The West End Frame Show: Theatre News, Reviews & Chat

Ben Culleton (Les Misérables / La Cage aux Folles) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!

Andrew and Ben discuss the 2024 Olivier Awards (Royal Albert Hall), Your Lie In April (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Bare In Concert (London Palladium) as well as the latest news about Kinky Boots starring Johannes Radebe, Lauren Samuels joining Wicked's US tour, Heathers, Rob Madge, Opening Night and lots more.

Ben is curre...

Jye Frasca (Syncopation / Wicked) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!

Andrew and Jye discuss Red Pitch (@SohoPlace), Coming Clean (Turbine Theatre) and Cruel Intentions (The Other Palace) as well as the latest news about Oklahoma!, Jessica Vosk, I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical, Jerry's Girls and more. There's also discussion about the online racial abuse which occurred following Francesca Amewudah-Rivers' ...

This week Andrew flies solo for a packed episode of The West End Frame Show.

Andrew discusses MJ The Musical (Prince Edward Theatre), Opening Night (Gielgud Theatre), Breeding (King's Head Theatre), Priscilla The Party (Here At Outernet), Wild About You In Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Tosh Wanogho-Maud: Songs + Stories (Piano Smithfield) as well as the latest news about Mean Girls, & Juliet, The Devil We...

Rachel Rawlinson (Six / Heathers) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!

Andrew and Rachel discuss For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy (Garrick Theatre), Pretty Woman (Milton Keynes Theatre, UK & Ireland Tour) and Syncopation (Bridewell Theatre) as well as the latest news about the Wicked Movie, Babies, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Tammy Faye, Ben Platt and lots more.

Rachel recently ...

Jenny Fitzpatrick (Nancy in Oliver!) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!

Andrew and Jenny discuss Guys & Dolls (Bridge Theatre) and The Wizard of Oz (New Wimbledon Theatre, UK & Ireland Tour) as well as the latest news about the Olivier Award nominations, Pippin In Concert, Dolly Parton's Here You Come Again, West End Does: Country plus lots more.

Jenny recently received huge acclaim for her performanc...

Benjamin Yates (Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz) returns to co-host The West End Frame Show!

Andrew and Benjamin discuss The Drifters Girl (New Oxford Theatre, UK Tour) and An Officer and a Gentleman(Glasgow Kings Theatre, UK Tour) as well as the latest news about Marisha Wallace entering the Celebrity Big Brother House, Mary Poppins, & Juliet, MJ and lots more.

Some of Benjamin's theatre credits include ...

Ryan Carter (Ain't Too Proud / Choir Of Man) returns to The West End Frame Show!

Andrew & Ryan have a conversation about the reaction to the Black Out Performances announced for Slave Play. They also discuss Standing At The Sky's Edge (Gillian Lynne Theatre), Cable Street (Southwark Playhouse), Side Show In Concert (London Palladium) and Before After (Southwark Playhouse) as well as the latest news about Caba...

West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins, is back for some bonus show talk!

The shows covered in this episode include The Big Life (Stratford East), I Should Be So Lucky (New Wimbledon Theatre, UK Tour), Bronco Billy (Charing Cross Theatre), Redcliffe (MT Fest, Turbine Theatre), Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre) and Daniel Koek's West End Sessions (Brooks Mews Wine Bar).

Andrew als...

Amy Thornton (Moulin Rouge / Evita) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!

Andrew and Amy discuss Hadestown (Lyric Theatre) and Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre) as well as the latest news about Donny Osmond, Wild About You, Claudia Kariuki, Miriam Margolyes and more.

Amy recently completed her run as Nini in the West End production of Moulin Rogue (Piccadilly Theatre) and played Tess in the workshop of Burlesque The ...

We're back for a brand new season of The West End Frame Show - join us for your weekly stagey catchup!

This week, Blair Gibson (Elder Price in The Book of Mormon) co-hosts The West End Frame Show.

Andrew and Blair discuss the Wicked trailer, Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Peacock Theatre) and Just For One Day (The Old Vic) as well as the latest news about The Devil Wears Prada, Oliver!, Why Am I So Si...

We're back for a catchup about everything all the shows we've seen over the past couple of months!

In part two, Andrew and theatre journalist Lisa Martland discuss Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) (Kiln Theatre), The Witches (National Theatre), You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Peter Pan (London Palladium), Six (West End & Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, UK & Irela...

We're back for a catchup about everything all the shows we've seen over the past couple of months!

In part one, Andrew and theatre journalist Lisa Martland discuss Wicked (Edinburgh Playhouse, UK Tour) starring Casey Al-Shaqsy and Megan Gardiner, The Motive & The Cue (Noël Coward Theatre), Rehab The Musical (Neon 194), Alan Cumming is Not Acting His Age (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Cruel Intentions: The 90s...

To mark the UK release of The Color Purple movie, we're delving into the the new movie musical.

Directed by Blitz Bazawule, The Color Purple has screenplay by Marcus Gardley. The cast is led by Fantasia Barrino as Celie, Danielle Brooks as Sofia and Taraji P. Henson as Shug.

Alice Walker wrote the original Color Purple novel in 1982, three years later the original film was released and in 2005 the musical ad...

We're back with a totally fetch episode about the brand new Mean Girls movie!

Ahead of Mean Girls opening in the West End in June, the stage musical has been adapted into a brand new film. Directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr, Tina Fey has once again written the movie's script.

The cast includes Angourie Rice as Cady Heron, Reneé Rapp as Regina George, Auliʻi Cravalho as Janis, Jaquel Spivey a...

Theatre and lifestyle blogger Rachel Agyekum and West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins, round up their Top Shows of 2023!

Thank you for listening to The West End Frame Show in 2023 and for sharing your top shows of the year - we included as many follower/listener contributions as possible in this episode. We're taking a little break in the New Year, but will be back in 2024 with lots more stagey catchups.

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Social media manager Ksenya Gray joins West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins, to round up their Top Performances of 2023!

Thank you for listening to The West End Frame Show in 2023 and for sharing your top performances of the year - we included as many follower/listener contributions as possible in this episode. We're back on Thursday to round up our top shows of the year.

Ksenya runs the social media compa...

Shakira Simpson (Six Tour / Legally Blonde) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!

Andrew and Shakira discuss My Favourite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) as well as the latest news about Paddington The Musical, Opening Night, Indhu Rubasingham, Samantha Barks, the TodayTix shop and lots more.

Shakira worked as a child, playing Young Nala in The Lion King (Lyce...

We're bringing you a festive bonus episode with Savanna Jeffrey (Stratford East Panto / Get Up Stand Up) and Tara Boom (La Clique).

Savanna Jeffrey is currently playing Winnie the Moo in Jack and the Beanstalk at Stratford East.

Bith book and lyrics by Anna Jordan, Jack and the Beanstalk has music and lyrics by Stratford East pantomime veteran Robert Hyman and is directed by Denzel Westley-Sanderson.

Mitchell Zhangazha (Ain't Too Proud / Dear Evan Hansen) returns to co-host The West End Frame Show!

Andrew and Mitchell discuss Hamilton (UK Tour, Manchester Palace Theatre), A Very Very Bad Cinderella (The Other Palace Studio) and Pacific Overtures (Menier Chocolate Factory) as well as the latest news about Mamma Mia I Have A Dream, the WhatsOnStage Awards, Here You Come Again, Red Pitch and more.

Mitchell...