Pauline Quirke News

The producers of the award-winning production of SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL have announced further casting for the run at the Dominion Theatre from 15 March to 8 June 2024.

The Addams Family, A Musical Comedy will perform live in concert in the West End for the first time, playing at the London Palladium on Monday February 12 and Tuesday 13 2024. The show will star Michelle Visage as Morticia Addams, Ramin Karimloo as Gomez Addams.

The producers of the 2023 Olivier Award nominated production of SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL have announced casting and an extended 12-months of the UK and Ireland tour, returning this Autumn from Friday 8 September at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend. Full tour schedule listed here.

The speeches Shakespeare “forgot” to write… a new creative competition for children and young people launches to celebrate 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio

The King’s Theatre, Glasgow is delighted to confirm that Sister Act will run at the city venue later this year with TV favourite Sandra Marvin in the role of Deloris Van Cartier.

The producers of the brand-new production of SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL are delighted to announce that television and musical theatre star Sandra Marvin will play Deloris Van Cartier alongside Lesley Joseph as Mother Superior and Lizzie Bea as Sister Mary Robert in the UK & Ireland tour.

The producers of the brand-new production of SISTER ACT THE MUSICAL are delighted to announce that television and musical theatre star Sandra Marvin will play Deloris Van Cartier alongside Lesley Joseph as Mother Superior and Lizzie Bea as Sister Mary Robert in the UK & Ireland tour, coming to Wolverhampton Grand Theatre from Monday 5 – Saturday 10 June 2023.

Find out who's who in the cast of Sister Act and how to get tickets. Jennifer Saunders will star as 'Mother Superior' alongside Beverley Knight as 'Deloris Van Cartier', Keala Settle as 'Sister Mary Patrick', Lesley Joseph as 'Sister Mary Lazarus', Clive Rowe as 'Eddie Souther' and Lizzie Bea as 'Sister Mary Robert'.

PQA Venues @Riddle's Court (venue 277) returns for a third year, with a vibrant programme of entertainment featuring sell-out musicals, dazzling magic shows, superb stand-up, radio plays, dramas and much more, as it heads into the third year of its Edinburgh Festival Fringe partnership with the Scottish Historic Buildings Trust.

Lesley Joseph will join the cast for the UK and Ireland tour of the smash-hit musical, a?oeSISTER ACTa??. The show will open on 21 April 2020 at Leicester Curve and will visit Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield and Manchester. The UK and Ireland tour will re-open on 15 September at Birmingham Hippodrome and will finish its run in Milton Keynes on 5 December 2020. Full tour listings and casting details below.

Derby Theatre and the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch have released rehearsal images for their upcoming production of Richard Bean's classic farce One Man Two Guvnors which opens at Derby Theatre from Saturday 7 until Saturday 28 September, before moving on to play at the Queen's Theatre from Wednesday 2 until Saturday 19 October.

Derby Theatre has announced casting for their big production in the main house this autumn, a co-production with Queen's Theatre Hornchurch of Richard Bean's hilarious farce, One Man, Two Guvnors. The production will run at Derby Theatre from Saturday 7 until Saturday 28 September, before moving on to play at the Queen's Theatre from Wednesday 2 until Saturday 19 October.

The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts (PQA) offers its weekend Academy students many opportunities to share their talents from the bright lights of the West End to the international performing arts arena of Edinburgh Festival Fringe. This August, students aged 10-18, from a number of its Academies around the UK, will bring a varied and exciting programme to Pauline Quirke's own Fringe venue, PQA Venues @Riddle's Court.

PQA Venues @Riddle's Court (venue 277) has a jam-packed and vibrant programme of entertainment with more than 75 top-quality events including shows, workshops, talks and stand-up comedians planned for this August, as it heads into the second year of its five-year Edinburgh Festival Fringe partnership with the Scottish Historic Buildings Trust.

Last night, at the opening night of Tim Firth and Gary Barlow's Calendar Girls the Musical, three Midlands leaders of the WI (or Women's Institute) headed backstage to meet the cast.

Tim Firth and Gary Barlow's Calendar Girls the Musical will reveal all when it comes to Birmingham Hippodrome for the very first time from Tuesday 28 May -Saturday 8 June 2019.

Students from The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts (PQA) in Wolverhampton have scored great success with their Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) Shakespeare Awards for the fifth year running.

Lesley Joseph will join the new cast for the UK & Ireland Tour of Gary Barlow and Tim Firth's musical comedy, CALENDAR GIRLS The Musical, based on the true story, the film and the award-winning play.

The newest drama school in London, the Pauline Quirke Full-Time Academy of Performing Arts, has waived audition charges and has also reduced its annual fees, in a bid to make its vocational training at 16+ accessible to more aspiring young performers.

Michael Harrison and David Ian are delighted to announce that Lesley Joseph will star as 'Miss Hannigan' in their smash hit production of the musical 'ANNIE' at His Majesty's Theatre Aberdeen (24 - 28 September 2019), Edinburgh Playhouse (30 September - 5 October 2019), Sunderland Empire (7 - 12 October 2019), Marlowe Theatre Canterbury (14 - 19 October 2019), The Hawth Crawley (22 - 26 October 2019) Grand Opera House Belfast (29 October - 2 November 2019), Ipswich Regent's Theatre (4 - 9 November 2019) New Wimbledon Theatre (11 - 16 November 2019) and Regent's Theatre Stoke on Trent (18 - 23 November 2019).