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2020
Will a brand-new digital song cycle bring you hope in dark times? The casting alone is raising ou hopes. Over 100 performers, recording in lockdown isolation, will bring to life this new musical trilogy composed by over 60 composers and broadcast by The Other Palace.
2020
What are your plans for Thursday 23 April 2020? For #StageFaves fans in quarantine, the stellar online fundraiser All the Web's a Stage (held on Shakespeare's birthday) will be an absolute must-watch. We're delighted to support Theatre Together's efforts.
2019
Last night was the biggest in British Theatre! The Olivier Awards celebrated the best of all things stagey and we reckon this was the best year yet. As all your favourite musical theatre stars arrived on the Red Carpet, StageFaves’ awesome vlogger Perry O’Bree was ready to chat with all the nominees and guests, while at the same time Twitter was flooded with photos. Here are our personal faves...
The anticipation is properly building in the run up to the biggest night in the theatre calendar and now it has gone up a notch with news that all the nominated musicals will be performing at the Olivier Awards 2019 ceremony on 7 April at the Royal Albert Hall, plus The Lion King and Mamma Mia! will be celebrating 20 years in the West End. Oh, and did we mention that stars like Gloria Estefan and Katharine McPhee will be presenting awards?
They took their passion and made it happen! To celebrate their single going to No 1 on the iTunes Soundtrack chart in the UK, Joanne Clifton and Ben Adams have shared an exclusive recording of ballad ‘Here and Now’, composed by Robbie Roth, from the smash hit UK tour Flashdance – The Musical.
2017
To celebrate #LoveTheatreDay, we rounded up 20 top #StageFaves tweets that show what makes theatre so special. We’ve got lots of love, magic, inspiration, debuts, surprises and even chin-lip-synching (thank you, BOOK Of MORMON!). We think every day should be #LoveTheatreDay!
2017
Highgate's Upstairs at the Gatehouse theatre is hosting the fringe premiere of TOP HAT and they've just announced the cast who'll be joining Joanne Clifton. So let's take a look at the StageFaves who'll be facing the music and dancing this Christmas.
2017
Friday 13th is supposed to be the unluckiest day in the year, but looking at our #StageFaves we’re not so sure! We tempted fate with 13 Friday 13th tweets! Lucky for some...
She won our hearts on Strictly, wowed us with her dancing feet in FLASHDANCE and now Joanne Clifton is donning some headgear for the London fringe premier of TOP HAT which heads to Upstairs at the Gatehouse for a run over Christmas...
2017
How often do you get to see all your favourite West End stars performing under one roof? Almost never! But this October, a host of StageFaves are coming together for one night only at The London Cabaret Club in an all-star charity cabaret show in aid of "Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis". StageFaves such as Zizi Strallen, John Partridge and Matthew Croke have already been confirmed, along with loads more Wesn End names...
Proving that there's life beyond Strictly, reigning Strictly Come Dancing champion Joanne Clifton has been announced as Alex Owens in a new production of Flashdance – The Musical, co-starring singer-songwriter Ben Adams, which will tour the UK in 2017 and 2018.
In celebration of International Women's Day 2017, Musical Theatre Appreciation Society's Dawn Bush comments on how female roles in musicals have changed so dramatically over the years...
2016
Our first-night vlogger Perry O'Bree is getting ready for the holidays. In the first of Perry's special festive videos, he sings his own #StageFaves-style letter to Santa of some of the top performers on his "All I Want for Christmas" must-have merchandise list. Can you guess who Perry wants this season? Who's on your Christmas wish-list?
Joanne Clifton gave us a sneak-peek this past Sunday - singing "Gimme Gimme" from THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE as part the Summer at the Musicals concert line-up, supported by #StageFaves. Now the Strictly star is stepping into the role full-time, starring as Millie Dillmount in a major new UK tour of the Broadway hit...
2016
What a way to add some glamour to a Bank Holiday weekend. Summer at the Musicals brought the season to a near-close at the Phoenix Artists Club with 15 dazzling divas belting out songs from a diverse range of shows including Funny Girl, Avenue Q, Flower Drum Song, A Chorus Line and many more. #StageFaves, as media partner for the annual concert, was proud to be there with our photographer...
2016
Following the success of Sunday at the Musicals, we at #StageFaves are delighted to once again team up with producer Paul Burton as digital media partner for his next London concert. SUMMER AT THE MUSICALS, held once again in aid of the Royal Variety Charity, takes place at the Phoenix Arts Club on Sunday 28 August 2016 at 5pm. And, in our latest line of events and first nights, #StageFaves will be there to cover it live! Will you?