By day, Fiona writes about science for a research charity, and she writes about theatre in her spare time. Based just outside Edinburgh, she mostly reviews things at the Edinburgh Fringe these days and particularly enjoys championing new musicals and underrepresented stories.
BWW Feature: The Renaissance of the Religious Musical - One of the many hats I wear is I also go to church, I noticed quite a lot of shows were being revived that were based on biblical tales and I had a great time unpicking some of the reasons why, and roping in the thoughts of some of the best talent in the west end.
On 21 May, it was announced that Lucie Jones (Rent, Les Miserables, Legally Blonde, Girlfriends) and Ashley Roberts (The Pussycat Dolls, Strictly Come Dancing) will be joining the cast of Waitress, the hit musical by Sara Bareilles, from 17 June.
Following a highly succesful run at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, My Left Right Foot: The Musical makes a stop in the Theatre Royal as part of the Brighton Festival and at the end of the National Theatre of Scotland production's own tour to Japan and various UK venues.
The curtain rises at the Theatre Royal to reveal a heavily decked-out Chinese restaurant, with a sea of red lanterns hanging from polystyrene roof tiles.
On previous visits to Brighton, Sean McCall of the Showstoppers company recalls their creation of an improvised musical set on the Palace Pier, amongst other places.
After leading the West End cast of Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, Cassidy Janson formed part of the Leading Ladies trio and appeared in the English National Opera's production of Chess as Florence.
Ben Forster has had one of the most varied stage careers in recent years, having played the roles of Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar; the Angel of Music in Phantom of the Opera; and Buddy in Elf the Musical amongst others.
Year 5 pupils from Queen's Park Primary School, Brighton, staged their own production of Emil and the Detectives at Theatre Royal Brighton this week on 3 April in a collaborative project with Theatre Royal Brighton and the National Theatre.