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WEST END EUROVISION 2012
Supporting the 'Make A
Difference Trust'
West End Eurovision, now in its 5th year, sees 12 West End casts,
including such shows as Legally Blonde, Phantom of the Opera, War Horse
and Les Misérables, produce fully costumed, choreographed versions of a
past Eurovision Song Contest entry.
Dominion Theatre, 26th April 2012
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All New People
A brand new comedy written by and starring Zach Braff
In the dead of winter, at his wealthy friends’ luxury Long
Beach Island apartment, Charlie (Zach Braff) has hit rock bottom on his
35th birthday. Away from the rest of the world, this perfect escape is
interrupted by a motley parade of misfits who show up and change his
plans.
www.allnewpeople.co.uk
Duke of York's Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, London. WC2N
4BG
22nd February until 28th April 2012
Press Nights: 24th and 28th February 2012
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The Olivier Awards 2012 with MasterCard celebrates links
between New York and London
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE PROMOTIONAL FILM NOW
The 36th ceremony takes place at the Royal Opera House for the first
time in its entirety on Sunday 15 April 2012, hosted by West End
stars Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, with extensive live coverage on
television (via the Red Button), on Radio 2 and online, with red carpet
coverage from 5pm and the Ceremony starting at 6pm.
The awards will include unique theatrical entertainment
created especially for the occasion with music throughout from the BBC
Concert Orchestra.
There will also be a Free public event in Covent Garden
piazza with live show relay and West End performances. An awards
celebration, theatre-lovers can gather to enjoy a free big-screen live
show relay and other entertainment including live performances from some
of the West End’s major shows. The event will be presented in
conjunction with Magic 105.4, and hosted by breakfast presenter Neil
Fox, alongside West End leading lady Louise Dearman.
The nominees announcement at the Mayfair Hotel will also be streamed
live online on 15th March 2012 simultaneously at
www.olivierawards.com.
Once again, in 2012, BBC Radio 2 also partners with the
Olivier Awards on the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award, to launch on the
Elaine Paige show on Sunday 5th February 2012.
In an exciting new development for 2012, there will be a live show relay
to a New York celebration of the awards where an invited audience of
VIPs including British stars on Broadway and high profile industry
figures will gather to celebrate the awards.
Established in 1976, the Laurence Olivier Awards
celebrate the world-class status of London’s theatre and are Britain’s
most prestigious stage honours.
For more information on the Olivier Awards visit
www.olivierawards.com, and
keep up with the latest news on
www.twitter.com/OlivierAwards and
www.facebook.com/OlivierAwards.
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Dress Circle, the best Showbiz Shop in the World
is under threat of closure.
Help save it by visiting now at 57/59 Monmouth Street, London, WC2H 9DG.
NOW AVAILABLE:
Supporting Dress Circle and four major theatrical charities, a brand new DVD of
West End Stars Elaine Paige, Jason Donovan, John Barrowman and Summer Strallen
'in conversation.'
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preview trailer.
AND
"Standing Ovation - A CD Tribute to Dress Circle"
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The
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Official Poster from the August 2011 Benefit Gala
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Meredith Braun: Someone Else's Story
Since 1990 Meredith has been considered one of the West
End's brightest stars, originating and recording roles such as 'Betty
Schaeffer' in 'Sunset Boulevard', 'Lily' in the RSC's 'The Secret
Garden' and playing the iconic roles of 'Eponine' in 'Les Misérables'
and 'Christine' in 'The Phantom of the Opera'
After a ten year absence, Meredith returns to performing with the
release of her debut solo album on March 26th, 2012. 'Someone Else's
Story' is a hand-picked collection of songs from contemporary musical
theatre, each one of them telling a very personal story.
Composers include Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber,
Michel Legrand, Claude Michel-Schonberg, Stiles and Drewe and Stephen
Schwartz.
