Young Frankenstein is a fun musical based on Mel Brooks' classic film. It follows Frederick Frankenstein, a talented but hesitant neurosurgeon who inherits his grandfather's creepy castle in Transylvania.
Amélie is an extraordinary young woman who lives quietly in the world but loudly in her mind. She covertly improvises small but surprising acts of kindness that bring joy and mayhem. But when a chance at love comes her way, Amélie realizes that to find happiness she’ll have to risk everything and say what’s in her heart. With a thrilling score by Daniel Messe, book by Craig Lucas and lyrics by Nathan Tysen & Daniel Messe, be inspired by this imaginative dreamer who finds her voice, discovers the power of connection, and sees possibility around every corner even when times are hard for dreamers.
Bette and Joan and Baby Jane is a new musical, based on the BBC radio play by Tracy-Ann Oberman.
The year is 1961. In the twilight of their careers, Hollywood grande dames Bette Davis and Joan Crawford grapple with their deep-seated rivalry on the set of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, a ‘Hag Horror’ movie that no one thinks will ever get made. But with gossip columnist Hedda Hopper trying to sniff out their darkest secrets, the two stars realise they may have more in common than they care to admit.
Set to a dark musical score that oozes liquor-soaked regret and sass, Bette And Joan And Baby Jane explores the making of a cult classic and the thorny relationship between two fading icons.
Bette and Joan and Baby Jane is a new musical, based on the BBC radio play by Tracy-Ann Oberman.
The year is 1961. In the twilight of their careers, Hollywood grande dames Bette Davis and Joan Crawford grapple with their deep-seated rivalry on the set of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, a ‘Hag Horror’ movie that no one thinks will ever get made. But with gossip columnist Hedda Hopper trying to sniff out their darkest secrets, the two stars realise they may have more in common than they care to admit.
Set to a dark musical score that oozes liquor-soaked regret and sass, Bette And Joan And Baby Jane explores the making of a cult classic and the thorny relationship between two fading icons.
Charity is a taxi dancer, in a seedy dance hall in New York City. Charity’s hopeful romanticism and unfailing optimism lift her out of her circumstances and help her reach for a life beyond.
In the past, she’s been strung along and hung out to dry by a series of bad relationships and lousier men. When she meets Oscar, a neurotic, shy actuary seemingly from another world, will she finally find true love at last?
This exuberant, musical comedy showcases the 2023 Graduating Musical Theatre Students at Italia Conti.
Unspecified awards-winning comedian and singer, Sooz Kempner (Jonny Woo’s All-Star Brexit Cabaret) and Musical Director Tom Knowles bring you A Night at the Soozicals – a diverse selection of musical theatre and pop and a lot of right witty banter.
Expect high belting. Sooz will definitely be wearing designer clothes she bought on eBay and she will tell you how much she paid for them. We don’t yet know what Tom will be wearing.
Based on the cult classic, 1990 John Waters film, Cry-Baby features a book from the writers of Hairspray and a rockabilly score from the co-founder of Fountains of Wayne and the executive producer of "The Daily Show."
31st March - 2PM & 7PM
1st April - 2PM & 7PM
The Wedding Singer tells the story of Robbie Hart, who after a failed relationship with his fiancé, falls in love with a waitress. Based on the 1998 film of the same name, the musical premiered on Broadway in 2006.
In her dramatic journey from Swedish schoolgirl to Hollywood legend to New York recluse, Greta Garbo kept the world in her thrall. But behind her glamorous screen persona was an insecure country girl yearning for the snows of her homeland and the one true love she left behind. With a jazzy, sultry score, Garbo & Me traces the elusive film icon as she conquers the studio system, negotiates the tabloid minefield, and juggles a string of lovers, both male and female, while struggling to protect her cherished privacy.
"Behind every successful man is a strong woman"
Written and performed by Beth Burrows
Directed by Mark Giesser
Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra dominated the stage and screen in the mid 20th century. But beside and behind these golden gentlemen were a plethora of powerful women who enabled their success. From irreplaceable dance partners to influential lovers, Fred, Gene and Frank did not do it alone.
