Latest News & Releases:
Congratulations to the Cast and Creative team of TOP HAT for winning the Best New Musical Category at the 2013 Olivier Awards, the Cast and Creative team of SWEENEY TODD for winning the Best Musical Revival, and to MICHAEL BALL and IMELDA STAUNTON who won the Olivier awards for Best Actor in a Musical and Best Actress in a Musical respectively.
Our two latest CD releases, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (currently playing at the Palace Theatre, London) and TOP HAT (at the Aldwych Theatre, London) are now available in stores and online. Click on ‘Buy online’ above to purchase. Also available for digital download from iTunes and other digital outlets.
First Night Records are pleased to announce that two new West End recordings are due for release this summer: the Chichester Festival Theatre production of SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN currently playing at the Palace Theatre, and TOP HAT currently playing at the Aldwych Theatre. Watch this space for more announcements regarding release dates...
Fascinating Aïda are pleased to announce that a performance of their recent record-breaking tour will be released on DVD & CD on May 7th, 2012.
Next scheduled performances are at the Gilded Balloon as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from Wednesday 1st August - Sunday 26th August 2012, followed by performances in the Spiegeltent at London's Southbank Centre from 3rd - 29th September 2012
For more tour information, reviews and more visit the Fascinating Aïda website at http://www.fascinatingaida.co.uk, Twitter feed @fascinatingaida, facebook or youtube.
Dress Circle welcomed Michael Ball, Imelda Staunton, Lucy May Barker, Luke Brady and James McConville to their London store to sign copies of the 2012 London Cast Album of Sweeney Todd on Saturday 31st March. It was a wonderful day in London with excited Sweeney Todd fans scattered along Monmouth Street, CDs in hand, eagerly awaiting their turn to meet the cast.
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Direct from a sell-out season at Chichester Festival Theatre, where it received multiple five-star reviews and standing ovations, as well as winner of the Whatsonstage.com award for ‘Best Regional Production’, Stephen Sondheim’s musical thriller is laced with dark humour, dazzling wit and an infectious score. The production starring Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton comes to the West End's Adelphi Theatre for a strictly limited season previewing from 10th March opening on the 20th March 2012.
The recording will be available on April 2nd in your local iTunes Store, your High Street record store, the Adelphi Theatre and at Dress Circle in Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, where members of the cast including Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton will be signing copies of the CD on Saturday 31st March, 2012 from 12 noon - 1 pm.
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Fascinating Aïda are pleased to announce that a performance of their recent record-breaking tour has been recorded and will be released on DVD & CD in Spring 2012.
Our next tour begins on Thursday 9th February 2012 in Chichester (sold out! contact Box Office for returns on 01243 781 312), and visits Camberley, Hereford, Yeovil, Billingham, Edinburgh, Inverness, Aberdeen, Reading, Birmingham, Portsmouth, King’s Lynn, Lincoln, Scunthorpe, Bury St. Edmonds, Bournemouth, Bridport, Newbury, Bromley, Bradford, Barrow-in-Furness, Telford, Leamington Spa, Durham, Harrogate, Northampton, St. Albans, Colchester, Kingston, Southend, Chatham, Belfast, Glasgow, Dundee, Leeds, Bristol, Stafford, Norwich, Chelmsford, and Guildford before finishing off with a month of performances in London in September 2012.
For more tour information, reviews and more visit the Fascinating Aïda website at http://www.fascinatingaida.co.uk, Twitter feed @fascinatingaida, facebook or youtube.
The CD of the Original London Cast Recording now available in stores and online. Click on ‘Buy online’ above to purchase. Also available as digital download from your local iTunes Store
Original London Cast Recording now available in stores and online. Click on ‘Buy online’ above to purchase.
Members of the cast will be signing copies of the CD from 12 noon - 12:45pm on Saturday 6th August 2011 at Dress Circle in Monmouth Street, Covent Garden.
Our MD, John Craig and Claude-Michel Schönberg (Les Mis, Miss Saigon, Martin Guerre, Wuthering Heights, Cleopatra) with HRH Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at the Classic Brits Awards Ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall on May 12th 2011
Coming soon: 2 brand new Original Cast Recordings
BETTY BLUE EYES and LEND ME A TENOR - The Musical
Details of release dates to follow soon
The new double CD of Claude-Michel Schönberg & David Nixon’s CLEOPATRA is now on sale and is also available for digital download on iTunes. Click here for more information.
Congratulations to the Cast and Creative team of LEGALLY BLONDE for winning the Best New Musical Category at the 2011 Olivier Awards, and congratulations also to SHERIDAN SMITH and JILL HALFPENNY who won the Olivier awards for Best Actress in a Musical and Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical respectively.
Tracie Bennett sings Judy Garland. Recording now available in stores and online. Click on 'Buy online' above to purchase.
Tracie will be signing copies of the CD at 12 noon on Saturday 5th February 2011 at Dress Circle in Monmouth Street, Covent Garden.
It is with great regret that we announce that Tony Edwards (1932 - 2010) passed away 11-11-2010. John Craig's partner and co-founder of both Safari Records and First Night Records.
