Thomas Oxley News

The finalists for the OffWestEnd Awards (Offies) have been announced, as the UK’s foremost awards for independent theatre mark their 15th anniversary. Learn more here!

All new photos have been released from [title of show], a love letter to the musical theatre and to the joy of collaboration, which plays Southwark Playhouse Borough through 30 November 2024. Check out the photos here!

Director Christopher D. Clegg assembles Jacob Fowler (Hunter), Abbie Budden (Heidi), Mary Moore (Susan), and Thomas Oxley (Jeff) as the quartet, while Tom Chippendale is their accompanying pianist Larry. New casts will never have that je-ne-sais-quoi of the artists playing themselves, but, if the chemistry is there (and here it is indeed), the material is a boisterous enough journey through music and stressful deadlines bolstered up by meaningful friendships. Mind you, the piece is reasonably sized but, here, it regrettably comes off as a filler production to tide the venue over. 

[title of show], a love letter to the musical theatre and to the joy of collaboration, will play Southwark Playhouse Borough, 77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD, 14 - 30 November 2024.

The cast has been announced for the London production of Tony-nominated Broadway hit [title of show] by Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen. Performances are on Tue 2 July and Wed 3 July 2024 at Phoenix Arts Club.

The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year competition – affectionately known as SSSSPOTY – was inaugurated in 2007, and in 2024 returns for its 16th year.

In this musical, Franklin Shepard's pursuit of fame and money unbalances his personal and professional life, and those around him. No one is happy in this harsh expose of the backstage reality behind 'putting on a show', which makes closing number 'Our Time' the most devastating moment of the production.