Phil Nichol News

Mick Perrin Worldwide in association with Mandy Ward Artist Management will present Paul Merton's IMPRO CHUMS. Paul Merton, Richard Vranch, Suki Webster, Mike McShane and accompanist Kirsty Newton are back on the road in 2022 to visit some of their favourite parts of the UK with another evening of  improvisation. The collective improvisational experience embodied in the Chums is a joy to behold. They flex their improvisational muscles to delight and entertain audiences.

Spring has sprung at Liverpool’s Epstein Theatre where audiences are being promised a brilliant programme of live music, drama and comedy throughout March. 

Theatre Royal Stratford East has announced the full cast for this year’s pantomime, Red Riding Hood, directed by Robert Shaw Cameron. The cast includes Elise Zavou as Red, Phil Nichol as Granny, Jodie Jacobs as Woody, Ashley Goh as Bo Peep, Raphael Bushay as Wolf and Luke Latchman as Wolfie and Kirsty Whelan as Mum.

Theatre Royal Stratford East has announced the free broadcast of this year's pantomime Red Riding Hood to local hospitals, hospices and care homes in East London and Essex. The theatre also announces its 2022/2023 pantomime will be Cinderella, with book and lyrics by award-winning writer Leo Butler and music and lyrics by Robert Hyman.

The cast includes Elise Zavou as Red, Maisey Bawden as Mum, Phil Nichol as Granny, Jodie Jacobs as Woody, Ashley Goh as Bo Peep, Raphael Bushay as Wolf and Luke Latchman as Wolfie.

The film stars Xai an Adelaide-based drag artist, Grace Hyland, a Melbourne-based actor and trans activist, with Chris Asimos and cameos from Drew Droege and Rupaul’s Drag Races’ BenDeLaCreme and Etcetera Etcetera.

Due to the new lockdown in the UK, shows across the country have been postponed yet again. Everybody's Talking About Jamie has announced that it will now begin performances at the Apollo Theatre on 12 December.

The hit West End musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie is set to make its West End return next month at the Apollo Theatre.

In his first year of comedy, Australian comedian Anthony Jeannot won the Search for a Funny Bone competition in a field that included international superstar Ronnie Chieng (The Daily Show, Crazy Rich Asians) and Nick Cody (Conan).

The Cape Town International Comedy Festival is the largest Comedy Festival in South Africa. It's re-launching in 2020 for one week, starting 1 March 2020 at the Artscape Theatre Centrea??.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie, the award-winning feel good musical sensation, will welcome back Phil Nichol as he reprises his role of Hugo/Loco Chanelle and thrilled to announce Melissa Jacques will step up into the role of Margaret New from 30 September 2019.

Today (Wed 22 May) EdFest.com, a partnership between Assembly, Gilded Balloon, Pleasance and Underbelly celebrates twelve years of working together, with the launch of its new programme for 2019.

Sherman Theatre's Spring 2019 season is the final season Rachel O'Riordan has programmed as Artistic Director prior to her move to London's Lyric Hammersmith. The season includes three world premieres which together explore issues important to society today. In common with all of the seasons Rachel has programmed for Sherman Theatre, work from established and emerging Welsh and Wales-based actors, creatives and writers is a crucial element of the Spring 2019 season.

Broadway Records today announced that Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Original West End Cast Recording) will be released digitally and in stores in North America on Friday, September 28, 2018. This North American edition of the West End original cast recording features deluxe packaging including full lyrics. The album is currently available for pre-order at www.BroadwayRecords.com.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie, the award-winning feel good new musical sensation, is pleased to announce that Rebecca McKinnis will be stepping into the role of Margaret New and Lee Ross will be joining the cast to play Hugo from 16 July.

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.

Now in their fifteenth year, the Funny Women Awards have announced the finalists for the Stage Award, joining those already announced for the Comedy Writing Award and Comedy Shorts Award for which you can view the entries here.

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!

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.

BWW speaks to Brendon Burns about the two shows he is bringing to the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.