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Category Archive: Musicals

Rock Choirs find their voice in Derbyshire

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Like me, for the sanity of others, you may feel that the only appropriate time to be belting […]

March 17, 2020 Music, Musicals, Rock/Pop, Uncategorized

Mark has first major musical role

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Britain’s Got Talent finalist, Mark McMullan, will don the Technicolor Dreamcoat in his first major musical role in […]

December 21, 2019 Music, Musicals

Blood Brothers musical on stage at Derby

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Written by Willy Russell, the legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated […]

October 9, 2019 Dance, Drama, Music, Musicals

Present Company stage Grand Hotel

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Present Company will be staging Grand Hotel – The musical, at Buxton Opera House from Thursday August 22 […]

August 21, 2019 Drama, Musicals

Eagle Awards 2019 nominations announced

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The wealth of amateur theatre talent in Derby, and surrounding towns and villages, will be celebrated once again […]

June 13, 2019 Drama, Music, Musicals, Uncategorized

Review: The Jungle Book, Derby Theatre

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The Jungle Book is a superb example of Derby Theatre’s ability to create shows that appeal to children […]

April 10, 2019 Drama, Music, Musicals, Reviews

Repton School saves the day

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The Good Companions Stage Society, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year very nearly found themselves with nowhere […]

April 9, 2019 Drama, Music, Musicals

Fame coming to Long Eaton

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Fame The Musical is a stage show full of breathtaking singing and dazzling dancing. It is a bittersweet, […]

April 5, 2019 Drama, Music, Musicals

Two contrasting musicals for Buxton

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Following the huge success of their production of West Side Story in 2018 Buxton Opera House is planning […]

January 2, 2019 Music, Musicals

Join in with Opera House musicals in Buxton

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If you would do anything to be transported to the Dickensian streets of London or take to the […]

November 16, 2018 Dance, Drama, Music, Musicals

Review: The Addams Family Music, New Mills Art Theatre

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The Addams Family has been disturbing and amusing people for about 80 years and has proved to be […]

November 14, 2018 Drama, Music, Musicals, Reviews

Made In Dagenham on stage in Dronfield

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Fifty years ago the women workers at the Ford plant in Dagenham took a stand and went on […]

September 20, 2018 Comedy, Drama, Music, Musicals

Blue’s Duncan James to sing at Darley Park Concert

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Blue singer, West End performer and Hollyoaks actor Duncan James is performing at the Hannells Darley Park Concert […]

August 24, 2018 Classical, Music, Musicals, Opera

Nominations for Eagle Awards announced

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On Sunday 15 July at 7pm the wealth of amateur theatre talent in Derby, and surrounding towns and […]

June 15, 2018 Comedy, Drama, Musicals, Pantomimes

Review: 20th Century Boy, Buxton Opera House

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  This warts and all telling of the brief life and career of Marc Bolan and T Rex […]

March 21, 2018 Music, Musicals

Review: Teddy, Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield

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It’s rare that I leave a theatre to a chorus of moans and groans when I’ve been reviewing […]

March 6, 2018 Drama, Music, Musicals, Reviews

Enjoy 1950s rock ‘n’ roll at Chesterfield

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The critically acclaimed, 1950s rock ‘n’ roll musical Teddy is coming to Chesterfield’s Pomegranate Theatre from March 5-10. […]

March 2, 2018 Music, Musicals

Review: West Side Story, Buxton Opera House

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The new kids on the block at Buxton Opera House will surely be a force to be reckoned […]

February 22, 2018 Dance, Drama, Music, Musicals, Reviews

Review: Spamalot, Buxton Opera House

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Spamalot is a tried and tested Monty Python tribute show drawn in some part from the 1975 film […]

January 18, 2018 Dance, Drama, Music, Musicals, Reviews

Spamalot musical on tour in county

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Spamalot the musical is back in a brand-new production which you can see at Buxton Opera House from […]

December 20, 2017 Musicals

Firefighter launches his first album

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Life was never going to be quite the same for Heanor firefighter Andy Quinn once he became the […]

