The Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs), the UK's first award show to celebrate the excellence and influence of Black performers and creatives in the theatre industry, have announced the 2021 nominees.
Following the critically-acclaimed world premiere last week, the BBC’s ‘U.Me: The Musical’ is now available to listen to and watch via BBC Sounds. The BBC also revealed rich & vibrant animations to accompany the mega-musical’s explosive multi-genre score, which are available in addition to the BBC World Service radio broadcast across BBC platforms.
The BBC today announced that a special digital ‘U.Me: The Musical’ live pre-premiere event is set to take place on Wednesday, 12 May 2021. Listeners and viewers worldwide can join the warmth and joy of a night at the theatre at the musical’s live digital world premiere event, hosted by Olivier Award nominee, actress and director Maria Friedman.
The opening track from ‘U.Me: The Musical’ entitled Everything Stops has made its audio premiere today, Tuesday 20 April. The track performed by Anoushka Lucas will also make its debut on streaming platforms from Friday 23 April. West-End stars are also adding their own voices from lockdown and joining the cast as special guest backing vocalists.
The BBC today announced the cast for the global premiere of 'U.Me: The Musical' to be broadcast on 12 May 2021 at 8pm on BBC World Service. Stephen Fry will be the very special guest narrator along with two young lead actors Anoushka Lucas and Martin Sarreal and a wider cast including students from Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA).
The National Theatre today announces plans to reopen in June, welcoming audiences back to the South Bank for the first time since closing last December.
Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director of the Young Vic, today announces the cast of The New Tomorrow, a weekend of pop-up performances celebrating the Young Vic's 50th birthday.
Chiswick Playhouse has launched a new concert series named Sunday Soul, starring seven west end stars. The series will see performers including Sejal Keshwala, Grace Mouat, Aisha Jawando, Gemma Knight-Jones, Anoushka Lucas, Nikki Bentley and Fiona Carty take to the stage.
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has confirmed that the government's new limit on social gatherings does not affect its performances.
Composer Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber and lyricist Sir Tim Rice visited Regenta??s Park Open Air Theatrea??s acclaimed socially distant production of Jesus Christ Superstar: The Concert yesterday evening (Tuesday 1 September 2020).
The concert staging of Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar is being presented through Sunday 27 September 2020 at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.
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Anoushka Lucas first played the role of Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in 2016. She has now returned to a socially distanced concert production of the show at the same venue, which is directed by Timothy Sheader.
Performances are underway for the concert staging of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar.
This special concert production has been created by the same team behind the Olivier award-winning productions that have previously run at the same venue.
As the health crisis continues to impact the entertainment industry, theatre, comedy, film and more have found ways to adjust, bringing performances and more outdoors!
The concert staging of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar will be presented Friday 14 August - Sunday 27 September 2020 at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
El actor y cantante Pepe Nufrio (INTO THE WOODS, EVITA), colaborador con BroadwayWorld en ENTRE CAFÉS, interpretará a Jesucristo en la versión de Regenta??s Park Open Air de JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR que se prepara en Londres este verano.
From 14 August, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre will produce a special concert staging of their production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar. Casting was announced for the production this evening.
Last week, in response to the killing of George Floyd in the US and its impact on black Britons, the Bush Theatre approached its wide-ranging community of black artists and asked six of them to respond in the moment, however they saw fit.
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