OFFIE-nominee Beth Burrows celebrates the men’s careers by performing the songs that made them shine and sharing the inside scoop on the stories that swirled around them, whilst bringing the women out of the shadows and into the spotlight.
The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts presents Legally Blonde: The Musical.
Book by Heather Hach
Music and Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe & Nell Benjamin
Direction and Choreography by Andrew Waldorn
Musical Direction by Mary McAdam
Performances at 14:30 & 19:00 on Thursday May 20 & Friday May 21.
Into the world of Hans Christian Anderson’s beloved story of the princess and the pea.
But this isn’t your usual fairy tale, and princess Winnifred isn’t your usual fairy-tale princess. The Kingdom in which she seeks her prince seethes with a very adult problem, which won’t end until a very stubborn Queen Aggravain allows her son to marry Alas, he is his mother’s prince, and is any princess really good enough?
The 1959 classic Tony-nominated hit from Mary Rodgers–daughter legendary composer Richard Rodgers–returns to London for the first time in many moons!
Tickets
Tue,Wed,Thurs:£18/£16(concession)
Fri,Sat,Sun:£20/£18(concession)
It's 1927. Rich and irresponsible Jimmy Winter, having been ordered to marry a respectable woman by his indomitable mother, crosses paths with clued-up bootlegger Billie Bendix. Billie pretends to fall for Jimmy while filling his empty mansion with illegal gin, but her plan is complicated by Jimmy's determined fiancee and her teetotal aunt, the Duchess.
When through and through cockney chappie Bill Snibson learns that he is the 14th heir to the Earl of Hareford you could knock him down with a feather. There’s only one snag: in order to receive his inheritance he must gain the approval of Sir John and the Duchess. They think that with a little grooming he might pass muster – as long as he agrees to break up with his equally cockney girlfriend Sally Smith. “Not on your Nellie”, says Bill. So Sally has to secretly go to finishing school. But will it finish her off? This wonderful Olivier award winning musical contains the great British classics “Leaning On A Lamppost”, “The Sun Has Got His Hat On”, and “The Lambeth Walk”. All performed in our famous Frinton Greensward Tent. Should you see it? Abso-bloomin-lutely!
Have you ever looked at a five pound note and wondered ‘Haven’t I seen you somewhere before…?’
Fiver, a new musical by Alex James Ellison and Tom Lees, follows the story of a humble five pound note as it passes through the hands and pockets of people in London. Often unnoticed and obviously unaware, the fiver is present for significant moments in each person’s life – whether it be an appreciation of their skills as a street performer; the start or end of a relationship; or the simple realisation that they can afford a bed for the night.
Reprising their roles from the celebrated studio cast recording, Fra Fee (The Ferryman), Christine Allado (Hamilton) are joined by Wendi Peters (Coronation Street, Salad Days) and a host of West End stars to present a concert performance of the acclaimed new British musical The Clockmaker’s Daughter.
Set in the fictional Irish town of Spindlewood, The Clockmaker’s Daughter is a musical fairy tale built around themes of prejudice, discrimination, animosity and a fear of the unknown. Like most towns of age, Spindlewood has its traditions. But no practice, custom or old wives’ warning is so firmly adhered to as ‘The Turning of the Key’.
‘One of the best musicals I have ever heard and desperately needs to be seen again on stage’ (West End Wilma)
Duration: approx. 2 hours 15 mins (incl. interval)
Italia Conti Arts Centre presents the multi Olivier award-winning musical Our House by Tim Firth and Madness.
On the night of his 16th birthday, Joe Casey takes the girl of his dreams, Sarah, out on their first date. In an effort to impress her with bravado, Joe breaks into a building site overlooking his home on Casey Street. When the police turn up, a split-second decision forces him to choose between himself and his heart as the story splits in two: one which sees Joe stay to face the music, and the other which sees him flee and leave Sarah to run from the police. As two very different paths unfold before him, the consequences of that choice will change his life forever…
The show features all your favourite Madness hits including House of Fun, Baggy Trousers, Driving in my Car, It Must Be Love and, of course, Our House.
