Hello all! Newsflash! Choreographer Gillian Lynne – about to be awarded a lifetime achievement award next month at the Olivier awards – has just said in The Guardian what many in the industry have been saying for a while – REALITY TV IS A DANGER TO THEATRE. Although now regarded as a truism amongst the… Read more »
The Broadway smash musical ONCE is coming to London’s West End. Based on the Oscar-winning film, Once claims to be the extraordinary and irresistibly joyous celebration of love, friendship and music. The Broadway production has garnered 8 Tony awards and gained a faithful fan following who offer fierce claims to have seen it many more… Read more »
The Book of Mormon is in town! The new musical from South Park team Trey Parker and Matt Stone along with Robert Lopez. After seven years in development, rave reviews on Broadway and good reports from previews on London’s West End the show finally opens on the 21st March. We hope the news is good… Read more »
Tonight is the World Premiere of a new musical at the Arts Theatre in London starring Faye Tozer, Dylan Turner and Mike McShane. THE TAILOR-MADE MAN is the true story of William Haines, the silent screen star who was fired by Louis B Mayer of MGM Studios because he was gay and refused to marry… Read more »
Terrible alliteration attempt but Shakespeare made up words too! Great news… It’s Friday and I have discovered a great offer for you lovely theatregoers… It has already opened but I wanted to let you know about a great deal to see James McAvoy in Macbeth at the Trafalgar Studios. You can see it on a… Read more »
It’s the final few performances of Shrek in the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The musical inspired by the film trilogy has had a great run in the west end but sadly, finally closes on 24th Feb 2013. The show has had an excellent run and along the way garnered Nigel Harman an Olivier award for… Read more »
Rupert Goold is set to take the helm of The Almeida Theatre in Islington when Michael Attenborough steps down in August this year. Attenborough – who will have been in the post for 11 years – said “I can pay Rupert no higher compliment than point to the fact that we are co-producing two shows… Read more »
The Society of London Theatre’s annual report on ticket sales have revealed that sales rose in 2012 by a modest 0.27%. All the more impressive when you consider London hosted the Olympics! Sales in theatreland racked up takings of 529.8 million pounds. The business we call show is booming. Don’t let them tell you different.… Read more »
Hi all! There’s a nothing like a good romance and David Hare’s The Judas Kiss at the Duke of York’s Theatre is nothing like a good romance, detailing as it does Oscar Wilde’s fatalistic love for Lord Alfred Douglas. It covers two nights of Wilde’s later life – the eve of his arrest at the… Read more »
She’s back! Kristin Scott Thomas will be appearing from this Saturday at the Harold Pinter Theatre – formerly the Comedy Theatre – on Panton Street in Harold Pinter’s seductive and haunting play OLD TIMES. Having previously appeared in BETRAYAL by Pinter at the same theatre Kristin Scott Thomas now returns to the same venue now… Read more »
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