December 18, 2017 Music, Musicals, Rock/Pop

Review: Sister Act, New Mills Art Theatre

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It’s a miracle! A miracle in the order of fish and loaves. People… I have glad tidings! Being […]

November 15, 2017 Drama, Music, Musicals, Reviews

Nun fun at New Mills

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  New Mills Operatic and Dramatic Society are staging Sister Act – The Musical at the New Mills […]

October 26, 2017 Drama, Music, Musicals

Review: Hairspray, Buxton Opera House

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Quite how I have managed to get this far in my life without seeing the musical Hairspray I […]

October 24, 2017 Drama, Musicals

Present Company to stage White Christmas

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Present Company is presenting Irving Berlin’s White Christmas at Derby Theatre from November 17-19. This is the stage […]

October 23, 2017 Dance, Drama, Music, Musicals

Long Eaton team stage musical comedy

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Join Long Eaton Operatic Society this October as they whisk you off to the French Riviera for con-artist […]

October 13, 2017 Music, Musicals

Sell-out Fringe show comes to Derby

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How To Win Against History, Seiriol Davies’ sell-out show from Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016, will will be at […]

October 6, 2017 Drama, Music, Musicals

Auditions for West Side Story

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Ambitions to star in a world famous musical?  Then here’s your chance at Buxton Opera House. Buxton Opera […]

September 26, 2017 Dance, Drama, Music, Musicals

Hairspray musical set for Buxton stage

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The much-loved musical comedy Hairspray comes to Buxton as part of a new national tour by the show’s […]

September 22, 2017 Dance, Drama, Music, Musicals

Review: Reasons to be Cheerful, Derby Theatre

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Defiant, bold and jubilant. That’s Reasons to be Cheerful, the show that celebrates the spirit of disability activist […]

September 14, 2017 Drama, Music, Musicals, Reviews, Rock/Pop

Romantic musical Camelot on stage at Buxton

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Present Company is returning to Buxton Opera House with four performances of the legendary romantic musical Camelot this week. This […]

August 21, 2017 Musicals

Eagle Awards nominations announced

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  The wealth of amateur theatre talent in Derby, and surrounding towns and villages, will be celebrated once […]

June 27, 2017 Comedy, Drama, Musicals

Footloose: The Musical arrives at Buxton

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Following an acclaimed 2016 UK Tour, worldwide smash hit musical Footloose: The Musical will burst back onto the […]

May 28, 2017 Music, Musicals

Darley Park Concert is back

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The Darley Park Concert will be taking place again this year thanks to a sponsorship deal between Derby City […]

May 6, 2017 Classical, Music, Musicals, Opera, Rock/Pop

Join the cast of Sister Act in New Mills

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The musical Sister Act will be staged at New Mills Art Theatre in November 2017 and if you […]

March 25, 2017 Dance, Drama, Music, Musicals

Broadway’s 42nd Street coming to Long Eaton

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The all-singing all-dancing extravaganza 42nd Street – the Broadway musical about Broadway – is being staged by Long […]

March 18, 2017 Dance, Drama, Music, Musicals

Dirty Dancing tribute show comes to Buxton

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The perennially popular An Evening of Dirty Dancing: The Tribute Show  returns to Buxton Opera House  on March 23. […]

March 7, 2017 Music, Musicals

Derby G&S Company on stage at Buxton

It was 50 years ago that the Spondon Musical Society decided to try their hand at a full […]

February 18, 2017 Comedy, Dance, Drama, Music, Musicals, Opera, Uncategorized

Energetic Bongo Fury in concert at Cathedral

Internationally renowned musicians O Duo will bring their unique and energetic percussion performance to Derby Cathedral for the first […]

January 31, 2017 Classical, Jazz, Music, Musicals, Uncategorized

Review: Alice In Wonderland, Derby Theatre

Actor Abby Wain was so enchanted by Lewis Carroll’s magical world as a child that her parents thought […]

December 7, 2016 Drama, Music, Musicals, Reviews

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