Editor's Blog: Top 10 Performances of 2015
Check out my top ten favourite performances of 2015 below! Please note that as I saw Gypsy in Chichester in 2014, Imelda Staunton was included in last year's list.10Andrew Scottfor The Dazzle at...
View ArticleEditor's Blog: Top 6 Theatrical Highlights of 2015
6Kay Murphy saves the day!Back in November I bought a last minute ticket to see Xanadu at the Southwark Playhouse as I enjoyed the show so much first time round. Before the show director Paul Warwick...
View ArticleGOSSIP: Kinky Boots to release London cast album!
The London cast of Kinky Boots have seemingly recorded a live cast album. Over the past few days posters have reportedly been displayed in the auditorium to tell audiences about the album being...
View ArticlePenny Downie replaces Alison Steadman in Rabbit Hole
Alison Steadman has withdrawn from Rabbit Hole at the Hampstead Theatre due to personal reasons. The role of Nat will now be played by Penny Downie (Downton Abbey/The Fairy Queen).Hampstead's artistic...
View ArticleEditor's Blog: Top 10 Shows of 2015
10The Ruling Classdirected by Jamie Lloyd at Trafalgar StudiosPhoto by Simon AnnandWild and unpredictable, The Ruling Class is probably the most bonkers play I saw all year. James McAvoy gave a stellar...
View Article#SummerSays: Your personal bucket list for 2016
I can't quite believe I'm writing at the end of December. I'm not really sure how that happened, but time flies and all that. Throughout these blogs there has always been a title and a beginning,...
View ArticleWest End Frame Awards 2015: Full Winners List
Readers of West End Frame were invited to vote for four awards throughout 2015. The West End Frame Awards recognise brand new and long-running plays and musicals, combining male and female actors into...
View ArticleMost popular news articles, interviews & reviews of 2015
Find out which West End Frame news articles, interviews and reviews were most popular in 2015!Most Popular News Articles The Rocky Horror Show gala to be broadcast on Sky Arts!Gypsy starring Imelda...
View ArticleReview: The Nutcracker On Ice at the Royal Albert Hall
The Nutcracker On IceRoyal Albert HallReviewed on Tuesday 29th December 2015 (matinee)★★★The Nutcracker On Ice provided the most magical end to 2015 I could possibly have wished for. Capturing the...
View ArticleProduction Pics: Grey Gardens starring Sheila Hancock & Jenna Russell
Production images have been released for the European première of Grey Gardens. Check out the pictures below (click image to enlarge).Starring Olivier Award winning actresses Sheila Hancock and Jenna...
View ArticleFull casting announced for Motown The Musical
With rehearsals beginning today (4th January), full casting has been announced for the West End production of Motown The Musical.Newly announced cast members include Tanya Nicole Edwards as Florence...
View ArticleReview: The Witches at the Leicester Curve
The Witches Leicester CurveReviewed on Tuesday 22nd December 2015★★★★David Wood’s adaptation of The Witches by Roald Dahl is the best family show I have seen for a very long time. Wood fully embraces...
View ArticleThe month ahead: January 2016
Keep an eye on...Noma DumezweniNoma Dumezweni's career is currently soaring from strength to strength. This week she is giving her final performances as the title character in Linda at the Royal Court,...
View ArticleCurious Incident extends West End booking to October 2016
The National Theatre's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time has extended its West End booking period at the Gielgud Theatre to 29th October 2016. Curious Incident premiered...
View ArticleSandra Dickinson & Matthew Bunn to star in I Loved Lucy
It has been announced that Sandra Dickinson (A Streetcar Named Desire/Not about Nightingales) will star as Lucille Ball in the UK premiere of I Loved Lucy.Directed by artistic director Anthony Biggs,I...
View ArticleKerry Ellis & Brian May announce London concerts
Kerry Ellis and Brian May have revealed that they will play two London shows before heading off on their Italian and East European tours. The duo will premiere their One Voice concert at The Pheasantry...
View ArticleGOSSIP: New Sunset Boulevard film in the works? Could Glenn Close star?
Speaking to the Evening Standard, writer Christopher Hampton has revealed that a new movie version of Sunset Boulevard is in the works!Hampton said: "...we are looking down the line to make a movie of...
View ArticleWatch Aretha Franklin sing '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman' for...
Aretha Franklin gave the performance of the night when she sang '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman' at the Kennedy Center Honors 2015 gala. Carole King - who wrote the song with Gerry Goffin -...
View ArticleEditor's Blog: 5 stagey YouTube videos you should be obsessed with!
It's the beginning of January and theatre news has been slow since the Christmas holidays, so in West End Frame Towers we've been spending lots of time geeking out over stagey YouTube videos. Below are...
View ArticleWest End actress Olivia Phillip to make Broadway debut
It has been announced that West End actress Olivia Phillip will make her Broadway debut in Disaster!.The new musical comedy is directed by Jack Plotnick with book by Seth Rudetsky and Jack...
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