Showing posts with label Amanda Coutts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amanda Coutts. Show all posts

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Amanda Coutts to star in An Evening of Dirty Dancing

It has been announced that Amanda Coutts (We Will Rock You/Starlight Express) will be joining the UK tour of An Evening of Dirty Dancing: The Tribute Show.

Coutts joins Julian Essex-Spurrier for the 2016 tour with the cast also including Hampus Lee Strand, Natalie Jayne Hall, Christopher Haley, Emily Rose-Taylor, Gemma Buckingham and Bless Klepcharek. 

Now in its 6th year, An Evening of Dirty Dancing: The Tribute Show is described as a "fully choreographed, highly interactive celebration of the music from the iconic movie". Paul Spicer directs with choreography by Leanne Harwood.

Sunday, 18 May 2014

Editor's Blog: We Will Rock You, I Can't Sing, New Musicals, Cats and The Bridges of Madison County

It's all change in theatreland at the moment! On Wednesday I saw We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre for the final time. The Queen musical has divided opinions throughout its twelve year West End run (which ends on Saturday 31st May 2014) and this certainly isn't the last we'll see of it! (Plus there could be a sequel on the way...)

Love it or hate it, We Will Rock You is an extremely important piece of theatre as it has attracted new audiences to the West End for over a decade. There are so many people who would rather stick pins in their eyes than sit through an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, but have seen We Will Rock You countless times.

The musical has been kept alive for all these years by its tremendous casts, and the final company couldn't be stronger. Oliver Tompsett is by far my all-time favourite Galileo, there aren't words to describe his unbelievably incredible vocal talents. It's also nice to see someone bring something new and refreshing to the role.