Louise Dearman News

With only a day to go until West End LIVE, final details have been revealed for the annual free weekend showcasing the best of London’s musicals.

When it comes to a topic as over-saturated in theatre as the Second World War, there is something to be said for productions that take a new approach. New musical Mimma puts Italian resistance members who came to London before the war front and centre in its depiction of people caught between allegiances to their family, country, and ideology.

Mimma, a new musical telling the stories of Italians living in London during World War Two, will debut in a one-night-only concert performance at Cadogan Hall later this month. We talk to Celinde Schoenmaker, the Dutch star best known for her West End roles in Les Miserables and The Phantom Of The Opera, about her eponymous role in Mimma and the musical’s universal themes.

Joining the previously announced Sir David Suchet (Poirot, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, All My Sons), Louise Dearman (Wicked, Evita) and Celinde Schoenmaker (Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera) is John Owen-Jones, the youngest actor to play the role of Jean Valjean in Les Misérables and a record holder for the number of performances as Phantom in Phantom of the Opera. He will take on the role of Lorenzo.

Mimma, a new musical of war and friendship, will be performed with the BBC Concert Orchestra for one special semi-staged gala concert performance only, at Cadogan Hall, on 28 February 2022.

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The concert series takes place outdoors surrounded by Harewood House’s stunning landscape. Share a picnic with your friends and loved ones, sing along to your favourite songs and soak in an evening of unmissable live entertainment.

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.

Crazy Coqs, Soho's unique live entertainment venue within the Brasserie Zédel complex, announces the re-opening of the venue on 17 May 2021 – pending further government announcements – with a full programme from 17 May – 30 June 2021, offering both live shows and simultaneous live streams for audiences who cannot make it to the venue in-person.

The Theatre Cafe has announced that they have teamed up with West End legend Mazz Murray to release a 'stagey' cookbook, packed with food and drink from performers across the industry. The book is announced on 16 March 2021, one year since the West End went dark due to the global pandemic.

In line with the current government roadmap 'West End Musical Celebration Live at the Palace Theatre' will be rescheduled to 10 to 13 June 2021.

In line with current government restrictions West End Musical Christmas Live at the Palace Theatre will be rescheduled to the 6th to 9th May 2021 and will be rebranded to West End Musical Celebration.

The West End is coming to people's homes this Christmas, as 2020's CHRISTMAS WITH THE STARS - the charity Christmas musical theatre concert filmed at the Actor's Church in Covent Garden, and featuring a raft of top West End stars, is to be streamed on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.

You Will Be Found by #CheerUpCharlie & West End Friends, a fundraising charity single in aid of youth charity The Diana Award, has been released today (Sunday 15 November 2020) by Auburn Jam Music to tie in with the start of National Anti-Bullying Week, which runs from 16-20 November. 

Make Your Own Musicals, a company started in lockdown, has been making musical activity packs for children to write their own original mini-musicals at home. Now, for the festive season, they are branching out into family pantomime packs to fill the void many families will be feeling this year.

Auburn Jam Music will be releasing You Will Be Found by #CheerUpCharlie & West End Friends, a fundraising charity single in aid of youth charity The Diana Award, on Sunday 15 November to tie in with the start of National Anti-Bullying Week (16-20 November).  

There are only two days left to join Amy Hart and Paul Taylor-Mills and a splattering of the West End's most terrifying stars for a spooky spectacular. This streamed fright fest will feature some of our favourite pumpkins as you've never seen them before, at their scariest and most playful selves.

The Fosse Forest Ballet team has revealed Darren Day as The Narrator for the pilot episode, which hopes to raise funds for the theatre community.

On Saturday 14th November, Ronnie Scott's launches a brand-new weekly show, All That Jazz! Ronnie's Cabaret Brunches, hosted by West End leading lady and 2020 Olivier award-winner, Cassidy Janson (Beautiful, Chess, & Juliet).

Join Amy Hart and Paul Taylor-Mills and a splattering of the West End's most terrifying stars for a one off spooky spectacular. This streamed fright fest will feature some of our favourite pumpkins as you've never seen them before, at their scariest and most playful selves.