In the 1920s Vivian Ellis began to make a name for himself. Some of his biggest pre-war successes were staged at the Hippodrome and he became very ‘at home at the Hippodrome’

A list of the shows that became London’s longest-running musicals over the last 150 years. Some of them might surprise you…

Following its three week run, Salad Days transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre in London (via a week in Brighton), but this almost didn’t happen.

To celebrate Salad Days’ 70th birthday, we look at how Julian Slade came to write the longest-running show in West End musical theatre history and how it almost didn’t happen!

I recently discovered a Twitter account called Lottie’s Diary quoting from a rediscovered diary of a North London chorus girl, Lottie Fisher, who performed in successful, but now largely forgotten, musicalContinue readingRemembered Musicals: “Nippy” (1930)