Clare Foster News

Carrie Dunn talks to the award-winning composer and the show's producer about the forthcoming concert at the Apollo on November 1

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Celebrated screen and stage actress Finty Williams will make her musical theatre debut alongside West End stars

West End stars Julie Atherton, Helena Blackman, Daniel Boys, Clare Foster, Alex Jessop, Sarah Lark and Paul Spicer to showcase work of new composer

Jennifer Tanarez will join the London cast of Avenue Q as Christmas Eve on April 16th

Two London musical hits - the revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita and the transfer of the Broadway hit Avenue Q - have extended their runs.

The London production of Avenue Q at the Noël Coward Theatre (formely the Albery Theatre) has scheduled a 'Midnight Matinee' for Monday 22nd January 2007. The performance will be a special event to raise funds for TheatreCares, the proceeds of which will be invaluable to people affected by HIV and AIDS. Beginning at 11:30pm, long after all of the other West End theatres have locked up for the night, the performance will run through midnight into the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Leading lady Emma Williams (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) will return to the West End for the first time in nearly two years to join the cast of Christmas in New York at the Apollo Theatre on Saturday 16 December.

Christmas in New York, the latest instalment in the West End's critically acclaimed 'Notes from New York' series, will now take place at the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue on Sunday 10 December 2006 at 7.30pm and not at the Lyric Theatre as previously advertised

Following the success of Not(es) from New York earlier this year, the team behind the critically acclaimed series will reunite to present Christmas in New York at the Lyric Theatre for one night only on Sunday, 10 December 2006.

For the second time, the hit London production of the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q has been extended

Following his acclaimed performance in Not(es) from New York at the Duchess Theatre earlier this year, and prior to joining the international tour of Mamma Mia!, West End star Paul Spicer will return to the London stage in Something in Common. The show plays Theatre Museum for two nights only on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22, October 2006.

West End star Paul Spicer (Notes from New York, Taboo, Mamma Mia!) will return to London in Something in Common at Theatre Museum for two nights only on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October 2006.

London theatregoers will be able to stroll down Avenue Q for another few months; the West End production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical has announced an extension through January 27th, 2007 at the Noel Coward Theatre

With all guns blazing, the loud, brash, crude puppet phenomenon of Avenue Q hops over the pond to London's West End.

Avenue Q, the 2004 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, opened at the newly re-named Noël Coward Theatre (formerly the Albery Theatre) on Wednesday, June 28th, following previews from Thursday, June 1st

The role of Christmas Eve in the London production of AVENUE Q will be taken by Ann Harada.

Today, March 13th, tickets for the West End production of Avenue Q at the Noel Coward Theatre go on sale

Wicked, Avenue Q, Caroline or Change, Evita and Spamalot join a long list of musical productions opening in 2006..

The hit Broadway musical AVENUE Q will open at the newly re-named Noël Coward Theatre (formerly the Albery Theatre) on Wednesday 28th June 2006, following previews from Thursday 1st June.