Theatre News

Who’ll be puttin’ on the ritz in Liverpool? Exclusive: Further casting has been announced for Hope Mill Theatre’s production of Young Frankenstein when it transfers to Liverpool Playhouse for a five-week Christmas season run. The production, currently running at Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester with Ore Oduba in the lead role, continues there until 30 November. Adapted by Mel Brooks from his 1974 film, Young Frankenstein follows Frederick Frankenstein as he inherits his family

Long may it reign over UK and Ireland tour venues! New tour stops have been announced for the UK and international tour of Six. The award-winning show reimagines the lives of Henry VIII’s six wives as pop stars, blending historical heartbreak with modern empowerment in an 80-minute musical experience. It was released in cinemas earlier this year, with the original West End cast starring. The touring cast, detailed here, are backed by the show’s all-female band, the Ladies in

The rainbow highs keep rollin’ in - Album out now It’s one thing to capture the electricity of Jamie Lloyd’s Evita within the grandeur of The London Palladium, but quite another to bottle it so convincingly in sound. This new highlights album – recorded live from the sound desk – manages exactly that. While Lloyd’s production was a riot of directorial flair and visual audacity, this release strips everything back to what lies at its heart: the performers’ voices. Rachel Zegle