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Monday, July 25, 2016

Cast Announced For 946: THE AMAZING STORY OF ADOLPHUS TIPS At Shakespeare's Globe by Edward Baker

Shakespeare's Globe is delighted to announce casting for 946 THE AMAZING STORY OF ADOLPHUS TIPS, co-adapted by Michael Morpurgo and Globe Artistic Director Emma Rice. After a critically accl…

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August Strindberg's 1901 play DREAMPLAY to open at The Vaults by Edward Baker

BAZ Productions' 2016 re-working of dreamplay tells the story of a young woman who arrives on earth from 'above' to discover the mysteries of humanity. Director Sarah Bedi and cast have crea…

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Britain's First All-Black HAMLET Comes To Watford Palace Theatre by Edward Baker

Following the success of their first three productions, Macbeth, She Called Me Mother, and The Diary of a Hounslow Girl, Black Theatre Live in association with Watford Palace Theatre and Str…

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Daniel Boys, Jack Derges and James Holmes Join Cast Of THE BOYS IN THE BAND by Edward Baker

Producers Tom O'Connell and James Seabright are pleased to announce further casting for the first class revival of Mart Crowley's ground-breaking play, THE BOYS IN THE BAND, opening at Park …

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Friday, July 22, 2016

The Royal Court Theatre's Youth Board Takes Over The Theatre by Edward Baker

Following Open Court in 2013, when the writers had the keys, this time the Royal Court has handed the keys of the building to the theatre's Youth Board and 10 young writers aged 15 - 24. Ove…

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Photo Flash: Celebrities Attend THE BODYGUARD Gala Performance by Edward Baker

Last night the international hit musical The Bodyguard celebrated Beverley Knight reprising the role of Oscar-nominated superstar Rachel Marron. Knight plays opposite Ben Richards as Frank F…

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Smash Hit Comedy THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Announces UK Tour For 2017 by Edward Baker

The Play That Goes Wrong, the West End's Olivier Award winning box office hit, announces a major national tour for 2017. Opening at Theatre Royal Bath on 10 January, the production will visi…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:21AM
Thursday, July 21, 2016

Photo Flash: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR At Regent's Park Open Air Theatre by Edward Baker

Celebrating 45 years since Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's seminal musical first hit the stage, Jesus Christ Superstar is directed by Artistic Director Timothy Sheader. With a legendary s…

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The Drayton Arms Theatre Launches Awards To Find The Best Of Edinburgh Fringe by Edward Baker

Furthering its aim to help new and emerging theatre companies to stage their work in a supportive and cost effective environment on the London Fringe scene, the Drayton Arms Theatre has laun…

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Rachael Willians Joins Park Theatre As Executive Director by Edward Baker

Rachael Williams will join Park Theatre on 3 October 2016 as the theatre's new Executive Director, to work alongside Artistic Director Jez Bond and the rest of the team, including Dawn James…

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

40 YEARS ON Starring Jim Davidson Set For Autumn 2016 UK Tour by Edward Baker

Jim Davidson OBE is set to celebrate four decades in show business with a brand new stage play. 40 Years On opens on Thursday 27 October and will play 22 dates across the country.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:49AM

Photo Flash: The Cast Of BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S At Theatre Royal Haymarket by Edward Baker

Based on Truman Capote's beloved masterwork, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S is set in New York in 1943. Fred, a young writer from Louisiana, meets Holly Golightly, a charming, vivacious and utterly …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:49AM

Beastie Boys Show LICENSED TO ILL Returns To The UK by Edward Baker

The sell-out Beastie Boys show Licensed To Ill will tour the UK in October before a Christmas run in London. The production, which won over Beastie Boys fans and cynics alike during an exten…

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Dance Umbrella Hosts Debate On Gender Inequality In Choreography by Edward Baker

On Wednesday 6th July, Dance Umbrella hosted a debate on gender inequality in choreography, supported by Big Dance and held at City Hall. The evening was introduced by Emma Gladstone, Chief …

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Photo Flash: SOME GIRL(S) Opens At Park Theatre by Edward Baker

SOME GIRLS opens tomorrow night at the PARK Theatre.The production starsRoxanne Pallett,Carley Stenson,Carolyn Backhouse,Elly CondronandCharles Dorfman. Some Girls is written by iconiclasic …

