Queen's Theatre in a modern style. The reconstructed theatre opened 8 July 1959 with John Gielgud's solo performance in "Shakespeare speeches and sonnets, Ages of Man". Since April 2004, the theatre has played host to Cameron Mackintosh's production of "Les Misérables" which transferred after 18 years at the nearby Palace Theatre. The musical celebrated its 20th anniversary at the venue on 8 October 2005 and overtook "Cats" as the longest running musical of all time a year later on 8 October 2006. The theatre was Grade II listed by English Heritage in June 1972. An extensive refurbishment was undertaken in the latter
Musical Theatre Academy Palladium, and sung on the album "Lift" by Craig Adams and Ian Watson. They have also provided the ensemble for the Tommy Gala at the Prince Edward Theatre, the MMD 20th anniversary Gala at the Novello, and "Julie Atherton – No Space for Air" at the Apollo Theatre. Musical Theatre Academy The Musical Theatre Academy (The MTA) is a drama college based in Islington, London. The MTA opened in 2009 by Annemarie Lewis Thomas running the UK's first accelerated learning programme in triple threat training. It is also the only UK Musical Theatre college to split its acting focus between