West End Shows

With thanks to my fellow blogger West End Wilma, here are details of upcoming West End shows:

View this email in your browser It’s your last chance to book for the joyous musical adaptation of Sue Townsend's best-selling book The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ - The Musical. With an infectious score and a script as sidesplittingly outrageous as the original novel, this critically acclaimed production brings Adrian’s story to life for a new generation of theatregoers. Don’t miss your chance to see this ‘entertaining romp through teen awkwardness’ (Evening Standard)! Book and lyrics by Jake Brunger, music and lyrics by Pippa Cleary, directed by Luke Sheppard. Must end 28 September! Facebook Twitter Instagram Website Copyright © 2019 West End Wilma. All rights reserved.

65,000 votes for the Wilma Awards so far CLICK HERE for a chance to WIN tickets to see WAITRESS More than 65,000 votes have been made for this year's winners of the West End Wilma Awards. Voting closes on Friday and so if you haven't voted already, what are you waiting for? Click here to vote now! Shows opening soon Our Lady of Kibeho – 25 Sep Noises Off – 27 Sep The Watsons – 30 Sep A Day in the Death of Joe Egg – 02 Oct Our Lady of Kibeho – 02 Oct The Man in the White Suit – 08 Oct Groan Ups – 10 Oct Lungs – 14 Oct Solaris – 14 Oct The Girl Who Fell – 17 Oct Mary Poppins – 23 Oct When the Crows Visit – 23 Oct On Bear Ridge – 24 Oct Death of a Salesman – 24 Oct RSC: As You Like It – 26 Oct Click here for more information and for some great discounts on West End shows. Facebook Twitter Instagram Website Copyright © 2019 West End Wilma. All rights reserved.

Whoops! The email we sent earlier had the wrong link in it. It's correct now!   The love-child of Rocky Horror and a Greek God... Drag sensation Vicky Vox stars in a rollercoaster fusion of musical theatre, twisted circus and breathtaking burlesque… ZEUS ON THE LOOSE is BACK!   Following its sell-out run at the 2018 Camden Fringe, the show is transferring for FOUR WEEKS ONLY to the iconic Fire nightclub in Vauxhall - used as a theatre venue for the very first time - where the audience is invited to mix and mingle with the cast before and after the show.   The Show Strictly for adults and not for the fainthearted, Zeus on the Loose is a wild and wanton take on some of the most famous tales from ancient Greek mythology: A mythical fusion of burlesque, circus & drag that’ll leave you saying Oh My Gods! Following its sell-out run at the 2018 Camden Fringe, the show is transferring for FOUR WEEKS ONLY to Fire - used as a theatre venue for the very first time - where the audience is invited to mix and mingle with the cast before and after the show.   The Cast Mythical figures taking the stage include our emcee Apollo (Dean McCullough, Gaydio);  a randy bisexual Zeus (Michael Afemare, Dreamgirls); his scheming scorned wife Hera (international cabaret star Penni Tovey); and the sinister underworld guardian Hades (Vicky Vox, Little Shop of Horrors). Vicky Vox achieved global fame from appearing in the drag parody-band DWV (whose song "Boy Is A Bottom" currently has over 22 million views) and Magic Mike XXL. In London, she won (and devoured) our hearts as Audrey II in Open Air Theatre’s Little Shop Of Horrors, for which she was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical at the WhatsOnStage Awards - as well as co-hosting the awards ceremony!   The Venue As one of London’s longest standing and leading nightclubs, Fire offers a multi-roomed quality programme of local and international bespoke events. Outdoor terrace and bars, covered queuing, and late licenses mean the party never stops! Fire is adjacent to the Vauxhall Street Food Garden, which offers a relaxing atmosphere for a light bite or a pre-show cocktail. Just a 30 second stroll from Vauxhall Station, the Garden offers a wide selection of your favourite cuisines from around the globe.   The Dates Wednesday 25 September Friday 27 September Saturday 29 September Thursday 3 October Friday 4 October Saturday 5 October Thursday 10 October Saturday 12 October Thursday 17 October Friday 18 October Saturday 19 October  All performances begin at 7:15pm.    The Tickets Gates of Olympia (seated, front of stalls): £34.50 Underworld (seated, back of stalls): £30.00 Standing Room:  £19.50 VIP Packages available, including premium seating, complimentary champagne, and opportunities to meet and take photos with the cast! Use code Wilma1 for £12 off all September dates and £9 thereafter. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS Facebook Twitter Instagram Website Copyright © 2019 West End Wilma. All rights reserved.

