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On Saturday night I attended the premiere of the new production of Miss Saigon, in Newcastle. We were warned that the show could be stopped as it was the first time it was going to have the full proper performance. When that was happening I spotted Sir Cameron Mackintosh and he then spoke himself.
Then on the way out I managed to get myself a selfie with him!
Continue reading “Sir Cameron Mackintosh @ Theatre Royal Newcastle”
Cast
Steven Webb – Kevin
Tricia Paoluccio – Dolly Parton
Date: Saturday 22nd June 2024
Venue: Theatre Royal, Newcastle
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Continue reading “Here You Come Again (Review) UK Tour 2024”
Let’s take a look at the Pantomimes the North East has to offer for 2019 (and the start of 2020)
Cast
Zac Hamilton – Jean Valjean
Nic Greenshields – Javert
Katie Hall – Fatine
Tegan Bannister – Eponine
Harry Apps – Marius
Bronwen Hanson – Cosette
Martin Ball – Thenardier
Sophie-Louise Dann – Madame Thenardier
Leo Miles – Enjolras
Joseph Sheppard – Gavroche
Pheenie Markham – Little Cosette
Date: Monday 19th August 2019
Venue: Theatre Royal, Newcastle
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Continue reading “Les Misérables (UK Tour – Newcastle) Review”
Date: Sunday 18th August 2019
Venue: Theatre Royal, Newcastle
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Always a fun and enjoyable task is looking back at everything I managed to see at the theatre (read this) during the course of a year and putting together my favourite 10 shows! It becomes increasing difficult each year and that is only a good thing as just shows that the standard of theatre is so high!
Here we go then my 10 favourite shows of 2018 . . .
Here we go with my run down of everything I managed to catch at the Theatre in 2018, this includes plenty of UK Touring shows coming to Newcastle’s Theatre Royal and the Sunderland Empire. I squeezed in a few London trips and even another New York trip thanks to my marathon place!
In 2016 I managed to see 31 shows. In 2017 I managed to see 36 shows. My total for this year 2018 was 26 different shows. Not as many as the previous two years, but still a very impressive number. Check out which shows here!
Last year I put a list together of all the Pantomimes taking place in and around the North East. This year I thought I would put it together a lot earlier, so hopefully it will help raise awareness which Pantos are on during the festive season!
(If any of the venues would like me to come and review the show I would be more than happy to do that!)
One of my all time favourite actors recently announced a truly incredible tour, a one man show on stage with Sir Ian McKellen taking us through his career and treating us to his most known and loved characters. He is turning 80 in 2019 and has decided to go to 80 different venues across the UK.
Tickets for Newcastle at the Theatre Royal went on sale this morning at 9:00am and by 9:02am I had front row tickets, this was the friends of the theatre pre-sale and they are selling out very fast!
Considering I had already bought my tickets for this show when it was announced Newcastle was on the venue and I will be seeing it on 19th August 2019! The full cast has now been announced and it certainly sounds very good!
As rehearsal begin, full casting is announced. Joining the previously announced Killian Donnelly as ‘Jean Valjean’ will be Nic Greenshields as ‘Javert’, Katie Hall as ‘Fantine’, Martin Ball as ‘Thénardier’, Sophie-Louise Dann as ‘Madame Thénardier’, Harry Apps as ‘Marius’, Tegan Bannister as ‘Eponine’, Will Richardson as ‘Enjolras’ and Bronwen Hanson as ‘Cosette’.
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