Photo Coverage: Ten Years Of BILLY ELLIOT!
by Carrie Dunn
- May 6, 2015
On 12 May 2015 Billy Elliot the Musical will be celebrating ten years in the West End. The musical received its world premiere at the Victoria Palace Theatre in March 2005 with opening night on 12 May 2005 and has now been seen by over 10 million people worldwide, including 5 million at its London home.
OLIVIERS 2015: SUNNY AFTERNOON And Young Vic's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Big Winners!
by Carrie Dunn
- Apr 12, 2015
Hosted by acclaimed actor and comedian Lenny Henry, the ceremony featured a showstopping finale with Kevin Spacey and Beverley Knight performing a one-off version of Bridge Over Troubled Water with the full Oliviers Orchestra and the 90-strong Arts Educational Choir under Musical Director Larry Blank. Hampstead Theatre and the Young Vic are the big winners of the night, winning four awards each
OLIVIERS 2015: All The Winners!
by Carrie Dunn
- Apr 12, 2015
All the winners from the 2015 Olivier Awards, updating live across the course of the evening!
West End's SUNNY AFTERNOON Announces Extension
by Matt Smith
- Feb 2, 2015
Due to extraordinary public demand, the new hit British musical SUNNY AFTERNOON has announced a further extension to its West End run. It is now booking until 24 October 2015, at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
The critically acclaimed new musical, which tells the story of the early life of Ray Davies and the rise to stardom of The Kinks, recently celebrated its 100th performance.
Ray Davies CD Signing At SUNNY AFTERNOON On Dec 18
by Carrie Dunn
- Dec 10, 2014
Ray Davies of The Kinks will be signing CD copies of the official cast recording album of Sunny Afternoon, Lola vs the Powerman new deluxe edition and the new Kinks five-CD box set 'The Anthology 1964-1971', at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London, from 4.00pm - 5.15pm on 11 December 2014.
Photo Flash: First Look at Brodie Donougher in UK's BILLY ELLIOT
by Matt Smith
- Nov 19, 2014
Today, 19 November 2014, eleven year-old Brodie Donougher from Blackpool, gives his first performance in the title role of the internationally award winning Billy Elliot the Musical. Brodie joins a cast lead by Ruthie Henshall who plays Mrs Wilkinson, Billy's dance teacher and Deka Walmsley who plays Billy's dad, and becomes the thirty-ninth boy to perform the iconic role at the Victoria Palace Theatre and the seventy-sixth boy to perform the role worldwide, including Jamie Bell who played Billy Elliot in the award-winning film. Also joining the cast today will be 10 year old Connie Fisher from Northallerton, North Yorkshire, who will play Mrs Wilkinson's daughter Debbie. In addition 19 girls from London and surrounding counties aged 9 - 14 join the cast as Ballet Girls. Billy Elliot the Musical is currently booking at the Victoria Palace Theatre to 19 December 2015.
BWW Reviews: SUNNY AFTERNOON, Harold Pinter Theatre, October 25 2014
by Laura Jones
- Oct 29, 2014
Having missed the opportunity to see Sunny Afternoon during its run at the Hampstead Theatre, I was thrilled (and not at all surprised) when it was announced earlier this year that it would be transferring to the West End. The biographical show detailing the history of Ray Davies and The Kinks, is different in that alongside all of the hit songs we all know and love, it takes us through all of the personal and professional tribulations the band went through during their rise to fame in the 1960s.
Photo Coverage: West End's SUNNY AFTERNOON Opens Tonight
by Roy Tan
- Oct 28, 2014
The critically acclaimed new musical, Sunny Afternoon tells the story of the early life of Ray Davies and the rise to stardom of The Kinks and began previews at the Harold Pinter Theatre on 4 October 2014 with press night tonight 28 October 2014. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
SUNNY AFTERNOON Now Booking into May 2015
by Tyler Peterson
- Oct 27, 2014
Sunny Afternoon, the critically acclaimed new musical which tells the story of the early life of Ray Davies and the rise to stardom of The Kinks, has extended its run for a second time until 23 May 2015, at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Photo Coverage: First Look at West End's SUNNY AFTERNOON
by Roy Tan
- Oct 24, 2014
The critically acclaimed new musical, Sunny Afternoon tells the story of the early life of Ray Davies and the rise to stardom of The Kinks and began previews at the Harold Pinter Theatre on 4 October 2014 with press night on 28 October 2014. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Cast of SUNNY AFTERNOON Records Album; First Tracks Released
by Matt Smith
- Oct 21, 2014
Sunny Afternoon, the critically acclaimed new musical, which tells the story of the early life of Ray Davies and the rise to stardom of The Kinks, has released seven preview tracks from the official cast recording album, released later this month.
All 29 tracks on the album are performed entirely by members of the company, with John Dagleish as Ray Davies, George Maguire as Dave Davies, Ned Derrington as Pete Quaife and Adam Sopp as Mick Avory.
BWW Interviews: George Maguire of SUNNY AFTERNOON!
by Carrie Dunn
- Oct 17, 2014
We talk to George Maguire about playing Dave Davies of the Kinks in 'Sunny Afternoon' as it transfers from Hampstead to the West End, and what it's like working with the legendary Ray Davies...
Billy's Coming Back! Fathom Will Screen West End's BILLY ELLIOT in US Theatres This November
by Nicole Rosky
- Oct 16, 2014
Fathom Events brings top theater from London's iconic West End to the big screen with 'Billy Elliot the Musical Live' which will be screened in select U.S. cinemas for three showings only: November 12 at 7 p.m., November 15 at 12:55 p.m. and November 18 at 7 p.m., all local times. This unique performance was previously captured live when it was broadcast to eight countries from the show's West End home at the Victoria Palace Theatre, hitting number one at the UK box office. It has been dazzling audiences in London since it opened in 2005, and has gone on to captivate audiences across five continents, winning more than 80 theater awards globally including 10 Tony Awards®.
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