Welcome to the Christmas edition of the Trafalgar Entertainment Newsletter which by now you will have noticed has an official name, ENSEMBLE! Congratulations to Joe Powell from Stagecoach who was chosen as the winner of our competition to name the newsletter. We think ENSEMBLE sums us up perfectly – a unity of all the businesses under the Trafalgar Entertainment umbrella.

With an exciting first full year of trading under our belts, there are certainly plenty of memorable Trafalgar Entertainment moments that epitomise 2018. The New Year got off to a flying start with the news that Rosemary was to receive a Damehood in The Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for Services to Theatre and Philanthropy!

Trafalgar Entertainment held its first ever Away Day at the St Martin’s Lane Hotel in London earlier this month to celebrate 2018  and look towards the future. An inspirational day of shared visions, positivity, creativity, excitement and Christmas dinner!

Stagecoach held its very first Creative Courage for Life Awards earlier this month with a glitzy ceremony at the Shaftsbury Theatre on 2 December. The awards bash formed part of Stagecoach’s annual Charity Gala event and celebrated the phenomenal talent of its students. During the event, the stage was bursting with young talent as guests were treated to performances from Stagecoach students from across the UK.

The film version of the multiple Tony award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King and I: From the London Palladium has become the biggest theatre event in cinemas of 2018 following global screenings at the end of November.

The production is expected to take $2.5m at the box office.

Comedian Dom Joly, actress Beverley Callard, TV presenter Alison Hammond, comedian Steve Punt and actor Philip Franks will star as The Narrator in the 2018/19 UK tour of The Rocky Horror Show. The five stars will take to the stage to perform the iconic role at various moments during the new national tour of the show, which opens at Theatre Royal Brighton this month and then travels across the UK until November 2019. 

Stagecoach CEO Sarah Kelly talks us through her highlights of 2018…

Dan and Matt from Trafalgar Theatre Productions unveil their personal highlights of 2018.

Welcome to our monthly who’s who of Trafalgar Entertainment.