina, the new musical based on the life of legendary artist Tina Turner.
NEWS: Broadway’s Adrienne Warren stars in world premiere of Tina Turner bio-musical
Tina Turner announced today that fellow American Adrienne Warren will portray her in the world premiere of the new musical TINA, which starts performances at the West End’s Aldwych Theatre on 21 March 2018.
NEWS: Tina Turner musical confirmed for West End premiere in April 2018
TINA, a new musical based on the life of legendary artist Tina Turner, will open at the West End’s Aldwych Theatre in April 2018.