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.
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.
The UK's most exciting musical theatre group The Barricade Boys are heading back on the road in 2022, with their Bring Him Home Tour coming to Ipswich.
Starring past performers from the global theatrical sensation that is Les Misérables, The Barricade Boys have entertained fans around the world since they formed in 2015.
The Bring Him Home Tour will feature music from some of the best-loved shows from the West End and Broadway stage, including Phantom Of The Opera, Miss Saigon, Jersey Boys and, of course, Les Misérables, as well as hits from some of pop and rock music's all-time greats including Queen, Elton John, The Beatles, Ed Sheeran and Adele.
The UK's most exciting musical theatre group The Barricade Boys are heading back on the road in 2022, with their Bring Him Home Tour coming to Ipswich.
Starring past performers from the global theatrical sensation that is Les Misérables, The Barricade Boys have entertained fans around the world since they formed in 2015.
The Bring Him Home Tour will feature music from some of the best-loved shows from the West End and Broadway stage, including Phantom Of The Opera, Miss Saigon, Jersey Boys and, of course, Les Misérables, as well as hits from some of pop and rock music's all-time greats including Queen, Elton John, The Beatles, Ed Sheeran and Adele.
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.
The UK's most exciting musical theatre group The Barricade Boys are heading back on the road in 2022, with their Bring Him Home Tour coming to Ipswich.
Starring past performers from the global theatrical sensation that is Les Misérables, The Barricade Boys have entertained fans around the world since they formed in 2015.
The Bring Him Home Tour will feature music from some of the best-loved shows from the West End and Broadway stage, including Phantom Of The Opera, Miss Saigon, Jersey Boys and, of course, Les Misérables, as well as hits from some of pop and rock music's all-time greats including Queen, Elton John, The Beatles, Ed Sheeran and Adele.
The Crazy Coqs Presents continues its season of new shows, each with a different musical theme, presented by lyricist Mark Robert Petty and with Musical Direction by Tom Knowles.
Join us for The Crazy Coqs Presents: The West End Sings ‘Kander & Ebb – A Celebration’ an evening showcasing the very best songs from the Kander & Ebb songbook.
Featuring songs from Kiss Of The Spider Woman, Cabaret, The Happy Time, Woman Of The Year, The Visit, Chicago, New York, New York, The Rink, The Act, Curtains, Flora The Red Menace, Funny Lady and Steel Pier.
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
Beauty and the Beast - The enchanting new family pantomime will run from Friday 26 November 2021 until Monday 3 January 2022.
This amazing story of love and transformation will have absolutely everything you’ve come to expect from a traditional Civic pantomime including fantastic sets, bewitching costumes, roof-raising songs and heaps of magic.
"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.
Ahead of the actual 65th annual Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands on Saturday 16 May, WEST END EUROVISION is a fantastic celebration of all things Eurovision, as the casts of some of Theatreland’s biggest musicals perform live as you have never seen them before, all in the name of charity.
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.
RENT is set in New York City's gritty East Village, and this revolutionary rock musical is an imaginative retelling of the classic Puccini opera, La Boheme. This unforgettable and timeless story of a group of starving artists, who, despite poverty and illness, learn to fall in love and find their voice, brings a universal message of hope for everyone.
Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize, RENT with Book, Music and Lyrics by the late Jonathan Larson, has made a lasting mark on Broadway, and the world with songs that rock and a story that really resonates.
The 24 Hour Rent company is staging the full production, and putting it all together in only 24 hours.
Fully staged, costumed and rehearsed, the cast and crew work for 24 hours to bring you this exciting project to its full potential.
Les Misérables’ performers Scott Garnham, Simon Schofield, Kieran Brown and Craig Mathe formed The Barricade Boys to perform the world’s greatest show tunes and celebrate music from some of the most iconic names in the music industry, from powerful ballads and beautiful operatic arias to some of the best pop, rock and swing numbers of all time.
As well as appearing in Les Misérables, The Barricade Boys have played nearly every major role in musical theatre from The Phantom of The Opera, Wicked and Billy Elliot to Jersey Boys. They are all experienced cabaret and concert performers who have toured all over the world to countries including New Zealand, South Africa, Rome, Venice, Korea, China and Australia.
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
A new version of Shakespeare’s hilarious comedy of suburbia, wives and over-inflated egos.
Sir John Falstaff plans to hustle his way to comfortable retirement by seducing the wives of two wealthy men. But it’s the women of Windsor who pull the strings and in a world of wealth, glamour and ‘well jel’ wives, they finally tell Sir John to ‘shut up’.
The only way is Windsor in this outrageous and fun-filled new version, directed by Fiona Laird.
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.
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.
Following their hugely popular and critically acclaimed five-week run in London’s West End, Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose launch the UK tour of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, spreading “more than a little happiness” (★★★★ WhatsOnStage) everywhere they go.
Following their hugely popular and critically acclaimed five-week run in London’s West End, Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose launch the UK tour of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, spreading “more than a little happiness” (★★★★ WhatsOnStage) everywhere they go.
Following their hugely popular and critically acclaimed five-week run in London’s West End, Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose launch the UK tour of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, spreading “more than a little happiness” (★★★★ WhatsOnStage) everywhere they go.
Following their hugely popular and critically acclaimed five-week run in London’s West End, Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose launch the UK tour of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, spreading “more than a little happiness” (★★★★ WhatsOnStage) everywhere they go.
Following their hugely popular and critically acclaimed five-week run in London’s West End, Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose launch the UK tour of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, spreading “more than a little happiness” (★★★★ WhatsOnStage) everywhere they go.
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.
