Diary

The Toxic Avenger Musical
April 22-May 21, 2016
Southwark Playhouse, London

The British premiere of super-monster mop boy rock n roll award winning musical comedy from the Tony Award-winning creative team behind Memphis , Joe DiPietro and Bon Jovi's David Bryan, and based on the 1984 cult classic film from Troma Entertainment comes to Southwark Playhouse for a five-week run,.

The musical is not only a superhero monster adventure but also a sweet love story between Toxie and a beautiful blind librarian The tale of The Toxic Avenger Musical unfolds at a time when the citizens of Tromaville are in dire straits and desperately in need of a hero. Enter Melvin, an aspiring earth scientist determined to clean up the toxic waste problem, with his trusty and ultimately iconic spaghetti mop. When a corrupt Mayor and her government goons try to stop his heroic feat, Melvin is tossed into a vat of toxic waste and transformed into The Toxic Avenger , New Jersey's first superhero!

Horror Channel is to screen an Easter Hammer-thon with back-to-back Hammer classics.

Some of Hammer's most popular films, including The Revenge Of Frankenstein, The Devil Rides Out and The Brides Of Dracula will be broadcast across the weekend from 3pm till 10pm on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th March.

Plus, Horror Channel will be presenting Hammer Thursdays from Thursday 7th April for six weeks. This will be a Hammer movie at 9pm followed by a double-bill of Hammer House Of Horror at 10.50pm. First movie up is Countess Dracula.

Saturday 26th March

• 3.00pm. The Curse Of The Werewolf
• 4.50pm.The Brides Of Dracula
• 6.35pm. The Plague Of Zombies

Sunday 27th March

• 3.00pm. The Revenge Of Frankenstein
• 4.50pm. The Evil Of Frankenstein
• 6.35pm. The Devil Rides Out

Horror Channel presents a Laugh Or Die Season this March, with a collection of extremely bloody and funny films spearheaded by the UK TV premiere of Jon Wright's Grabbers , a Father Ted Vs Aliens monster romp from Ireland and the network premiere of Jake West's gore-ridden, exuberant zom-com Doghouse , starring Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke and Horror Channel's Emily Booth.

The season also includes the network premiere of Idle Hands - Rodman Flender's stoner comedy horror starring Jessica Alba and the network premiere of Jay Lee's Zombie Strippers starring Robert Englund and Jenna Jameson.