Tony Gayle News

All new rehearsal footage has been released of the cast of Becoming Nancy, ahead of its UK Premiere in October 2024. Check out the video here!

Vicki Manser, a powerhouse performer who has made a superhero-sized impact on the UK theatre scene playing every single Queen in SIX the Musical, will continue her reign in Leicester as she takes on the lead role of Katie in the rock opera SuperYou.

Award-winning actor Idris Elba, broadcaster and entrepreneur Maya Jama and Brit Award and Mercury Prize-winning musician and actor Little Simz have been announced as producers for the West End Transfer of Bush Theatre’s production of Shifters.

Birmingham Rep has released selected tracks from the exclusive cast recording of Becoming Nancy ahead of its UK Premiere in October 2024.  

Joy Productions has announced the return of their celebrated Panto partnership with Broadway Theatre, Catford unveiling the Principal Cast and Creative team for this year's much-anticipated pantomime Sleeping Beauty. 

New understudies Tilly La Belle Yengo and Joe Kelly join Sam Tutty and Dujonna Gift in the critically-acclaimed new British musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) which is now playing at the Criterion Theatre until 31 August.

On-stage seating has been released for Shifters, the award-winning play by Benedict Lombe, transferring from the Bush Theatre to the Duke of York’s Theatre this summer for a limited season. 

The new musical Gatsby, being given its world premiere by the American Repertory Theater at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge through August 3, isn’t just great, it’s spectacular.

The Bush Theatre’s production of Shifters, Benedict Lombe’s intoxicating and fierce new romance will transfer to the West End this summer following a sell-out run at the Bush Theatre earlier this year. 

“And Now I Rise”, the latest video and single from SuperYou Musical with vocal and electric violin performance by the show’s creator, Lourds Lane, has been released. Check out the video here!

The world première of brand-new musical Wild Rose, written by Nicole Taylor (One Day, Three Girls, The C Word, The Nest) and directed by John Tiffany (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Black Watch) begins its life in Scotland where the piece is set, opening The Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh in 2025 as part of the company’s new season.

The Great Gatsby begins performances at A.R.T today, May 26th, with an opening night scheduled for June 5th. The production will run through August 3rd.

The world premiere musical Gatsby at A.R.T. will now begin previews on May 26. Learn more about the show.

The Donmar Warehouse production of the Broadway musical Next To Normal has announce its full company ahead of its transfer to the West End’s Wyndham’s Theatre this summer. Learn more about the cast here!

A.R.T. has announced associated programming for GATSBY, including a film series, essential question discussions, and access performances.

SuperYou is an uplifting musical, written and composed by Lourds Lane, that centres around the transformative journey of a comic book artist who discovers self-love and her own voice as her superheroine creations spring to life. The new sung-through rock opera version of the show will have its first fully staged UK production at Leicester’s Curve theatre this autumn.

New British musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) will extend by a further seven weeks at the Criterion Theatre. Learn more about the musical here!

American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University has added additional performance dates and inventory for its world-premiere musical Gatsby. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The multi-award-winning stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro which recently wrapped up a successful return engagement the at Barbican Theatre, will transfer to London's West End in early 2025.

The cast has been set for the world premiere of Gatsby, an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s legendary novel, opening at American Repertory Theater in May!