Thursday, January 12, 2023
AGREEMENT Equity, the U.K. trade union for creative practitioners, and Independent Theatre Council (ITC), the management association representing the independent performing arts sector, have…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:19AMTuesday, September 27, 2022
San Diego’s The Old Globe has announced an extension of Aditya Chopra’s “Come Fall in Love – The DDLJ Musical” due to popular demand. The Broadway-bound production has been extende…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:30AMThursday, September 22, 2022
British-Sri Lankan actor Nimmi Harasgama has returned to the U.K. stage after nearly a decade with “Silence,” a co-production between Donmar Warehouse and Tara Theatre. Harasgama, who wa…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:19AMTuesday, September 20, 2022
Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey will be the co-artistic directors of the U.K.’s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), the Bard-centric troupe based in Stratford-Upon-Avon, from June 2023. Gregor…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:01PMThursday, September 15, 2022
For Shoba Narayan, the Indian American lead of Aditya Chopra’s “Come Fall In Love – The DDLJ Musical,” the Broadway-bound production is a dream come true. Chopra’s U.S. stage music…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:30AMTuesday, August 30, 2022
Two years ago, the Edinburgh Festival — comprised of film and TV events but dominated by the much larger Fringe festival — was entirely canceled by COVID. In 2021, it returned in a much …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:12AMFriday, August 26, 2022
Director Aditya Chopra has revealed a grand vision for “Come Fall in Love,” the stage adaptation of his immensely popular 1995 film Bollywood film “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,” comm…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:30PMThursday, August 18, 2022
Hilary Linstead, casting director, agent and film and stage producer died on Aug. 6 after contracting a form of leukaemia. She was 83. Described as a “force of nature” by her friends and…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:17AMMonday, August 15, 2022
Sam Crane will play Harry Potter in the new company that commences performances on “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” at London’s Palace Theatre from Oct. 13. Crane’s credits includ…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:55AMSaturday, August 13, 2022
During his eclectic career so far British actor Shubham Saraf has played a variety of roles. Saraf, who studied at the U.K.’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama and France’s École Phil…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:58AMWednesday, August 10, 2022
The cast of “Grease The Musical” at London’s West End have dedicated the run of the show to Olivia Newton-John, who died on Monday. Newton-John was known for playing Sandy in the 1978 …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:03AMMonday, August 8, 2022
A sequence from an upcoming “Peaky Blinders” stage show and a performance from legendary local band UB40 are amongst the highlights of closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:55AMFriday, August 5, 2022
Aditya Chopra’s U.S. stage musical reimagining of his immensely popular 1995 Bollywood film “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,” commonly abbreviated to DDLJ, addresses the need for cultural…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:51AMFriday, May 6, 2022
Joel Harper-Jackson made his debut as a leading man in London’s West End in dramatic circumstances when Taron Egerton fainted on stage during the first preview of stage play “Cock.” Ha…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:06AMTuesday, May 3, 2022
Several actors were in shock after the abrupt termination of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s stage musical “Cinderella” at London’s West End and performing arts workers’ union Equity is seek…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:30AMWednesday, April 27, 2022
Executive producer and composer Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) are readying a stage adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s beloved 1988 Studio Ghibli film “My Neighbor Toto…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:36AMMonday, April 11, 2022
“Cabaret” was the big winner at the annual Olivier Awards on Sunday with seven wins, with “Life of Pi” following with five. “Cabaret,” a revival of the 1966 Kander and Ebb musica…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:16AMWednesday, March 23, 2022
Vendôme Pictures and Pathé are partnering with Tony Award-winning Deaf West Theatre to develop a stage musical adaptation of Oscar nominated and BAFTA-winning film “CODA.” PGA award-wi…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMFriday, March 18, 2022
The post-COVID U.K. theater scene is getting a boost with the revival of “Kinky Boots” and “John Gabriel Borkman.” The Tony and Olivier award-winning musical “Kinky Boots,” based…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:09AMThursday, January 20, 2022
Oscar, BAFTA and Grammy winning composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) and revered “Elizabeth” and “Bandit Queen” filmmaker Shekhar Kapur have teamed to create Expo 2020 Du…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:45AMWednesday, January 12, 2022
THEATER The ongoing omicron wave in the U.K. has claimed another victim, with the producers of acclaimed play “Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)” at the Criterion Theatre on London’s Wes…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:41AMWednesday, December 22, 2021
Super-producer and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has halted performances of hit West End musical “Cinderella” until Feb. 2022 as the Omicron variant of coronavirus surges across the U.K. …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:26AMTuesday, December 21, 2021
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has unveiled a £1 billion ($1.3 billion) plan designed to help businesses impacted by the Omicron variant of coronavirus that is sweeping across…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:24PMMonday, December 20, 2021
“Spitting Image,” the iconic British satirical puppet show rebooted for streamer BritBox U.K., is set to make its stage debut at London’s West End in 2022. The target of the show will …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:22PMThursday, December 16, 2021
Hope Dickson Leach, BAFTA-winning director of acclaimed Toronto, Rotterdam and London festival selection “The Levelling,” has embarked upon a hybrid adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson�…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:00AMWednesday, December 8, 2021
Equity, the U.K. trade union for performing arts workers, has called on theater venues and producers to enforce mask-wearing among audience members. The request is in light of a surge in the…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:38AMFriday, December 3, 2021
Antony Sher, the South Africa born theater actor known for his Shakespearean roles, has died of cancer. He was 72. The news was revealed by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) on Friday. She…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:11AMMonday, November 29, 2021
Theaters in London’s West End are getting ready to honor the memory of the late composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who passed away at the age of 91 on Friday. The theaters will dim th…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PMMonday, November 22, 2021
Oscar-winning actor Eddie Redmayne has said that playing a trans character in “The Danish Girl” was a “mistake.” Based on true events, Redmayne played one of the first people in the …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:10AMThursday, November 11, 2021
The 2022 U.K. theater season promises to be a bumper one with new works from Stephen Beresford, Anupama Chandrasekhar, David Eldridge and Alecky Blythe among the highlights. Three-time Olivi…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:25AMFriday, October 22, 2021
Indian filmmaker Aditya Chopra’s immensely popular 1995 Bollywood film “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge,” commonly abbreviated to DDLJ, is being adapted as a Broadway stage musical titled …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM 
