Friday, April 20, 2018
After a run at the London Coliseum last year and a subsequent tenure in Toronto, Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell is back in town - and it puts rock well and truly back into the West End.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:23AMWednesday, November 22, 2017
There's been a real buzz of anticipation around the West End with the impending opening of Everybody's Talking About Jamie. In fact, it has felt like everybody really has been talking about …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14PMSaturday, November 18, 2017
Following a hugely successful UK tour and an engagement at the acclaimed Feinstein's54 Below in New York, West End star Rachel Tucker has become a celebrated solo performer.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMTuesday, November 7, 2017
Patrick Marber was inspired to write The Red Lion following his own experiences in non-league football club ownership. And the play - which was first performed in 2015 at the National Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:21AMWednesday, September 20, 2017
There's been a bit of a resurgence of the comedy horror musical format over the past few months. With The Toxic Avenger returning to London after a successful run at Southwark Playhouse and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42AMMonday, September 18, 2017
I once had the honour of interviewing the legendary Tommy Steele at the New Wimbledon Theatre. It was the venue where Half A Sixpence was first performed, and the show - which acted as a sta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMTuesday, August 22, 2017
There's such a rich history of musical theatre in London. World renowned, the West End has become a place of pilgrimage for the stagey community. But if you would like to understand better t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12AMTuesday, June 20, 2017
Director Paul Jepson expressed in an interview in the show's programme that he was not at all daunted by the technical challenges of staging an adaptation of E. Nesbit's The Railway Children.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMSunday, June 18, 2017
It's been over 10 years since the comedy musical Blondel was last seen on stage in London and with a new production about to open at the Union Theatre, Stage Door Records has released the Or…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMThursday, June 1, 2017
Seen by many as one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman has been performed in many guises since its first production in 1949.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMTuesday, May 16, 2017
From humble beginnings in a pub in Islington, when a group of LAMDA graduates first conceived Mischief Theatre, the company has gone from strength to strength and following an award winning …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23AMWednesday, May 10, 2017
When we enter the theatrical world, we must suspend disbelief. That's why many of us goin the hope that for a couple of hours we'll forget all of our real-life trials and simply immerse ours…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36AMWednesday, May 3, 2017
It was recently announced that Federico Fellini's film masterpiece La Strada has been restored and is set to receive a nationwide reissue, but it's also being given a new life on the stage i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMWednesday, April 12, 2017
The English National Opera ENO have been criticised in recent years for their staging of musicals. The last two years have seen the company-whose home is the London Coliseum-score huge succe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36AMSaturday, April 1, 2017
Exeter based Le Navet Bete have teamed up with the Exeter Northcott Theatre to present a unique play about the world's most famous vampire. Entitled Dracula The Bloody Truth the company, whi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:11AMFriday, March 24, 2017
The complexities of the mother and son relationship are not easy to depict. The unwavering unconditional love and a mother's need to defend her boy against all foes can become creepily like …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMMonday, December 19, 2016
The classic Charles Dickens' fable, A Christmas Carol, can be seen in many guises over the festive period, but Simon Callow's one-man presentation of the epic saga at the Arts Theatre, is an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMTuesday, December 6, 2016
J.M. Barrie's classic story about the boy who never grows up is always a popular production at Christmas, with its magical plot, engaging characters and depiction of the melancholic journey …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMThursday, November 17, 2016
Stephen Mallatratt's ghoulish adaptation of Susan Hill's infamous ghost story has been frightening London audiences for over twenty-five years and embarked on a UK tour in September. Whilst …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32AMSaturday, October 29, 2016
It's almost 20 years since THE WEIR had its premiere at the Royal Court and Conor McPherson's heart-warming tale about a close knit community feels just as relevant today. Director, Rachel O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMTuesday, February 3, 2015
If, like me you visit a fair few theatres, you will understand the need for the atmosphere, auditorium and facilities to be up to scratch to ensure you have full viewing pleasure. No matter …
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 04:35PM 
