West End Wilma

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

Given the awful way climate change is affecting Australia right now, West End Wilma are raising money for WIRES Wildlife Rescue who work to save endangered wildlife animals affected by fires in Australia. The wonderful people of West End theatre have pulled out all the stops and ever so generously donated a whole host of different items for us to auction off for this cause. CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL AUCTION ITEMS AND BID NOW There is signed merchandise from the casts of & Juliet, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Girl From The North Country, Mary Poppins, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, Come From Away, Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Dear Evan Hansen, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Only Fools and Horses and Goldilocks and the Three Bears at the London Palladium. Plus tickets to SIX, Michael Ball & Alfie Boe at the O2, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical, The Marisha Wallace Tour, The Comedy about a Bank Robbery, We Will Rock You (UK tour plus backstage tour), Mamma Mia!, Pirate Queen, The Fawlty Towers Dining Experience, Whitney – Queen of the Night, What’s Love Got To Do With It, Queen Machine featuring Kerry Ellis. As well as a private dance class with Strictly Come Dancing’s Robin Windsor for you and your friends, Signed props from The Book of Mormon, Theatre Tokens, Pleasance Theatre Tickets & more! CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL AUCTION ITEMS AND BID NOW Facebook Twitter Instagram Website Copyright © 2020 West End Wilma. All rights reserved.

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SIX and Bat Out of Hell star Danielle Steers Jimmy Perry and David Croft’s classic BBC comedy Dad’s Armyis brought gloriously to life on stage with three episodes hilariously and lovingly enacted by two master performers. David Benson (‘Goodnight Sweetheart’ and ‘One Man, Two Guvnors)’ and Jack Lane (‘Wisdom of a Fool’ and ‘7 Days’) transport the audience right back to Walmington on Sea playing all the characters between them. This 2020 tour features three classic TV episodes – ‘When You’ve Got To Go’, ‘My Brother and I’ and ‘Never Too Old’ – that were never performed on radio – and now newly-adapted by Benson and Lane with scripts approved and authorised by the Perry/Croft estate’ – complete with sound effects, vintage music and all of Perry and Croft’s beloved characters and catchphrases. Highly acclaimed by critics and by audiences of all ages. CLICK HERE FOR TOUR DATES SIX and Bat Out of Hell star Danielle Steers talks about her upcoming Album and London concert! Facebook Twitter Instagram Website Copyright © 2020 West End Wilma. All rights reserved.

West End Wilma are arranging a charity theatre auction to help raise money for the protection of wildlife affected by the Australian bush fires. Given the awful way climate change is affecting Australia right now, we will be raising money for WIRES Wildlife Rescue https://www.wires.org.au/donate/emergency-fund who work to save endangered wildlife animals affected by fires in Australia. I hear you are out there at the moment but hopefully out of the way of this awfulness. The auction will be held online at the beginning of February 2020. Performers and theatre shows are donating tickets and signed merchandise and we have some really exciting things already. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU CAN DONATE? Do you have any rare theatre memorabilia that you are willing to give away for this cause? Or do you work in a company that might be able to donate something we can auction off? If you think you have anything you can donate please email us wilma@westendwilma.com  Facebook Twitter Instagram Website Copyright © 2020 West End Wilma. All rights reserved.

I saw this new production of Les Miserables on Broadway back in 2016 and have been longing for the London production to be updated ever since. Gone is the revolving stage (to many fans disappointment) but what the newly refurbished (and renamed) Sondheim Theatre has gained is a modernised and fresh look to what was starting to become a very outdated production. CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL REVIEW Facebook Twitter Instagram Website Copyright © 2020 West End Wilma. All rights reserved.

Embrace the blazing energy, beauty and tragedy. THE WATERMILL ENSEMBLE RETURNS TO WILTON’S MUSIC HALL WITH TWO ELECTRIFYING SHAKESPEARE PRODUCTIONS by William Shakespeare Directed by Paul Hart | Designed by Katie Lias | Movement by Tom Jackson Greaves Lighting designed by Tom White | Sound designed by David Gregory Video projection design by Louise Rhoades-Brown (Macbeth) MACBETH 22 – 25 Jan & 3 – 8 Feb Passion, ambition and desire ignite in this thrilling tragedy. Blazing with tension, energy and live music, experience a powerful new interpretation of Macbeth, the Watermill Ensemble’s boldest production to date. Fuelled by greed, ambition and desire, the Macbeths’ desperation to survive is reflected in the fierce reverberations of Johnny Cash, The xx and The Rolling Stones. ‘BURNS WITH PURPOSE, PASSION AND ENERGY TO SPARE’ The Guardian A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM 29 Jan – 1 Feb & 11 – 15 Feb Enter a world of dreams and desire in this soulful and spellbinding comedy. Fizzing with magic and a large dose of chaos in an enchanted Victorian music hall, secrets, love and mistaken identities collide in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Fusing actor musicianship with one of Shakespeare’s greatest comedies, the Watermill Ensemble cast their spell performing the intoxicating soulful sounds of Nina Simone and Billie Holiday live on stage. ‘FULL OF MUSIC, LAUGHTER, HEART & SOUL. DAZZLING’ Gyles Brandreth The Watermill Theatre has established a reputation as one of Britain’s leading regional theatres and regularly tours work across the UK. Recent productions in London have included Amélie, The Wipers Times and Twelfth Night (Wilton’s Music Hall, 2018). The Watermill Ensemble was formed in 2017 and has developed a unique approach to Shakespeare, touring to thousands of people in the UK and internationally. 22 JAN – 15 FEB WILTONS.ORG.UK    020 7702 2789 1 GRACES ALLEY, LONDON E1 8JB Facebook Twitter Instagram Website Copyright © 2020 West End Wilma. All rights reserved.