Samantha Mbolekwa

Exclusive: Hear 'D.O.A.' From THE LIGHTNING THIEF: ORIGINAL LONDON CAST RECORDING
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 7, 2025

BroadwayWorld has the exclusive first listen to “D.O.A.,” performed by Paisley Billings and company, from the upcoming The Lightning Thief: Original London Cast Recording.

THE LIGHTNING THIEF London Cast Recording to Host Online Listening Party
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 5, 2025

CENTER STAGE RECORDS will host a special online Listening Party for the new album The Lightning Thief: Original London Cast Recording. The event will be hosted by Max Harwood and Samantha Mbolekwa, joined by their fellow original London cast members.

THE LIGHTNING THIEF Original London Cast Recording to be Released in November
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 22, 2025

CENTER STAGE RECORDS will release The Lightning Thief: Original London Cast Recording in streaming and digital formats. Learn more about the recording here!

Review: THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL, The Other Palace
by Kat Mokrynski - Dec 2, 2024

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is an adaptation of the first book in the hit series by Rick Riordan, which follows Percy Jackson, a young boy who discovers that he is a demi-god, the son of Poseidon, and that he must stop a war between the gods by finding and returning Zeus’s master weapon, his lightning bolt.

Full Cast Set to Join Max Harwood in THE LIGHTNING THIEF
by Stephi Wild - Oct 23, 2024

The full cast has been announced for the highly anticipated London premiere of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical.

THE BODYGUARD Returns To Glasgow's Theatre Royal in January
by Stephi Wild - Dec 14, 2023

Multi-platinum Australian recording artist Emily Williams will star as Rachel Marron when the award-winning international smash hit musical THE BODYGUARD returns to Glasgow at the Theatre Royal from Wednesday 3 January 2024 for the final dates of the tour.

Emily Williams Announced as Rachel Marron in THE BODYGUARD UK Tour
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jul 27, 2023

Producers, Michael Harrison and David Ian are delighted to announce that multi-platinum Australian recording artist Emily Williams will star as Rachel Marron in the award-winning international smash hit musical The Bodyguard, from Tuesday 12 September 2023 at the Liverpool Empire.

Emily Williams  Will Lead THE BODYGUARD UK and Ireland Tour
by Stephi Wild - Jul 27, 2023

Multi-platinum Australian recording artist Emily Williams will star as Rachel Marron in the award-winning international smash hit musical THE BODYGUARD, from Tuesday 12 September 2023 at the Liverpool Empire.

THE BODYGUARD Comes To Milton Keynes Theatre This May
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 26, 2023

Smash-Hit show The Bodyguard will visit Milton Keynes Theatre on 29 May - 03 June

Zoe Birkett Will Lead the UK Tour of THE BODYGUARD
by Stephi Wild - Apr 5, 2023

Zoe Birkett will star as Rachel Marron in the award-winning international smash hit musical THE BODYGUARD. Learn more about the show and tour dates here!

Ayden Callaghan Joins Melody Thornton For THE BODYGUARD UK and Ireland Tour; Full Cast Announced
by Stephi Wild - Nov 8, 2022

Emmerdale and Hollyoaks star Ayden Callaghan will join the previously announced Grammy-nominated, former Pussycat Doll, Melody Thornton for the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of the award-winning international smash hit musical THE BODYGUARD in the roles of Frank Farmer and Rachel Marron respectively.

Photos: DEAR EVAN HANSEN Celebrates Final West End Performance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 25, 2022

Dear Evan Hansen celebrated its final London performance at the Noël Coward Theatre on 22 October 2022, three years after its West End premiere on 29 October 2019 and a year after its return to the West End after the covid shutdown (26 October 2021). See photos from the final curtain call here!

Photos: DEAR EVAN HANSEN Takes Final Bows on the West End
by Stephi Wild - Oct 25, 2022

 The critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical Dear Evan Hansen celebrated its final London performance at the Noël Coward Theatre on 22 October 2022, three years after its West End premiere on 29 October 2019 and a year after its return to the West End after the covid shutdown.  Check out photos from the final curtain call!

DEAR EVAN HANSEN West End Run to Conclude This Autumn
by A.A. Cristi - May 27, 2022

The critically acclaimed, Olivier Award-winning Best New Musical Dear Evan Hansen will celebrate its final London performance at the Noël Coward Theatre on 22 October 2022, three years after its West End premiere on 29 October 2019 and a year after its return to the West End after the covid shutdown (26 October 2021).

WATCH: DEAR EVAN HANSEN West End Company Releases 'You Will Be Found' Music Video
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 31, 2022

The West End company of Dear Evan Hansen has released a music video for You Will Be Found.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN in the West End Extends Booking to 22 October
by Stephi Wild - Jan 25, 2022

Producer Stacey Mindich announces a new booking period for the Olivier award-winning Dear Evan Hansen which reopened at the Noël Coward Theatre on 26 October 2021 and is now on sale to 22 October 2022.

Photos: Inside Technical Rehearsal For DEAR EVAN HANSEN in the West End
by Stephi Wild - Oct 25, 2021

Dear Evan Hansen reopens at the Noël Coward Theatre on 26 October 2021 and is currently booking to 13 February 2022.

Jordan Fisher Will Return to DEAR EVAN HANSEN on Broadway; Full Casting Announced!
by Stephi Wild - Sep 20, 2021

The returning  casts have been announced for all three productions of Dear Evan Hansen, each of them featuring the  acclaimed actors who were performing the title role in March 2020 at the time of the shutdown.

Sam Tutty Will Lead DEAR EVAN HANSEN West End Return; Full Casting Announced!
by Stephi Wild - Sep 20, 2021

Sam Tutty returns to the role that won him the 2020 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical.  He will be joined by returning cast members Lucy Anderson (Zoe Murphy), Doug Colling (Connor Murphy) and Marcus Harman (who will play Evan Hansen at certain performances), and more!

VIDEO: 150 Performers Record 'Make Them Hear You' to Raise Runds for StopWatch
by Stephi Wild - Jul 27, 2020

Danielle Tarento has brought together more than 150 Black and Black mixed race actors from the UK and the US, along with a 38-piece orchestra, to record a??Make Them Hear You,a?? from the Broadway musical Ragtime.