Monday, July 26, 2021
Songwriter and producer Robert J. Sherman is continuing his family’s rich musical legacy by teaming with finance professionals Bret Goldin and Andrew Kaplan to form Sherman Theatrical Ente…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMMonday, July 19, 2021
Composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber has decided not to open his £6 million ($8.2 million) musical “Cinderella,” one day before it was due to open at London’s West End after a ca…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:28PMFriday, July 9, 2021
Acclaimed dramatist and playwright Jack Thorne will deliver this year’s James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival. Thorne’s credits include the West End play “Harr…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:29AMTuesday, July 6, 2021
RESUMPTION The producers of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, have confirmed that the two-part mul…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:42AMThursday, June 24, 2021
Super-producer and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has joined his fellow artists working in the beleaguered theater and music industries in taking legal steps to get the U.K. government to rele…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:17AMFriday, June 18, 2021
THEATER Smash hit musical “Mamma Mia!” will return to London’s West End at the Novello Theatre from Aug. 25. The beleaguered U.K. theater sector is operating at a vastly reduced capaci…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:10PMMonday, June 14, 2021
“The Two Popes” actor Jonathan Pryce, “The Great British Bake Off” judge Prue Leith and “Strictly Come Dancing” judge Arlene Phillips are among those in the arts named to Britain…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:47AMWednesday, June 9, 2021
Super-producer and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is prepared to defy the U.K. government if there is any delay in theaters expanding to 100% seating capacity on June 21. While the date is the…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:59AMTuesday, June 1, 2021
Leading cinema chain AMC is raising $230.5 million to purchase additional cinema leases and grow the consumer appeal of its existing properties. AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. revealed on …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:18AMTuesday, May 25, 2021
In today’s Global Bulletin, U.K.’s National Theatre filmed plays to stream on Amazon Prime Video in the U.K. and Ireland; Mubi boards U.K., Ireland rights for Paul Verhoeven’s Cannes t…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:08AMThursday, May 13, 2021
The U.K. theater scene was vibrant, with a box office breaking £1 billion ($1.4 billion) annually, until coronavirus struck in 2020. Of this, London’s famed West End theater district cont…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:18PMThursday, May 6, 2021
More than 800 members of the U.K. entertainment industry have signed an open letter decrying a work culture that’s been put in sharp relief following multiple misconduct allegations agains…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:10AMWednesday, May 5, 2021
Shane Allen, BBC’s director of comedy, is leaving the broadcaster to team with recently departed head of comedy commissioning Kate Daughton to launch a new outfit. Boffola Pictures Limited…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:41PMSaturday, May 1, 2021
Punters across the U.K. can claim 200,000 free tickets to watch any film screening at 500 sites on the weekend of June 19 and 20, as part of the National Lottery Cinema Weekend. The weekend …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:30AMThursday, April 8, 2021
Prince William, Renée Zellweger, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Leslie Odom Jr are part of the star-studded line-up set to appear at the BAFTA Film Awards on April 10 and 11. Clara Amfo will hos…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:10AMThursday, April 1, 2021
The U.K. government is disbursing £400 million ($553 million) to 2,700 organizations affected by the Coronavirus crisis. The distribution is part of the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:05PMThe Dutch government has granted permission for up to 3,500 fans to attend the popular Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals and finals in Rotterdam in May. The semi-finals are scheduled for M…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:16PMStephen Graham (“The Irishman”), Andrea Riseborough (“Luxor”) and Sindhu Vee (“Feel Good”) have joined the cast of Netflix and Sony Pictures’ musical adaptation of the beloved …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:22AMThursday, March 25, 2021
London’s National Theatre is set to reopen two of its three venues in June after all U.K. indoor entertainment venues were forced to close in 2020 due to the pandemic. “After Life,” ba…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:07AMThursday, March 18, 2021
In today’s Global Bulletin, musical “Anything Goes” sets London revival; iZen signs diversity pact with LineLight; MTV’s “True Life Crime” gets U.K. version; and Banijay’s refr…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:18PMMonday, February 22, 2021
As case rates plummet and vaccinations continue rapidly, England will begin easing lockdown from March 8, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to reveal Monday evening. While school…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:17PMFriday, February 19, 2021
Actors Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson, who’ve won a brace of Oscars each, will headline the cast of “The Great Escapers,” which Pathé will present at the upcoming European Film Mark…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:17PMPhoebe Waller-Bridge, creator and star of smash hit “Fleabag,” will take on the role of the first president of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. Waller-Bridge performed her successf…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:30AMThursday, February 11, 2021
The Princess of Pop has finally spoken out following the Feb. 5 debut of controversial FX documentary “Framing Britney Spears.” While not directly addressing the matters raised in the fi…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:06AMMonday, January 25, 2021
The U.K.’s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has found a global streaming home with theater specialist BroadwayHD. Nine RSC titles will debut on BroadwayHD in January, with 20 more productio…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:50AMNine RSC titles will debut on BroadwayHD in January, with 20 more productions set to arrive in February and March.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:35AMMonday, January 18, 2021
Most entertainment industry jobs no longer qualify for exemption to COVID-19 rules, such as the need to self-isolate for 10 days, for those seeking to enter the U.K. From 4 A.M. local time o…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:23PMWednesday, December 30, 2020
Some 44 million people, 78% of England’s population, will be under Tier 4, the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, from Thursday, U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced in the…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:32AM 
