London is never short of temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From a new British musical to starry Mamet and cheeky burlesque, here are some of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMDavid Oakes's past roles range from The Borgias and Victoria to Shakespeare in Love. He's currently playing opposite Natalie Dormer in dark comedy Venus in Fur at Theatre Royal Haymarket.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15AMWe're back in the world of ration books, blackouts and spam fritters, as Nicholas Wright delves into the home front via his adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's 1947 novel. Though there's a cert…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AMNicholas Hytner and Nick Starr's enterprise is certainly an historic one The Bridge is London's first new wholly commercial theatre in 80 years. If its opening play isn't the same landmark w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:15PMActress Fenella Woolgar's work ranges from Handbagged and Circle Mirror Transformation to Home Fires and Doctor Who. She's currently starring in the stage adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48AMThe words 'an intimate evening with' may seem at odds with the cavernous Palladium. But leave it to the pint-sized Broadway legend with the huge voice to work her magic on the space. Somehow…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMMarking the 15th anniversary of pioneering company Deafinitely Theatre, Artistic Director Paula Garfield is directing a new production of Mike Bartlett's Contractions. It runs at New Diorama…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04AMThe urge to present state-of-the-nation plays following the Brexit vote is understandable, even vital, but has produced decidedly mixed results. Thankfully, Mike Bartlett's empathetic Chekho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:19AMIt's Fifty Shades of Auditioning in this tricksy erotic comedy A hit on Broadway, David Ives’s steamy two-hander now boasts Natalie Dormer and David Oakes, well-known for their screen…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:18PMDominic Dromgoole's new company Classic Spring kicks off its year-long celebration of Oscar Wilde with lesser-known 1893 work A Woman of No Importance. A starry cast, led by the incandescent…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:26AMIt seems to be the week for notable romcom two-handers. Joining Simon Stephens' Heisenberg and David Ireland's The End of Hope is David Eldridge's meditation on the loneliness and halting lo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04AMActress Emma Fielding's work ranges from Arcadia, Private Lives and The King's Speech to Terror and The School for Scandal. She's now playing Mrs Allonby in Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Impor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24AMFor the premiere work of new company Elliott amp Harper Productions, director Marianne Elliott got the Curious Incident band back together, from playwright Simon Stephens to her acclaimed cr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04AMThe war on facts takes marital form in Florian Zeller's comedyA year after premiering acclaimed French playwright Florian Zeller’s The Truth, London’s Menier Chocolate Factory now h…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:48PMMulti-award-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman is helming the West End premiere of Young Frankenstein, the stage musical version of Mel Brooks's beloved movie. It's currently i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:33AMWith This House enjoying an acclaimed revival last year, and Almeida hit Ink now situated just metres away from new offering Labour of Love on St Martin's Lane, the West End currently belong…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18AMThree years after its Bristol Old Vic debut, Sally Cookson's fervently theatrical reimagining of Charlotte Bront 's novel returns to the National Theatre as part of a UK tour with a new ca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:18AMLondon is never short of theatre temptations, whether epic West End shows or bold fringe offerings. From political drama to immersive Agatha Christie and the unveiling of a new venue, here a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:05AMSally Cookson's past work includes inventive adaptations of Peter Pan, Hetty Feather and La Strada. Her acclaimed version of Jane Eyre, which first appeared at Bristol Old Vic in 2014, compl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33AMEmily Stilson Juliet Stevenson is suspended in a void. She analyses this strange situation with wry perspicacity and occasional breathless panic. She's a prisoner, a specimen. She's fallen, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:55PMWe need more waffles in diplomacy. Or rather more personal connections to bridge those vast divides. So believed the Norwegian couple who orchestrated secret peace talks in 1993 between Isra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMNew Orleans comes to Marble Arch via this energetic revival of Clarke Peters' 1990 tribute to 'The King of the Jukebox', swing and blues bandleader Louis Jordan. Occupying a new pop-up, circ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12AMKristin Chenoweth's work ranges from Wickedand On the Twentieth CenturytoThe West Wing,Pushing Daisies and Glee,plus numerous albums and concerts. British fans will have a chance to see her …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18AMBen Lewis's past work includesForbidden Broadway andCandideat Menier Chocolate Factory,Annie Get Your Gunat Sheffield Crucible, and playing The Phantom in the original Australian production …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12AMTheatre has a long memory. Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's 1971 musical has been through myriad incarnations, donning and shedding numbers, an interval, an ill-conceived upbeat ending, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48PMRia Jones has starred in numerous musicals, including Evita, Chess, Cats and Les Miserables. She's now reprising her acclaimed performance as Norma Desmond in the UK tour of Sunset Boulevard…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AMLondon is never short of theatre temptations, whetherWest End epics or bold fringe offerings. From starry Sondheim to political plays and a new Florian Zeller, here are some of this month's …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:50AMCarley Stenson's work includes Hollyoaks, Shrek The Musical, Legally Blonde, Spamalot and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. She's currently starring as Fantine in Les Miserables at the Queen's Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36AMThe incident tent, the police tape a sickeningly familiar sight, made fresh yet again by the tragic events of this week. But that very familiarity, and the tendency of one event to be swiftl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMNew Take That musicalThe Band, co-created with Tim Firth, begins its national tour at Manchester Opera House on 8 September. Cast members AJ Bentley, Nick Carsberg, Yazdan Qafouri Isfahani, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12AMBack in 2009, Alexi Kaye Campbell followed up his bold first play The Pride with Apologia, which follows the well-trodden path of a fraught family reunion where past grievances stalk the pre…
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