Jacqueline Trousdale

HORRIBLE HISTORIES to Celebrate 15 Years in the West End This Summer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 24, 2026

This summer, Birmingham Stage Company will return to London’s West End with the funniest, fearsome and most farcical facts from British history in Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain - The Best Bits! a romp through the nation’s remarkable past.

Review: HORRIBLE HISTORIES: BARMY BRITAIN - THE BEST BITS!, Apollo Theatre
by Christiana Rose - Aug 4, 2025

Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain – The Best Bits! presents the grizzly tales of British history with gusto. Celebrating 20 years of Horrible Histories Live on Stage and 14 years of entertaining London audiences, Birmingham Stage Company’s latest incarnation proves that even after two decades, history is far from dull, especially when it’s packed with peril and poo jokes.

Birmingham Stage Company Reveals Cast For West End Return of HORRIBLE HISTORIES: TERRIBLE TUDORS
by Stephi Wild - Jun 21, 2023

Birmingham Stage Company has announced the wicked cast for their West End return of Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors - Neal Foster, Emma Swan and Jack Ballard, in this delightfully gruesome production about one of history's most outrageous families.

HORRIBLE HISTORIES – TERRIBLE TUDORS Will Return to the West End This Summer
by Stephi Wild - Mar 8, 2023

Following a horribly successful run last summer Birmingham Stage Company has announced that Horrible Histories – Terrible Tudors will return to the West End's Garrick Theatre.

Cast and Creatives Announced For HEY DUGGEE The Live Theatre Show
by Stephi Wild - Nov 7, 2022

The full cast and the creative team for the all-new Hey Duggee The Live Theatre Show has been revealed as the show prepares for its world premiere next month.

Review: HORRIBLE HISTORIES - TERRIBLE TUDORS, Garrick Theatre
by Debbie Gilpin - Aug 2, 2022

If you grow up and go to school in England, you will definitely know about the Tudors – and yet we seem to have a completely insatiable appetite for this set of monarchs that merely spanned three generations.

Birmingham Stage Company Announces The Full Company For The London Run Of David Walliams' DEMON DENTIST
by Stephi Wild - Jun 28, 2022

Birmingham Stage Company has announced David Walliams' Demon Dentist will make its London première at the Bloomsbury Theatre this Christmas – running from 15 December 2022 until 8 January 2023. Find out who's in the cast and how to get tickets!

Cast Announced For Birmingham Stage Company's West End Premiere of HORRIBLE HISTORIES - TERRIBLE TUDORS
by Stephi Wild - May 24, 2022

Birmingham Stage Company today announces the cast for Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors which make its West End premiere at the Garrick Theatre this summer as part of the company's 30th anniversary programme. Birmingham Stage Company's Neal Foster directs Benedict Martin and Emma Swan.

Birmingham Stage Company Announce West End Première Of HORRIBLE HISTORIES - TERRIBLE TUDORS
by Stephi Wild - Mar 15, 2022

Birmingham Stage Company today announces Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors will make its West End première at the Garrick Theatre this summer. The show opens on 2 August, with previews from 28 July and runs until 2 September.

BWW Review: BILLIONAIRE BOY, Richmond Theatre
by James Ayles - Oct 31, 2019

Adapted from the 2010 book written by celebrated author, actor, presenter and talent show judge David Walliams, Billionaire Boy brings to life familiar morality tales for a young audience.

Story Pocket Theatre Present David Baddiel's ANIMALCOLM The Musical At The Epstein Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 8, 2019

Story Pocket Theatre have announced that AniMalcolm, based on the bestselling children's book by David Baddiel, will play at The Epstein Theatre on Thursday 28 February and Friday 1 March as part of a major UK tour and following a smash-hit premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2018.

David Baddiel's ANIMALCOLM THE MUSICAL Will Tour The UK In 2019
by Stephi Wild - Dec 18, 2018

Story Pocket Theatre have announced that AniMalcolm, based on the bestselling children's book by David Baddiel, will tour the UK in 2019. Following a smash-hit premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2018, the production will embark on a major UK Tour spanning 35 venues, opening at the McMillan Theatre, Somerset on Saturday 16 February 2019. 

BWW Review: GANGSTA GRANNY, Lyceum, Sheffield, Mar 9 2016
by Ruth Deller - Mar 12, 2016

David Walliams' bestseller is a child-pleasing tale of how the elderly can surprise us.

BWW Review: Hilarious World Premiere of DAVID WALLIAMS' GANGSTA GRANNY, New Alexandra Birmingham
by Emma Cann - Dec 9, 2015

The world premiere of David Walliams' Gangsta Granny, brilliantly adapted by the Birmingham Stage Company, turned out to be a star-studded event indeed; the Britain's Got Talent judge was there in person, creating quite a stir amongst the children in the audience. It's small wonder really - his books have sold 4 million copies worldwide and are simply adored by kids.