Blog: The Wicked Stage – Why Judi Dench is my favourite female musical theatre performer
I know that anyone who only knows Dame Judi Dench for her Shakespeare roles and as ‘M’ in James Bond may think this is a crazy statement. For me, it is beca...
Musicals
Blog: The Wicked Stage – A look at online musicals
YouTube is an extremely interesting place for entertaining people with videos and for creating communities and networking. You have your vloggers, your cat vide...
Student Offer: £20 tickets to see A Chorus Line at the London Palladium
Tickets for A Chorus Line usually cost up to £65, so this £20 student offer seems too good to be true. With a great musical score and brilliant choreography, th...
The Wicked Stage: Best “New” Musical and other surprises from Olivier Awards 2013
The Olivier Awards are always an exciting time for the theatre community and there was great anticipation as ITV were showing highlights of the award ceremony...
Guest blog: David Byrne on his new musical, The Universal Machine
In this new blog series, David Byrne, Artistic Director of the New Diorama Theatre, will explore the process of writing and staging a musical, looking at the ...
The Wicked Stage: Is musical theatre getting younger?
There has often been comment that musicals don’t appeal to young people and the bulk of the audience is often made up of people of a certain age. This may be a ...