Read all about the latest Production news from across the Group.

A STRANGE LOOP CASTING ANNOUNCED!

A Strange Loop is making its way to London’s Barbican Theatre (from 17 June) for a one time only, 12-week season and the fantastic cast has just been announced!

Kyle Ramar Freeman will be making his West End debut, reprising the lead role of Usher that he played on Broadway. He will be joined by Danny Bailey (Jesus Christ Superstar), Eddie Elliott (Motown the Musical), Sharlene Hector (Basement Jaxx), Jason Pennycooke (Original West End cast, Hamilton) and Tendai Humphrey Sitima (The Play That Goes Wrong).

A Strange Loop won the Pulitzer Prize, the Tony Award and every best musical award on Broadway, and has been lauded as “the new Hamilton” by critics in the UK and on Broadway.

IT’S HEADED STRAIGHT TOWARDS US

Multi-award-winning actors Rufus Hound and Sam West star in the quirky, surprisingly tender, laugh out loud comedy, It’s Headed Straight Towards Us at London’s Park Theatre from September.

Two actors, stuck in a trailer on the side of a volcano, in Iceland. The glacier is melting, the volcano is active. Bitter rivalries emerge going back to their time at college together, as the film they are meant to be working on collapses around them and the trailer they are in begins to slip. An avalanche wipes out the only escape road and the only bridge to safety subsides into the ravine. 

It’s Headed Straight Towards Us is written by British actor-comedians Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer, who rose to fame in TV comedies The Comic Strip Presents, and the BAFTA award-winning cult classic The Young Ones. The play is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh and produced by Jonathan Church.

TINA DOWN UNDER

TINA – The Tina Turner Musical is now playing at Theatre Royal Sydney and the first performance was euphoric – hear what the audience had to say below!

In 1995, Tina Turner climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of the infamous NRL commercial featuring her hit song “The Best.” Watch Australia’s Tina Turner, Ruva Ngwenya, recreate this iconic moment in history below!

The official Opening Night for TINA – The Tina Turner Musical will be Thursday 18 May.

THE JERSEY BOYS HEAD INTO JANUARY!

And finally, Oh What a Night! The global smash-hit Tony and Olivier award-winning musical JERSEY BOYS is extending its run at London’s Trafalgar Theatre until January 2024!