Kayla Carter returns to co-host The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Kayla discuss Redcliffe (The Other Palace Studio) and the Spring Awakening 15th Anniversary Reunion Concert (Victoria Palace Theatre) as well as the latest news about Audra McDonald, Calamity Jane, Your Lie In April, The 39 Steps and more. After graduating from the Royal Academy Of Music, Kayla made her professional debut in Rent at the Hope Mill Theatre. Her theatre credits also include Bedknobs and Broomsticks (UK...

In this week's episode West End Frame Editor Andrew Tomlins catches up on the biggest theatre news stories from the past few weeks and reviews some shows. Andrew discusses the Wicked trailer, Rob Madge's Regards To Broadway (Garrick Theatre), Passing Strange (Young Vic) and Sister Act starring Claudia Kariuki (Dominion Theatre) as well as the latest news about the Sister Act live cast album, Title Of Show, Marisha Wallace, Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World, Death of Englan...

We're taking you back to New York for part two of our Broadway special! Andrew is joined by theatre journalist Lisa Martland (Editor of Musical Theatre Review) to delve into three new musicals from the 2023-24 Broadway season and two long-running shows. They discuss The Outsiders (Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre), The Heart of Rock & Roll (James Earl Jones Theatre), The Notebook (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre), Moulin Rouge starring Boy George (Al Hirschfeld Theatre) and Six (Lena Horne Theatre). H...

This week West End Frame Editor Andrew is in New York for the first of two Broadway episodes. Andrew is joined by theatre journalist Lisa Martland (Editor of Musical Theatre Review) to delve into five new musicals and one revival from the 2023-24 Broadway season. They discuss Suffs (Music Box Theatre), The Great Gatsby (Broadway Theatre), The Wiz (Marquis Theatre), Hell’s Kitchen: A New Musical from Alicia Keys (Shubert Theatre), Water For Elephants (Imperial Theatre) and Lemkicka (Longacre T...

Emmanuel Akwafo (Sappho / For Black Boys) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!Andrew and Emmanuel discuss Sister Act starring Beverley Knight (Dominion Theatre) as well as the latest news about the Tony Award nominations, Lempicka closing, Titanique's West End transfer, Lucie Jones starring in The Baker's Wife, casting for The Bodyguard in Slovenia and lots more. Emmanuel played Pitch in the original cast of For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy at the Roya...

West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins, is back for some bonus show talk!The shows covered in this episode include Pippin In Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), 42 Balloons (The Lowry, Salford), Frankie Goes To Bollywood (Watford Palace, UK Tour) and Remembrance Monday (Seven Dials Playhouse). Hosted by Andrew Tomlins. @AndrewTomlins32 Thanks for listening! Email: [email protected] Visit westendframe.co.uk for more info about our podcasts.

Andrew hosts a solo episode of The West End Frame Show. Andrew discusses Stranger Things: The First Shadow (Phoenix Theatre), Two Strangers Carry A Cake Across New York (Criterion Theatre) and Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre) as well as the latest news about stage door etiquette following Melanie La Barrie's recent online statements, Sister Act, My Son's A Queer, 2:22 and lots more. Hosted by Andrew Tomlins. @AndrewTomlins32 Thanks for listening! Email: [email protected] Visit w...

Reece Kerridge (Adam/Felicia in Priscilla The Party) returns to co-host The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Reece discuss Ushers: The Front Of House Musical (The Other Palace Studio) and The Ballad of Hattie and James (Kiln Theatre) as well as the latest news about this year's London Palladium Pantomime starring Jane McDonald and Julian Clary, Oliver! transferring to the West End, 2:22 making a West End return and lots more. Some of Reece's theatre credits include The Book of Mormon (West End...

Ben Culleton (Les Misérables / La Cage aux Folles) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Ben discuss the 2024 Olivier Awards (Royal Albert Hall), Your Lie In April (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Bare In Concert (London Palladium) as well as the latest news about Kinky Boots starring Johannes Radebe, Lauren Samuels joining Wicked's US tour, Heathers, Rob Madge, Opening Night and lots more. Ben is currently playing Courfeyrac and understudying Enjolras in the West End production of...

Jye Frasca (Syncopation / Wicked) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Jye discuss Red Pitch (@SohoPlace), Coming Clean (Turbine Theatre) and Cruel Intentions (The Other Palace) as well as the latest news about Oklahoma!, Jessica Vosk, I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical, Jerry's Girls and more. There's also discussion about the online racial abuse which occurred following Francesca Amewudah-Rivers' casting in The Jamie Lloyd Company's production of Romeo & Juliet. After...

This week Andrew flies solo for a packed episode of The West End Frame Show. Andrew discusses MJ The Musical (Prince Edward Theatre), Opening Night (Gielgud Theatre), Breeding (King's Head Theatre), Priscilla The Party (Here At Outernet), Wild About You In Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Tosh Wanogho-Maud: Songs + Stories (Piano Smithfield) as well as the latest news about Mean Girls, & Juliet, The Devil Wears Prada, Cool Rider Live and more. Hosted by Andrew Tomlins....

Rachel Rawlinson (Six / Heathers) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Rachel discuss For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy (Garrick Theatre), Pretty Woman (Milton Keynes Theatre, UK & Ireland Tour) and Syncopation (Bridewell Theatre) as well as the latest news about the Wicked Movie, Babies, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Tammy Faye, Ben Platt and lots more. Rachel recently completed a two year run as a Super Swing in the West End production of Six...

