Festive favourite and seasoned Dame, Clive Rowe takes on the role of Dame Trot whilst comedian Al Murray is a panto newbie as the landlord, Al.
THE WOMAN IN WHITE – Charing Cross Theatre
The trouble with The Woman in White is that if you dissect the elements Andrew Lloyd Webber fused into the show, they’re all perfectly fine. You could also add that Thom Southerland’s production flatters the source material with a rich and generous staging and some very lush orchestrations.
THE WOMAN IN WHITE – Charing Cross Theatre ★★★★
Are you a fan of Victorian melodrama? Are you a fan of Musicals? And finally, are you a fan of the work of ’The Lord’ – you know who I mean? If you can answer yes to at least two of these, then get yourself down to the Charing Cross Theatre where they are staging a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White.
THE WOMAN IN WHITE – Charing Cross Theatre ❤❤❤❤
What do you get if you combine a richly textured (revised) score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, a strongly convincing cast and a Thom Southerland production? In the case of The Woman in White, the audience is given a strong and emotionally powerful show that captures the audience’s attention and heart.
NEWS: Sheila Hancock stars in London premiere of Harold & Maude, TICKETS ONSALE
Olivier Award-winning West End star Sheila Hancock is to star in the London premiere of the black comedy romantic drama Harold and Maude. The show will run at Charing Cross Theatre from Monday 19 February and run for a strictly limited run of 6 weeks only to Saturday 31 March, 2018.
NEWS: Anna O’Byrne, Carolyn Maitland & Chris Peluso star in first revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White
Acclaimed Australian musical theatre star, Anna O’Byrne, will take the role of Laura Fairlie in the first-ever revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony and Olivier Award-nominated musical, The Woman in White. Directed by Thom Southerland, the production runs for 12 weeks at London’s Charing Cross Theatre, from 20 November 2017 to 10 February 2018, with a press night on 4 December. …
NEWS: Thom Southerland revives The Woman in White with revised Lloyd Webber score
Thom Southerland will direct the first-ever revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony and Olivier Award-nominated musical The Woman in White, with a revised book and libretto.
THE BRAILLE LEGACY – Charing Cross
There’s a magnificent story behind The Braille Legacy. Louis Braille, the blind French boy who applied himself to developing a language of tactile dots that brought literature to the sightless.
THE BRAILLE LEGACY – Charing Cross Theatre
It was marvellous to have RNIB guests with their dogs in the audience, and there’s a cleverness in the musical that you can enjoy it without sight.
THE BRAILLE LEGACY – Charing Cross Theatre
It was marvellous to have RNIB guests with their dogs in the audience, and there’s a cleverness in the musical that you can enjoy it without sight.
NEWS: Full cast announced to join Jerome Pradon in The Braille Legacy
Final casting is today announced for the world premiere of new musical THE BRAILLE LEGACY, the thrilling, true, inspirational and epic story of Louis Braille, a young blind boy who wanted the same chance in life as those who see and ended up improving the lives of millions of blind people around the world. The premiere production runs at London’s Charing Cross …
Girl power? What do Death Takes a Holiday & Promises, Promises have in common?
A few thoughts on musical productions I’ve seen recently, with my on-the-night tweet thoughts further below. Promises, Promises Less than a week left to see this rarely seen Broadway musical – the first London production, in fact, since its 1969 West End premiere. I have fond memories of the Oscar-winning 1960 film The Apartment, which […]
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Death Takes a Holiday at Charing Cross Theatre
Thom Southerland’s latest musical production as part of the Charing Cross Theatre season stars Zoe Doano and Chris Peluso. Death Takes a Holiday continues its limited season until 4 March 2017. What have critics been saying about it?
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY – Charing Cross Theatre
The latest musical to be directed by Thom Southerland at the Charing Cross Theatre is a eerie and gothic production that brings to mind The Phantom of the Opera. Maury Yeston’s gorgeous score takes centre stage in Thom Southerland’s atmospheric and tender production, perfectly captured by the gorgeous vocals provided by Chris Peluso and Zoe Doano.
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY – Charing Cross Theatre
Would we be more ‘half in love with easeful Death’ if instead of some cadaver in a cowl with a scythe he came at us as a handsome young man? Can you love someone ‘more than life’? Those are the dilemmas which confront Grazia Lamberti in Thom Southerland’s ravishing production of Death Takes A Holiday.
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY – Charing Cross Theatre
It is rare that a musical is presented with such exquisite elegance as Thom Southerland delivers with Death Takes A Holiday, making its European premier at the Charing Cross Theatre.
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY – Charing Cross Theatre
The UK premiere season of 2011 Maury Yeston musical Death Takes A Holiday is as exquisitely sung as it is handsomely staged.
NEWS: Maxwell Caulfield withdraws from Death Takes a Holiday, Mark Inscoe replaces
Producers have announced that there has been a cast change for the upcoming European premiere of the musical Death Takes A Holiday, which runs at London’s Charing Cross Theatre from 16 January to 4 March 2017, with a press night, as planned, on 23 January.
NEWS: Jerome Pradon stars in premiere of The Braille Legacy musical
Thom Southerland directs Jerome Pradon in the world premiere of new bio-musical The Braille Legacy, about the inventor of the language for blind people, which opens at London’s Charing Cross Theatre in April.
Year in Review: Matt Merritt’s top shows of 2016
From Chichester to Charing Cross, the Globe, Southampton, Menier Chocolate Factory, the Union and the RSC – for those of you who’ve already read our roundup of our favourite performances from 2016, some of our picks will come as no surprise, but here are the shows we’re still talking about.