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Godspell, the hit Seventies musical that merged clown make-up with the Bible, first bounced on to a New York stage 40 years ago, and Wicked star Kerry Ellis, Avenue Q’s Daniel Boys and Les Misérables’ Jonathan Williams are gearing up to celebrate it with a one-off concert at Manchester’s Palace Theatre. The concert on 21st October will showcase Stephen Schwartz’s [...]

Daniel Boys shot to fame in the Any Dream Will Do series, prior to which he trained at the Guildford School of Acting and had parts in Rent, both in the West End and on tour. He has since found success in Avenue Q and the London premiere of Wolfboy, and is currently starring in [...]

Jonathan Williams is the current alternate Jean Valjean in Les Misérables at the Queen’s Theatre, a show that gave him his West End break while still at the Palace. He is set to play Jesus in the 40th anniversary concert of Stephen Schwartz’s Godspell in October. Lucy Thackray caught up with him about the show [...]

Kerry Ellis has had a whirlwind decade since making her West End debut in My Fair Lady. She’s gone from understudying Martine McCutcheon to being the first British Elphaba (in the West End and on Broadway), via a part in the the original cast of We Will Rock You and the creation of a rock-musical sound with Queen’s Brian [...]

Time for another musical spectacular, as we pick out some of the best all-singing, all-dancing shows to be found up and down the country. What with riots and the economy getting everyone down, there are times when you just need a good dose of jazz hands, so this week’s top picks select some of the [...]

Writer: Catherine O’Shea Director: Tanja Pagnuco Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: A timely and interesting play, Fit For Purpose follows the story of a Somalian mother (Aruna) and her 13 year old daughter (Kaela) as they attempt to navigate the British Asylum system. They arrive at the detainee centre just as the other women have [...]

Writer: Chris Larner Director: Hannah Eidinow Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: Given the nature of this piece it was never going to be a barrel of laughs, yet Chris Larner’s true story of his ex-wife’s trip to Switzerland’s Dignitas clinic has a lot more humour in it than you might expect. Witty, observant and extremely moving, [...]

Director: Catherine Alexander Reviewer: Deborah Klayman The Public Reviews Rating: Based on verbatim accounts, encounters, and interviews arranged by the Human Trafficking Foundation, Sold is a dynamic piece of new writing which is well directed, staged and performed. A strong ensemble piece, the play is made up of sections where the audience is directly addressed or there [...]