Jenny Powell

Cirque du Soleil returned to the UK with the star-studded premiere of OVO. Last night, the show opened at the AO Arena in Manchester, where it will perform until Sunday, before continuing to Leeds, Liverpool and Birmingham.

The new year will welcome a brand-new, long-awaited, Summer music festival to the North-West, The Brit Fest is coming to Cheshire boasting an impressive line of the finest British music acts over three days.

Check out photos from the opening night of the UK and Ireland tour of HAMILTON at the Manchester Palace Theatre on Tuesday 21 November 2023!

A brand new world-class family friendly music festival celebrating the very best of Britain has been officially unveiled and will take place in Cheshire during Summer 2024. 

'Allo 'Allo – members of the original cast of the popular BBC comedy are set to reunite to delight audiences at The Bowdon Rooms this summer.

Coronation Street cast and local Manchester TV and radio presenters came out in style for the MAMMA MIA! press night held at the Palace Theatre last night. The event marked the launch of the sensational feel-good show's two-week run in the city from 3-14 July as part of its international tour before heading off on the international leg of the tour, stopping off at the likes of Hong Kong, Singapore and Toronto.

Ophelia's Jump Productions presents the Annual Midsummer Shakespeare Festival with TWELFTH NIGHT and TITUS ANDRONICUS. The productions, directed respectively by Co-Founder Caitlin Lopez with Jenny Powell and Founding Artistic Director, Beatrice Casagran, will run July 16-26, 2015 at The Sontag Greek Theatre at Pomona College in Claremont. The festival, co-sponsored by Pomona College, includes exhibits, arts, & crafts by community businesses and organizations. Tickets are available at opheliasjump.org, or by calling 909-541-5850.

Ophelia's Jump Productions begins their 2015 Season with a special Valentine's Day event showcasing the humor and sensuality of the Weimar Cabaret with an original musical-review, Das Kabarett der Liebe. Created by co-founder Caitlin Lopez, Das Kabarrett der Liebe plays tonight, February 14 at the Women's Club of Claremont, located at 343 West 12th Street in Claremont.

Ophelia's Jump Productions begins their 2015 Season with a special Valentine's Day event showcasing the humor and sensuality of the Weimar Cabaret with an original musical-review, Das Kabarett der Liebe. Created by co-founder Caitlin Lopez, Das Kabarrett der Liebe plays February 14 at the Women's Club of Claremont, located at 343 West 12th Street in Claremont.

Niamh Perry plays the role of Sophie in the MAMMA MIA! International Tour when it plays its exclusive UK Summer Season at the Blackpool Opera House now through 14 September 2014. Niamh previously played the role in the West End in 2009, when the musical celebrated its 10th birthday. The production recently held a gala to celebrate the show's opening, and BroadwayWorld has photos from the festivities below!

Dad's Garage Theatre Company is extending its musical apocalypse for two more weeks, it was announced today The company is holed up at 7 Stages Theatre in Little 5 Points and aren't coming out until all of the zombies are gone - or through October 12th, whichever comes first.

On Friday, September 6th at 8pm, Dad's Garage Theatre Company will be responsible for a zombie attack at 7 Stages Theatre in Little 5 Points... and you'll never have heard such a sound. A classic love story - this horrifically gory, hilariously funny, action packed musical has it all. Song! Dance! Love! Violence! And of course -- ZOMBIES! If you think finding true love is tough enough, just imagine what happens when a pair of newly engaged sweethearts stumble into a full-fledged zombie attack. Spoiler Alert: They sing about it! No matter what happens throughout all the skin crawling, zombie fighting, brain craving mayhem - it's sure to be a testament to the couple's undying love. The show will run September 6-28.

Stepping Out by British TV writer Richard Harris is not a musical, although it was turned into one in 2010. It's a play with music and is set in Northern England in 1984, the same time period and place as Billy Elliot. It's the tale of eight women and one man who take a weekly local tap class in their church hall. Workers and mates by day, these folks are generally disillusioned and unhappy, each for a different reason, and without the class, they might just cash it in. What you see on stage, now at the Welk Resort Theatre in Escondido, are the amateur characters as they arrive at class and spill their guts for a brief time about their various issues and how they adapt themselves to each other and to learning how to tap. First efforts are rusty at best, but as the play proceeds, the group get to know and tolerate each other and to tap better, and eventually are given a chance to participate in a local one-night annual entertainment gala. My first misgiving with the play is that you never get to know each person thoroughly or totally understand their motivations, but after careful consideration, what you see is what you get: an entertainment that brings the people together, that brings a much needed joy into their lives ... and to the audience at large. It's real, funny and musically fun - about a mini Chorus Line but with amateur dancers whose stories do not involve the profession - and that by itself is enough to give it universal appeal.

Broadway Sessions, in association with TheBestArts.com, will present a concert/showcase event featuring Alumni and graduates from The Boston Conservatory on Thursday, May 5th.