Sheridan Smith, star of the current West End production of FUNNY GIRL, turned to Twitter to announce that she would be unable to perform at last evening's performance. Today, producers of th…
Good news - Hamilton's digital lottery is officially back for the winter, meaning that fans can enter online daily for a chance to see one of Broadway's biggest hits. Better news - this mean…
London’s theatre scene works much differently from Broadway. Many productions begin as limited engagements and have the possibility to extended as Broadway is quite literally the oppos…
By Emily Hardy
Due to unprecedented demand, the critically acclaimed production of Funny Girl, which is fast selling out its run, has extended booking at the Savoy Theatre for a further four…
The new London production of Funny Girl — starring Sheridan Smith in the title role of Fanny Brice — has extended bookings for a second time on its imminent West End tran…
People, people who need people are, allegedly, the luckiest people in the world. I'd argue that those who are emotionally and financially self-sufficient have a hell of a bigger reason to fe…
If you are going to confront the specter of a performance that haunts the decades still, it helps to possess a degree of charm that few performers can match.
This week the London theatre bloggers - including Mates co-founder Terri Paddock - discuss Sheridan Smith in Funny Girl, Caryl Churchill's Here We Go and Linda, starring Noma Dumezweni (taki…
I've been consciously taking it easy (or at least easier than I usually do!) over the last week after dislocating my newly replaced hip the week before, as I described in a posting here last…
Reviews digest of openings in London, Leicester and Leeds from national critics for new productions of Linda, Funny Girl, The Girls, Oliver!, Barbarians and Macbeth.
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonSmith redefines 'funny' as Broadway pizzazz feels the pinch in the Menier's fastest-selling show everOh, what a double-take can do. When Sheridan Smith's Fann…
The overture to Funny Girl, in this first revival since its first iconic run in the sixties, is accompanied by a dance of pink-blue spectrum of lighting colours over the gauze curtain. It's …
After opening to rave reviews at the Menier Chocolate Factory Dec. 2, the new production of Funny Girl — starring Sheridan Smith in the title role of Fanny Brice — has no…
Following a critically acclaimed opening at the Menier Chocolate Factory this week, the smash hit production of Funny Girl extends its booking period at the Savoy Theatre due to popular dema…
When Fanny Brice's boss tries to make a joke of her dowdy looks, dolling her up as a deluded bride convinced of her beauty, his comic star takes him to task. "They're supposed to laugh…
