As Keira Knightley prepares to make her stage debut and Ben Whishaw sells out the Royal Court, the signs are good, says Matt Wolf, for a theatrical boomtime.
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One Nancy's chances are looking to be rather slim, after Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber revealed some fear West End hopeful Jodie Prenger is 'too big' to play Nancy.... more
The finalists of BBC's I'd Do Anything, who are all battling to play Nancy in the West End production of Oliver, dined at The Ivy in Covent Garden with the show's main judge Andrew Lloyd Webber... more
The three remaining contestants in BBC talent show I'd Do Anything briefly stepped into Madonna's shoes to recreate some of her most iconic images.
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This is the third of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hugely popular BBC1 talent search shows. After discovering Connie Fisher for Maria in The Sound Of Music, and Lee Mead for Joseph, both have gone on to spectacular success. We're down from 12 Nancy hopefuls to five. With the quarter-finals looming and so much at stake, it's not surprising that the pressure is beginning to tell: tears, temper tantrums, rebellion
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Jodie Prenger is half the girl she used to be, but is double the woman. The singer, who on Saturday wowed judges on ITV talent show I'd do Anything, has lost more than half her weight and gained a newfound sense of confidence in the process
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