Phantom of the Opera

27/09/11 - CHICAGO TO REOPEN IN LONDON ON 7TH NOVEMBER

Chicago the Musical will reopen in London in two months time after finding a new home at the Garrick Theatre.

The production, which ended a five year run at the Cambridge Theatre (the new home of Matilda the Musical) in August, will reopen at the Charing Cross Road venue on Monday 7th November 2011, with an extensive booking period taking the show through to the end of January 2013. Chicago performance times will follow the previous West End schedule (8pm Monday to Thursday and Saturday) with two Friday shows at 5pm and 8.30pm in addition to a Saturday matinee.

To book Chicago Musical Tickets, call Premier Events on +44 (0) 20 7283 4040.

02/09/11 - PETER ANDRE WILL APPEAR IN A SCENE FROM GHOST MUSICAL

BBC Children in Need is Thrilled to Announce
a Sensational Line-Up of Celebrities to Perform for
POP Goes the Musical.

BBC Children in Need is thrilled to announce the launch of ‘BBC Children in Need POP Goes the Musical 2011’ working with the best of West End Theatre and a star studded line up . This unique charity project is giving renowned celebrities from the music sphere the chance to perform a hit song from a top show, to take place in September to help raise vital funds for children and young people here in the UK.

The show-stopping celebrities involved in a series of unique curtain calls are the gorgeous Peter Andre performing GHOST the Musical’s spectacular number ‘Unchained Melody’, the loveable Stacey Solomon for WICKED to sing ‘For Good’, chart-toppers Sugababes will take on ‘Dancing Queen’ in MAMMA MIA! And the legendary Melanie C will sing the highly charged ‘We Are The Champions’ and ‘We Will Rock You’ in the Queen musical We Will Rock You.

Don’t miss out on what’s set to be a week of nights to remember and your chance to experience a series of pop-tastic performances.

Bookings can be made immediately for the following dates at:

10th September 2011 – WICKED – ‘popping up’ is Stacey Solomon (Matinee Performance)
13th September 2011 – We Will Rock You – ‘popping up’ is Melanie C
14th September 2011 – GHOST the Musical – ‘popping up’ is Peter Andre
15th September 2011 – MAMMA MIA! – ‘popping up’ is Sugababes

09/02/11 - LOVE NEVER DIES LEADS 2011 LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATIONS

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies and Thea Sharrock’s production of Terence Rattigan’s After The Dance lead the nominations in the 2011 Laurence Olivier Awards, announced today.

Love Never Dies, which continued The Phantom Of The Opera story with its arrival at the Adelphi theatre last March, leads the musicals pack with seven nominations including Best New Musical and recognition for its stars Sierra Boggess, Ramin Karimloo and Summer Strallen.

Sharrock once again finds herself competing for Best Director with Michael Grandage (King Lear) with whom she jointly won the Critics’ Circle Award. They come up against Evening Standard Award-winner Howard Davies (The White Guard) and Dominic Cooke (Clybourne Park).

The Laurence Olivier Awards – the most prestigious awards in London’s Theatreland – will be held this year in a revamped ceremony at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Sunday 13 March. Follow full coverage of the event on www.olivierawards.com

To book tickets for theatre call Premier Events on 020 7283 4040.

22/11/10 - FELA! MUSICAL GETS LONDON OVATION

By Tim Masters

An award-winning show, that tells the story of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti, opened at the National Theatre (NT) to a standing ovation.

The show's executive producers include rapper Jay-Z, and actors Will and Jada Pinkett Smith.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk