Nimax Theatres to celebrate West End producing debuts in their RISING STARS FESTIVAL

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Apr 26

Nimax Theatres have announced that they will stage the West End debuts of 23 up-and-coming producers this summer, as part of their four month Rising Stars Festival.

17 productions are to be staged between May and September at Nimax’s six London venues: the Apollo, Duchess, Garrick, Lyric, Palace and Vaudeville theatres.

Support will be given by Nimax in marketing, press and ticketing support, and ensuring that the venue’s are Covid-safe.

The programme includes: Drag Queens of Pop at the Vaudeville Theatre from 17-19 May, produced by David O’Reilly; Cruise at the Duchess Theatre from 18 May-13 June, produced by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment alongside Lambert Jackson Productions; Death Drop at the Garrick Theatre from 19 May-11 July, produced by Ameena Hamid, Jamie Chapman Dixon and John-Webb Carter for Carter Dixon Productions; Roles We’ll Never Play at the Vaudeville Theatre on 22 & 23 May, produced by Thomas Duern; and An Evening with Kathy Burke at the Lyric Theatre on 24 May, produced by David O’Reilly.

Also featured in the festival are: Intermissions Live at the Vaudeville Theatre on 24 May, produced by Alice Fearn and Kirk Jameson; Monday Night at the Apollo at the Apollo Theatre on 24 May, 14 June and 5 July, produced by Greg Barnett and Hugh Summers for Wild Mountain Productions Ltd; Public Domain at the Vaudeville Theatre from 27-30 May, produced by Adam Lenson; The Show Must Go On! at the Palace Theatre from 2-6 June, produced by Chris Marcus and Damien Stanton for Theatre Support Fund+ and Jack Maple and Brian Zellinger from MZG Productions; Alyssa, Memoirs of a Queen! at the Vaudeville Theatre from 7-13 June, produced by Robin Raynor (with James Quaife) for New Frame Productions; An Evening with Arlene Phillips at the Duchess Theatre on 7 June, produced by David O’Reilly; and West End Musical Celebration at the Palace Theatre from 10-13 June, produced by Shanay Holmes and Chris Steward for West End Musical Productions

Finally, we have West End Live Lounge at the Lyric Theatre on 14 June, produced by Shaun McCourt; The Distance You Have Come at the Apollo Theatre on 21 & 28 June, produced by Sarah Evans for Sevans Productions and Krystal Lee; The Wonderbirds Live at the Duchess Theatre on 28 June, produced by David O’Reilly; Wonderment at the Palace Theatre from 15 July-30 August, produced by Stephen McGill of McGill Productions, John-Webb Carter and Jamie Dixon of Carter Dixon Productions and Piers Cottee-Jones of Piers Cottee-Jones Entertainment; and The Last Five Years at the Vaudeville Theatre from 17 September-13 October, produced by Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment, Edward Prophet and People Entertainment Group, with Dan Looney, Adam Paulden and Jason Haigh-Ellery for Dlap Group.

For more information on the productions, please click here.