Ben Lewis joins Anna-Jane Casey in Annie Get Your Gun

The Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye has announced that Ben Lewis (Love Never Dies/Candide) will star as Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun at the Sheffield Crucible this Christmas.

Lewis joins the previously announced Anna-Jane Casey who is taking on the title role. The duo previously starred together in Forbidden Broadway at the Menier Chocolate Factory before reprising their performances in the West End.

Directed by Paul Foster with choreography by Alistair David, Annie Get Your Gun runs between 8th December 2016 and 14th January 2017.

Review: Love Me Tender (UK Tour) at the Milton Keynes Theatre

Love Me Tender (UK Tour)
Milton Keynes Theatre
Reviewed on Monday 27th July 2015
★★★

A Midsummer Night's Dream meets Elvis Presley. In Love Me Tender it seems an array of characters are in love with everyone apart from the person who loves them... and they can't help but break into Elvis tunes every two minutes. Love Me Tender may be the craziest musical ever, but it is so much fun and is a good crowd pleaser on the touring circuit.

Review: Forbidden Broadway at the Menier Chocolate Factory

Forbidden Broadway
Menier Chocolate Factory
Reviewed on Thursday 3rd July 2014

Have you ever wondered what the stagiest person on earth dreams about when they fall asleep? If so, Forbidden Broadway is the show with all the answers!

Anna Jane-Casey, Sophie-Louise Dann, Damian Humbley & Ben Lewis to star in Forbidden Broadway at the Menier

It has been announced that Anna Jane-Casey, Sophie-Louise Dann, Damian Humbley and Ben Lewis to star in Forbidden Broadway at the Menier Chocolate Factory.

Forbidden Broadway return to the Menier from Thursday 19th June, running until Saturday 16th August 2014. It is claimed New York's longest running comedy revue will return to London "bursting with brand new material."

A theatrical institution, Forbidden Broadway has received national and international notoriety, racking up over 9,000 performances in more than 200 US cities as well as engagements in London (including the Chocolate Factory in 2009), Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney.

Scarlett Strallen, Fra Fee, Cassidy Janson, Ben Lewis and David Thaxton to star in Candide at the Menier Chocolate Factory

It has been announced that Scarlett Strallen, Fra Fee, Cassidy Janson, Ben Lewis and David Thaxton will star in the Menier Chocolate Factory's Christmas musical Candide. The show features music by Leonard Bernstein, book adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler, lyrics by Richard Wilbur and additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker and Leonard Bernstein.

Scarlett Strallen, Fra Fee & Cassidy Janson,

From Westphalia to the far reaches of the New World, Candide's journey of discovery is anything but dull. Through anguish, happiness, loss and love this is a whirlwind adventure that seeks to prove 'life is happiness indeed'. Leonard Bernstein's joyous musical comedy features a classic overture and 'Make Our Garden Grow' (both of which were performed on the Last Night of the Proms) and 'Glitter and Be Gay'.