The Other Palace

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📣NEW ARTWORK ALERT!It’s here! It’s finally here! Festive like Bill Nighy’s chart-topper and intriguing like a person wit...
31/10/2025

📣NEW ARTWORK ALERT!
It’s here! It’s finally here! Festive like Bill Nighy’s chart-topper and intriguing like a person with cue cards at your doorstep.

The ultimate naughty musical parody, Lovers Actually, gets a new artwork, and it’s our “baubling” invitation to grab your mates and dive into the hysterical, filthy, festive madness bursting from the world of your favourite Christmas film 🎄.

Tickets are flying - snag yours before they’re gone!

💌 Lovers Actually
📆 21 November 2025 – 4 January 2026
👉 Book now: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/lovers-actually/

Artwork by Harry Neal.

30/10/2025

📣 TOPTalks TIME! 📣
Thank you so much for your wonderful questions! We had a proper sit-down with 🤩 Josh St. Clair and Georgina Castle last week and asked them all 5 promised ones. And their answers were so brilliant that the final video turned out to be slightly longer than expected.

So here is a teaser for you, and head to our website to see the rest of the TOPTalk with Josh and Georgina, and check more videos from the TOPTalks series: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/toptalks/.

And thank you to both Georgina and Josh, who are currently starring as the most romantic sweethearts in the iconic romcom 🏖 50 First Dates: The Musical, running until 16 November: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/50-first-dates-the-musical/.

🏃‍♂️Make sure you book your tickets to see them!

📣 CAST ANNOUNCEMENTSay hello to the amazing cat of 🏙 New York, New Voices, a love letter to the composers who defined a ...
29/10/2025

📣 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT
Say hello to the amazing cat of 🏙 New York, New Voices, a love letter to the composers who defined a new era of musical theatre, the dreamers shaping the sound of now, that is coming to our Studio on 14 November: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/new-york-new-voices/.

Cast will feature:
Amber Marks (she/her)
Angus Bensted (he/him)
Daisy Paige (she/her)
Ella Morelle (she/her)
Hunter Conrad (he/him)
Isabelle Tarran (she/her)
Joey Bradick (he/him)
Josh Liew (he/him)
Max Julyan (he/him)
May Currie (she/her)
Nikita Johal (she/her)
Noa Sorele (she/her)
Olivia Kustermans (she/her)
Sian Dowdalls (she/her)
Sophie Bassett Hughes (she/her)

Expect an evening packed with songs by some of New York’s most celebrated contemporary composers - Jonathan Reid Gealt, Joey Contreras, Carner & Gregor, and many more. Basically… if it’s been sung by Natalie Weiss, it’s probably in this show.

Produced by Sanderson & Rattray Productions

📣 ON SALE NOW!✨ Matinee Magic, a heartwarming afternoon concert celebrating the very best of musical theatre, is coming ...
28/10/2025

📣 ON SALE NOW!
✨ Matinee Magic, a heartwarming afternoon concert celebrating the very best of musical theatre, is coming to our Studio on 10 January: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/matinee-magic-songs-from-the-shows-2/.

Featuring a dazzling lineup of amazing West End performers and exciting up-and-coming talent, this special event celebrates the magic of the stage with showstopping songs and unforgettable performances. Whether you're a theatre lover or simply love live music, this uplifting event promises magic, music, and meaning.

All proceeds from the concert will go to Surge Animal Sanctuary, helping rescue and care for animals in need.

Produced by NH Productions

22/10/2025

Who was Sappho?
"Over the course of history, she's been censored, erased, and silenced."

Guitar in hand and lyrics sharp as flames, Sappho returns this October – part oracle, part rock star.

SAPPHO: The Poetess plying in our Studio on 29 October - 1 November: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/sappho-the-poetess/.

21/10/2025

📣 ON SALE NOW!
West End star and the world’s number one Dolly Parton tribute, Kelly O’Brien is bringing her spectacular and rip-roaring ✨ The Dolly Show to The Other Palace Main House on 26 January 2026: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/the-dolly-show/.

Kelly channels Dolly with the heart, humour, and rhinestone-studded magic you’d expect from the Queen of Country herself, and she has won the hearts of fans and critics alike with her uncanny likeness, vocal brilliance, and heartfelt tribute. The Dolly Show is a theatrical concert experience complete with live band that spans Dolly’s musical legacy from the 1960s to present day.

The show wows audiences with Dolly’s greatest hits, including Jolene, 9 to 5, Islands in the Stream, Coat of Many Colours, Here You Come Again, I Will Always Love You, as well as heartfelt storytelling, laughter, and Dolly’s signature warmth.

Book your tickets!

Produced by Kelly O'Brien - The Dolly Show

📣 CAST ANNOUCNEMENTPut your hands together for the thrilling cast of 💣 The Final Heist, the story of the regrets and gri...
20/10/2025

📣 CAST ANNOUCNEMENT
Put your hands together for the thrilling cast of 💣 The Final Heist, the story of the regrets and grief we silence to survive, that is coming to our Studio on 18 November: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/the-final-heist-the-concert/.

