Singin’ in the Rain (La La Land Style!)
MUSICALS
News: Mamma Mia! team reunites for Tina Turner musical
Mamma Mia! director Phyllida Lloyd has reunited with the musical’s choreographer and designer to develop a show based on Tina Turner’s life
“We have been working on the musical for over a year now and today I am delighted to be able to share our news as we begin the next chapter of our journey. It has been wonderful to collaborate with Katori and Phyllida and to have my story nurtured by such an amazing creative team is thrilling. London has always had a very special place in my heart and it’s wonderful to be back.”
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Why Surprise Is The Secret of Theatrical Success
Surprise often comes with the shock of the new, partly because too much expectation about a show dulls the senses. I’m thinking of seeing the unknown Gregory Burke’s electrifying Gagarin Way, or stumbling across 1927’s Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea at Edinburgh in 2007, or watching Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing at London’s Bush theatre in 1993. There’s an exhilaration in being part of an audience that has seen something really special, something that most of the world still doesn’t know about. After seeing Black Watch in 2006, I recall how the audience could hardly contain their excitement as they left the Traverse in Edinburgh. Complete strangers were beaming at each other.
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