This stunning, intimate collection features Arrangements and Musical
Direction by Paul Bateman (Musical Director for Sarah Brightman, Lesley
Garrett) and was recorded at London's Angel Studios between September -
December 2011.
www.stagedoorrecords.com
and www.meredithbraun.com
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MICHAEL BALL –
'HEROES LIVE'
Concert tour DVD released in November 2011 through Universal.
28 tracks; 12 piece orchestra; 5 guest vocalists
One star!
Recorded at Birmingham Symphony Hall on June 11th when Michael performed his
outstanding new show, Heroes, named after his Top 10 album in which he paid
tribute to some of his favourite singers such as Billy Joel, Barry Manilow,
Scott Walker, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and more.
Michael’s passion for great songs and great
singers is reflected in this impressively filmed DVD allowing concert goers to
relive the atmosphere, the band, the singers and, above all, Michael himself. It
bursts open with a rousing overture of superhero themes before Michael storms
straight into Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Holding Out For A Hero’ which has the entire
audience on its feet in seconds. During the first half of the show, the pace
softens when Michael performs the truly heartfelt ‘Let The Heartaches Begin’, a
big hit for Long John Baldry in 1967, ‘Play Me’ written by Neil Diamond in 1972,
and ‘I’ll Never Fall In Love Again’ originally a big hit for Tom Jones.
Then the five guest vocalists – some of whom performed with Michael in
‘Hairspray’ - join Michael downstage for the New York Montage before the
interval lights come up.
The second half of the show features songs from some of Michael’s own favourite
West End and Broadway shows and performances such as ‘Empty Chairs’ and ‘I
Dreamed A Dream’ from Les Misérables. A "Not to be Missed" release.
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Coronation Street of Dreams
HEAR THE FULL SOUNDTRACK ON THEIR
FACEBOOK PAGE
Also, as announced in early December, Coronation Street the
Musical - Street of Dreams will debut at Manchester's M.E.N Arena on
Wednesday 21 March with the world premiere on Thursday 22 March 2012.
The legendary, longest-running TV soap comes alive in an incredible new musical
spectacular!
Street of Dreams brings together stars of the show, past and present, in
a glorious, all singing, all dancing celebration of its extraordinary history
and unforgettable characters. Sit back and let host Paul O'Grady lead you down
an amazing life-size reconstruction of the most famous street in the country, as
cast members such as Julie Goodyear (Bet Lynch), William Roache (Ken Barlow) and
Kevin Kennedy (Curly Watts) - and more to be announced - recreate their iconic
roles before your very eyes.
Street of Dreams is an absolute must-see for any fan of Coronation Street. It
may have been running on tv for over fifty years, but this is one episode you
simply won't want to miss.
Tickets, priced from £25 to £60 are on sale now:
http://www.streetofdreams.co.uk
Watch the Official Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kRQ_FGJwls
Become a Fan on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/CoronationStreetOfDreams
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Harold Pinter, Simon Gray, Paul Scofield, and Anthony
Minghella among more than 200 contemporary lives now added to the new
edition of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The lives of 217 men and women who died in 2008 were added to the Oxford
Dictionary of National Biography on Thursday 5th January 2012. They
include a notable collection of playwrights, directors, and actors of
great importance to modern British theatre and film-making.
Among the theatre and film lives added were biographies of:
Playwright, director, and political activist, Harold Pinter (written by
Michael Billington)
Simon Gray, dramatist, diarist, and close friend of Pinter (written by
Sir Richard Eyre)
actor Paul Scofield (written by Alex Jennings)
Anthony Minghella, film director known for The English Patient and The
Talented Mr Ripley (written by Donald Roy)
Following the January 2012 update of 217 new biographies, the Oxford DNB
now includes 53,084 articles in which are told the life stories of
58,094 people. 10,894 biographies include a portrait image of the
subject; the Dictionary has been written by 13,320 authors.
Biographies in the online edition of the Oxford DNB now include people
who died in or before the year 2008. No living person is included.
People who died in later years will be added by calendar year in online
updates each January, and in periodic printed supplements.
