Let It Be celebrates 1,000th performance in the UK

Earlier this week Let It Be celebrated its 1,000th performance in the UK, as the West End production enters the final weeks of its current West End run at the Garrick Theatre which concludes on 5th September 2015. 

Let It Be originally opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre in September 2012, before transferring for a year-long run at the Savoy Theatre from January 2013 – February 2014. The show then embarked on its inaugural UK & Ireland tour before enjoying a summer season at the Garrick Theatre last year. The returned to the Garrick earlier this year.

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International sensation Let It Be is now playing at London’s Garrick Theatre. Seen by over 1 million people worldwide, Let It Be is jam-packed with over forty of The Beatles’ greatest hits.

Let It Be returns to the West End

It has been announced that Let it Be, a theatrical concert celebrating the music of The Beatles, will return to London next year for its fourth West End run.

It will once again run at the Garrick Theatre following The Scottsboro Boys' limited engagement, opening on 28th February 2015. It is booking until Sunday 27th September 2015. The Scottsboro Boys runs until 21st February 2015.

Let It Be showcases the music of the world's most successful rock'n'roll band, in a spectacular theatrical concert charting the band's meteoric rise from their humble beginnings in Liverpool's Cavern Club, through the height of Beatlemania, to their later studio masterpieces.

Cast of Let It Be cover 'Let It Go' from Frozen

The West End cast of Let It Be - a theatrical concert celebrating the music of The Beatles - have released a clever cover of 'Let It Go' from Disney's Frozen featuring some slightly different lyrics... watch the video below!

Following runs at the Prince of Wales and Savoy Theatres plus a UK Tour, Let It Be recently returned to the West End where it runs at the Garrick Theatre until Saturday 20th September 2014. Seen by over 700,000 people worldwide, Let It Be has recently been staged in Germany, Japan, Moscow and on Broadway.

Let It Be to hold open auditions

It has been announced that producers of Let It Be are holding open auditions to find new cast members to play all four leading roles.

Master musicians from all walks of life are invited to participate - provided they can recreate the authentic Beatles' sound. Successful auditionees will have the chance to play to packed houses in the West End and across the world as members of the Let It Be company.

Auditions will be held at the Garrick Theatre in London on Wednesday 3rd September. Hopefuls are invited to register in person at 9.30am or 1.30pm, when they will be assigned a 5 minute slot to perform a song from The Beatles' discography. All instruments will be provided.

Review: Let It Be at the Savoy Theatre

Let It Be
Savoy Theatre

Reviewed on Thursday 26th September 2013

“You say it’s your birthday”

When Beatles musical Let It Be opened in London it’s fair to say that it divided critics, with some seeing it as a fun evening out and an opportunity to enjoy the Beatles concert we never had, and others bemoaning yet another theatre offering flimsily constructed around a pop back catalogue — albeit the best back catalogue there is. “A tribute band at West End prices” was one particularly caustic comment.

Review: Let It Be at the Savoy Theatre

Let It Be

Savoy Theatre

Reviewed on Wednesday 13th February (Media Night)

I had forgotten just how many amazing Beatles songs there are before watching Let It Be. This theatrical concert manages to squeeze in forty of the world’s most successful rock’n’roll band's biggest hits and recreates some of their most iconic performances.

LET IT BE transfers to the Savoy Theatre from February 2013

LET IT BE, the West End show celebrating the music of The Beatles will transfer to the Savoy Theatre in London, from 1st February 2013, booking until Saturday 5th October 2013. The final performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London, will be on Saturday 19th January 2013. 

Jamie Hendry, producer of LET IT BE said “Night after night audiences leap to their feet, demonstrating that the music of The Beatles is as popular now as it ever has been. I am delighted that LET IT BE has been so positively received, both critically and commercially, and the transfer to the Savoy Theatre will allow this fantastic music to continue being showcased in the West End”.

Let It Be to open at Cameron Mackintosh’s Prince of Wales Theatre on September 24th

The forthcoming West End production celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Beatles, Let It Be, has unveiled its company as they performed a spectacular rooftop gig in Central London, echoing The Beatles’ famous 1969 performance on top of the Apple building on Savile Row.

The company of Let It Be announced their arrival in the West End by playing an impromptu gig including hits Twist and Shout, Hard Day’s Night and, of course, Let It Be, to an invited audience at the Vista bar on the rooftop of The Trafalgar, overlooking the London Skyline.

Book of Mormon to open in the West End February 2013!

So it has been announced that the hugely popular Broadway show The Book Of Mormon, created by South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q's Robert Lopez, will open in the West End on 25th February 2013! The new musical will open at the Prince of Wales Theatre where Mamma Mia is currently showing. Mamma Mia will play it's final performance at the theatre on on 1st September 2012 before moving to the Novello Theatre where performances will resume from 6th September. The Beatles Musical Let It Be will also have a short run at the Prince of Wales theatre from 24th September 2012 to 19th January 2013 with previews beginning on the 14th September 2012.

The Book Of Mormon centres on two young Mormon missionaries dispatched to convert an African village and satirises everything from religion to The Lion King. The Book of Mormon opened at Broadway's Eugene O'Neill Theatre on 24 March 2011 (previews from 24 February) and remains one of New York's hardest to get tickets. The show won nine Tony Awards last year, including Best Musical.

Fans can book tickets for previews via http://www.bookofmormonlondon.com/. I cannot wait for this show to open! I have the soundtrack which is hilarious and I will be reviewing it soon for the blog.