Hiba Elchikhe News

'I Could Use A Drink, an eclectic mix of poignant, hilarious, and progressive contemporary musical theatre, celebrating the chaos and beauty of youth, was created as a US studio album using Broadway's freshest and most exciting new talents. Now for its UK West End stage  premiere, producers Liam Gartland and Alex Conder reimagine its cutting edge musical theatre songs with some of the West End's stars of present and the future.

Louis Rayneau directs Kyle Birch (Austyn), Amy Di Bartolemeo (Alex), Jacob Fowler (Hunter), Jordan Luke Gage (Grey), Ross Harmon (Charlie), Beccy Lane (Jael), Georgie Lovatt (Sam), Danielle Steers (River) with Roxanne Couch, Millie Cranston, Jack Dargan, Megan

Dani is done with Him and his bullsh*t! He needs to “fix up and get him some rainbow flag waving D”.

Lambert Jackson today announce Well-Behaved Women, a new song cycle by Carmel Dean celebrating women across history. Directed by Julie Atherton, with musical direction by Ellie Verkerk, the concert runs for one night only at Cadogan Hall on Friday 3 September 2021.

What must it feel like to perform to a socially distanced auditorium of masked audience members? Well, if the other night’s 1000th performance of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is to be used as a benchmark, nothing could possibly mask the sense of joy and unity felt in the room for those 2.5 hours.

West End stars from Bend it Like Beckham, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, & Juliet, Aladdin and Prince of Egypt have assembled to raise awareness for India Covid Relief.

Future Spotlight Productions today announce an encore run of the new musical film In Pieces by Joey Contreras, directed by Louis Rayneau, following the success of the film's limited streaming release earlier this year.

The feature film of new musical In Pieces by Joey Contreras is available to stream beginning next week!

RuPaul's Drag Race superstar, Bianca Del Rio, and the West End stars of the hit musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie will visit The Broadway Cast Reunion Series online on Saturday, April 17.

The line-up has been revealed for West End Live Lounge-The Greats, which will take place on Monday 14th June at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue.

Second Chances is an online fundraising concert raising funds for Sophia Moore to receive the hip replacement she desperately needs. For 8 years Sophia has been on and off crutches and in excruciating pain causing her to struggle to follow her dream of becoming a musical theatre performer.

March 27 marks World Theatre Day! Although we can't be together to celebrate, we can still reminisce on the fun of theatre in our lives.

Originally presented at Lincoln Center the new musical threads Contreras’ musical theatre and pop catalogue into a theatrical setting, exploring the universal search for clarity and empowerment through different kinds of relationships.

Shane will be joined by the West End cast staring Noah Thomas as Jamie New, Melissa Jacques as his Mum, Margaret, Sejal Keshwala as Ray, Hiba Elchikhe as Pritti Pasha and Gillian Ford as Miss Hedge.

This week's list includes a new limited edition orange vinyl of the 2017 revival cast recording of Once on This Island, as well as a purple vinyl edition of the 1964 cast recording of My Fair Lady. Plus, the latest volume of The Untold Stories of Broadway by Jennifer Ashley Tepper is now available!

stream.theatre is adding even more shows to their platform through March and April including 4 exclusive digital premieres of major new productions. For drama fans, Shane Richie stars a new revival of Scaramouche Jones by Justin Butcher, which premieres on 26 March.

Earlier this month, writer and director P Burton-Morgan's Metta Theatre, in conjunction with Perfect Pitch, released the studio cast EP of their hip hop musical In the Willows, adapted from Kenneth Grahame's classic The Wind in the Willows. Long devoted to new British musical theatre, Burton-Morgan explains more about keeping busy during the pandemic with this project, and others, in a guest blog.

Louis Rayneau directs Kyle Birch (Austyn), Amy Di Bartolomeo (Alex), Hiba Elchikhe (Sam), Jordan Luke Gage (Grey), Ross Harmon (Charlie), Beccy Lane (Jael), Danielle Steers (River), and Luke Street (Hunter), with Erin Bell, Millie Cranston, Jack Dargan, Megan Cerys Holland, Rhianna Richards, and Jason Leigh Winter as the ensemble.

Metta Theatre has announced the release of the studio album for hip hop musical IN THE WILLOWS, in collaboration with Perfect Pitch. IN THE WILLOWS has been produced remotely during October and November 2020, and is released via Spotify, iTunes and other digital media today, 1 February 2021, alongside a new music video for the number Head Above Water, choreographed and starring deaf dancer Chris Fonseca, who starred in the original production.

From the Drive-In to your home, relive the biggest musical concert series of 2020. With 10 hours of incredible live performances from over 25 of the greatest West End stars, including Layton Williams (Everyone's Talking About Jamie), Lucie Jones (Waitress), and Alice Fearn (Come From Away), this digital series will bring five fantastic West End Musical Drive In concerts directly to you.