Lucie Shorthouse News

West End Sings is the latest addition to the West End social calendar, combining the music of one iconic recording artist with a selection of the best talent London's theatre scene has to offer. Each concert will support a charity chosen for their links to the artist we are celebrating. 

Everybody's Talking About Jamie, the award-winning feel good new musical sensation, is pleased to announce that Shobna Gulati, best known for playing Sunita Alahan in ITV's Coronation Street and Anita in Dinnerladies, will take on the role of Ray from Monday 7 May 2018.

On Sunday 1 April, the West End's best talents joined forces for THE MUSICAL MARATHON at The Other Palace to support Paul Taylor-Mills' efforts in raising money for the Terrence Higgins Trust. Jodie Steele (Wicked) closed the concert with a barnstorming rendition of 'Dear Mr President' by Pink. Watch the video below by West End Video!

The Other Palace will host The Musical Marathon this Sunday 1st April 2018, a one-off charity concert bringing together a variety of West End stars in aid of the Terrence Higgins Trust.

The 18th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards, held at the Prince of Wales Theatre, was a fast-paced ceremony with great performances and an enthusiastic crowd. The WhatsOnStage awards are unique because they are voted for by theatregoers online. While a few shows took home several awards each, no one show dominated enough to take the excitement away.

The 18th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards ceremony is being held tonight at London's Prince of Wales Theatre. We'll be updating the list below as the winners are announced live, so keep checking back!

The fabulous, funny, feel-good brand new musical sensation Everybody's Talking About Jamie, directed by Jonathan Butterell and written by Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae announces the opening of a new booking period until Saturday 6 October 2018. Tickets for this extended period will go on sale Friday 12 January 2018.

Actress Lucie Shorthouse stars in new musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie, which transferred from Sheffield to the West End's Apollo Theatre - garnering rave reviews, including plenty of praise for Shorthouse's breakout turn as Pritti.

A big hit at Sheffield Crucible, new British musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie - based on a documentary about a teenage boy coming out as a drag queen - is now a hit in the West End. Amanda Holden popped backstage on opening night to chat to John McCrea, who plays Jamie. Check out the video below!

At a ceremony held today at London's Caf de Paris, Aladdin's Trevor Dion Nicholas announced the nominees for the 18th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards. The announcement of the nominations marks the opening of the final voting stage which closes 31 January, with the winners announced at the annual Awards ceremony held on 25 February 2018 at the Prince of Wales Theatre.

There's been a real buzz of anticipation around the West End with the impending opening of Everybody's Talking About Jamie. In fact, it has felt like everybody really has been talking about it! So much so that for theatre fans, trying to watch the show without any preconceived ideas is almost impossible, such has been the positive press surrounding the new musical.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie opens tonight 22 November 2017 at the Apollo Theatre, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Everybody's Talking About Jamie begins previews at the Apollo Theatre on Monday 6 November for an opening on Wednesday 22 November 2017. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below!

With the first performance on Monday 6th November of Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre, the company are delighted and honoured to have received the UK Theatre Awards

Full casting has been announced for the West End transfer of Everybody's Talking About Jamie, directed by Jonathan Butterell and written by Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae, which will play a limited season at the Apollo Theatre from Monday 6 November following a critically acclaimed run at Sheffield Crucible.

Following a hit premiere in Sheffield, new British musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie transfers to the Apollo Theatre in London's West End, playing 6 November to 28 April 2018. Book tickets here from just £12

Once upon a time there was a 16-year-old boy who had a secret he wanted to tell... 

Written by 2015 Verity Bargate Winner Stephen Jackson and directed by Soho Theatre Artistic Director Steve Marmion, Roller Diner is a tragic-comic new musical starring Olivier Award winner David Thaxton, Lucy McCormick, Joe Dixon, Rina Fatania, Lucie Shorthouse and Ricky Oakley. Set in a post-industrial everyman English setting and in development for the past two years, it presciently imagines the current state of the nation and the Brexit debate about immigration and identity. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!

This new musical from Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae fizzes with energy and warmth - a must-see!

Director of Sheffield Theatres Robert Hastie today announces the cast for the world premiere of Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae's new musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie.