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By Mike Shaw, on June 28th, 2007
Rehearsals appear to be in full swing in the West End this week! Danny Bayne and Susan McFadden have now met their Rydell High classmates and have started learning their lines, perfecting their dance moves and polishing their respective American and Australian accents! Joining Danny and Susan is runner-up “how do you solve a problem [...]
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By Mike Shaw, on June 26th, 2007
Ok, so Lee Mead is not quite at number 1 yet. But what an achievement, his first ever single and he reaches number 2 in the offical UK singles chart. Not only that, but the money raised from the sale of the single goes to Children In Need - what better way to start a [...]
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By Mike Shaw, on June 25th, 2007
Celebrated singer and West End legend, Micheal Ball, will be playing Edna Turnblad in the London production of Hairspray. The character of Edna Turnblad is that of the over-sized and overbearing mother of dance crazy teen, Tracy Turnblad.
Hairspray, the musical is based on the 1988 film by John Waters and is set in Baltimore [...]
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By Mike Shaw, on June 22nd, 2007
The Lord of the Rings opened in London this week to rave reviews from fans and 4 star reviews from a number of noted theatre critics.
The show is unlike anything seen before in the West End and features a state of the art mechanical stage, flying Orcs with sprung stilts for limbs and some of [...]
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By Mike Shaw, on June 20th, 2007
Lee Mead has been a very busy bee this past week! Since winning ‘Any Dream Will Do’ last weekend, Lee has been working non-stop! Last Monday he released his double A-side “Any Dream Will Do/Close Every Door,” which has been a very popular track reaching number 5 on iTunes singles download chart and number 18 [...]
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By Mike Shaw, on June 19th, 2007
Ah, classic lines, classic movie, classic soundtrack, classic show! Could you get any better than Dirty Dancing? ‘Nobody puts Baby in a corner!’ Love it, love it, love it! I was doing my daily Youtube search this morning and stumbled upon the Dirty Dancing show video blogs and promo video, the show looks so good [...]
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By Mike Shaw, on June 18th, 2007
The new Lord of the Rings show is currently playing in the West End and has enthralled audiences since it opened last month. To celebrate all things Lord of the Rings related we’re challenging you to a LOTR quiz to determine whether you deserve the title of hardcore hobbit follower!
Just for fun take our Lord [...]
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By Mike Shaw, on June 14th, 2007
I just love Susan McFadden! I was rooting for her from the start. She’s beautiful, talented and seems really genuine and lovely. Been doing a bit of research to build up her Show and Stay biography and found out that she was a finalist on ‘You’re A Star’ (Irish equivalent of Pop Idol) Have [...]
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By Mike Shaw, on June 14th, 2007
Just been on the web trying to find out a little bit more about our favourite Danny and stumbled across this gem of a video on youtube! Did you know that Ben from Any Dream Will Do and Danny B were at the Italia Conti Stage School together? Nope, neither did I!
Thought you might enjoy [...]
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By Mike Shaw, on June 11th, 2007
The whole office is jumping for joy today as Lee Mead was given the Techincoloured Dreamcoat and the prestigious role of Joseph this weekend. Giving two outstanding performances, Lee was chosen by the voting public to star in Andrew Lloyd Webbers “Joseph and The Technicoloured Dreamcoat” which will be in the West End this summer.
Keith [...]
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