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Review: Once on This Island

Review: Once on This Island

Once on This Island is an interesting and intelligent racial reimagining of The Little Mermaid – with gorgeous costumes and majestic lighting but a disappointing set (or lack thereof)
Live review: Samantha Barks at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Live review: Samantha Barks at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Musical theatre icon Samantha Barks performed a superb solo concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane – where she usually plays Elsa in Frozen
Disney celebrates 100 years of music and memories with a UK arena tour

Disney celebrates 100 years of music and memories with a UK arena tour

Disney 100: The Concert is touring the UK to mark 100 years of The Walt Disney Company, with Strictly star (and Disney super-fan) Janette Manrara as host
Get your popcorn ready for 2023’s biggest movies

Get your popcorn ready for 2023’s biggest movies

A comprehensive preview of 2023’s most anticipated blockbuster movies
Musicals of Manchester: January

Musicals of Manchester: January

Find out what musicals are coming to Manchester this January!
Live review: Sierra Boggess at Cadogan Hall

Live review: Sierra Boggess at Cadogan Hall

Musical sensation Sierra Boggess kicked off the Christmas season with a pair of concerts at Cadogan Hall, in which she sang Christmas classics, musical must-sings, and her hits
Review: Newsies

Review: Newsies

Newsies, based on the Disney film of the same name, is having its European premiere at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre – an Off West End space that allows this roaring musical to truly seize the day
The Lion King: My fourth visit to the Pridelands was the best yet

The Lion King: My fourth visit to the Pridelands was the best yet

Having seen The Lion King thrice before, is the magic still there the fourth time?
Review: The Lion King

Review: The Lion King

The stage adaptation of Disney’s The Lion King is at the Palace Theatre for a four-and-a-half-month residency, as part of its second UK tour
Disney on Ice: In conversation with Katrina Lopez

Disney on Ice: In conversation with Katrina Lopez

Katrina Lopez talks to The Mancunion about her love of Disney as a child and making other children’s dreams come true
AO Arena freezes over

AO Arena freezes over

Disney on Ice presents Dream Big visits AO Arena as part of its UK tour
Review: Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch

Review: Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch – A Musical Parody at the Lowry
The Lowry offers double the fun this summer

The Lowry offers double the fun this summer

Identical – a brand-new musical based on Erich Kästner’s novel, The Double Lottie (which was famously adapted into The Parent Trap films) – is playing at the Lowry, following its world premiere
After two years, 101 Dalmatians finally opens at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

After two years, 101 Dalmatians finally opens at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Theatre Edtor Jay Darcy reviews 101 Dalmatians at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre – a new musical based on the novel of the same name, which was supposed to premiere in 2020 – starring Kate Fleetwood
Live Review: Olivia Rodrigo

Live Review: Olivia Rodrigo

Ella Robinson captures the enigmatic stage presence of pop-punk superstar Olivia Rodrigo.
Live Review: Lea Salonga at Bridgewater Hall

Live Review: Lea Salonga at Bridgewater Hall

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Lea Salonga’s Dream Again Tour at the Bridgewater Hall
The Lion King – Launch Event (Again)

The Lion King – Launch Event (Again)

Sophie Hicks attends the second launch event for The Lion King – which returns to the Palace Theatre later this year
Beauty and the Beast is a nostalgic yet inventive retelling of the tale as old as time

Beauty and the Beast is a nostalgic yet inventive retelling of the tale as old as time

Roxanne Perron explains how Beauty and the Beast, currently playing at the Palace Theatre, honours the original film whilst offering something new
Review: Beauty and the Beast

Review: Beauty and the Beast

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Beauty and the Beast at the Palace Theatre, starring Gavin Lee, Sam Bailey, Nigel Richards and Martin Ball
Bonjour! Palace Theatre Manchester invites you to be their guest

Bonjour! Palace Theatre Manchester invites you to be their guest

The new, redesigned stage adaptation of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast comes to Manchester’s Palace Theatre for a two month residency