Jenny Fitzpatrick (Nancy in Oliver!) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Jenny discuss Guys & Dolls (Bridge Theatre) and The Wizard of Oz (New Wimbledon Theatre, UK & Ireland Tour) as well as the latest news about the Olivier Award nominations, Pippin In Concert, Dolly Parton's Here You Come Again, West End Does: Country plus lots more. Jenny recently received huge acclaim for her performance as Nancy in Oliver! at the Leeds Playhouse, having previously played the Rose...

Benjamin Yates (Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz) returns to co-host The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Benjamin discuss The Drifters Girl (New Oxford Theatre, UK Tour) and An Officer and a Gentleman(Glasgow Kings Theatre, UK Tour) as well as the latest news about Marisha Wallace entering the Celebrity Big Brother House, Mary Poppins, & Juliet, MJ and lots more. Some of Benjamin's theatre credits include understudy Fiyero in Wicked (UK & Ireland tour),  understudy Tony in West Side...

Ryan Carter (Ain't Too Proud / Choir Of Man) returns to The West End Frame Show! Andrew & Ryan have a conversation about the reaction to the Black Out Performances announced for Slave Play. They also discuss Standing At The Sky's Edge (Gillian Lynne Theatre), Cable Street (Southwark Playhouse), Side Show In Concert (London Palladium) and Before After (Southwark Playhouse) as well as the latest news about Cabaret, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Closer To Heaven and lots more. Ryan is an...

West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins, is back for some bonus show talk! The shows covered in this episode include The Big Life (Stratford East), I Should Be So Lucky (New Wimbledon Theatre, UK Tour), Bronco Billy (Charing Cross Theatre), Redcliffe (MT Fest, Turbine Theatre), Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre) and Daniel Koek's West End Sessions (Brooks Mews Wine Bar). Andrew also discusses West End Frame's 12th birthday and the sad Broadway postponement of My...

Amy Thornton (Moulin Rouge / Evita) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Amy discuss Hadestown (Lyric Theatre) and Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre) as well as the latest news about Donny Osmond, Wild About You, Claudia Kariuki, Miriam Margolyes and more. Amy recently completed her run as Nini in the West End production of Moulin Rogue (Piccadilly Theatre) and played Tess in the workshop of Burlesque The Musical. Amy’s West End credits include: Palladium Panto (London Palladium),...

We're back for a brand new season of The West End Frame Show - join us for your weekly stagey catchup! This week, Blair Gibson (Elder Price in The Book of Mormon) co-hosts The West End Frame Show. Andrew and Blair discuss the Wicked trailer, Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Peacock Theatre) and Just For One Day (The Old Vic) as well as the latest news about The Devil Wears Prada, Oliver!, Why Am I So Single? and more. Blair's early theatre credits include Erik in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice...

We're back for a catchup about everything all the shows we've seen over the past couple of months! In part two, Andrew and theatre journalist Lisa Martland discuss Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) (Kiln Theatre), The Witches (National Theatre), You're A Good Man Charlie Brown (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), Peter Pan (London Palladium), Six (West End & Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, UK & Ireland Tour), Sunset Boulevard (Savoy Theatre) and The Book of Mormon starring Blair...

We're back for a catchup about everything all the shows we've seen over the past couple of months! In part one, Andrew and theatre journalist Lisa Martland discuss Wicked (Edinburgh Playhouse, UK Tour) starring Casey Al-Shaqsy and Megan Gardiner, The Motive & The Cue (Noël Coward Theatre), Rehab The Musical (Neon 194), Alan Cumming is Not Acting His Age (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical (The Other Palace). Having spent many years at The Stage – including...

To mark the UK release of The Color Purple movie, we're delving into the the new movie musical. Directed by Blitz Bazawule, The Color Purple has screenplay by Marcus Gardley. The cast is led by Fantasia Barrino as Celie, Danielle Brooks as Sofia and Taraji P. Henson as Shug. Alice Walker wrote the original Color Purple novel in 1982, three years later the original film was released and in 2005 the musical adaptation - with a score by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray - opened...

We're back with a totally fetch episode about the brand new Mean Girls movie! Ahead of Mean Girls opening in the West End in June, the stage musical has been adapted into a brand new film. Directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr, Tina Fey has once again written the movie's script. The cast includes Angourie Rice as Cady Heron, Reneé Rapp as Regina George, Auliʻi Cravalho as Janis, Jaquel Spivey as Damian, Avantika as Karen and Bebe Wood as Gretchen. This episode is co-hosted by...

Theatre and lifestyle blogger Rachel Agyekum and West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins, round up their Top Shows of 2023! Thank you for listening to The West End Frame Show in 2023 and for sharing your top shows of the year - we included as many follower/listener contributions as possible in this episode. We're taking a little break in the New Year, but will be back in 2024 with lots more stagey catchups. Rachel founded Rachel Reviewed in 2022 and writes reviews for her website alongside...

Social media manager Ksenya Gray joins West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins, to round up their Top Performances of 2023! Thank you for listening to The West End Frame Show in 2023 and for sharing your top performances of the year - we included as many follower/listener contributions as possible in this episode. We're back on Thursday to round up our top shows of the year. Ksenya runs the social media company Storytellers UK. Most recently she worked with Marisha Wallace on the press tour...

Shakira Simpson (Six Tour / Legally Blonde) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! Andrew and Shakira discuss My Favourite Things: The Rodgers & Hammerstein 80th Anniversary Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) as well as the latest news about Paddington The Musical, Opening Night, Indhu Rubasingham, Samantha Barks, the TodayTix shop and lots more. Shakira worked as a child, playing Young Nala in The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre) and Margaret in Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace Theatre). After...