UK / West End Interviews

Jamie Muscato is bringing his first solo concert, Live in London, to Cadogan Hall on 21 and 22 July for three performances. Moscato is most well known for his roles as Christian in Moulin Rouge and JD in Heathers but has also gained acclaim as Enjolras in Les Misérables The Staged Concert and other roles....

BWW caught up with Alexa Elmy on bringing Alexa, Play to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

BWW caught up with Matt Chiorini on bringing Kafka's Metamorphosis: The Musical! With Puppets! to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

Recently, we had the chance to speak with Jonathan Sayer, who plays Oscar in Mischief Movie Night. We discussed how the show was actually the start of Mischief, what it is like to do improv versus scripted comedy and even some of his favourite moments from past runs!...

BWW caught up with Ally Ibach on bringing Midnight Cowboy Radio to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. ...

BWW caught up with Tom Hearn about bringing How Fabulous is That?! to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

BWW caught up with Kirby Thompson & Orla Graham about bringing Float to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. ...

BWW caught up with Joel Baxendale about bringing Werewolf to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

BWW caught up with Remi Jacques, Artistic Director and founder of Les Foutoukours, about bringing Nova to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. ...

BWW caught up with Lean Cole about bringing Super Second Rate to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

BWW caught up with Matt Hale about bringing Top Fun! 80s Spectacular - Remix to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

BWW caught up with Martia Dimmer about bringing Any Day Now to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. ...

BWW caught up with Sarah Hester Ross about bringing Sarah Hester Ross is What? to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

BWW caught up with Nerine Skinner on bringing The Exorcism of Liz Truss to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe...

BWW caught up with Alexa Elmy on bringing Alexa, Play to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

BWW caught up with Eoin Ryan about bringing Trawled - When Adventure Becomes Survival to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

Originally opening at Liverpool’s Royal Court in 2023, before transferring to The National Theatre in 2024, Boys from the Blackstuff is currently running at The Garrick Theatre in London’s West End before embarking on a UK tour in 2025....

BWW caught up with Sam See about bringing And I Can't Feel At Home In This World Anymore to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

BWW caught up with David Aldred about bringing Twelfth Night Fever to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe....

Shrek the Musical is roaring into London this summer at the Eventim Apollo. The award-winning musical, an adaptation of the iconic 2001 movie, “brings to life the world of Shrek live on stage in an unforgettable production to melt hearts of all ages.” Recently, we chatted with Antony Lawrence, who p...

Actor and musician Alex Sawyer is currently playing the lead role in the West End production of Hamilton at London's Victoria Palace Theatre - and Broadway World sat down with the Alexander Hamilton actor to find out more about the show....

Hello, Dolly!, the iconic musical from the 1960s, has returned to the West End. Recently, we had the chance to speak with Dominic Cooke about directing the revival. We discussed what his career as a director has been like, what it has been like to take on this iconic musical and even how the pandemi...

Few directors are as comfortable helming a sparkly winter panto as they are a psychologically gruelling Sarah Kane play. But few directors have credits as varied as Tinuke Craig. A former Bayliss Associate at The Old Vic, she is now making her RSC directorial debut with Richard Sheridan’s The School...

Ahead of Sisters of Mersey opening at Liverpool’s Royal Court on July 5, Broadway World visited the rehearsal rooms and sat down with writer Jonathan Harvey and director Stephen Fletcher to find out more....

Recently, we had the chance to speak with Cassidy Janson about taking on the three-hander show. We discussed how she first got into the world of theatre, what made her want to be a part of this production and her love for the Menier Chocolate Factory!...

Recently, we had the chance to speak with Wolfe about bringing Next to Normal to the West End. We discussed what it has been like to join the show as a fan of Next to Normal, the importance of mental health both on stage and off and what he hopes audiences take away from this production....

If you ask a Jane Austen fan who the villain of Pride and Prejudice is, most of them would probably say George Wickham, the charming soldier who has a hidden history with Darcy. But some, including Adrian Lukis, who played Wickham in the BBC’s 1995 adaptation of the novel, would argue that things ar...

FANNY, written by Calum Finlay and directed by Katie-Ann McDonough, is about to open at the Watermill Theatre in West Berkshire. The show tells the story of Fanny Mendelssohn, the real-life older sister of Felix Mendelssohn, and places her in a “what if” situation involving an intercepted letter and...

The post-pandemic rush of immersive theatre in London has been very hard to ignore with new shows popping up every month. Next month, this resurgent art form is celebrated with voidspace live, a packed day produced by Theatre Deli and Voidspace Zine editor Katy Naylor which showcases over a dozen wo...

Recently we had the chance to chat with Bronté Barbé and Rebekah Hinds, who play Kathy and Stella, respectively. We discussed what it’s been like to have been a part of the show since the beginning, bringing the production to the West End and how the fans have played an important role in the show....

Passing Strange, the Tony Award-winning rock musical by Stew, is making its European premiere at the Young Vic. The show tells the story of a young man in the 1980s who travels the world to find himself, going from his home of Los Angeles in the United States to the punk rock realms of Amsterdam and...

'Recently, we had the chance to chat with Jade Ogugua, who plays Hermione Granger, and Taneetrah Porter, who plays Rose Granger-Weasley. We discussed what is is like to be a part of the iconic franchise, how they have gotten into their characters in the past six months and some of their favourite ma...

Recently, we had the opportunity to talk with Brian Holden, one of the founding members of StarKid who has been with the group since it began 15 years ago. We discussed how he got into theatre, what it has been like to be part of the group for so long and even why he thinks StarKid has been around l...

Fair Play aims to increase the participation of working class people in Theatre. Stef O'Driscoll explains why it's needed and what it's going to do....

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs The World, a live tour of the television series of the same name, has just finished touring the United Kingdom over the past few weeks. Recently, we had the chance to talk with Scarlet Envy, one of the drag queens on the tour....

Recently, we had the chance to chat with Alex Young, who plays Virginia Creel, Henry Creel’s mother, in Stranger Things: The First Shadow. We discussed what it has been like being part of the stage version of a beloved television series, how it feels to be taking on a role seen on the screen and som...

Recently, we had the chance to talk with Rosie Sheehy about taking on the role of Helen Jones, or “The Young Woman,” in Machinal. We discussed what compelled her to join this production, what it is like being a part of a work based on the real life of a woman and what she hopes audiences take away f...

We see them in minor parts and in the background on stage, and they're always first at the curtain call. But what's life really like in the ensemble of a mega-musical?...

Hadestown is a show that has taken the West End by storm. Recently, we had the opportunity to talk with Melanie La Barrie, who plays Hermes. We discussed how La Barrie first got into theatre and decided to move to London, how she changed the role of Hermes by removing references to the character’s g...

Directed by Jimmy Fairhurst and starring Les Dennis as Malvolio, Not Too Tame return to the Shakespeare North Playhouse this summer, with an exciting new production of Twelfth Night....

Bare, a “coming-of-age rock musical,” is coming to the London Palladium for one night only on Sunday 7 April as a concert. Recently, I had the chance to talk with Jordan Luke Gage, who is playing Jason. We discussed how he first got into the world of theatre, what Bare means to him and what he hopes...

This weekend, Netflix star Mason Alexander Park brings The Pansy Craze to Underbelly Soho, a theatrical concert series chronicling multiple periods in history where queerness was celebrated, commodified, consumed, and then criminalised....