TRADGE THE THEATRE GEEK

What a week it's been, cast announcements, new trailers, and confirmation of a major Sondheim revival we all knew was happening anyway. Here are all the top stories that have been rocking the theatre world over the past seven days... ----- LES MISERABLES New faces to join London cast (L-R) Harry Hepple , Lizzie Bea , Jess Folley The latest new recruits to join the barricade have been revealed, as the west end production of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil ’s cultur

PREMIERED: 1928 (Berlin) MUSIC: Kurt Weill BOOK/LYRICS: Bertolt Brecht Artwork from the 1976 broadway revival We're going way back this week, to feature a classic, and a foreign language piece that is soon to be celebrating its centenary. Originally premiering in German back in 1928, " The Threepenny Opera " is a play with music by Kurt Weill , and original German language book & lyrics by Bertolt Brecht . It is often considered a halfway house between a play and a musical,

Summer into autumn saw concerts, fringe shows and more than one form of theatre magic, as we celebrated half a century of the world's most beloved duo of magicians. Here are my top 10 picks for the third quarter of 2025. ----- 10. TILL THE STARS COME DOWN Theatre Royal, Haymarket The first entry is a play that provided me with my first appearance on a west end stage, as this Beth Steel play, a transfer from the National Theatre , took the west end by storm during the summer.