Do Standing Ovations mean anything anymore?
By Douglas Mayo Wikipedia defines a Standing Ovation as a form of applause where members of a seated audience stand up while applauding after extraordinary performances of particularly high …
By Douglas Mayo Wikipedia defines a Standing Ovation as a form of applause where members of a seated audience stand up while applauding after extraordinary performances of particularly high …
By Douglas Mayo Welcome to the February 2017 BritishTheatre.com playlist. We thought it would be fun to share with you some of the tracks we are listening to at BritishTheatre.com HQ as well…
By Douglas Mayo BritishTheatre.com would like to congratulate Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, who tonight reaches a landmark on Broadway. Tonight Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close joins Lloyd Webb…
By Douglas Mayo Following the success of Mel Brooks’ smash hit musical The Producers comes Young Frankenstein – a new musical comedy based on Brooks’ smash hit movie of the…
By Douglas Mayo This will be the first time that Disney has bought one of their live shows to the screen but they have done so in epic style and the result is absolutely exhilarating! This p…
By Douglas Mayo Peter Pan, the sensational swashbuckling adventure comes to The Winter Gardens Blackpool this Christmas. Join the boy who never grew up, Wendy, John and Michael as they take …
By Douglas Mayo Following a critically acclaimed season in 2015 at The Hope Theatre, Bill Rosenfield’s coming of age and coming out play 46 Beacon is to transfer to London’s Traf…
By Douglas Mayo Following a season at the King’s Head Theatre in late 2016, 2 Become 1 returns by popular demand, and the girls have made the show even bigger and better, with new song…
By Douglas Mayo Dear Evan Hansen doesn’t hide its heart and it’s that honesty that has me thinking about a trip to Broadway to see this most remarkable new show. This is a stunni…
By Douglas Mayo Following it’s Tony Award-winning run on Broadway and a cross country US Tour, the Disney musical Newsies will be presented in cinemas across the UK from Sunday 19 Febr…
By Douglas Mayo The heistess is back in town. In one week she has three jobs on her schedule. She’s good, but is she that good? We will find out in Sublime, a provocative new play by S…
By Douglas Mayo Following the postponement of Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar And Grill last year due to the joyous news of Audra McDonald’s Pregnancy, an announcement has been made th…
By Douglas Mayo The world-wide blockbuster musical that is Mamma Mia! continues in London at the Novello Theatre and during February we have made Mamma Mia! our show of the month. You can sa…
By Douglas Mayo Swifties is a new play about Taylor Swift, Instagram and having no money. Tom Stenton’s play Swifties is a bold new adaptation of Jean genet’s play The Maids, exp…
By Douglas Mayo Producers have announced today that the forthcoming production of Sleepless The Musical which was to have starred Danny Mac, Carley Stenson Jenny Dale and Cory English has be…
By Douglas Mayo It’s the first time, in a long time that I wish I hadn’t bothered. This post REVIEW: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Milton Keynes Theatre âœâœ first appeared …
By Douglas Mayo Buddy’s music is beautifully performed by this cast and the Clear Lake Concert at the end of the evening was stunning with the audience on their feet throughout. This p…
By Douglas Mayo Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre have announced their 2017 Season which will see Olivier Award-winner Drew McOnie direct and choreograph On The Town, Artistic Director Ti…
By Douglas Mayo Celebrating their 7th Anniversary this year, Shit-Faced Shakespeare is back in London’s West End still three sheets to the wind with their new challenge – a seaso…
By Douglas Mayo Producers have announced casting for the UK tour of Funny Girl following its acclaimed season at London’s Savoy Theatre last year. Playing opposite Sheridan Smith is Ch…
By Douglas Mayo Almeida Theatre Artistic Director Rupert Goold has announced a new season of plays exploring leadership in crisis and the power of words. The season will begin at the end of …
By Douglas Mayo We are pleased to bring you this first look at rehearsals for The Girls, a new musical based on Calendar Girls by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth by Matt Crockett. The Girls stars …
By Douglas Mayo The producers of Wicked have confirmed today that the musical will return for a tour of the UK and Ireland from February 2018. Currently the 17th longest-running show in Lond…
By Douglas Mayo Following his massive successful staging of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Parts One and Two and Let The Right One In. Director John Tiffany brings his multi Tony Award-no…
By Douglas Mayo Every member of the audience stood at the end, and that’s because this is a show with no fancy heirs or graces that captures your heart. This post REVIEW: Blood Brother…