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Theatre Interviews with Top West End Stars

Get a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes with our London Theatre exclusive interviews. Read more from West End actors, as well as theatre writers and directors of the biggest shows across London and beyond. Find out more about your favourite London plays and musicals.

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  • 'My Fair Lady's Bartlett Sher and Gareth Valentine on the musical's endearing qualities

    Bartlett Sher is the directorial brain behind two Broadway productions now in London. His critically-acclaimed play, To Kill a Mockingbird, is at the Gielgud Theatre. And now, his 2018 revival of My Fair Lady, which picked up 10 Tony Award nominations, opens in the musical's actual setting, Covent Garden. For Sher, staging My Fair Lady in London is akin to a ceremonial homecoming. “My Fair Lady is a perfect sort of marriage of the American musical form with Lerner and Loewe and George Bernard...

  • Vanessa Redgrave and Malcolm Sinclair: ‘My Fair Lady’ is a diamond musical

    Between Vanessa Redgrave and Malcolm Sinclair, their West End resumes include more than 35 shows. Now, for their latest theatrical appearance, the veteran actors star alongside one another in My Fair Lady at the London Coliseum as Mrs. Higgins and Colonel Pickering respectively. Even though they’ve worked on stage for decades, the chance of performing at the vast Coliseum marks a lifetime achievement. As soon as we begin chatting about the show, Sinclair commented on the immense privilege of...

  • We go together: Dan Partridge and Olivia Moore on playing Danny and Sandy in 'Grease'

    There are numerous romantic film couples taking over West End theatres at the moment, from Vivian Ward and Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman: The Musical to the doomed love affair between Christian and Satine in Moulin Rouge! The Musical. The Dominion Theatre is adding to that tally: Rydell High’s Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski are strutting into town as Grease hits the West End. Grease was last at London's Dominion from 1993-9. During those six years, the show featured actors such as Tamzin...

  • Choreographer Arlene Phillips putting women front and centre in 'Grease'

    Choreographer Arlene Phillips is no stranger to Grease. In 1993, she received an Olivier nomination for her Grease choreography. Nearly 30 years later, Phillips and Grease go together once more, as Grease heads to its London spiritual home, the Dominion, where it's currently playing for 26 weeks. But this Grease is unlike the musical film, and the show taps into the story’s hard truths. In recent years, the Grease story has faced backlash due to misogynistic tropes and a dated idea that a woman...

  • Gloria Onitiri on finding her Fairy Godmother magic in 'Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella'

    We all wish we had a Fairy Godmother. This fantastical character changes peoples lives in a few moments — and the famed Fairy Godmother trope is often associated with Cinderella. But in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella, the Godmother doesn't only focus on a person's appearance. She connects with Cinderella and Prince Sebastian on a deeper level, encouraging them to see inside themselves. “The Godmother’s] whole role is she can make you look like what you want to look. The question really falls...

  • Olly Dobson in Back to the Future the Musical (Photo by Sean Ebsworth Barnes)

    Back to the Future The Musical writer and producer on bringing the story to the stage

    Bob Gale has been dreaming about Back to the Future. The acclaimed screenwriter of the celebrated film franchise penned the book for the new musical adaptation of the classic movie, but when the out-of-town tryout had to close early due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Gale found his subconscious taking him back to Hill Valley."For the first six weeks I was back in the States after we had to close, I was dreaming about this show every single night," he said. "Now that we're revving up, I'm hoping that...