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Thursday, December 15, 2016

WATCH: Royal Albert Hall Recreates The World's First Ever Commercial Christmas Card by Marianka Swain

To celebrate the festive season, the Royal Albert Hall has recreated the world's first ever commercial Christmas card - designed by Sir Henry Cole, instrumental in creating the iconic venue …

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BWW Interview: Tom Parker Talks The Wanted and GREASE Tour by Marianka Swain

Tom Parker rose to fame as a member of band The Wanted. He's now taking on his first theatrical role, starring as Danny Zuko inthe UK tour of musicalGrease, along with Danielle Hope, Louise …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00AM
Thursday, December 8, 2016

BWW Book Review: BRUTUS AND OTHER HEROINES by Harriet Walter by Marianka Swain

One of the big theatre stories of 2016 is women reclaiming Shakespeare, from Gillian Bevan's Cymbeline and Michelle Terry's Henry V to Glenda Jackson's Lear and Phyllida Lloyd's landmark all…

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BWW Review: SHE LOVES ME, Menier Chocolate Factory by Marianka Swain

For those seeking festive revelry, but with an equally seasonal undertow of quiet melancholy, She Loves Me is the blissful solution. Joe Masteroff, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's 1963 musi…

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Friday, December 2, 2016

BWW Review: BURIED CHILD, Trafalgar Studios, 1 December 2016 by Marianka Swain

This revival of Sam Shepard's apocalyptic 1978 play has gained resonance since 2016's most apocalyptic political development - namely, Donald Trump cynically harnessing Midwestern anger and …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:46AM

BWW Interview: Anna-Jane Casey Talks ANNIE GET YOUR GUN by Marianka Swain

Anna-Jane Casey made her West End debut in Cats, and has since starred in Chicago, West Side Story, Sunday in the Park with George and Billy Elliot, among others. She's currently in rehearsa…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:07AM
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

BWW Interview: Alexia Khadime Talks SLEEPING BEAUTY at Hackney Empire by Marianka Swain

Alexia Khadime made her West End debut inThe Lion Kingaged 17, and went on to play Nala. Her other West End leadsincludeWicked, Les MiserablesandThe Book of Mormon, and this Christmas she st…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00AM
Tuesday, November 29, 2016

DREAMGIRLS Leads December's Top 10 New London Shows by Marianka Swain

London is never short of theatre temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From a big musical revival to starry panto and Matthew Bourne's latest, he…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PM

BWW Interview: Lisa Dillon On LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by Marianka Swain

Actress Lisa Dillon's numerous stage credits include King John at Rose Theatre, Kingston, Hapgood at Hampstead Theatre, Design for Living at the Old Vic, The Knot of the Heart at the Almeida…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:57AM
Friday, November 25, 2016

Nice Fish, Harold Pinter Theatre by Marianka Swain

Mark Rylance is waiting for cod-ot in this absurdist trifleMark Rylance was once renowned for skipping thank yous to agents, friends and everyone he’s ever met in award speeches and instea…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:02PM

BWW Interview: Mark Umbers On SHE LOVES ME at Menier Chocolate Factory by Marianka Swain

Mark Umbers' diverse work includes Home Fires and Mistresses on screen and, on stage, The Glass Menagerie at the Apollo Theatre and the acclaimed revival of Merrily We Roll Along at Menier C…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00AM
Thursday, November 24, 2016

Win Tickets To HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD and J.K. Rowling Signed Script by Marianka Swain

The Hospital Club is auctioning two tickets to HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD Parts One and Two at the Palace Theatre in London's West End.Between the shows the winner will experience a d…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PM

HALF A SIXPENCE Extends Booking To April 2017 by Marianka Swain

Following rave reviews for both the show and its leading man Charlie Stemp, Cameron Mackintosh announced today that booking for the Cameron Mackintosh and Chichester Festival Theatre product…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PM

Imelda Staunton Reveals Plans For 2018 GYPSY Run On Broadway by Marianka Swain

Imelda Staunton has revealed plans for the London production of GYPSY to hit Broadway in 2018, according to The Stage. The show, already tipped for a New York transfer, began at Chichester F…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:04AM

Photo Flash: BIANCO Comes To Southbank Centre by Marianka Swain

Following a critically acclaimed world tour, the UK's leading circus company NoFit State bring their ground-breaking promenade show BIANCO to London's Southbank Centre for the first time, ru…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:25AM

20,000 Free Tickets For Schools For Globe's TAMING OF THE SHREW by Marianka Swain

