Elena Bluck joins UK tour of Barnum
Elena Bluck is, once again, running away to join the circus! Having been part of the Watermill’s exceptional 2024 production of Barnum, Elena is thrilled to be rejoining the company for the UK tour. Elena will be part of the actor-musician ensemble and returning to cover Jenny Lind and Captain Tom Thumb. Director Jonathan O’Boyle and choreographer Oti […]
Ashley Goh in new musical Nezha
Congratulations to Ashely Goh who has started rehearsal for the new musical Nezha. Inspired by the legendary Chinese warrior God, Nezha features a score by Duncan Walsh Atkins and book by Teresa Luo and Jennifer Tang. The production fuses modern musical theatre and rap with East Asian storytelling traditions as it follows the journey of […]
Luca Saraceni-Gunner as Honorius in BBC’s Civilisations Rise and Fall
We’re pleased to share that Luca Saraceni-Gunner portrays the Roman emperor Honorius in BBC’s upcoming documentary series Civilisations: Rise and Fall. Spanning four episodes, the series blends dynamic drama reconstructions with insights from experts, key academics, and curators to explore how and why the world’s greatest civilisations collapsed. Luca will feature in the first episode […]
Matthew Gent joins tour of The Last Ship
We are absolutely thrilled for Matthew Gent who has joined the cast of The Last Ship International Tour as Ensemble/Cover Billy. Inspired by Sting’s childhood in Wallsend in the United Kingdom, and drawing on his own musical roots, The Last Ship tells the piercing story of a community facing the disappearance of their shipyard – the […]
Cecilia Young in Ariodante at Royal Ballet & Opera
We are excited for Cecilia Young who will be spending the festive season working at one of the most beautiful theatres in London’s West End, the legendary Royal Ballet & Opera. Cecilia is thrilled to have joined the cast of Ariodante as an actor in a venue she has been visiting since she was a […]
David Austin-Barnes joins Beautiful Little Fool
There’s so much buzz around this new musical right now. Coming to Southwark Playhouse Borough for the UK Premier, Beautiful Little Fool is directed by Tony Award nominated Michael Greif (‘Dear Evan Hansen’, ‘Next To Normal’, ‘Rent’), and features electrifying music and lyrics by Hannah Corneau (‘Wicked’, ‘Renascence’) alongside a powerful book by Mona Mansour (‘The Vagrant […]
Olivia Williamson plays Tinkerbell for Greenwich Theatre
“A little bit of pixie dust,” is actually a brilliant description of Olivia Williamson herself, so announcing her as Tinkerbell in the Greenwich Theatre panto production of Peter Pan just feels correct. Having scooped the UK Pantomime Awards for Best Script and Best Pantomime for last year’s Dick Whittington, Greenwich will be hoping to outdo […]
Conor Neaves in A Christmas Carol at Bolton Octagon
It’s not really Christmas without A Christmas Carol, is it? This year Bolton Octagon present a magical musical adaptation of the classic Dickens tale and we are thrilled that Conor Neaves has joined the company in a multirole performance as Fred, Peter and Mr. Fezziwig. With a script by Kate Ferguson, music and lyrics by […]
Neil Jennings as the Dame in Mother Goose
Fresh from the UK tour, Edinburgh and West End runs as Detective Stuart Pidcock in A Shoddy Detective: The Art of Deception, Neil Jennings is back in a frock as the dame, Bertha Goose, in South Hill Park’s 2025 pantomime Mother Goose and the Golden Egg. Since 2015, South Hill Park’s pantomimes have gained a […]
Diego Zozaya – A Mechanical’s Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Mechanical’s Midsummer Night’s Dream is heading for a run at the World Theatre Education Alliance Festival in China this Autumn. This follows a one-off outing at The Salisbury Theatre in London. Written, directed by and starring American LAMDA graduate Diego Zozaya, A Mechanical’s Midsummer Night’s Dream is a bold and hilarious reimagining of Shakespeare’s […]