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Christopher Timothy has now been cast alongside David Essex in the musical, All The Fun Of The Fair which opens at the Garrick Theatre from the 20th April 2010.
Timothy is probably most well known from his screen work most notably All Creatures Great And Small and has continued to pursue this line of work in the daytime soap, Doctors. He is not however shy of stage work having appeared in many West End shows including Journey’s End, See How They Run and Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead.
All The Fun …

Casting news for the upcoming london musical The Fantastics has been announced.   The cast includes London stage regulars Clive Rowe, David Burt, Hadley Fraser, Edward Petherbridge and Paul Hunter who will be joined by Lorna Want, Luke Brady and Carl Au.
The musical which opens at the Duchess Theatre this summer is a show which has set the world record as the longest running musical for its nearly 50 year run in New York tells the story of two fathers who cunningly use reverse psycology and a dividing wall to …

On Sunday 21st March 2010 from 18:30 at the Park Lane’s Grosvenor House Hotel the Laurance Olivier Awards 2010 will be held but for the first time ever their will be a twist – theatregoers around the world will be able to watch the entire event (awards and performances) LIVE through a dedicated player on the Official London Theatre Guide website at http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk.
Until 2003 London’s most prestigious theatre awards ceremony had been televised and shown on BBC2 after the event. Since then however the most coveted London theatre awards …

Dancing On Ice Head Judge and Olympic gold medal-winning ice-dancer, Robin Cousins is dancing his way into Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre to play Teen Angel from the 29th March 2010.
Cousins is no stranger to the stage having previously appeared in such shows as Cats, The Rocky Horror Show and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Although he is perhaps more well known for his medal winning exploits, collecting the gold medal at the World Free Skating Championships, the European Championships and the Winter Olympics.
Grease tells the story of a high …

Another week has passed and that can only mean it’s once again time for the top 10 musicals according to sales from theatre tickets at ticket agent and holiday company Lastminute.com.
Remember these are essentially the best sellers from one ticket agent and are not to be considered the top 10 across all ticket booking systems.
With this in mind here are the top 10 musicals:

Dirty Dancing – Book Tickets
Wicked – Book Tickets
Avenue Q – Book Tickets
Oliver! – Book Tickets
Sister Act The Musical – Book Tickets
The Lion King – Book Tickets
Grease – …

The hit musical that is Jersey Boys will celebrate it’s 2nd Birthday by welcoming 2 new cast members to it’s ranks. From the 18th March 2010 John Boydon and Eugene McCoy will replace Glenn Carter and Philip Bullcock as Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi.
The pair will join exisiting members of the four seasons Ryan Molloy and Stephen Ashfield who will continue in their roles as Frankie Valli and Bob Gaudio.
Both actors have appeared previously in long running West End jukebox musicals so should fit right in with the cast …

The highly successful musical, Wicked has teamed up with bestselling author and former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo to launch the Wicked Young Writers’ Award which has been setup to recognise excellence in writing, encourage creativity and help develop writing talent in young people nationwide. The award will be open to entries from young people ages between 5 and 25.
Michael will be joined on the judging panel by the author of Wicked: The Life & Times Of The Wicked Witch of the West which tells the re-imagined stories and characters …

Sheila Hancock, John Partridge and Charlotte Church have been announced as the judges for the upcoming Andrew Lloyd Webber search for a Dorothy “Over The Rainbow” due to hit our screens this spring.
The three judges will join Andrew Lloyd Webber on the judging panel helping us viewers decide which Dorothy should put on the ruby red slippers in a new West End production of The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz.
Andrew is clearly happy with the panel commenting “Each member of the panel brings something new and exciting which will take Over …

My Fifteen Minutes holds it’s premier at the Wimbledon Studio from the 17th March 2010 as part of the Fresh Ideas season which aims to showcase some of the best new writers, directors and theatre companies. Each week from February to May they will present a new piece of theatre and after the show you will get the chance to feedback ideas to the creators – potentially making the piece even better.
My Fifteen Minutes
Imagine the scene. You’ve wanted fame and fortune all your life, the adoration you truly …

I have learned today (although the announcement was made a couple of days ago) from Show And Stay that the first preview of Love Never Dies originally scheduled for the 20th February has been cancelled for technical reasons.
In a statement to ticketholders the production said “It is with great regret that we have taken the early decision to cancel the first preview of Love Never Dies at The Adelphi Theatre on February 20th. This complex show is halfway through its technical production period, as we write this letter, and it …