Globe Education's production for the 2017 Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank will be THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, opening at Shakespeare's Globe on 28 February and running until 25 March. Ov…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AM
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Photo Flash: MR POPPER'S PENGUINS Launch at Natural History Museum by Marianka Swain

New family musical MR POPPER'S PENGUINSwill open at the Criterion Theatre for a magical Christmas season from15 December to 31 December. Mr andMrs Popper and their remarkable family of perfo…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AM

BWW Review: SHAKESPEARE TRILOGY, King's Cross Theatre, 22 November 2016 by Marianka Swain

Inmates, coming through. That's our introduction to Phyllida Lloyd's landmark trilogy, as the homogenised prisoners are steered by prison officers through the waiting audience outside the th…

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Monday, November 21, 2016

Photo Flash: First Look at Imperial Ice Stars' THE NUTCRACKER ON ICE by Marianka Swain

Following sold-out seasons at the RoyalAlbert Halland several world tours, The Imperial Ice Stars have brought their dazzling production of THE NUTCRACKER ON ICEto London's Hyde Park. The sh…

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Photo Flash: LA SOIREE at Spiegeltent in Leicester Square by Marianka Swain

Cabaret sensation LA SOIREE has returned to London for its seventh season in the capital this Christmas, running until 8 January, 2017 - read our review here. The spectacular line-upincludes…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AM
Friday, November 18, 2016

BWW Review: HALF A SIXPENCE, Noel Coward Theatre, 17 November 2016 by Marianka Swain

This Sixties Tommy Steele vehicle is joyfully reborn in another Chichester Festival Theatre musical triumph, now comfortably ensconced in the West End. The unstoppable George Stiles and Anth…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:34AM
Thursday, November 17, 2016

Photo Flash: Arlene Phillips, Matthew Kelly & Cast Launch DICK WHITTINGTON by Marianka Swain

Renowned choreographer Arlene Phillips is making her pantomime debut inas Fairy Bowbells in New Wimbledon Theatre's Christmas Pantomime, DICK WHITTINGTON, from Friday 9 December 2016 to Sund…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PM

BWW Interview: Jack Shalloo On THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL AND OTHER HAPPIER TALES by Marianka Swain

Singer and actor Jack Shalloo's theatre credits include Madness musical Our House, Departure Lounge and Hamlet the Musical, and he released an album, London Soul, in 2011. He's currently app…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20AM

BWW Review: SCHOOL OF ROCK, New London Theatre, 16 November 2016 by Marianka Swain

Andrew Lloyd Webber may seem an unlikely rock god, but he's harnessedanarchic musical liberation forthis big-hearted, irresistibly entertaining new show, adapted from the popular Jack Black …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:33AM

VIDEO: Watch The DEAD FUNNY Cast Talk Favourite Comedians and Taking Your Kit Off by Marianka Swain

Watch videos of the West End cast of DEAD FUNNY at Vaudeville Theatre

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

BWW Interview: Actor Jeremy Irvine Talks BURIED CHILD by Marianka Swain

Actor Jeremy Irvine got his big break as the lead in Steven Spielberg's film version of War Horse. His other screen credits include Great Expectations, The Railway Man and Stonewall,but he's…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:58AM
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

BWW Interview: Composer Howard Goodall On ETERNAL LIGHT's New York Debut by Marianka Swain

Composer Howard Goodall's remarkable career ranges from lauded choral works to West End musical Bend It Like Beckham, the Emmy Award-winning score for HBO film Into the Storm, and themes for…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PM
Monday, November 14, 2016

Photo Flash: SCHOOL OF ROCK Opens In West End by Marianka Swain

New musical SCHOOL OF ROCK opened at the West End's New London Theatre tonight. Based on the smash hit 2003 film of the same title, the showfeatures music from the movie, as well as new musi…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PM

Photo Flash: Patrick Stewart, Sheridan Smith & More at the Evening Standard Awards by Marianka Swain

Last night, theatre luminaries turned out for the Evening Standard Awards at the Old Vic, where winners included Glenn Close, Ralph Fiennes, Billie PiperandHarry Potter and the Cursed Child.…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06AM

LET THERE BE LIGHT: Lucy Carter On Dance, Multimedia and Expressing Ideas by Marianka Swain

The latest instalment ofLET THERE BE LIGHT, our series showcasing some of Britain's best theatrical lighting designers, focuses onLucy Carter. A regular collaborator with Wayne McGregor, as …

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