Clementine Scott

Ever wanted to step inside the world of one of the National Gallery’s paintings? Immersive theatre company Boo Productions may have the answer. Boo Productions pluck their protagonists from the foreground of Avercamp’s wintry village scenes, and use them to create an original, pantomime-influenced Christmas fairytale.

In their first UK festival performance since before the pandemic, American soft rock quintet The National have shown themselves to be capable of a competent return to form. Their particular brand of soaring choruses is reminiscent of a brooding film soundtrack, and is a perfect fit for the atmospheric surrounds of East London’s Victoria Park.

Mozart’s elaborately plotted Singspiel concerning Prince Tamino’s fish-out-of-water immersion in a fantasy land of seductive Egyptian cults, demons, and vengeful queens resists straightforward transferral to a modern setting, but this is what Opera Alegría has attempted.

Mozart’s Così fan tutte has always been a work that tells us about ourselves.

Graeae aims to address the problem of disabled representation by spotlighting the so-called 'Blind Enchantress' Maria Theresia von Paradis, and also to make the theatre a truly inclusive place for the disabled community.

Fresh from star turns in Six, RENT, and Be More Chill, Millie O’Connell now joins the trio of actresses portraying Cher in The Cher Show, which tours the UK from April. With her dramatic graphic eyeliner still fresh from rehearsal earlier that day, we spoke to her about all things Cher, biographical musicals and female empowerment.

For the first time in 15 years, Grease is back in the West End this summer with a gritty makeover, and former Heathers star Olivia Moore is stepping into Sandy’s leather catsuit. Two weeks into her rehearsal process, we discuss the pressure that comes with the role, the ubiquity of high school-set musicals, and Olivia’s advice for young performers.

From spotlighting women in STEM and making their performances accessible to the disabled community, to experimenting with Zoom as a performance medium, the Electric Voice Theatre is continually interested in the unexpected and the inclusive. Their latest concert revolves around 18th century astronomer and 'Queen of the Sciences' Mary Somerville.

When it comes to a topic as over-saturated in theatre as the Second World War, there is something to be said for productions that take a new approach. New musical Mimma puts Italian resistance members who came to London before the war front and centre in its depiction of people caught between allegiances to their family, country, and ideology.

Perhaps best known for his television roles as Caleb in Casualty and Father Francis in Hollyoaks, Richard Winsor began his career dancing in a variety of Matthew Bourne productions. He now brings Saturday Night Fever, his debut role in a musical, to the Peacock, and sits down with us to discuss the show and his approaches to acting.

Best known for having played one of Broadway’s most iconic roles, Elphaba in Wicked, Jessica Vosk makes her solo London concert debut at Cadogan Hall this month.

Mimma, a new musical telling the stories of Italians living in London during World War Two, will debut in a one-night-only concert performance at Cadogan Hall later this month. We talk to Celinde Schoenmaker, the Dutch star best known for her West End roles in Les Miserables and The Phantom Of The Opera, about her eponymous role in Mimma and the musical’s universal themes.

Hannah Lowther, whose viral musical theatre parody videos made a splash on TikTok in the first lockdown, has recently joined the ensemble for The Other Palace production of Heathers. We sat down with her to discuss social media fame, the TikTok musical theatre revolution, and why an 80s cult classic remains relevant today.