Monday, September 13, 2021
By Emily Hardy
On the whole, adaptors have tended to skirt around the 'darker' elements of the stories, fearful of the brutal, gory comeuppances (for which Dahl has faced criticism).
This po…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:12AMWednesday, March 9, 2016
By Emily Hardy
This July everyone’s favourite furry monster roars back into the West End in celebration of his 15th anniversary on stage. Tall Stories’ smash hit production of The Gruffa…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:23AMBy Emily Hardy
To mark the tenth anniversary of Ruby in the Dust, the theatre company will be presenting their iconic production of Gatsby at the Union Theatre, where they had their first pr…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:10AMBy Emily Hardy
The Curing Room by David Ian Lee, which caused a stir at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and subsequently played a limited season at the Pleasance Islington, will return to…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:06AMBy Emily Hardy
The Encounter, Simon McBurney’s spell-binding solo performance for Complicite, the big hit of last year’s Edinburgh Festival, opens its UK tour at Home in Manchester. Thre…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:53AMBy Emily Hardy
Following hot on the heels of an audacious winter season, the King’s Head Theatre will show two critical revivals plus London transfers for three Edinburgh Fringe success st…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:43AMTuesday, March 8, 2016
By Emily Hardy
Ahead of revealing its full tenth anniversary programme, HighTide has announced that, alongside the Arcola Theatre, they will present a new play by Anders Lustgarten, which wi…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:38AMSaturday, March 5, 2016
By Emily Hardy
We recently paid a visit to the National Theatre’s production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time at the Gielgud Theatre. Here are our top 5 reasons to …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:39PMSaturday, February 27, 2016
By Emily Hardy
From March 2016, as part of artistic director Madani Younis’ aim of creating a theatre that truly reflects the community, the Bush Theatre will undergo a major redevelopment…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:21AMBy Emily Hardy
The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company has revealed the full cast for Romeo and Juliet, the fifth production in the inaugural Plays at the Garrick season. Joining Lily James as J…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:57AMTuesday, February 23, 2016
By Emily Hardy
Transferring to the King’s Head Theatre following successful runs in Wales and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015 is Scriptography Productions’ To Kill a Machine. Catri…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:06AMBy Emily Hardy
Curve’s artistic director, Nikolai Foster, has revealed the full company for his new production of the award-winning West End and Broadway smash hit musical comedy, Legally…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:52AMBy Emily Hardy
After eight years at Tobacco Factory Theatres, director Ali Robertson has announced his new appointment as executive producer at the acclaimed Kneehigh Theatre. Robertson said…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:40AMBy Emily Hardy
David Aula and Simon Evans have teamed up to create a ground-breaking piece of theatre, The Vanishing Man, described as a “time-hopping, misdirection-abusing, mind-bending…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:20AMBy Emily Hardy
Eggs is a dark comedy about female friendship, fertility and freaking out. This intimate two-hander by Florence Keith-Roach, which premiered to great acclaim at the Edinburgh …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:12AMFriday, February 19, 2016
By Emily Hardy
Tessa Peake-Jones, Paul Kemp and Emily Burnett will appear in the world premiere of Tabitha Mortiboy’s Beacons at Park Theatre (PARK90), presented by Attic Theatre Company. …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:10PMBy Emily Hardy
Following the success of last year’s production of Obama-ology, multi-award-winning African-American playwright Aurin Squire returns to the Finborough Theatre with anoth…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:11AMBy Emily Hardy
A new production, directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie, begins previews at the West Yorkshire Playhouse on Wednesday 30 November. The first UK staging of Strictly Ballroo…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:50AMBy Emily Hardy
Daniel Evans’ five star production of Show Boat will transfer from Sheffield to the West End this spring. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber, Show Boat, with music by Jerome …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:28AMWednesday, February 17, 2016
By Emily Hardy
Liverpool lad Philip Olivier – best known for his role as Tim O’Leary in Channel 4’s Brookside, not to mention a killer set of abs – spills the beans on his di…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:09AMTuesday, February 16, 2016
By Emily Hardy
Hand to God is a soul-cleansing experience – gleefully unburdening its audience of their suppressed hysteria, and leaving them to guiltily head for confession (or the th…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:16AMSaturday, February 13, 2016
By Emily Hardy
International hit musical The Bodyguard will return to the West End for a limited six month run with Beverley Knight once again as the lead. Public booking will open on 12 Feb…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:17PMBy Emily Hardy
Alan Ayckbourn’s farcical tale of marital manners, How The Other Half Loves will appear in the West End this spring. The 1969 classic – the first of Ayckbourn’s plays to…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:45AMFriday, February 12, 2016
By Emily Hardy
If you don’t mind it light, hammy and reminiscent of a drunk uncle, Nell Gwynn is fabulously entertaining. There’s a natty onstage band, snappy songs and even a lesson in …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:01PMTuesday, February 9, 2016
By Emily Hardy
Emily Hardy reveals her February favourites. The End of Longing The Playhouse theatre February 2 – May 14 BOOK NOW Written by and starring Friends’ Matthew Perry, The …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:42AMSunday, February 7, 2016
By Emily Hardy
Callie Cooke, Tahirah Sharif and Phaldut Sharma will reprise their roles in Phil Davies’ debut play Firebird, following a run at Hampstead Downstairs last autumn. Davies’ …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:48PMSaturday, February 6, 2016
By Emily Hardy
Correspondence, a powerful new drama by Lucinda Burnett set between Stockport and Syria on the brink of the Arab Spring, opens at the Old Red Lion Theatre this March. This bit…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:04AMBy Emily Hardy
The Young Visiters is the most famous book in history written by a nine-year-old. Precocious Victorian child, Daisy Ashford, and her child’s-eye-view of the adult world was …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:51AMFriday, February 5, 2016
By Emily Hardy
Kenneth Branagh, Rob Brydon, Claudie Blakley, Marcus Fraser, Mark Hadfield and Alex Macqueen make up the cast of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s new comedy The Painkil…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:13PMBy Emily Hardy
A national London-based arts producer and Manchester’s newest theatre have announced a major collaboration which will put the venue on the arts map in the North of England. …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:29PMBy Emily Hardy
Due to unprecedented demand, the critically acclaimed production of Funny Girl, which is fast selling out its run, has extended booking at the Savoy Theatre for a further four…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:27AM 
