Howard Goodall: ‘It’s cruel to call Bend It Like Beckham a failure’
Bend It Like Beckham composer Howard Goodall has claimed that the length of a new musical’s run is judged unfairly compared with
View ArticleJenna Russell and John Owen-Jones cast in The Hired Man
Jenna Russell and John Owen-Jones are to lead the cast of The Hired Man, when the musical returns for a concert production
View ArticleObituary: Rick Clarke
One of the UK’s most prolific and accomplished sound designers, Rick Clarke started out as a roadie and mix engineer for the
View ArticleLove Story playwright Stephen Clark dies aged 55
Four-time Olivier award-nominated playwright Stephen Clark, who wrote the book and lyrics for Howard Goodall’s Love Story, has died at the age
View ArticleBend It Like Beckham
Just as no one bends a football quite like David Beckham – whose last-minute free kick against Greece in a 2001 game
View ArticleMark Shenton’s week: The healing power of cabaret
It’s no secret that my favourite form of theatre is the musical. The genre can elicit a kind of theatrical ecstasy few
View ArticleAndrew Lloyd Webber joins Howard Goodall for six-part musical theatre series
Andrew Lloyd Webber will join composer Howard Goodall in conversation about musical theatre for a new six-part series coming to radio station
View ArticleThe Hired Man musical to be revived next year
Howard Goodall’s musical The Hired Man is being revived at the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch next year, it has been announced. The musical,
View ArticleLong Read: As Brexit chaos reigns, what does it really mean for theatre?
Performing arts exports to Europe – alongside music and visual arts – are worth £360 million to the UK, but that and
View ArticleLandmark revival for The Hired Man: the musical that refused to lay down and die
As Melvyn Bragg and Howard Goodall’s award-winning musical gets a new revival, Nick Smurthwaite charts its journey in the 35 years since
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