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ENO Reveals New Music Director and 2025/26 Season
by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2025

English National Opera has announced the appointment of André de Ridder as its new Music Director and unveils details of its programme for the 2025/26 Season. Learn more here!

Review Roundup: COME ALIVE! THE GREATEST SHOWMAN CIRCUS SPECTACULAR at the Empress Museum
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 17, 2024

See what the critics are saying about Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular at the Empress Museum. Read all of the reviews for the production

Review: COME ALIVE! THE GREATEST SHOWMAN CIRCUS SPECTACULAR, Empress Museum
by Franco Milazzo - Oct 17, 2024

Based on the 2017 hit film about PT Barnum, Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular is an immersive mishmash of circus, story and song that somehow manages to do a disservice to all three.

Interview: COME ALIVE! Creative Director Simon Hammerstein: 'Our Production Absolutely Would Not Work in a Traditional Theatre'
by Franco Milazzo - Oct 11, 2024

This month sees the grand arrival of Come Alive!, a live blend of circus and musical theatre inspired by the 2017 film The Greatest Showman.

Exclusive: Watch a Preview of COME ALIVE! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular
by Michael Major - Sep 27, 2024

Get ready to 'Come Alive' with the UK's Greatest Showman-inspired circus spectacular! BroadwayWorld has an exclusive video preview of Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular in rehearsals. Watch a first look at the thrilling acrobatics and stunts featured in the production!

Simon Bailey Will Lead COME ALIVE! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular
by Stephi Wild - Aug 14, 2024

The cast has been announced for ‘COME ALIVE!' The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular, which is set to open at The Empress Museum in London's Earls Court. Performances begin on  23rd September 2024. 

Review: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, English National Opera, London Coliseum
by Gary Naylor - Feb 13, 2024

The longstanding favourite is all very slick but, 37 years on, the production is showing its age

Oliver Tompsett to Star in One-Off Concert at The Other Palace
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 17, 2024

West End star Oliver Tompsett is to star in a one-off concert at The Other Palace Theatre next month.

ENO's THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Returns to the London Coliseum in February
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2024

Returning to the London Coliseum this February is Jonathan Miller’s much-loved production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, first staged by English National Opera (ENO) in 1987. 

RITUAL UNION Festival Announces 2024 Line Up In Bristol With Headliners Dream Wife & Liz Lawrence
by Michael Major - Nov 20, 2023

Across these stages, fans can expect to see sets from confirmed acts including Katie Malco, Mary In The Junkyard, Holiday Ghosts, Japanese Television, The Itch, Chalk, Masca, Welly, The New Eves, Febueder, Ebbb, pencil, Van Houten, Ellur, Amy May Ellis, Half Happy, Callinsick, Slate, Handcuff, Oslo Twins, Mould, Bob Pearson, Eva May and more.

EVERY BRILLIANT THING Comes to Simon Says Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Nov 2, 2023

Simon Says Theatre, a brand-new company in Northern Arizona, presents their debut show Every Brilliant Thing, written by award-winning playwright Duncan Macmillan with comedian Jonny Donahoe. Performances will be held at Beacon Church at 510 N Leroux Street, in historic downtown Flagstaff.

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For English National Opera's PETER GRIMES
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2023

All new rehearsal photos have been released for the English National Opera's Peter Grimes  at the London Coliseum. Check out the photos here!

PETER GRIMES Will Open English National Opera 2023/24 Season
by Stephi Wild - Aug 24, 2023

This September, opening the 2023/24 Season at the London Coliseum, the English National Opera (ENO) presents Benjamin Britten’s searing psychological drama, Peter Grimes. David Alden’s production returns for its second revival. Following its premiere in 2009, this production won a South Bank Sky Arts Award in the Opera category.  

Review: THE THIRD MAN, Menier Chocolate Factory
by Cindy Marcolina - Jun 20, 2023

When Holly Martins arrives in Vienna to start a new job after the Second World War, he learns that his childhood friend Harry Lime died a few days prior. A broke novelist who was promised a cut in his business, he finds Harry’s sudden death suspicious and starts to investigate. Considered one of the best British films, it was only a matter of time before Carol Reed and Graham Greene’s 1949 film The Third Man received the musical treatment. With words by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by George Fenton, this premiere is a mid-weight noir directed by Trevor Nunn. While the cast is often impressive, the background against which the plot unravels is far more interesting than the story itself.

Photos: First Look at THE THIRD MAN at the Menier Chocolate Factory
by Stephi Wild - Jun 16, 2023

All new production photos have been released from The Third Man which opens next week at the Menier Chocolate Factory.

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For THE THIRD MAN at the Menier
by Stephi Wild - Jun 2, 2023

All new rehearsal photos have been released for world premiere of the new musical of The Third Man, which opens later this month at the Menier.

Casting Revealed For The World Première of THE THIRD MAN at Menier Chocolate Factory
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2023

As rehearsals begin, the Menier Chocolate Factory has announced full casting for the world première of the new musical, The Third Man. Learn more about who is starring in the show here!

Casting Revealed for The World Premiere of THE THIRD MAN at Menier Chocolate Factory
by Stephi Wild - May 2, 2023

As public booking opens, the Menier Chocolate Factory has announced initial casting for the world première of the new musical, The Third Man. Learn more about who will be starring in the show here!

Full Cast Announced For MTFestUK 2023 at The Other Palace and The Turbine Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jan 26, 2023

Showcasing eight new musicals over a two week period, MTFestUK is a unique festival that provides a platform for new and exciting musical theatre. This year the eight productions will be workshopped and presented in 'sharing' sessions, allowing audiences to come and support, explore, engage and enjoy new musical theatre in its earliest stages of development.

The ENO Presents New Production of Wagner's THE RHINEGOLD
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 12, 2023

This February comes The Rhinegold, the first opera in Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle, a radical political satire entrenched in magic and mythology.