Ivor Novello News

The Time Traveller's Wife, the best-selling novel by Audrey Niffenegger and the New Line Cinema film screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin, will become a new musical and premiere in the UK in late 2021/early 2022. 

“Whirlwind” – how else could you begin to describe the journey that Sam has been on over the past year? He has spent much of his adult life touring in metal and rock bands, lived in Hawaii for a while and even owned a vegan coffee shop before closing it down and deciding the time was right to pursue his dream of becoming a solo artist.

Join JMI's WORLD TOUR for an exclusive free online evening with stop offs in Morocco, Europe, the Middle East, USA and even Canvey Island. Hosted by the broadcaster Suzy Klein, historian Sir Simon Schama and Lord Michael Grade touring the world, and meeting the stars and champions of JMI, the charity that transform lives through Jewish music...

Soul II Soul have announced rescheduled dates due to the global Covid-19 restrictions for their forthcoming ‘Club Classics’ tour.

Today, internationally acclaimed, multi-platinum and award-winning pop legends Duran Duran kick-off their 2021 40th anniversary celebrations by going back to where it all began for them, with a stunning stand-alone cover of David Bowie's timeless classic, 'Five Years.'

Elliott Murphy, independent investigator Alison McDowell, and Jimmy Webb are Tom Needham's special guests on the THE SOUNDS OF FILM.

Tony-winner Lena Hall, Michael C. Hall, Adam Lambert, and more will honor the late, great David Bowie in a global streaming event this Friday, January 8th.

London Song Festival's festival finale, Ghost Lights, has been specially commissioned for the 2020 season and also included the winning song selected from competition entries to compose a new song to close the first act of the production.

Faroese electronica artist Eivør has shared a video for “Only Love” featuring vocals from Ásgeir. The track is featured on Eivør’s new album Segl released earlier this fall on BFD/The Orchard/Kobalt. 

The Ivors Academy today [1 December] revealed the winners of 14 Ivor Novello Awards as part of The Ivors Composer Awards 2020, celebrating exceptional new works by composers writing for classical, jazz and sound art. The winners of these prestigious Ivor Novello Awards were revealed earlier tonight as part of a two-hour ceremony broadcast exclusively on BBC Radio 3, hosted by Kate Molleson and Tom Service. 

Ghost Lights is set on the empty stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on the 5th September 1939 when all theatres were closed due to the outbreak of WW2. Novello meets Mary Ellis, Dorothy Dickson and Elisabeth Welch to reminisce about their work and also their concerns for theatre and its survival.

Apple TV+ and Mariah Carey today released the official trailer for “Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special,” giving a first look at the epic holiday extravaganza that will launch globally on Friday, December 4 exclusively on Apple TV+.   

The Ivors Academy today [3 November] announce the nominations for The Ivors Composer Awards 2020.

Following the announcement this week that Iris Theatre, the resident theatre company of the Actors' Church in Covent Garden, is one of the twelve new beneficiaries of Sir Ian McKellen's 80th Birthday tour, Paul-Ryan Carberry, Artistic Director, today announces its winter season 2020.

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report that lyricist Herbert Kretzmer has died at age 95. Kretzmer is best known for writing the lyrics to the English musical adaptation of Les Miserables.

The Broadway Podcast Network has announced that EGOT-winning lyricist Sir Tim Rice has joined the network with a new podcast, Get Onto My Cloud.

The National Theatre of Scotland is set to continue its new work over the coming months, with an innovative mix of streamed theatre and digital projects, including two new productions from leading Scottish creatives Hannah Lavery and Adura Onashile, both addressing urgent contemporary and historical issues around race in Scotland today.

“Congratulations to Rupert on his 100th birthday. The great thing is he never looks a day older.'

Ghost Lights is set on the empty stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on the 5th September 1939 when all theatres were closed due to the outbreak of WW2. Novello meets Mary Ellis, Dorothy Dickson and Elisabeth Welch to reminisce about their work and also their concerns for theatre and its survival.

Electro-folk-pop artist Eivør has announced a digital livestream release concert to celebrate her new album Segl, October 9 via the Nordic House in Torshavn, the capital of her native Faroe Islands.