The new double CD recording of Les Misérables Live!, the 2010 recording of the new 25th Anniversary Production of Boublil & Schönberg's classic musical went on sale in September, and is also available to download from iTunes and other digital retailers. Members of the cast signed copies of the CD at Dress Circle Records in Covent Garden.
Fascinating Aïda – Silver Jubilee DVD. Back by popular demand after two nationwide sell-out anniversary tours in '09 and '10, the girls are still celebrating. Recorded live at the Theatre Royal Windsor, Dillie, Adele and Liza look forward to entertaining you with a night of hilarious new songs, beautiful harmonies and intricate, satirical lyrics, including "Cheap Flights" – currently whizzing away on YouTube with over 1,359,800 hits last time we looked...'Cheap Flights' is now available as a digital download from the iTunes Store
The brand new recording of the original London cast of Legally Blonde The Musical was released on 16th August, and is also available (including 2 bonus tracks) to download from iTunes and other digital retailers. Members of the cast signed copies of the CD at Dress Circle Records in Covent Garden.
Coming soon: Les Misérables Live! - the 2010 recording of the new 25th Anniversary Production of Boublil & Schönberg's classic musical.
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Congratulations to our MD, John Craig, Chairman of the British Record Industry Trust on being awarded an OBE in the 2010 New Year's Honours for services to Music and Charity
Our sister site, http://www.safari-records.co.uk has recently been busy in the archives tracking down the master tapes of the Safari Records catalogue, and are delighted to announce that we will be making available for digital download as many of them as we can, with the 25th Anniversary Commemorative Album of Safari Records (originally released in 2002 and still available on CD), The Yobs' CHRISTMAS ALBUM, two albums from The Boys: BOYS ONLY and TO HELL WITH THE BOYS and five albums from Toyah: SHEEP FARMING IN BARNET, THE BLUE MEANING, ANTHEM, THE CHANGELING and Toyah's Live 1980 album, TOYAH! TOYAH! TOYAH! already available from the Safari store.
Some of the albums we've found haven't been available since the vinyl days of yore, and many feature bonus tracks not available on the original recordings; watch this space for updates on more digital releases from the Safari Records catalogue.
Recent digital-only releases include: The Ragged Child – National Youth Music Theatre Cast, The Gambler – Original London Cast, Ziegfeld – Original London Cast, A Gala Concert for Hal Prince and The Music of Torvill & Dean.
Over 150 recordings are now available to order or download from the First Night Records website.
Recent releases include: the new smash hit musical Sister Act, Highlights from Les Misérables – Original London Cast' including 'I Dreamed A Dream' as sung by Susan Boyle on 'Britain's Got Talent', Oliver! featuring Rowan Atkinson & Jodie Prenger, Bodywork – National Youth Music Theatre Cast, Stepping Out – Original London Cast, Zorro – Original London Cast Recording, Marguerite – Original London Cast Recording, Bad Girls – Original London Cast Recording, Parade – Original London Cast Recording, Victor Spinetti – A Very Private Diary and Stiles & Drewes' Honk – Original Demo Recording.
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Photographs of Patina Miller and Sheila Hancock on 1st August 2009 signing copies of the recording of Sister Act at Dress Circle, Covent Garden
Photographs of Laura Michelle Kelly and Gavin Lee on 6th April signing copies at HMV, The Trocadero, Coventry St. W1.
Tickethotline: 0900 55 222 5 (CHF 1/Min) www.topact.ch
05.04.2005 - 10.04.2005 - Basel, Musical Theater
Tickethotline: 0900 55 222 5 (CHF 1/Min) www.topact.ch
05.04.2005 - 10.04.2005 - Basel, Musical Theater
Tickethotline: 0900 55 222 5 (CHF 1/Min) www.topact.ch
12.04. - 17.04.2005 - Amsterdam Pepsi Stage
Tickethotline: 0900-3005000 (in Holland) oder www.stairpro.com
19.04. - 24.04.2005 - Amsterdam Pepsi Stage
Tickethotline: 0900-3005000 (in Holland) oder www.stairpro.com
26.04. - 01.05.2005 - Amsterdam Pepsi Stage
Tickethotline: 0900-3005000 (in Holland) oder www.stairpro.com
03.05. - 08.05.2005 - Amsterdam Pepsi Stage
Tickethotline: 0900-3005000 (in Holland) oder www.stairpro.com
10.05. - 15.05.2005 - Amsterdam Pepsi Stage
Tickethotline: 0900-3005000 (in Holland) oder www.stairpro.com
17.05. - 22.05.2005 - Bremen Musical Theater
24.05. - 26.05.2005 - Bremen Musical Theater
24.06. - 02.07.2005 - Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle
05.07. - 11.07.2005 - Dresden Staatsschauspiel
13.07. - 17.07.2005 - Köln Oper
19.07. - 24.07.2005 - Köln Oper
26.07. - 31.07.2005 - Köln Oper
02.08. - 07.08.2005 - Köln Oper
09.08. - 14.08.2005 - Mannheim Nationaltheater
16.08. - 21.08.2005 - Mannheim Nationaltheater
Stars of the recording (and production) Sally Ann Triplett, John Barrowman, Mary Stockley and Annette McLaughlin signed copies of the cd at Dress Circle Records, 57-59 Monmouth St, London WC2.
The cd is also available direct from our website (£14.99).