Take one sparkling Kaufman plot featuring a scheming cheese factory owner eager to destroy his rivals, a pliable Presidential advisor, a snooping newspaperman, a couple of spies and three complicated romances. Wrap everything up in delightful Gershwin tunes. The result? A joyous romp through the ultimate American business dream of the 1920s!
Book tickets
Tuesday – Thursday £18 (£16 concessions)
Friday- Sunday £20 (£18 concessions)
Wed 6th and Thu 7th £10 PREVIEW
Ocean Theatre Company is situated in Ascot, offering 14 to 18 year olds the opportunity to develop performance skills in a safe and friendly environment.
Rehearsals are run by experienced theatre professionals and they perform 2 fully staged musical productions each year. Past productions include Sweeney Todd, Les Miserables and Loserville.
Ocean is a fun and advanced company which encourages young actors to challenge themselves, gain confidence and develop creativity and focus.
The six months of rehearsal and intense show week can be challenging but all cast members leave a production feeling proud of their efforts and eager to return.
Based on the true story of Siamese twins Violet and Daisy Hilton who became stars during the Depression, Side Show is a moving portrait of two women joined at the hip whose extraordinary bondage brings them fame but denies them love.
Told almost entirely in song, the show follows their progression from England to America, around the vaudeville circuit and to Hollywood on the eve of their appearance in the 1932 movie Freaks.
Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell. Music by Henry Krieger.
Glitz, glamour and grim truths: Sirens of the Silver Screen delves into the lives of the 20th century’s most iconic women – Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. This sisterhood of stunning starlets lit up the silver screen for decades and kept tongues wagging with their scandalous off-screen antics.
Based on the reality of Mussolini’s persecution of homosexuals, this is the story of men sentenced to five years confinement for degeneracy.
Actor-musicians conjure up an intimate tragi-comic world of love, loss and the struggle just to survive.
Following last September’s acclaimed run of 35mm: A Musical Exhibition, award-winning composer-lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver is returning to The Other Palace to host an evening of his songs, produced and directed by Joe Bunker and Adam Lenson.
Broadway composer, musical director and educator, Joshua Rosenblum and author and actor, Joanne Sydney Lessner were commissioned to adapt the classic American play Stage Door in favour of the diverse artistic community of MA Music Theatre students at Central. This response secures the continuing relationship between MA Music Theatre and Broadway and offers an insight to the lives of aspiring artistes of an earlier generation.
The European Premiere of the off – Broadway musical hit ‘Pete ‘n’ Keely’! A string of hits; a cast of two. ‘Forever Plaid’ meets ‘I Do, I Do’.
It’s 1968. America’s Swingin’ Sweethearts, Pete Bartel and Keely Stevens, are performing live on national television! The only catch? They haven’t spoken to each other in five years.
The Braille Legacy tells the thrilling, true, inspirational and epic story of Louis Braille, a young blind boy who wanted the same chance in life as those who see and ended up improving the lives of millions of blind people around the world.
You better shape up, because one of the greatest musicals of all time is about to electrify Dubai for the first time!
UK Curve Theatre and 6IX Degrees present Grease, April 7th to 13th at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Round up your Burger Palace Boys and Pink Ladies and get your tickets to Grease!
Europe in crisis, the stock market on the verge of collapse, foreigners mistrusted, paranoia rife. Amid the fizz, frenzy and frolics, some guests just want to be alone.
Check-in to the Grand Hotel Berlin - let’s party like it’s 1928.
THE MGM STORY traces the history of the Golden Age of Song and Dance and tells the tale of how the studio fostered the talents of stars, including Judy Garland and Gene Kelly and composers such as Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and many more.
After a sell-out launch at the Charing Cross Theatre in 2015, many international performances and an appearance at the St James Theatre on Broadway in 2016, The Barricade Boys are quickly securing their place as theatre land’s newest and most exciting male vocal group!
