Garrick Theatre, London: With performing candidates whittled down from a substantial 73 applicants to a final 12 from 40 different colleges all over the country, this popular annual competit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:44AMCriterion Theatre: GSA is clearly eager to push the boundaries because this year it introduces a rather changed showcase format compared to their past offerings: it's out with the class…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMRichmond Theatre, London : At a German railway station nine-year old Jewish Eva begins her journey to Britain as part of the pre World War II Kindertransport. Decades later, the same girl (n…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMCrazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel, London: "The world is somehow more magical once it's dark," Brent Barrett muses, eyes sparkling, as he proceeds to take us into a world of songs c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AMArts Theatre, London: An elephant loyally nest-sits an abandoned egg, gazing intently into a dust speck on a clover to locate Whoville - where young Jojo is being scolded by his mayor parent…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:25AMCrazy Coqs, London: "What is love if you don't speak French?" purrs Frances Ruffelle as she pours herself a glass of decadent something-or-other and ooh la las coyly at a fron…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:13AMCriterion Theatre, London: This lively and relaxed showcase starts off with the graduates giving us a hip guitar and singing rendition of a modern chart topper before settling into the first…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:05PMLeicester Square Theatre, London: A killer with sling-back heels is on the loose and slowly but surely murdering off every cabaret performer at Saucy Jack's disco club. Read the full r…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:16AMCharing Cross Theatre, London: Planning a hen night? Then this new concoction should press all the right buttons to start off your evening's entertainment, complete with a fluorescent p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AMThe Pheasantry, London: Dizzie Gillespie meets Porgy and Bess, Louis Jordan and Nat King Cole. There is seemingly no end to the talent of Clarke Peters, a household favourite for his TV appe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMLandor Theatre, London: Let's just write some songs about coming of age in New York, the writers Salzman and Cunningham decided during rehearsals for their 2006 Off-Broadway hit I Love …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:17AMUnion, London: Book of Mormon, Geek the Musical, Loserville, High School Musical - the list goes on. Still in the mood for yet another teen angst show with a religious twist? Bare ticks all …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AMCriterion Theatre, London: The afternoon opens with the company performing Live In Living Colour from the recent Broadway spectacle Catch Me If You Can. A well-chosen piece, this shows a com…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:29AMCriterion, London: The afternoon gets off to a hip contemporary start as the graduates electrically hit the stage with edgy, multi-levelled choreography and rocky vocals, pepping and steppin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMFortune Theatre, London: A group of masked men in black run on to the stage to music from Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino. Heads covered, masking their faces with ladies' tights, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:15PMSoho Theatre, London: Having been voted drama school of the year in this year's Stage 100 awards, ALRA North's first ever showcase has attracted a diverse mix of industry professio…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMCriterion, London: Showcases presented by Arts Ed can always be trusted to include the most hip, up to date and contemporary musical theatre work currently being performed on Broadway and in…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:50PMLandor, London: Struggling composer Ed Kleban battles insecurities and mental illness, but finally co-writes a hit show (A Chorus Line). It may sound like a storyline from Smash, but this ca…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AMSoho, London: The Soho Theatre stage lights dim as this year's Manchester School of Theatre's BA Acting graduates take to the stage, starting off the showcase with the Beatles hit …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15AMThe Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel, London: "I'm going to open with a typical folksong from Nairobi," Anna Bergman teases us with a wink and a smile. She then launches into an ec…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AMDuke of York's Theatre, London: An hour always seems a tight squeeze to fit in all the talents of a full year of graduates. And yet, this latest East 15 offering manages to cover the classic…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:17AMNew Wimbledon Theatre, London: A Transylvanian transvestite makes science fiction history by creating the man of his dreams in a castle full of futuristic machinery assisted by an array of k…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AMGatehouse, London: A dozen or so Gershwin songs and 14 hoofers are currently residing at Highgate's Gatehouse, tapping up a storm in the first ever fringe version of this classic. Read…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:07AMThe Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel, London: KT Sullivan is a German vamp who wants to be bad and never does anything twice while Steve Ross enjoys wallowing in post romantic stress syndrome. R…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMRose, Kingston : Once upon a time there was a girl named Cinderella who pined for her late mother and had to sleep in the kitchen. She also bit people, played childish pranks on her stepsist…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:14AMSoho Theatre, London: A table and chairs line centre stage as soft music plays upon entry to the auditorium. Constructed to finish precisely on the hour and consisting of largely contemporar…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:47PMUnion Theatre, London: What was the middle name of the daughter-in-law of the best friend of the blacksmith who forged the sword that killed the beast? I don't have a clue. And neither …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:38AMThe Matcham Room, Hippodrome Casino, London: She has danced for Jerome Robbins, sashayed with Peggy Lee and is an award-winning president of a wildlife foundation. Stefanie Powers had covere…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMApollo, London: "At Jewish weddings, the band and singer have to eat in the kitchen" this kooky former wedding singer from Long Island proclaims, chewing casually on a throat sweet…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMThe Matcham Room, Hippodrome Casino, London: Gravity-defying musical theatre veteran Kerry Ellis hits the Hippodrome with hip arrangements of classic show tunes - though ultimately her trous…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMCriterion Theatre, London: The afternoon gets off to a slightly wobbly group vocal start with Seize the Day from Newsies, segueing quickly into cute comedy point number Joey is a Punk Rocker…
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