The Chichester Festival’s musical of Sweeney Todd arrived in the West End in March 2012. A West End move is always an exciting time for a show’s cast, but not always for the reasons you might think of: when the transfer was confirmed, one of the first thoughts of the cast was that they would…
Les Miserables is the West End’s longest running musical, and with good reason. It’s a powerful show full of courage and redemption, its themes still resonating with people today. Twenty six years on and it’s as strong a show as it has ever been, and that is as much to do with the cast as…
I like to look at ensemble members from a range of shows when deciding who to feature for ‘In Profile’ each week, rather than just working my way through the entire ensemble cast of one or two favourite shows. If I haven’t seen a particularly show though, that could have a knock-on effect for them;…
London is a surprisingly small place sometimes. Whenever I am in the city, nine times out of ten I run into somebody I know. I don’t know what the odds are – I’m a writer, not a mathematician – but in a city that size and the amount of people walking around it, it surprises…
