It’s time for another challenge of your theatre knowledge. If you entered last month’s quiz, it’s time look out your answers and check them with those at the bottom of the page. This month there are another 12 pictures with 19 points up for grabs, how many can you score? Answers will follow with August’s quiz, just remember, it’s all for fun.
1 | Oh, dearie me. Can you name the musical (1 point), with two bonus points up for grabs if you can name the central actor in the image and his character?
2 | Stained glass beauty, but in which English theatre? (1 point)
3 | MustSeeTheatre.com’s Liam Rudden with a West End legend. Can you name her? (1 point). With a bonus for the musical, the clue is in the set they are on?
4 | Can you name this recent Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production, starring Joshua James? (1 point)
5 | Coming this Christmas, but who the star of this musical and who is he playing? (2 points)
6 | Can you name this recent West End revival at the Duke of York’s Theatre? (1 point). There’s a bonus point for the name of the playwright.
7 | Can you name the musical (1 point)?
8 | Can you name this cult classic (1 point), with a bonus point for the playwright?
9 | A high kicking octogenarian, but who is she (1 point) and a bonus point for the name of the production?
10 | Adonis Siddique and Robert Sheehan in Birmingham Rep’s 2024 production of which play? (1 point)
11 | Can you name this popular West End Phantom of the Opera? (1 point)
12 | A controversial play telling the story of seven Soviet soldiers captured by the Nazis took the Edinburgh Fringe by storm in 2014. What was it called? (1 point)
LAST MONTH’S ANSWERS
1 Matthew Bourne’s Romeo & Juliet | 2 Theatre Royal Drury Lane | 3 The Long Drop, Denise Mina | 4 A Taste of Honey | 5 Edinburgh King’s Theatre | 6 Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye), a hit for Franki Valley & The Four Seasons (1965) and for the Bay City Rollers (1975) | 7 Rebecca Thornhill | 8 Peggy Mount, Angela Lansbury, Jennifer Saunders | 9 Everybody’d Talking About Jamie, Shane Richie | 10 Dr Faustus, in Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, at the Duke of York’s Theatre, 2016 | 11 Allan Stewart won the Stanley Baxter Award for Best Dame at the 2026 Pantomime Awards | 12 Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma in 2024
