Monday, November 14, 2016
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 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:40AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Like David Bowie himself, this is a show that defies definition. It's both all and none of a musical, a play, a gig, performance art, philosophical meditation, a fever dream, a collective tr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:28PM[SHARE]Last week, Matilda the Musical - that soaring celebration of storytelling - marked its fifth year in the West End. Appropriately enough, the show begins with a birthday party in the marvello…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AM[SHARE]Friday, November 4, 2016
Last night, a starry crowd turned out for JURASSIC PARK LIVE at London's Royal Albert Hall. The iconic venue hosts the world premiere of Steven Spielberg's masterpiece in a film and live orc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54AM[SHARE]Last night, Meat Loaf launched Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell - The Musical in a special live preview event outside London Coliseum in the West End. Meat Loafand producer Michael Cohlintrodu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48AM[SHARE]A flawed musical about conjoined twins is elevated by its central pairComposer Henry Krieger's highly anticipated Dreamgirls arrives later this month, but first up is the UK premiere of his …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:36AM[SHARE]Sonia Friedman, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, producers of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, announce today that a further 60,000 tickets will be released for sal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 3, 2016
London is never short of theatre temptations, whether splashy West End shows, epic dramas or bold fringe offerings. From Bowie's Lazarus and Glenda Jackson's King Learto Mark Rylance's retur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AM[SHARE]Monday, October 31, 2016
Clive Francis's varied stage and screen career includes A Clockwork Orange, Entertaining Mr Sloane, the originalPoldarkand upcoming Netflix drama The Crown. He's currently starring in Stephe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AM[SHARE]Leading theatre publisherNick Hern BooksNHB has acquired the rights to publishNice Fish, the new play by multi-award-winning actorMark Rylanceand acclaimed prose poetLouis Jenkins, alongside…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AM[SHARE]From today, there's a 48-hour priority sale for the new Old Vic season, including the 50th anniversary production of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead, starring Daniel Rad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:36AM[SHARE]Following on from the success of his 2016 Maastricht Concert in cinemas earlier this year, which took more than 1.4 million at the UK box office in one weekendand became the highest grossing…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:36AM[SHARE]It's not just the title that's daunting in Tony Kushner's exhaustive three-and-a-half-hour epic, which tackles everything from socialist history, belief systems and family dysfunction to mat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24AM[SHARE]Friday, October 28, 2016
This week, the cast of West End hit THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY - which recently announced a booking extension until October 2017 - tackled new interactive game The Million Pound Heist. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18AM[SHARE]Since winning hearts during his stint on Strictly Come Dancing, partnered by Flavia Cacace, actor and astrologer Russell Grant has starred in Hairspray, Grease and The Wizard of Oz. He's now…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 27, 2016
Jealousy stalks this seminal work by the late Peter Schaffer, making a triumphant return to the theatre where it debuted in 1979. Court composer Salieri is cursed with just enough musical ap…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 25, 2016
The Globe has announced that Emma Rice will be stepping down as Artistic Director in April 2018, two years after her tenure began. In a statement, CEO Neil Constable said'Emma's mould-breaki…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:49AM[SHARE]Monday, October 24, 2016
Jim Steinman's epic rock and roll theatrical fantasy BAT OUT OF HELL THE MUSICAL, the inspiration for one of the most iconic and successful albums in history, is set to explode onto the Lond…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AM[SHARE]Gillian Bevan has done everything from Holby City and Teacherson TV to RSC productions and extensive musical theatre, including Into the Woods, Billy Elliot and Grand Hotel. She's currently …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:22AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 22, 2016
David Fynn's credits range from She Stoops to Conquer and Romeo and Juliet at the National Theatre to Sherlock and Game of Thrones. Now he's starring as rocker-turned-substitute teacher Dewe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40AM[SHARE]Friday, October 21, 2016
Following her success on The Voice, singer and actressLucy O'Byrne took on the iconic role of Maria Von Trapp in the UK tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's indelibleThe Sound of Music she's si…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 20, 2016
Renowned playwright Howard Brenton's work ranges from The Romans in Britain and Pravda to 55 Days and Drawing the Line. Now, his eerily resonant 1973 playMagnificence - featuring idealistic …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AM[SHARE]How do you make a musical about cancer This latest work from Bryony Kimmings isn't just theatre, but metatheatre. Her voiceovers and the emails published in the programme detail the at times…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Aged just 21, Jonah Hauer-King has appeared in Punk Rock at Lyric Belfast and is currently making his West End debut in the Kenneth Branagh-starring revival of The Entertainer at Garrick The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14AM[SHARE]Lucie Jones rose to fame on The X Factor, and has since built up a strong list of theatre credits, including Les Miserables in the West End, American Psycho at the Almeida and Legally Blonde…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Ben Forster became a household name when he won Andrew Lloyd Webber's Superstar TV competition and went on to lead the UK arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar. His West End work includes Evi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PM[SHARE]It was a dark and stormy night. Two couples are caught in a snowstorm on their way back from a party. Three of them arrive at a remote Connecticut farmhouse. One disappears. There's a defini…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14AM[SHARE]Monday, October 17, 2016
You have to admire the grand scope of Ella Hickson's long-gestating new play, which grapples with urgent ideas about this vital but declining resource amidst audacious magic realist time tra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 16, 2016
Choreographer Drew McOnie's recent work includes Jekyll amp Hyde at the Old Vic, Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, Bugsy Malone at Lyric Hammersmith, and In the Heigh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 15, 2016
'I shook up the world.' So says young gun and new heavyweight champion Cassius Clay shortly to become Muhammad Ali in those heady moments after his shock defeat of Sonny Liston in February 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AM[SHARE]Friday, October 14, 2016
Actresses Louise Dearman and Laura Pitt-Pulford have an impressive musical haul between them, with Louise the first actress to star as both Glinda and Elphaba in Wicked, as well as starring …
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