The Oxford DNB is published in print (63 million words in
60 volumes) and online
www.oxforddnb.com/. The online Oxford DNB is updated in January,
May, and September each year. The Dictionary is a research project of
the University of Oxford, published and funded by Oxford University
Press.
Since April 2006 the complete Oxford DNB has been available to 48
million residents in England and to all residents of Northern Ireland
via their public libraries. There is further extensive public library
access in other parts of the United Kingdom and worldwide. Remote
log-ins allow library readers to consult the online Oxford DNB from
home, or from anywhere.
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The Menier Chocolate Factory
presents
Pippin
in a vivid and bold re-imagining of this darkly
enjoyable musical.
With music and lyrics by Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz, this unique
production, has been completely re-conceived for this intimate space and will be
directed and choreographed by Mitch Sebastian incorporating Bob Fosse's original
Tony Award-winning choreography. Cast includes, Harry Hepple, Ian Kelsey, Matt
Rawle and Tony Award-winner Frances Ruffelle.
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WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE SECOND
WICKED YOUNG WRITERS’ AWARD
The Wicked Young Writers’ Award announced its winners for 2011 on 9th
December, and the winning entrants had their stories performed by cast
members at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre.
Entries for the 2012 Wicked Young Writers’ Award are now open.
Information about the 2011 Wicked Young Writers’ Award, including entry
forms and judges’ tips on entering, are available at:
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Master Class
Vaudeville Theatre, 404 Strand, London, WC2R 0NH
21st January until 28th April 2012
Press Night: 7th February 2012
www.masterclasstheplay.com
The Official Trailer is now online at:
www.youtube.com, and an
interview at
www.youtube.com
Terrence McNally’s play about Maria Callas takes audiences to one of her famous
master classes, where, late in her own career, she dares the next generation to
make the same sacrifices and rise to the same heights that made her the most
celebrated, the most reviled and the most controversial singer of her time.
Theatre and Opera director Stephen Wadsworth’s new production stars Tyne Daly as
the legendary opera soprano Maria Callas. It transfers to the Vaudeville Theatre
following a critically acclaimed, sell-out run on Broadway.
TICKET OFFER AVAILABLE, CLICK HERE.
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The Music Box
by Gareth Peter Dicks
A sensational new album in which Nottingham-based composer Gareth Peter Dicks
masterfully blends the familiar styles of rock, pop, classical and musical
theatre to create a memorable musical journey for the listener.
Add into the mix his distinctive approach to writing lyrics (with
one song finding great emotional depth by using a piece of classic Shakespearian
text) and the result is an album that crosses the boundaries of musical theatre
into contemporary pop-rock so as to be accessible and enjoyed by all.
This 17-track CD and 12-page souvenir booklet includes an array
of original compositions, as well as rearrangements from his musical theatre
back catalogue and instrumentals. West End talent who appear on the recording
include: Ricardo Alfonso, Chris Barton, Gina Beck, Richard Dempsey, Liam Doyle,
Liam Tamne, Rebecca Lock, Jeff Nicholson, Sarah Earnshaw, Abi Finley and Katie
Rowley Jones.
FOR MORE DETAILS AND TO PURCHASE SEE:
www.garethpeterdicks.co.uk,
www.dresscircle.co.uk,
and www.itunes.com.
Also, read the Monkey's own "Bookshelf" review
now.
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Hotel Vouchers for London Theatre breaks, West End show outings, and
accommodation everywhere beyond.
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THE GREAT KAT’S “BEETHOVEN SHREDS” NOW AVAILABLE!
Experience the Excitement of BACH, BEETHOVEN,
PAGANINI, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV and more Classical Music Shredded by the World’s
Fastest Guitar Shredder -- The Great Kat
The Great Kat
http://www.greatkat.com World’s Fastest Guitar Shredder’s
blistering new “BEETHOVEN SHREDS” CD was released on 17th October 2011, in
the U.K.
