Category: Stage News

Nadine Benjamin recently spoke on BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour about being a Brixton-born soprano and starring in one of composing genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s best-loved operas, The Marriage of Figaro. Nadine Benjamin raised on a Brixton council estate and got a job with a brokerage firm in the city on leaving school. Her music teacher told her that she had the potential to sing opera and, armed with that, she decided to give her all to realise that dream and leave the city behind. Today, hailed by Opera Now magazine as ‘one of the top ten sopranos destined...

Aside from Hamilton being nominated 13 times, the overall nominations for this year’s Olivier awards bodes well for British Black on stage talent. Here are the nominees of interest: Best actor in a supporting role in a musical Jason Pennycooke for Hamilton at Victoria Palace theatre Cleve September for Hamilton at Victoria Palace theatre Best actress in a supporting role in a musical Sheila Atim for Girl from the North Country at the Old Vic Rachel John for Hamilton at Victoria Palace theatre Outstanding achievement in music Hamilton – composer-lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda at Victoria Palace theatre Best entertainment and...

TINA, a new musical based on the life of legendary artist Tina Turner, officially opens at the Aldwych Theatre on 17 April 2018, with previews beginning on 21 March 2018 is now booking to 20 October 2018. From humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her transformation into the global Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Tina Turner didn’t just break the rules, she rewrote them. This new stage musical, presented in association with Tina Turner herself, reveals the untold story of a woman who dared to defy the bounds of her age, gender, and race. Written by African American playwright...

Nadia Latif said: “I’m thrilled to be joining the Young Vic at such an exciting time. I’m really looking forward to helping to continue the theatre’s tradition of telling a wide range of stories by different artists to an engaged and diverse audience.”