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Full Cast Announced For New Folk Musical BALLAD LINES At Southwark Playhouse Elephant
by Stephi Wild - Oct 30, 2025

Full casting has been announced for the London premiere of Ballad Lines, a major new folk musical by Finn Anderson (Islander, Streets) and Tania Azevedo (Mayflies, But I’m a Cheerleader).

Review: BALLAD LINES IN CONCERT, Cottiers
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Sep 16, 2025

The musical began in 2014, commissioned jointly by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Northwestern’s American Music Theatre Project. An earlier iteration of the musical received its world premiere in 2023 at Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling under its former title A Mother’s Song.

Sting Will Release Expanded Edition of THE LAST SHIP Album Ahead of International Performances
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2025

Sting will release The Last Ship (Expanded Edition), an updated version of his album featuring five new recordings, ahead of a series of international performances of the musical in which he will also star.

Broadway Streaming Guide September 2025 - Where to Watch HELLUVA BOSS & More
by Josh Sharpe - Aug 29, 2025

To help kick off the fall season, Broadway fans can tune into a brand new lineup of movies, music, and television to stream this September, including Helluva Boss, The Office spin-off series, and more.

BALLAD LINES Will Release 18-Track Concept Album
by Stephi Wild - Jul 18, 2025

The music from major new Scottish folk musical Ballad Lines will be released as an ambitious 18 track concept album on 12th September, bringing together leading female folk and theatre artists from both sides of the Atlantic.

Major New Scottish Folk Musical Ballad Lines To Release All-Star Album
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jul 18, 2025

The brand new recordings feature an all-star cast of guest artists including Gaelic Singer of the Year Kim Carnie, JUNO Award-winning banjo player Kaia Kater and four-time BBC Alba Scots Singer of the Year Siobhan Miller alongside top musical theatre talent including Olivier Award-winner Rebecca Trehearn and CATS Award-winner Kirsty Findlay.

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Old Vic Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Nov 23, 2023

The Old Vic has established Matthew Warchus' version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol as one of London's must-see festive shows. Since 2017 audiences have been welcomed with mince pies and satsumas and showered with snow and parachuting sprouts.

Full Cast Set For A CHRISTMAS CAROL at The Old Vic
by Stephi Wild - Sep 14, 2023

The Old Vic has announced the full cast and the creative team for Matthew Warchus' smash hit production of A Christmas Carol. Find out who is starring in the production here!

Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY (UK TOUR), New Wimbledon Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - Mar 15, 2023

If John Steinbeck had been asked to create a musical, it may have looked something like this. Soundtracked by the songs of Bob Dylan, Girl From The North Country is, at heart, a bleak meditation on untimely death; not just physically due to illness, murder and suicide (though that’s here too) but also spiritually due to the death of ambition, the death of hope and, most cruelly, the death of love.

Review: GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Sep 14, 2022

It’s 1934 in the heartland of America and we meet a group of wayward souls who cross paths in a time-weathered guesthouse. Standing at a turning point in their lives, they realize nothing is what it seems. But as they search for a future, and hide from the past, they find themselves facing unspoken truths about the present.

Photos: First Look at GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Dublin & UK Tour
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 30, 2022

The new Dublin & UK Tour production of Girl From The North Country is opening tonight in Dublin at the 3 Olympia Theatre. Written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan. The production embarks on its first UK tour in August following its opening tonight. Get a first look at photos here!

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For the UK Tour of GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY
by Stephi Wild - Jun 22, 2022

All new rehearsal images has been released from the new Dublin & UK Tour production of Girl From The North Country.

Full Casting Announced For GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY Dublin and UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - May 13, 2022

Full casting is today announced for the award-winning smash-hit production of Girl From  The North Country, written and directed by celebrated playwright Conor McPherson (The  Weir, The Seafarer) with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan.

Toby Jones Leads Next Week's Live Programme At Bristol Old Vic
by Stephi Wild - Sep 29, 2020

Bristol Old Vic today announced the next series of one-nighters will include a special evening with Toby Jones in their historic Georgian Theatre as well as events on the newly-christened The Courtyard stage, in the theatre's spacious and award-winning Bar & Café.

BWW Review: THE LAST SHIP STARRING STING at Golden Gate Theatre
by Linda Hodges - Mar 1, 2020

VIDEO: Sting and the Cast of THE LAST SHIP Take Their Opening Night Bow in San Francisco
by Stephi Wild - Feb 28, 2020

Sting's The Last Ship is now playing at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre through March 22! Check out a video of the cast taking their opening night bow.

Sting to Star in THE LAST SHIP at D.C.'s National Theatre for 13 Performances
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 27, 2020

THE LAST SHIP, starring and featuring original music and lyrics by 17-time Grammy Award® winner Sting, will make its Washington, D.C. premiere at the National Theatre from March 27 - April 5 as part of an international tour.

VIDEO: Sting Performs 'The Last Ship' on THE LATE LATE SHOW
by Stephi Wild - Jan 28, 2020

Sting stopped by The Late Late Show with James Corden last night, where he performed 'The Last Ship' from the musical of the same name. He was joined on stage by cast members from the show's currently running national tour.

BWW Review: Sting's THE LAST SHIP Stars Scene-Stealing Scenic Design by 59 Productions
by Shari Barrett - Jan 24, 2020

The real star of the show is its designed-to-travel, multi-level scenic design by 59 Productions, enhanced by sound designer Sebastian Front and lighting designer Matt Daw, which includes some of the most amazing projections I have ever witnessed that completely transform into the many scenes required, from the shipyard, inside homes, the local beer pub, to an extraordinary church interior that generated gasps from the audience, as well as the appearance of waves crashing on the docks and snow falling. But it is the final scene when the Utopia, the last ship to be built, launches from the soon-to-close shipyard that will take your breath away. It's just a shame it takes almost 3 hours to get to it.

Photo Flash: Pierce Brosnan, Courteney Cox, Keala Settle and More At Opening Night of Sting's THE LAST SHIP
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2020

Sting's The Last Ship Opened last night at Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Those in attendance included Pierce Brosnan, Courteney Cox, Keala Settle, Melanie Griffith and more.