Luke Sheppard News

The 2020/21 Mirvish Theatre Season has been announced, featuring 13 shows, including the North American premiere of & Juliet!

The Visionary Arts Foundation has announced the shortlist for the annual Visionary Honours awards on Wednesday 18th March 2020 at the Ham Yard Hotel, Soho, hosted by leading British comic and disability rights advocate Sally Phillips and featuring a special guest performance by rising star singer-songwriter Marika Hackman.

The producers of & Juliet have announced that there will be a special sing-a-long performance of the acclaimed show at the Shaftesbury Theatre on Tuesday 12 May.

Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester is to stage a revival of Jonathan Larson's classic rock musical Rent this summer, directed by Luke Sheppard, it is announced today.

It has been announced that & Juliet, currently playing at London's Shaftesbury Theatre, has been extended through October 3rd. 

Atlantic Records has released '& Juliet (Original London Cast Recording),' the official companion to the new West End musical featuring the music of legendary pop songwriter Max Martin. The 30-track collection arrives today, including a stunning performance of brand new pop anthem 'One More Try' by multiplatinum BRIT Award-winning and GRAMMY® Award-nominated songstress Jessie J.

New musical & Juliet officially opened at London's Shaftesbury Theatre last night. Let's see what the critics had to say!

Have you ever dreamed of seeing Juliet wrest control of her destiny from William Shakespeare, aided by a liberated Anne Hathaway, all while belting out stone-cold Nineties and Noughties pop bangers? Well, you're in luck! This jukebox musical take on the Bard is pure sugar rush a?' and with enough groan-worthy puns and panto pleasure to make it a raucously fun Christmas outing.

A new track has dropped from the new West End Max Martin Musical, & Juliet, Britney Spears' 'Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman'!

Atlantic Records has released a fourth track from '& Juliet (Original London Cast Recording),' the official companion to the new West End musical featuring the music of legendary pop songwriter Max Martin. Arriving today is an anthemic take on 'Since U Been Gone,' performed by Miriam-Teak Lee and the Original London Cast of & Juliet - streaming now HERE.

The most famous love story of all time. Remixed. That's the opening strapline for & Juliet, the new British musical that is now in previews in London, after a successful run in Manchester. & Juliet picks up the Shakespearean story we all know and love and runs with it, turning it on its head and posing the question: What if Juliet's famous ending was really her beginning? Punctuated with a plethora of pop hits from music mogul Max Martin, & Juliet looks set to shake up the musical theatre landscape and deliver audiences something that's fresh and engaging. We chat to musical theatre legend Oliver Tompsett.

The 2019 UK Theatre Awards winners were revealed today (Sunday 27 October) in a lunchtime ceremony at London's Guildhall.

London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From highly anticipated musicals to mountaineering and Welsh apocalypse, here are some of this month's most eye-catching openings. Don't forget to check back for BroadwayWorld's reviews, interviews and features!

Hear two of pop's most popular tunes like you've never heard them before! Get a first listen to the musical makeovers of Britney Spears' 'Baby One More Time' and 'Roar' by Katy Perry for the new Max Martin West End musical & JULIET!

& Juliet officially opened at Manchester Opera House on 1 October 2019. & Juliet will begin performances in London at The Shaftesbury Theatre on Saturday 2 November. Check out video of the production!

& Juliet officially opened at Manchester Opera House tonight (1 October 2019).

Atlantic Records is proud to announce the release of a?oe& JULIET (ORIGINAL LONDON CAST RECORDING),a?? the official companion to the hugely anticipated new West End musical featuring the music of legendary pop songwriter Max Martin. The eagerly awaited album is available now for pre-order HERE; all pre-orders will be joined by an instantly available pre-release download of a?oeRoar,a?? performed by Miriam-Teak Lee and streaming now HERE. a?oe& JULIET (ORIGINAL LONDON CAST RECORDING)a?? arrives November 20th at all DSPs and streaming services.

The West End transfer of Sue Townsend's THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13¾ - THE MUSICAL is closing, after a successful run at The Ambassadors Theatre, on 28 September.

& Juliet the joyous new musical that imagines Juliet's famous ending as just her beginning soars with the music of Max Martin, the acclaimed song-writer of some of the biggest pop anthems of the last 30 years.

Every star you see in the night sky is bigger and brighter than our sun. From where we stand - from our perspective - that story doesn't add up. A parallel universe is a hypothetical self-contained reality co-existing with one's own.