1+ hour, 15+ min ago   (251+ words) Sea Change, performed by the British Youth Music Theatre, was reviewed at the Birmingham Hippodrome. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Drawing on the mythology of the selkie, a creature that morphs between seal and human form by removing or putting on…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago   (425+ words) Frankenstein, performed by the British Youth Music Theatre, was reviewed at the Greenwich Theatre, London. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s a while since I saw BYMT in action and I’d forgotten what a stunningly high standard they coax from the…...

2+ hour, 21+ min ago   (202+ words) Dirty Dancing was reviewed at the Milton Keynes Theatre. The tour continues until 5 June 2027. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There are some films that are so firmly lodged in popular culture that bringing them to the stage is always going to…...

9+ hour, 42+ min ago   (702+ words) Andy Roninson and Sean McVerry in The Real Kyle McCarren. Picture: Natalie Powers The Real Kyle McCarren, playing at Forth at Pleasance Courtyard, has won Musical Theatre Review’s Best Musical Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026. The panel of judges,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (342+ words) Plastic continues at Anatomy Lecture Theatre at Summerhall until 31 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Plastic is an experiment in music as theatre that stretches the mind through the captivating work of a sound and visual artist. Minyoung Kim’s presentation combines…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (291+ words) Heated Rivalry: The Musical Parody! continues at the Other Yin at Gilded Balloon Patter House until 30 August 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This year’s Fringe boasts several shows themed on the hit TV series Heated Rivalry. For followers of the queer…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (363+ words) DANIEL BUCKROYD has directed the UK professional premiere of the Off-Broadway hit musical comedy Disenchanted!, currently running at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe before a mid-scale UK tour in 2027. Enchanted! debunks once and for all the myth of the ‘damsel-in-distress’ as…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (443+ words) The full cast has been confirmed for the West End transfer of Jordan Fein’s multi-award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s magical musical Into the Woods. The cast is completed by Standbys Hollie Aires (Les Misérables, Sondheim Theatre), Sabrina…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (291+ words) The West End production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will welcome a number of new cast members in October as the hit show celebrates its fifth year at the Piccadilly Theatre. From 12 October, the production’s current Satine and Christian – Karis…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (246+ words) Trafalgar Releasing has announced an October cinema release date for the film of the acclaimed West End production of American folk singer Anaïs Mitchell’s record-breaking Hadestown. Filmed at London’s Lyric Theatre across three performances early in 2025, the production features original…...