Pretty Woman The Musical to open in London West End Wilma, the mother and son theatre blogging duo, are delighted to announce public online voting for the sixth annual West End Wilma Awards in association with Free@Last TV Ltd and Martina Cole is now open. More than 40,000 votes have already been made since voting opened yesterday. The ceremony will take place on Sunday 10 November 2019 at Café de Paris in the West End of London. This year’s entertainment is sponsored by Encore Radio. Waitress has the most nominations with six; Come From Away is close behind with four and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and SIX both have three nominations each. The West End Wilma Awards launched in November 2014, to help celebrate the best of UK Theatre. Nominees are decided every year between West End Wilma and those that review for the website. Shortlisted nominees are put to the theatre-going public to vote for the winners. Best Touring Production sponsored by The Orchard Theatre, Dartford Best Cabaret/Solo Performance sponsored by Royal Vauxhall Tavern Best Takeover In A Role Best Understudy Best Ensemble Performer sponsored by The MTA Best Performer In A West End Show Best Performer In An Off-West End Show Rising Star sponsored by Concord Theatricals Best Off-West End Show Best West End Show Due to the indisposition of Tim McArthur, we are delighted to announce that last years opening act Sister Mary McArthur will be hosting this year’s awards. The Wilma Awards will ne hosted for the sixth year by were first held at Freedom Bar in Soho for the first year before moving to the Hippodrome Casino for 2015 and 2016 and then the Prince of Wales Theatre (Delfont Room) in 2017. For 2018 we moved to the Arts Theatre in Covent Garden, more than doubling the capacity of the venue. The 2019 awards will be the biggest yet, at Café de Paris in London’s West End. CLICK HERE TO VOTE NOW Facebook Twitter Instagram Website Copyright © 2019 West End Wilma. All rights reserved.

The UK première of new musical PRELUDES by Dave Malloy, writer of 12 times Tony nominated Broadway hit Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, comes to Southwark Playhouse this autumn. BOOK NOW Sergei Rachmaninoff has it all; world-wide fame from a single composition by the age of 19, commissioned to write his first symphony at 20 and engaged to the love of his life, Natalya. But at 21 he is crippled with a depressive paranoia and anxiety. His world has imploded, his work has stopped, he cannot even lift a pencil to compose a simple melody. Such is the power of the men who sought to destroy him, who haunt his waking nightmares and poison his dreams. And when those men happen to be the greatest artists of their day, how do you come back, how do you escape the darkness and come into the light? Based on a true story of Rachmaninoff’s sessions of hypnotherapy, Preludes is an extraordinary new musical by three-time Tony Award-nominee Dave Malloy. It examines the crippling debilitation and harm the world can do to people, and how the dramatic and musical process can be used as therapy to restore them back into the fullest of creative lives. Using live piano and electronics, Malloy uses a hybrid of his own and Rachmaninoff’s compositions to create a dream-like world that takes us to the darkest recesses of Rachmaninoff’s mind. Cast and Creatives DahlRebecca Caine ChaliapinNorton James NatalyaGeorgia Louise RachmaninoffTom Noyes RachKeith Ramsay The MasterTim Walton DirectorAlex Sutton Set & Costume DesignerRebecca Brower Lighting DesignerChristopher Nairne Sound DesignerAndrew Johnson ChoreographerSte Clough Musical DirectorJordan Li-Smith Casting DirectorDanielle Tarento TICKETS Previews 6, 7, 9, 10 September all tickets £16 From 11 September £27.50, £22 (conc.) Concessions Students, Under 16’s, Unwaged, Registered disabled, Over 65’s Registered disabled patrons can bring one companion free of charge. No booking fee. PERFORMANCES 6 SEP - 12 OCT 2019 Monday to Saturdays at 7.30pm Tuesday and Saturday matinees at 3pm See website for full schedule GETTING HERE SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE 77-85 Newington Causeway London SE1 6BD 020 7407 0234 Nearest Tube Stations Borough / Elephant and Castle www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk Facebook Twitter Instagram Website Copyright © 2019 West End Wilma. All rights reserved.