Garrick Theatre, London: With performing candidates whittled down from a substantial 73 applicants to a final 12 from 40 different colleges all over the country, this popular annual competit…
Criterion Theatre: GSA is clearly eager to push the boundaries because this year it introduces a rather changed showcase format compared to their past offerings: it's out with the class…
Richmond Theatre, London : At a German railway station nine-year old Jewish Eva begins her journey to Britain as part of the pre World War II Kindertransport. Decades later, the same girl (n…
Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel, London: "The world is somehow more magical once it's dark," Brent Barrett muses, eyes sparkling, as he proceeds to take us into a world of songs c…
Arts Theatre, London: An elephant loyally nest-sits an abandoned egg, gazing intently into a dust speck on a clover to locate Whoville - where young Jojo is being scolded by his mayor parent…
Crazy Coqs, London: "What is love if you don't speak French?" purrs Frances Ruffelle as she pours herself a glass of decadent something-or-other and ooh la las coyly at a fron…
Criterion Theatre, London: This lively and relaxed showcase starts off with the graduates giving us a hip guitar and singing rendition of a modern chart topper before settling into the first…
Leicester Square Theatre, London: A killer with sling-back heels is on the loose and slowly but surely murdering off every cabaret performer at Saucy Jack's disco club. Read the full r…
Charing Cross Theatre, London: Planning a hen night? Then this new concoction should press all the right buttons to start off your evening's entertainment, complete with a fluorescent p…
The Pheasantry, London: Dizzie Gillespie meets Porgy and Bess, Louis Jordan and Nat King Cole. There is seemingly no end to the talent of Clarke Peters, a household favourite for his TV appe…
Landor Theatre, London: Let's just write some songs about coming of age in New York, the writers Salzman and Cunningham decided during rehearsals for their 2006 Off-Broadway hit I Love …
Union, London: Book of Mormon, Geek the Musical, Loserville, High School Musical - the list goes on. Still in the mood for yet another teen angst show with a religious twist? Bare ticks all …
Criterion Theatre, London: The afternoon opens with the company performing Live In Living Colour from the recent Broadway spectacle Catch Me If You Can. A well-chosen piece, this shows a com…
Criterion, London: The afternoon gets off to a hip contemporary start as the graduates electrically hit the stage with edgy, multi-levelled choreography and rocky vocals, pepping and steppin…
Fortune Theatre, London: A group of masked men in black run on to the stage to music from Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino. Heads covered, masking their faces with ladies' tights, …
Soho Theatre, London: Having been voted drama school of the year in this year's Stage 100 awards, ALRA North's first ever showcase has attracted a diverse mix of industry professio…
Criterion, London: Showcases presented by Arts Ed can always be trusted to include the most hip, up to date and contemporary musical theatre work currently being performed on Broadway and in…
Landor, London: Struggling composer Ed Kleban battles insecurities and mental illness, but finally co-writes a hit show (A Chorus Line). It may sound like a storyline from Smash, but this ca…
Soho, London: The Soho Theatre stage lights dim as this year's Manchester School of Theatre's BA Acting graduates take to the stage, starting off the showcase with the Beatles hit …
The Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel, London: "I'm going to open with a typical folksong from Nairobi," Anna Bergman teases us with a wink and a smile. She then launches into an ec…
Duke of York's Theatre, London: An hour always seems a tight squeeze to fit in all the talents of a full year of graduates. And yet, this latest East 15 offering manages to cover the classic…
New Wimbledon Theatre, London: A Transylvanian transvestite makes science fiction history by creating the man of his dreams in a castle full of futuristic machinery assisted by an array of k…
Gatehouse, London: A dozen or so Gershwin songs and 14 hoofers are currently residing at Highgate's Gatehouse, tapping up a storm in the first ever fringe version of this classic. Read…
The Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel, London: KT Sullivan is a German vamp who wants to be bad and never does anything twice while Steve Ross enjoys wallowing in post romantic stress syndrome. R…
Rose, Kingston : Once upon a time there was a girl named Cinderella who pined for her late mother and had to sleep in the kitchen. She also bit people, played childish pranks on her stepsist…