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10th Anniversary Programme Announced For GRIMEBORN Festival by Edward Baker

Grimeborn is back for its 10th anniversary year.Sixteen innovative new versions of classic operas, unknown, rarely-seen and long-forgotten works, brand new pieces from the most exciting up-a…

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Monday, July 18, 2016

FIRST LISTEN: I've Always Had A Dream From The Upcoming LOST WEST END 2 Album by Edward Baker

Stage Door Records are pleased to make available a 'first listen' of the complete track 'I've Always Had A Dream' from the forthcoming album 'Lost West End 2'. The song is from the 1977 musi…

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Phill Jupitus To Star In A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM At Theatre Royal Bath by Edward Baker

The Theatre Royal Bath is delighted to announce the cast for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, the final production in the theatre's highly acclaimed summer season featuring Phill Jupitus in his fi…

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First Look At Rodgers and Hammerstein's ALLEGRO At Southwark Playhouse by Edward Baker

The firstimageshave been released of Gary Tushaw as Joseph Taylor, Jr in the eagerly awaited professional European premiere of Rodgers andHammerstein's ALLEGRO.

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New Play JESS AND JOE FOREVER To Tour The UK by Edward Baker

Zoe Cooper's layered and thoughtful new play about finding your place in the world. Following its run at the Orange Tree it will also tour to 11 venues Live Theatre Newcastle, Watford Palace…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:43AM
Friday, July 15, 2016

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: A ROCK MUSICAL by Toyah Wilcox To Play In London by Edward Baker

London's Free Open-Air Theatre Season is back as part of the London Bridge City SummerFestival, offering 40,000 free tickets for great theatre within the heart of London. Running since 2003,…

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Paines Plough's EARLIER/LATER Returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Edward Baker

EARLIERLATER returns to Paines Plough's Roundabout at Summerhall this August, as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, after a successful series of events in 2015.

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A TALE OF TWO CITIES To Tour The UK This Autumn by Edward Baker

'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darknesss... It was the spring…

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CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Announce Winners Of The Imagination Awards by Edward Baker

The award-winning West End production of Roald Dahl's CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY today announced the winners of The Imagination Awards, a national competition to encourage and inspire…

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Stephanie Beacham To Star As HRH Princess Margaret In A PRINCESS UNDONE by Edward Baker

Kensington Palace, 1993. She was the Diana of her day. That day has gone. But HRH The Princess Margaret, the most glamorous figure of her generation, has a final chance to be of service.

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Thursday, July 14, 2016

London Premiere Of JUNGLE BOOK Comes To London's Wonderground by Edward Baker

Following a sell-out, critically acclaimed national tour, Metta Theatre'ship-hop and circus adaptation of JUNGLE BOOKtransfers to London Wonderground at Southbank Centre.Poppy Burton-Morgan'…

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See JOE STILGOE AND HIS BIG BAND Live At The Lyric Hammersmith This December by Edward Baker

The Lyric Hammersmith willwelcome Joe Stilgoe and his big band who take up residency at the Lyric for three nights of seasonal mayhem, mischief and romance on Monday 5, 12 and 19 of December…

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Candoco Dance Company Present Their Autumn 2016 Programme by Edward Baker

Following a highly successful and award-winning 2015 tour, Candoco Dance Company continues its 25thanniversary year with an Autumn 2016 touring programme that showcases some of the varied co…

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Sadler's Wells To Present Work At Wilderness Festival by Edward Baker

Sadler's Wellspresents work for the first time at Wilderness Festival an award-winning arts festival in Oxfordshire on Friday 5 August 2016 with a diverse double bill in The Atrium.

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Gay Romance THE PAST IS A TATTOOED SAILOR Comes To The Old Red Lion This August by Edward Baker

In this world premiere of Simon Blow's fiercely witty and bittersweet debut drama The Past Is a Tattooed Sailor, class struggles, thwarted love, and family destruction collide. Simon is the …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54AM
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Comedy Classic Celebrates Shakespeare's 400th Anniversary With A New UK Tour by Edward Baker

The Shakespeare Revue, a comic concoction of hilarious sketches and show-stopping numbers written by comedy icons Victoria Wood, Alan Bennett, Maureen Lipman, Monty Python, Noel Coward, Cole…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:20AM

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