The West End Frame Show: Theatre News, Reviews & Chat

Your weekly stagey catchup! Join West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins, and industry co-hosts for a round-up of the latest theatre news and reviews. Special guests include West End performers, producers, journalists, creatives and more!

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S12 Ep13: A Knight's Tale, Tony nominations, Mary Poppins, Titanique casting, MJ, Operation Mincemeat + more!
May 5, 2025 – 31:10
S12 Ep12 (ft. Chuchu Nwagu): The Great Gatsby, trans allyship, My Son's A Queer, Six Japan, Paddington + more!
Apr 28, 2025 – 53:03
Q&A Episode (ft. Lilianna Hendy): Mean Girls, drama school advice, favourite Six songs, best dressing rooms, Starlight Express + more!
Apr 21, 2025 – 48:29
S12 Ep10 (ft. Joe Gash): Six breaks records, Diego Andres Rodriguez is Che, Midnight Cowboy, Pop Off, Michelangelo! + more!
Apr 14, 2025 – 47:36
SPECIAL: Evelyn Hoskins on taking 42 Balloons to Chicago!
Apr 14, 2025 – 4:39
S12 Ep9 (ft. Evelyn Hoskins): Olivier Awards, Six In Cinemas, Retrograde, Hot Mess, Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame + more!
Apr 7, 2025 – 43:42
S12 Ep8 (ft. Imogen Bailey): Snow White, Emma Kingston & Zizi Strallen join Wicked, How Very Hannah, Austenland, Tina + more!
Mar 31, 2025 – 57:29
S12 Ep7 (ft. Lisa Martland): Wicked cast change, Big Night of Musicals, Mean Girls closing, Palladium Panto casting, Burlesque + more!
Mar 25, 2025 – 1:02:50
S12 Ep6 (ft. Toyan Thomas-Browne): Clueless, Rachel Zegler, Elphabas reunite, Moulin Rouge world tour, Titanique Paris + more!
Mar 18, 2025 – 59:17
S12 Ep5 (ft. Kitty Harris): Olivier nominations & snubs, Greatest Showman musical, Eurovision, Bliss, Mean Girls + more!
Mar 11, 2025 – 44:36
S12 Ep4 (ft. Shaun Kitchener): Oscars, The Hunger Games: On Stage, Into The Woods, Musicals By Candlelight, Pop Off Michelangelo! + more!
Mar 4, 2025 – 44:42
S12 Ep3 (ft. Mickey-Jo Theatre & Aeron James): Cynthia Erivo's big news, Jordan Fisher, Hadestown, Pippin, Moulin Rouge + more!
Feb 25, 2025 – 55:58
S12 Ep2: Six cast change, Patti LuPone, If/Then, Billy Porter & Marisha Wallace in Cabaret, The Great Gatsby + more!
Feb 18, 2025 – 29:49
SHOW TALK: And Juliet, Ghost, Scissorhandz, Hadestown & Mrs Doubtfire
Feb 12, 2025 – 18:19
S12 Ep1 (ft. Frazer Woolcott): Historic Wicked casting, Hadestown, Play On, WhatsOnStage Awards, Gatsby, Hadley Fraser + more!
Feb 11, 2025 – 41:08
CATCHUP: Titaníque, Six In Cinemas, Why Am I So Single?, Stereophonic, Hadestown, remembering The Vivienne + more (ft. Lisa Martland)
Jan 31, 2025 – 43:01
WICKED: New West End & Broadway casts, Jon M Chu's Oscars snub, new songs, Alternate Elphaba + more! (ft. Lisa Martland)
Jan 28, 2025 – 37:01
Top 5 Shows of 2024 (ft. Rachel Agyekum)
Dec 28, 2024 – 50:36
Top 5 Performances of 2024 (ft. Emmanuel Akwafo)
Dec 26, 2024 – 49:55
S11 Ep14 (ft. Ross Harmon): Jamie Lloyd's Evita, Wicked Golden Globe nominations, Patrice Tipoki's Elphaba return, Freaky Friday, If/Then + more!
Dec 17, 2024 – 48:50
S11 Ep13 (ft. Rachel John): Remembering Kyle Birch, Devil Wears Prada, Hamilton, Lee Latchford-Evans, Christmas By Candlelight + more!
Dec 10, 2024 – 54:24
S11 Ep12 (ft. Ksenya Gray): The Lightning Thief, The Producers, Billy Porter in Cabaret, The Traitors Live, Boy George + more!
Dec 3, 2024 – 34:04
WICKED MOVIE: Favourite riffs, Defying Gravity, cameos, plot twists, Popular, hopes for part 2 + more! (spoilers) (ft. Lisa Martland)
Nov 27, 2024 – 37:22
S11 Ep11 (ft. Tamara Tare): Here And Now: The Steps Musical, Wicked Box Office, If/Then starring Kerry Ellis, Tammy Faye, Jeremy Jordan + more!
