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The West End production of Frozen has officially opened at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 8 September 2021. Read the reviews for the show's UK debut!

The cast for the production is Samantha Barks (Elsa), Stephanie McKeon (Anna), Obioma Ugoala (Kristoff), Craig Gallivan (Olaf), Oliver Ormson (Hans), Richard Frame (Weselton), and alternating the role of Sven, Mikayla Jade and Ashley Birchall.

On Friday night, the West End production of Frozen began previews at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane and BroadwayWorld was there for the big night! Below, watch as director Michael Grandage gives a speech before the performance, and check out photos from inside the updated venue!

The West End production of Frozen began previews on 27 August, and will officially open at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 8 September 2021.

The full cast for the production is Samantha Barks (Elsa), Stephanie McKeon (Anna), Obioma Ugoala (Kristoff), Craig Gallivan (Olaf), Oliver Ormson (Hans), Richard Frame (Weselton), and alternating the role of Sven, Mikayla Jade and Ashley Birchall.

Samantha Barks and Stephanie McKeon are starring as Elsa and Anna in the West End production of Frozen, set to open at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 8 September 2021, with previews from 27 August.

Frozen is set to open at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 8 September 2021, with previews from 27 August, and is now booking until 3 April 2022.

Frozen is set to open at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 8 September 2021, with previews from 27 August, and is now booking until 3 April 2022. With music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and book by Jennifer Lee, Frozen is directed by Michael Grandage.

Frozen opens at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 8 September 2021, with previews from 27 August, and is now booking until 3 April 2022. Learn more about the production here!

In Autumn 2020 following funding received from the DCMS cultural recovery fund Selladoor Worldwide launched their New Writers Programme; today they announce their New Writers Programme Showcase celebrating the results produced by their latest participant writers which will be streamed online Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th May at 7pm.

A new steamed concert starring Lewis Cornay (The Book of Mormon, Titanic) and Grace Mouat (& Juliet, SIX) will stream online to support the development of Cornay's new musical, Snowflake.

The West End production of Frozen is back on sale to the public, opening at the newly refurbished Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 8 September 2021, with previews from 27 August, and is now booking until 3 April 2022. 

The West End production of Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane has announced that performances will be further postponed. The show was originally set to open in April.

Following the success of YouTube series ‘Soft Sessions’, a group of West End performers are to appear in ‘Soft Sessions Live In Concert’. ‘Soft Sessions Live In Concert’, streaming at 7:30pm from 23 April  - 2 May,  is an intimate  performance that takes Musical Theatre artists out of their comfort zones and pushes boundaries.

For those that missed last Sunday’s 2021 WhatsOnStage Awards, there is an opportunity to watch the event with four upcoming encore screenings – in honour of World Theatre day on 27 and 28 March at 3pm and 7pm. Tickets are £15 and are on sale now.

Roles We'll Never Play is back in the West End for two shows at The Vaudeville Theatre on Saturday 22nd May - 7:30pm and Sunday 23rd May - 7:30pm. After two sell-out shows at The Apollo Theatre in December 2020, the show is back, and will be one of the first shows to open out of lockdown!

The West End production of Frozen has announced that it will open at Theatre Royal Drury Lane on August 27, 2021. It was announced in January, 2021 that performances were going to be further postponed after the show was originally set to open in April. 

Leicester's Curve theatre has announced plans to extend its streamed run of The Color Purple – at Home due to audience demand. Produced in association with Birmingham Hippodrome, the musical will now stream online until Tuesday 16 March.

Curve is now streaming The Color Purple online. The production is led by T'Shan Williams as Celie, with Danielle Fiamanya as Nettie, Karen Mavundukure as Sofia, Ako Mitchell as Mister and Simon Anthony Rhoden as Harpo. Also returning to Curve is Carly Mercedes Dyer, joining the cast as Shug Avery.

Reviewing the Curve Theatre’s gorgeous concert revival of The Color Purple feels timely in more ways than one: not only is it an apt choice of programming during Black History Month, but tonight’s press night is the same day as the conclusion of a long and drawn-out employment tribunal linked to a previous member of the cast, dismissed for their homophobic views.