The cast will include:
Solen Marqueste as The Anchor
Averen Turay as The Spider
Cecilia Longoni as The Decoy
Aleera Ciana as The Acrobat
Harry McCarthy as The Collector
Esme North as The Poet
Max Day as The Second in Command/Ensemble
Georgia Davis as The Mastermind/Ensemble
Gabriel Swallow as The Head Guard/Ensemble
Jake Woolley as Ensemble
Mia Mejias as Ensemble
Lim Jia Ying as Ensemble
Sophia Kar-Miller as Ensemble

What if the most valuable thing in the room wasn’t diamonds or jewels, but a piece of writing? Mia is pulling the crew out of retirement for one last job. Their mission: steal a long-lost poem hidden in a high-security museum vault. No one knows what the poem says, or why the client will pay so much to keep it buried.

Book your tickets to see this gripping story, that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Can you imagine a hilariously dysfunctional partner-teacher association battling their strained relationships, reluctant...
19/10/2025

Can you imagine a hilariously dysfunctional partner-teacher association battling their strained relationships, reluctant recruits, and looming school closure, and all that in a musical setting? Vivien Carter, Carli Norris, Sophia Ragavelas, Gary Turner play a mismatched group forced to unite and discovering unlikely friendships, rekindled love, and the true power of community.

Writers Amanda Alexander, Karen Fisher-Pollard and Craig Mather, Musical Supervisor / Orchestrator & Arranger Steve Moss and Director Ryan McBryde bring their feel-good British comedy, 📚 PTA, The Musical, to workshop as part of our lunchtime series of new musical readings, Musical Bites, on 29 October at 1.30pm: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/musical-bites/.

This sharing has already sold out, so call our Box Office on 020 7592 0302 to join the waiting list if you are still keen to see this uproarious new musical.

29 October, 1.30pm
All tickets £5

📣 INSTAGRAM TAKEOVERGet ready for the tropical sunshine and hilarity to flood our Instagram stories today, as they will ...
18/10/2025

📣 INSTAGRAM TAKEOVER

Get ready for the tropical sunshine and hilarity to flood our Instagram stories today, as they will be taken over by Aizaac Aruna (Beauty and the Beast The Musical) from 🏖 50 First Dates: The Musical cast!

Tune in to go behind the scenes of this iconic romcom, meet the cast, and learn more about this enchanting love story.

And don't forget to book your tickets to see the show, as it runs until 16 November: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/50-first-dates-the-musical/.

😍 ASK JOSH ST. CLAIR OR GEORGINA CASTLE YOUR QUESTION!We are so excited to have 2 incredible leads who are firing the he...
16/10/2025

😍 ASK JOSH ST. CLAIR OR GEORGINA CASTLE YOUR QUESTION!

We are so excited to have 2 incredible leads who are firing the hearts in 50 First Dates: The Musical, Georgina Castle and Josh St. Clair, as part of our TOPTalks interviews.

Now it's your time to ask any of them anything you want to know! Leave your questions to Josh and Georgina in the comments before next Monday 20 October 12pm, and they will answer 5 best ones on our socials.

Watch our previous TOPTalks here: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/toptalks/.

15/10/2025

🏖 50 FIRST DATES: THE MUSICAL - THE TRAILER IS HERE!
❤️ Four weeks left to see “the greatest romantic comedy in years, and the most charming musical yet” (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Radio Times).

Don’t miss our World Premiere at The Other Palace: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/50-first-dates-the-musical/

📆 Until 16 November.
🎟 Tickets from £25.

14/10/2025

"Romance is Dead", from SAPPHO: The Poetess

The untold story of Sappho — poetess, queer icon, and history’s first great songwriter. A musical memoir illuminating the eternal struggle and triumph of women who dare to love, to dream, and to create in defiance of the world.

The Other Palace Studio | 29 Oct - 1 Nov

Book now: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/sappho-the-poetess/

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The Other Palace has an extraordinary history dating back to 1766 when it began life as the Charlotte Chapel. By 1924 the chapel had fallen into disrepair and was converted into a cinema called the St. James' Picture Theatre. In 1931 the cinema reopened as the Westminster Theatre, with the chapel's crypt becoming dressing rooms, green room and stalls bar.

The theatre fell dark in 1990 and after a long campaign to save it from demolition, it was destroyed by a fire in 2002. Following the loss of the theatre, the Theatres Trust and Save London's Theatres campaign fought continuously to reinstate a theatre on site. In 2009 Westminster council granted planning permission for a theatre to be built.

In 2012 the current theatre opened as St. James Theatre, featuring a 312-seat main theatre and a 120-seat studio theatre. The prominent artistic and social destination offered a varied programme of drama, musical theatre, cabaret and jazz.

St. James Theatre was acquired by Andrew Lloyd Webber's LW Theatres Group in 2016. After closing its doors in January 2017 for refurbishment, the theatre reopened in Feb 2017 as The Other Palace, the home of musical theatre.