Production shots from the London School of Musical Theatre’s beautiful and frenzied King of Hearts at the Bridewell Theatre, which has its last performance tonight.
Category Archives: Musicals
In rehearsal: The Braille Legacy
Publicity and rehearsal shots for new musical The Braille Legacy, which opens at the Charing Cross Theatre next week.
The show follows the story of Louis Braille, a blind boy who revolutionised the lives of the blind with his invention of a tactile alphabet.
West Side Story
I don’t recall my school play ever looking like this(!).
Production shots from North London Collegiate School’s extraordinary take on Bernstein’s West Side Story.
A hat tip to the legendary Bob Workman, for whom I stepped in on this one.
The Wild Party
Production shots from phenomenal musical, The Wild Party.
The show, starring Frances Ruffelle and directed by Drew McOnie, opens The Other Palace’s inaugural season.
Anyone Can Whistle
Production photos from Sondheim’s utterly bonkers Anyone Can Whistle at the Union Theatre.
The show runs to 11 March.
The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin
Production shots from the phenomenal Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin at the Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Murder for Two
Production shots from the spectacularly silly and wonderfully entertaining Murder for Two , which plays at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury until 25 February before moving over to The Other Palace in March.
Death Takes a Holiday
Production shots from Maury Yeston’s sumptuous musical, Death Takes a Holiday, at the Charing Cross Theatre.
The show runs to 4 March.
In rehearsal: Death Takes a Holiday
Rehearsal shots for the musical Death Takes a Holiday, which opens imminently at the Charing Cross Theatre.
New Songs 4 New Shows
Production shots from a very special one-off last week.
Musical theatre producers The Stable took over the Lyric Theatre for one night only for a gala performance of selections from four new musicals currently in development: Wigmaker, Fanatical, Joan and The Happy Prince.
Among the performers were (in no particular order!) Mel Giedroyc, Douglas Hodge, Gemma Whelan, Sally Dexter, Ian Shaw, Alex Gaumond, Haydn Gwynne, Clive Carter, Hal Cazalet, Gwyneth Herbert and dancers Sophia Hurdley and Alan Vincent.
