Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The New Wimbledon Theatre has had a tricky run with pantomimes in the last few years. But this year’s Cinderella sees a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:15AMCasually sidestepping the need to seek seven short actors to play the seven dwarfs, Qdos borrows from the Shrek musical and casts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMThis particular incarnation of Aladdin has been knocking around for ages. Despite a few flashes of glitter and big-name performances, it’s starting
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Though, on the surface, they may appear similar, the disciplines of a drag performer and musical comedy performer are very different. But
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Before its extensive renovation, Fairfield Halls presented its pantomime in the proscenium-arched Ashcroft Theatre. It was an ambitious move upon reopening to
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Following a run of three critically and commercially successful years at the London Palladium, Qdos Entertainment has taken a step away from
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Originally produced at Theatre Royal Stratford East in 2012, with a book by Paul Sirett and songs by Wayne Nunes and Perry
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This immersive version of A Christmas Carol has been staged nine years running since emerging from a small pub performance in York.
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Actor and comedian David Walliams has made more than £100 million as a children’s author, putting him up there in the popularity
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For this year’s adult pantomime at Above the Stag, authors Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper turn to the story of Pinocchio for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:20PMFollowing on from the success of last year’s How to Catch a Krampus, queer collective Sink the Pink once again takes up
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Celebrating its 107th year, the Royal Variety Performance takes place once again at the London Palladium, this time in the presence of
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The Midlands-born drag artist has shot to nationwide fame on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and is now headlining her first pantomime, Cinderella,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:54PMFrom family-friendly festive frolics to innuendo-laden adult shows stuffed with saucy contemporary references, this year’s panto season has something for everyone. Paul
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For more than 40 years, the Thursford Christmas Spectacular has been a highlight of the festive season. Its showy extravagance fuses traditional
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Following a successful career in marketing, Alick Glass created this new, original musical. Written in collaboration with his daughter, Reputation is an
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In its original form, Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts’ song cycle was one of the longest-running shows Off-Broadway. Since its premiere in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:34AMThe 15 winners of The Stage Scholarship in conjunction with Arts Educational Schools London have been announced. It is the second year
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Robert Chesley’s play Jerker has always been controversial. When it premiered in 1986 in Los Angeles, scenes that were performed on the
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To anyone who has read his books, it will come as no surprise that David Walliams idolises the author Roald Dahl. Walliams’ gently
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Pantomime is constantly evolving. It’s steeped in tradition and yet it’s ripe for reinvention. While the major producers invest in big effects
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:04AMWhen musical theatre collaborators George Stiles, Anthony Drewe and Elliot Davis’ updated gay version of the Cinderella story premiered in 2012, its
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Sam Shepard’s Ages of the Moon was written in 2009, the same year he penned his Pulitzer-winning Buried Child. There are themes
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The Spirit Young Performers Company has announced the winners of The Stage Scholarship 2019. Musical theatre company scholarships have been awarded to
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Whether or not it’s a trick of the air-con or simply a fluke, there’s a definite chill in the tiny theatre housed
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One of the more unlikely liaisons to develop following the First World War was the one between Lord Baden-Powell and Joachim von
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Jonathan Larson died in 1996 just before the opening of his first major Broadway musical, Rent. Before this he was a struggling
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John Godber is a consummate communicator. His fusion of observational comedy with physical theatre has proved immensely popular since Bouncers premiered in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:58AMThe Stage Scholarship 2019 in conjunction with London-based Fourth Monkey Actor Training Company has been won by Hannah Roy-Davies and Morgan Summers.
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US writer Eleanor Burgess’ play The Niceties is a dense, talky two-hander that sets out to explore some meaty questions about race
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The twins Aphrodite and Ilithyia are completely unaware of how powerful they are. So powerful in fact that the mighty Zeus himself
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