Nov 26, 2024 – 45:55
WICKED MOVIE: First reactions, Cynthia & Ariana's performances, direction, musical numbers + more! (spoiler free) (ft. Lisa Martland)
Nov 25, 2024 – 41:35
S11 Ep10 (ft. Claire-Marie Hall): Operation Mincemeat on Broadway, Wicked dolls, Hadestown live album, Lucie Jones in 13 Going On 30 + more!
Nov 19, 2024 – 45:15
S11 Ep9 (ft. Lewis Brown): The Great Gatsby, Benjamin Button, Moulin Rouge, Luke Brady is Hercules, Black British Theatre Awards + more!
Nov 12, 2024 – 49:23
S11 Ep8: Scissorhandz, Barcelona starring Lily Collins, The History Boys, Les Misérables, Operation Mincemeat, Hugh Jackman + more!
Nov 5, 2024 – 18:33
S11 Ep7 (ft. Georgina James): Becoming Nancy, Smash, Why Am I So Single, The Lion King, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Illusionist + more!
Oct 29, 2024 – 45:18
S11 Ep6 (ft. Toby Shellard): Musical Con, Come Alive, The Devil Wears Prada, Dirty Dancing, Great Comet, UK Theatre Awards + more!
Oct 21, 2024 – 52:12
S11 Ep5 (ft. Meesha Turner): Reverberation, Titanique, Wicked merch, The Lightning Thief, Unbound, Spend Spend Spend + more!
Oct 14, 2024 – 46:24
S11 Ep4 (ft. Katie Bernstein): Gavin Creel, Dame Maggie Smith, Operation Mincemeat, Cake, Buyer & Cellar, Hadestown + more!
Oct 7, 2024 – 46:36
BONUS: Tink at The Other Palace (ft. Lizzy Connolly, Kat Kleve & Rosanna Bates)
Oct 6, 2024 – 37:37
Q&A Episode: Dream Revivals, West End Concerts, Touring Shows, Dream Guests, Theatre Temperatures + more! (ft. Shane Antony-Whitely)
Sep 30, 2024 – 45:24
S11 Ep2 (ft. Shane Antony-Whitely): Reece Richards, Cake, Black British Theatre Awards, Les Misérables, Dolly Parton, Matilda + more!
Sep 23, 2024 – 46:47
S11 Ep1 (ft. Ebby Sama): Why Am I So Single?, Rocky Horror starring Jason Donovan, Come Alive, Mrs Doubtfire, Silence + more!
Sep 16, 2024 – 45:35
SHOW TALK: Shifters, Oliver!, The 39 Steps & A Night with Janis Joplin
Sep 3, 2024 – 17:51
SHOW TALK: Something Rotten, Oklahoma!, Fiddler on the Roof & Fangirls
Sep 2, 2024 – 18:50
Edinburgh Fringe: I Wish You Well, Jake Roche: Neporrhoids, Come Dine With Me, Pop Off Michelangelo!, T*t Swingers & Who Do Ya Love
Aug 13, 2024 – 21:03
S10 Ep25 (ft. Caitlyn Burt & Amir Shoenfeld): A Chorus Line, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Your Lie In April, Drew Gehling, Lizzie + more!
Aug 5, 2024 – 42:53
SHOW TALK: Hello Dolly! starring Imelda Staunton, Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World & Shrek The Musical
Jul 30, 2024 – 15:21
S10 Ep24 (ft. Kayleigh McKnight): The Producers, Ragtime, Next To Normal, Ghost, Adam Lambert & Auli'i Cravalho, KAELI + more!
Jul 29, 2024 – 45:46
S10 Ep23 (ft. Ian Oswald): The Baker's Wife, Steps musical, Becoming Nancy, Blood Brothers, I Am Harvey Milk + more!
Jul 22, 2024 – 54:41
S10 Ep22 (ft. Julie Yammanee): And Juliet tour, new Six cast, Joe McElderry, most streamed musicals, Alyssa Fox + more!
Jul 15, 2024 – 49:51
S10 Ep21 (ft Kyle Birch): Les Misérables arena tour, I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire, James Corden, Title Of Show, Chitty tour + more!
Jul 8, 2024 – 41:08
S10 Ep20: Mean Girls, Starlight Express, Hercules, Avenue Q Reunion, Natasha Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 + more!
Jul 1, 2024 – 28:55
S10 Ep19 (ft Joanna Goodwin): Kiss Me Kate, Ballroom Cats, Rent, West End Live, Ian McKellen, Jonathan Bailey, Benjamin Button + more!
Jun 24, 2024 – 59:23
S10 Ep18 (ft Khalid Daley): Tony Awards, Babies, Dear Evan Hansen casting, Kathy & Stella, Andrew Rannells, Jemma Rix + more!
Jun 18, 2024 – 52:34
S10 Ep17 (ft Rushand Chambers): Jesus Christ Superstar, Heathers, Diva: Live From Hell, The Devil Wears Prada, Sondheim on Sondheim + more!
Jun 10, 2024 – 48:28
S10 Ep16 (ft Kayla Carter): Audra McDonald in Gypsy, Spring Awakening Reunion, Billy Porter, Redcliffe, Carrie Hope Fletcher + more!
Jun 3, 2024 – 48:13