Niall Sheehy News

There's 36 hours to go until voting closes in this year's BWW:UK Awards - but can Miss Saigon hang on to the lead in all its categories?

Miss Saigon, Les Miserables and Urinetown are all leading the musical theatre categories in this year's BWW:UK Awards - with Saigon stars Eva Noblezada, Kwang-Ho Hong, Rachelle Ann Go and Jon Jon Briones all out in front in the performance categories.

Here are the current standings for UK / West End as of Sunday 12, October.

New Bard Productions presents Edges in concert at the Delfont Room - and our photographer Jamie Scott-Smith was there to take a behind-the-scenes peek!

It's been a frantic fortnight for Emma Hatton, the Elphaba standby for Wicked in London. With Willemijn Verkaik leaving the show earlier than expected and Kerry Ellis going back into green in August, that means a short notice two-week run for Hatton - and she's also preparing for a concert version of song cycle Edges in the Delfont Room on August 1st.

We popped down to see Carrie Hope Fletcher, Emma Hatton and Niall Sheehy in rehearsal for Edges, which they'll be performing in concert with co-star Michael Vinsen next month!

Miss Saigon, currently booking for performances through to Saturday 25th October 2014, will make its highly anticipated return to the West End on Saturday 3 May 2014 at the Prince Edward Theatre, in the musical's 25th anniversary year. Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's epic musical has played in 300 cities in 15 different languages, winning awards around the world since the sensational record-breaking run at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane 25 years ago. This epic love story tells the tragic tale of young bar girl Kim, orphaned by war, who falls in love with an American GI Chris--but their lives are torn apart by the fall of Saigon. Meet the full company below!

WestEndFest is back for its first concert of 2014 on 2 March at The Actors Church in Covent Garden. It was founded two years ago by West-End theatre actress Sabrina Aloueche and Parnell Page, and has since become a hugely popular bi-annual celebration combining dance, comedy, songs and raising money for charity.

Full casting is announced today for COOL RIDER, the cult musical sequel in concert, which will play two performances only on Monday 27 January2014 at the West End's Lyric Theatre. Due to popular demand, 100 additional seats have also been released for the 11.00pm performance, with the7.30pm performance sold out. First-look images are also released today of Reece Shearsmith as Mr Stuart, Ashleigh Gray as Stephanie and Aaron Sidwell as Michael.

Joining the previously announced Reece Shearsmith as biology teacher Mr Stuart are Ashleigh Gray as Stephanie, Aaron Sidwell as Michael, Hannah Levane as Paulette and Niall Sheehy as Johnny.

Tonight, 11th August 2013 the casts of the West End musicals 'LES MISERABLES' and 'THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA' swap their costumes for sports kits when they go head-to-head in a charity football match at Bromley Football Club.

On Sunday 11th August 2013 the casts of the West End musicals 'LES MISERABLES' and 'THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA' will be swapping their costumes for sports kits when they go head-to-head in a charity football match at Bromley Football Club.

The Landor is currently presenting a season of international, new musical theatre entitled From Page to Stage - including Alexander S. Bermange's The Route to Happiness. While you may not leave convinced that they've reached contentment, you may well feel like you've accompanied for them some of the way, and leave just the theatre just a bit closer to the end goal.

Three of London's leading musical theatre artists - Cassidy Janson, Niall Sheehy and Shona White - will be starring in the world premiere of The Route To Happiness, the new musical by the internationally acclaimed British composer-lyricist Alexander S. Bermange, at London's Landor Theatre.

FROM PAGE TO STAGE is a four week season of new musical theatre writing produced by KATY LIPSON for Aria Entertainment and ROBERT McWHIR of The Landor Theatre. The season will comprise of readings, showcases and revues of International new musical theatre work with a focus on British writing and will showcase the work of over 40 writers.

Three of London's leading musical theatre artists - Cassidy Janson, Niall Sheehy and Shona White - will be starring in the world premiere of The Route To Happiness, the new musical by the internationally acclaimed British composer-lyricist Alexander S. Bermange, at London's Landor Theatre.

Full star casting is announced (sound the trumpets!) for Spamalot's cracking four-week Christmas season at Theatre Royal Brighton beginning on December 15, 2011; Marcus Brigstocke triumphantly returns as Arthur, King of the Britons; Nancy, sorry, Jodie Prenger, reprises her role as the Lady of The Lake; and Todd Carty, is back again (there's no getting rid of him it seems) on coconuts as Patsy.

WICKED, the long-running hit musical at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre, is pleased to announce its entire new company to begin performances on Monday 7 February 2011: Joining the previously announced Mark Evans (Fiyero) are: Zoe Rainey ('Amber Von Tussle' in Hairspray at the Shaftesbury Theatre) as Nessarose, Ben Stott ('Jack' in Sondheim's Into The Woods at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park) as Boq, and Chloe Taylor(WICKED, 2009) as Standby Glinda.