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Cast
Peter Lockyer – Jean Valjean
Jeremy Secomb – Javert
Rachelle Ann Go – Fatine
David Langham – Thenardier
Katy Secombe – Madame Thenardier
Eva Noblezada – Eponine
Zoe Doano – Cosette
Chris Cowley – Enjolras
Craig Mather – Marius
Date: Wednesday 20th July 2016 (2:30Pm)
Venue: Queen’s Theatre, London
I am super excited to announce that I am going to be attending parts of the 2016 London Film Festival. It is taking place from 5-16th October 2016. I will be in London from the 5th to the 8th October. Although the 5th will be taken up by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part I and II.
That night will also see the start of the festival with the Premiere of A United Kingdom staring Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo, so hopefully I will get tickets to see that one on a different day (depending how scheduling works). It sounds like it is going to be a good emotional film to watch.
Cast *
Benny – Spin
Vanessa – Jocasta Almgill
Abuela Claudia – Norma Atallah
Kevin – Vas Constanti
Camila – Josie Benson
Nina – Gabriela Garcia
Usnavi – Cleeve September
Sonny – Reiss Hinds
Carla – Sarah Naudi
Daniela – Philippa Stefani
Venue: Kings Cross Theatre
Date: Sunday 24th April 2016
Cast
Elphaba – Emma Hatton
Glinda – Savannah Stevenson
Fiyero – Kane Oliver Parry
Madame Horrible – Liza Sadovy
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Mark Curry
Ness arose – Katie Rowley Jones
Bow – Daniel Hope
Doctor Dillamond – Sean Kearns
Venue: Apollo Victoria Theatre
Date: Saturday 23rd April 2016 (2:30pm)
Cast
Matthew Perry – Jack
Christina Cole – Stevie
Jennifer Mudge – Stephanie
Lloyd Owen – Joseph
Venue – Playhouse Theatre, London
Date – Friday 22nd April 2016
Awards season goes on this time in the Theatre world with the nominees being announced for the Olivier Awards which celebrate the West End (similar to the Tony Awards for Broadway). Obviously having managed to get down to London twice to see Gypsy I will certainly be rooting for that to win all the awards it has been nominated for!
Best New Musical
Bend It Like Beckham
In the Heights
Mrs Henderson Presents
Kinky Boots
Best Musical Revival
Gypsy
Bugsy Malone
Guys and Dolls
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Continue reading “Theatre: Olivier Awards 2016 – Nominations”
A brand new top 10 for 2015!
I thought considering how many shows I manage to see at the Theatre it would be a perfect idea to pick a top 10 from everything I have seen. This includes shows I went to see on my many trips to London as well as the touring shows we get in the North East, mainly at the Sunderland Empire and Theatre Royal in Newcastle. It really is fantastic the shows we get now direct from West End runs, I am looking forward to what the future will bring with these tours.
You can check which shows I went to see in 2015 here as well as reading my review of the whole year!
In 2015 I managed to catch a record breaking 20 musicals and plays on stage in both the North East (Sunderland Empire or Theatre Newcastle) as well as trips to London to see them in the West End. You can read through the normal list 2015 Theatre. This number was certainly boosted by the Wicked UK Tour visiting Sunderland which I just had to go and see more than once, three times to be exact. This was also down to getting some fantastic deals with ATG Theatre Card, as for less popular touring shows at the Sunderland Empire I do get some discounts. This is nice and means you can buy last minute tickets for some shows, obviously depending on how popular they are.
The show I mentioned in my 2014 at the Theatre you know just the small one starring Imelda Staunton . . . Gypsy I went to see twice in London! Let’s say goodbye to 2015 . . .
Back in July 2014 I first went to the Bond in Motion exhibition at the London Film Museum in Covent Garden. You can read about it here. But after completing my Bondathon and eventually catching up with a lot of the films I decided to take another trip to the Film Museum on Wednesday. They had also added the Cars of Spectre to it along with some of the costumes, so I decided that another trip would be a very good idea.
Continue reading “Bondathon: Bond in Motion (Cars of Spectre)”
As I was watching A Christmas Carol I really thought I recognise that actor, it was doing my head in to what he was out of (I’d lost my programme and hadn’t even given it a look at all before hand). So it wasn’t until after that I found out he was actually Smee in that awful Pan film that was out this year! Maybe it was best that I didn’t remember which film I had remembered him from recently in that case haha.
He was really good signing autographs and taking photos at the stage door though!
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