Julia Rank

1 week ago | londontheatre.co.uk | Julia Rank

Traditionally, West End shows have taken place between Monday and Saturday, with one midweek matinee and another on Saturdays (a total of eight shows per week). However, it’s no longer quite so clear-cut, with numerous performances now taking place on Sundays instead of Mondays. Several shows have matinees (for more information about matinee shows, read LondonTheatre.co.uk’s guide to matinees) or evening shows on Sundays (some even have both).

1 week ago | londontheatre.co.uk | Julia Rank

One of the most popular and successful musical comedies of the 21st century so far, The Producers has been delighting audiences for almost a quarter of a century with its bad-taste humour, ingenious meta-theatricality, and toe-tapping score. The show features music and lyrics by the incomparable Mel Brooks (the writer and director of the original film) and a book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan.

2 weeks ago | londontheatre.co.uk | Julia Rank

Although homosexuality was decriminalised in 1967, it wouldn’t be accepted in mainstream society for decades to come. In 1988, when fears around Aids were sky-high, the appallingly homophobic Section 28 was passed, a bill that banned the “promotion” of homosexuality in British schools.

2 weeks ago | londontheatre.co.uk | Julia Rank

One upon a time, Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine had the idea of creating a musical based on fairy-tale stories. Inspired by psychoanalytical analyses of these stories (very popular in the ‘70s and ‘80s), they decided on a mash-up of Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rapunzel, plus the characters of the childless Baker and Baker’s Wife, who hold the various strands of the story together.

2 weeks ago | londontheatre.co.uk | Julia Rank

This summer, Rachel Zegler makes her West End debut in the title role of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical Evita. Director Jamie Lloyd has called Zegler “a phenomenal talent", and said: "I am delighted she will be making her West End debut as the iconic Eva Perón.”Born on 3 May 2001 in Hackensack, New Jersey to a mother of Colombian descent and a father of Polish descent, Zegler is still only in her early twenties, yet her CV is already full of extraordinary accomplishments.