Mood Music is all about the music industry and the pains of creativity. It is a powerful journey into the dark heart of music-making — and surely a candidate for best play of the year.
SUNNY AFTERNOON – Touring
Guitars, girls and great music make up this fascinating and beautifully told story of the rise of The Kinks. Sunny Afternoon is now touring following an extended, Olivier Award-winning West End season.
NEWS: Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon closes in West End, 29 Oct
The multi-Olivier award-winning hit British musical SUNNY AFTERNOON will conclude its London run at the end of its current booking period on 29 October 2016, after more than two years in the West End. The production will begin a separate national tour on 19 August at the Manchester Opera House.
NEWS: Sunny Afternoon extends to Oct, marks 50th anniversary of title song release
Due to public demand, the multi-Olivier award-winning hit British musical SUNNY AFTERNOON has announced another extension to its West End run, until 29 October 2016. The extension will take the show’s West End run past the two year mark. This summer will also see the 50th anniversary of the release of The Kinks’ hit single Sunny Afternoon, which was released on 3 June 1966 and reached Number One on 7 July 1966 – just as England were winning the football World Cup. To mark this anniversary, 50 top price tickets for every performance in July will be on sale for £19.66.
THE LOCAL STIGMATIC – Old Red Lion Theatre
Rare anniversary revival of Heathcote Williams’s 1966 short is very powerful, if a bit too shouty in parts.
SUNNY AFTERNOON – West End
Sunny Afternoon – West End
★★★★★ Outstanding Performances ensured “You Really Got Me” Returning for more!
Review of Performance Friday 29th April
SUNNY AFTERNOON – West End
Sunny Afternoon – West End
★★★★★ Outstanding Performances ensured “You Really Got Me” Returning for more!
Review of Performance Friday 29th April
NEWS: Sunny Afternoon launches UK tour, opening 19 Aug in Manchester
As the West End multi Olivier award-winning hit musical continues to excite audiences into its second year, Sonia Friedman Productions and Ambassador Theatre Group are delighted to announce the national tour of SUNNY AFTERNOON. Recipient of four awards at the 2015 Olivier Awards including Best New Musical and Outstanding Achievement in Music for Ray Davies, SUNNY AFTERNOON will open at the Manchester Opera House on Friday 19 August 2016.
From Burt Bacharach to Tom Jones: A theatrically easy-listening explosion
I had ninety, non-stop magic moments at the Menier Chocolate Factory earlier this month at the opening of What’s It All About? Bacharach Reimagined.
NEWS: Sunny Afternoon extends booking six months to April 2016
The multi-Olivier Award-winning hit British musical SUNNY AFTERNOON, which tells the story of the rise to fame of The Kinks, has extended its booking period by six months, now on sale until 16 April 2016. Tickets for new booking period on sale from 10.00am today.
NEWS: Sunny Afternoon extends booking six months to April 2016
The multi-Olivier Award-winning hit British musical SUNNY AFTERNOON, which tells the story of the rise to fame of The Kinks, has extended its booking period by six months, now on sale until 16 April 2016. Tickets for new booking period on sale from 10.00am today.
Oliviers: 23 priceless quotes and 8 more-than-words moments from the Royal Opera House
This afternoon I caught up with the ITV highlights programme of last night’s Olivier Awards. While quite entertaining, it’s no surprise that the telecast missed out a lot of good stuff – sometimes right in the middle of a quote. (Ahem, see Kevin Spacey, oh what’s his name… Matthew Warchus.) The TV version was just […]
Podcast: AYULTP looks back on #theatre2014 discoveries including the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
After perusing so many other people’s year-end, best of lists, and compiling a few of mine, I hugely enjoyed taking part in the “As Yet Unnamed London Theatre Podcast” (cunningly named) comprehensive #theatre2014 review of the year discussion. These guys – TRP Watson, Gareth James, Phil from West End Whingers and Shakespeare lecturer Julie Raby – are […]
Review: Sunny Afternoon
Edward Hall’s production has more room to breathe on the West End stage, with the action spilling happily beyond it into the stalls via a ramp that bisects the front rows. There is also some cabaret seating at the front and back of the stalls to add to the atmosphere.
Must-see musicals: Memphis and Kinks-filled Sunny Afternoon
In my Theatre Diary last week, I recommended two new musicals – Urinetown and The Scottsboro Boys, both originated in New York and given UK premiere productions Off-West End before transferring in the past few weeks. Now, I can add two more major new West End musicals to your must-see list, which I had the […]