Photo Feature: VIP guests attend opening night of Cirque du Soleil‘s Quidam at the Royal Albert Hall

Cirque du Soleil‘s award-winning production of Quidam officially opened at the Royal Albert Hall last night (7th Jan). 

The performance was attended by many VIP guests, including: Arlene Phillips, Beth Tweddle, Brendan Cole, Craig Revel Horwood, Esther Rantzen, Hannah Barrett, Hayley Tamaddon and Nigel Harman. Take a look at pictures of the VIP guests attending the performance below (click on an image to enlarge).

VIP guests also included: Aaron Buckingham, Alex Reynolds, Alex Zane, Amal Fashanu, Amanda Lamb, Amy Willerton, Annabel Giles, Andrew Castle, Ashley James, Brix Smith Start, Camilla Rutherford, Cara Theobold, Dakota Blue Richards, Danielle Lloyd, David Emanuel, David Webb, Denise Pearson, Fay Ripley, Future Kicks, Gail Porter, Gethin Jones, Greg Rutherford, Helen Fospero, Jo Wood, Joanne Page, Karren Brady, Kelly Hoppen, Kimberley Garner, Lisa Snowdon, Mark Foster, Matt Johnson, Natasha Kaplinksy, Nicholas Parsons, Olivia Inge, Ollie Baines, Plum Sykes, Rick Parfitt Jnr, Siobhan Finneran, Sir David Jason, Sir Paul Smith, Stephen Boman, Tamara Ecclestone, Tamera Foster, Tanya Burr and Vanessa White.

Nigel Harman & Cynthia Erivo to star in I Can't Sing The Musical

The Daily Mail has announced that Nigel Harman and Cynthia Erivo will star in the upcoming X Factor Musical called 'I Can't Sing The Musical'. The musical will begin previews at the London Palladium on 27th February 2014. Nigel Harman has been cast as Simon Cowell while Cynthia Erivo will star as X Factor contestant Chenice.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Simon Cowell said: "The hardest thing was: how do you find someone who’s good-looking, talented and can look like me? And then we found Nigel!". Harry Hill has written the show which is named after one of the musical numbers.

Review: A Chorus Of Disapproval at the Harold Pinter Theatre

A Chorus Of Disapproval

Harold Pinter Theatre

Performance: Saturday 6th October 2012 (Evening)

'The Pendon Amateur Light Operatic Society’s production of The Beggar’s Opera is going off the rails, that is until a handsome but shy young widower Guy joins the group. An instant hit with the company’s ferociously zealous director Dafydd and the show’s leading ladies, including Dafydd’s wife Hannah, Guy soon gets more than he bargained for as he discovers that all the best action happens off-stage. Classic songs fill the air as the drama on stage is mirrored by the romantic rivalry and small town squabbles causing a stir in the wings of this ambitious local show.'

Olivier Awards: The Winners List 2012

The Matilda's after winning Best Actress in a Musical

Mastercard best new play

Collaborators at the Cottesloe

Best revival

Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse

Best entertainment and family

Derren Brown – Svengali at the Shaftesbury

Best actress

Ruth Wilson for Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse

Best actor

Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller for Frankenstein at the Olivier

Best performance in a supporting role

Sheridan Smith for Flare Path at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket

Best actress in a musical

The Matildas for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge (Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram, Sophia Kiely and Eleanor Worthington Cox)

Best actor in a musical

Bertie Carvel for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge

Best performance in a supporting role in a musical

Nigel Harman for Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Best new musical

Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge

Best musical revival

Crazy for You at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Best director

Matthew Warchus for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge

Best theatre choreographer

Peter Darling for Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge

Best lighting design

Frankenstein, designed by Bruno Poet at the Olivier

XL Video award for best set design

Matilda the Musical, designed by Rob Howell at the Cambridge

Best costume design

Crazy for You, designed by Peter McKintosh at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Best sound design

Matilda the Musical, designed by Simon Baker at the Cambridge

Outstanding achievement in an affiliate theatre

Theatre Royal, Stratford East in association with the Barbican and Traverse Theatre for Roadkill

Best new opera production

English National Opera's Castor and Pollux at the London Coliseum

Outstanding achievement in opera

ENO, for the breadth and diversity of its artistic programme

Outstanding achievement in dance

Edward Watson for his performance in The Metamorphosis at the Linbury Studio at the Royal Opera House

Best new dance production

Desh by Akram Khan Company at Sadler's Wells, choreographed by Akram Khan

BBC Radio 2 Olivier audience award

Les Misérables