Blood Brothers at the Phoenix theatre, London’s third-longest-running musical, has added an extra 16 performances due to popular demand.
Blood Brothers has been running continuously in London for 24 years, and announced earlier this month that the show in London would close. However, the closing performance has now been extended and the West End show is now due to close on the 10th November 2012.
Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers was first staged in Liverpool in 1981, before a West End transfer to the Lyric Theatre in London. In 1988, Bill Kenwright revived the musical at the Albery Theatre, in London’s West End, where it won critical acclaim and was awarded best musical. In 1991 Blood Brothers transferred to it’s current theatre, the Phoenix Theatre in Charing Cross Road, London.
The current West End cast of Blood Brothers features Vivienne Carlyle (as Mrs Johnstone), Philip Stewart (Narrator), Mark Rice Oxley (Mickey), Paul Christopher (Eddie) and Abigail Jaye (Mrs Lyons).
Although no new show has been confirmed at the Phoenix theatre it is rumoured that Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Starlight Express, the musical featuring a cast on roller-skates that played for many successful years previously at the Apollo Victoria theatre. It would be a welcome return for this exciting and energetic show.
At Shows in London we are delighted to announce some new cast additions to Billy Elliot the musical at the Victoria Palace theatre in London. Redmand Rance becomes the thirty-first boy to play Billy in the West End, and he will be joined by Millie Thornton as Debbie Wilkinson. Redmand performed the role of Bily Elliot for the first time in London on the 22nd August..
Redmand Rance starred as Billy Elliot in the Billy Youth Theatre production of the show in 2011, and was later Young Cosmo in Singin’ in the Rain the musical at London’s Palace Theatre. 11-year old Redmand hails from Portsmouth and it is a dream come true for him to be taking to the stage at the Victoria Palace in London’s West End.
10-year old Millie Thornton from Sunderland is delighted to be taking on the part of Debbie. She also performed in a Billy Youth Theatre production of Billy Elliot the musical in 2011 as well as taking roles in both Joseph and The King and I. She’s equally as excited to be on the stage in London’s West End.
We Will Rock You the popular Queen musical at the Dominion Theatre in London, had its 4000th performance on 20th September 2012 and it is still a sensational musical going strong. A new cast has been announced taking to the London stage from the 8th October 2012. Oliver Tompsett will be starring as Galileo and Rachael Wooding stars as Scaramouche, the two lead roles in this hugely successful musical.
Watch out for a new play by Simon Beaufoy The Full Monty adapted from the hit film. This production is brought to the West End by successful producer David Pugh who was responsible for shows in London such as Calendar Girls, Art, God of Carnage and Equus.