The Great Kat is the world famous Juilliard graduate Violin
Virtuoso turned Shred Guitar Goddess (“Top 10 Fastest Shredders of All Time”
- Guitar One Magazine). The blistering new “Beethoven Shreds” CD
showcases popular Classical works brilliantly shredded on the guitar &
violin by The Great Kat, including exciting Shred Metal versions of “The
Flight Of The Bumble-Bee” (at 300 BPM!), Beethoven's “5th Symphony,”
Paganini’s “Caprice #24”, Bach's
“Brandenburg Concerto #3” and more.
Great Kat Website:
http://www.greatkat.com
“Beethoven Shreds” CD Music Clips at:
http://www.greatkat.com/beethovenshreds/beethovenshreds.html
"Best Record of 2011" - Frankfurter Runschaun
Newspaper.
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Take That top U.K. chart but Jennifer Lopez named the “World’s Greatest
Musical Comeback Act”: study
Take That’s phenomenal musical comeback in 2005 may have been the
biggest seen in the U.K. in recent times but it is only half the size of
the comeback made by Jennifer Lopez in the U.S. reveals a new study.
Lopez narrowly beat another comeback queen, Mariah Carey, into second
place and Take That into third to be named the “World’s Greatest Musical
Comeback Act” in a study of online searches since 2004.
The first global ranking of the world’s “Greatest Musical Comeback Act”
comes from analysing one billion online searches via Google by
Accuracast (www.accuracast.com),
a leading digital search agency.
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Top Hat
Aldwych Theatre
Previews from 19th April 2012,
Opens 9th May 2012
It’s time to ‘put on your top hat and brush off your tails’
Seventy-seven years after Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers lit up Hollywood’s
silver screen with one of the greatest dance musicals of all time, RKO Pictures’
TOP HAT is coming to the West End’s Aldwych Theatre. Judging by the sensational
reviews, standing ovations and sold out theatres around the country on its
pre-London tour, it has been well worth the wait.
Tom Chambers (Holby City heartthrob and Strictly Come Dancing winner) plays the
irrepressible Broadway sensation Jerry Travers who dances his way across Europe
to win the heart of society model Dale Tremont, played by triple Olivier Award
nominee Summer Strallen (Love Never Dies, The Sound of Music, The Drowsy
Chaperone). Packed full of Irving Berlin’s greatest hits, such as Let’s Face the
Music and Dance, Cheek to Cheek and Top Hat, White Tie and Tails, stunning tap,
romantic ballroom and a little bit of Busby Berkeley thrown in for good measure,
TOP HAT is a giddy, glorious celebration of 1930s song and dance, featuring
magnificent sets, over 200 costumes and a love story that will set the pulses
racing! Tickets are available NOW from the official Top Hat website here:-
http://www.tophatonstage.com/
Find Top Hat on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Top-Hat-On-Stage
Follow Top Hat on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/TopHatOnStage
Check out the Official Trailer on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/TopHatOnStage
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Children's Inflatable Theatre Booster Cushions Now
Available
BOOSTERZ™ Inflatable Booster Cushions - Boosting Viewing Pleasure for Children
are now available to borrow at "The Wizard Of Oz" and "Shrek The Musical."
Raising your child 10 to 14 cm, this easily inflated - by pump or pure 'puff
power' - item can be loaned from ushers at the venue.
For regular theatregoers, they can also be purchased, at just
£7.99 each direct from the inventors at
www.boosterz.co.uk
and the more you buy, the greater the discount!
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The official Full Feature length Ghost the Musical London trailer is on the
show’s Facebook Page –
http://facebook.com/ghostthemusical.
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HADRIAN’S WALL IS SETTING FOR BBC RADIO COMEDY
A radio sitcom based that started off life as an internet
download has been snapped up by the BBC and will be broadcast in February.
It’s Grim Up North, which follows the exploits of dodgy Roman auxiliary soldiers
building Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland on AD126, has been penned by Ed Waugh
and Trevor Wood, the Tyneside-based writers whose national and international
comedy stage play hits include Dirty Dusting, Waiting For Gateaux, Son of
Samurai and Maggie’s End.
For further information visit:
www.edwaughandtrevorwood.co.uk
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