Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Crazy Coqs, London: While singer/songwriter Amanda McBroom is no stranger to London audiences, this is the first time that she has performed in the capital with husband, the singer George Ba…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:11AMWednesday, April 16, 2014
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon: Tim Whitnall's one-man play opens with the death of Eric Morecambe at the age of 58 and sees the comic at the pearly gates, ready to tell the audience his sid…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AMThursday, April 10, 2014
Sir Jack Lyons, London: On the large, proscenium arch stage of the Sir Jack Lyons Theatre at the Royal Academy of Music, the graduating students languish in a half light as the orchestra war…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:47AMWednesday, April 9, 2014
Union Theatre, London: Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical marrying a passion for football with the troubles in Northern Ireland premiered in 2000. Comedian Ben Elton's book and lyrics w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMMonday, April 7, 2014
King's Head, London: From what seems an unlikely premise for a musical, collaborators Matthew Frank and Dean Bryant have crafted a complex and engrossing piece of theatre, peppered with them…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMAbove The Stag, London: The story of the rise and demise of playwright Joe Orton has been the subject of biography, film and stage play, each with varying degrees of success. Orton's ou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMThursday, April 3, 2014
Fortune Theatre, London: It is always encouraging to see a wide variety of songs in a musical theatre showcase that demonstrate a performer's vocal range as much as their emotional rang…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AMWednesday, April 2, 2014
Phoenix Theatre, London: In a year that has already seen the closing of two major musicals in the West End it is refreshing to see Once confidently celebrating its first birthday with no les…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AMTuesday, April 1, 2014
Fortune Theatre, London: In one of the more diverse graduation showcases of the year so far, the students open with a selection of informal choral numbers sung a capella in memory of Central…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:48AMMonday, March 31, 2014
Bridge House Theatre, London: Limited in size if not ambition, this compelling adaptation of Macbeth by director Guy Retallack strips the text down to its bare bones and reduces the cast to …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMThursday, March 27, 2014
Criterion, London: Structured in a different way to most showcases, graduates of the three-year musical theatre course at Arts Ed each perform a selection of numbers from six different, cont…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:51AMWednesday, March 26, 2014
Crazy Coqs, London: There is a soft yet determined glint in Anne Reid's eye as she makes her way to the stage. It is an intimate room, full to capacity and the warmth of the applause is…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AMThursday, March 20, 2014
Soho Studio, London: This graduate showcase features not only new actors but also new writing, penned by the graduates themselves -so the intimacy of the Soho Studio provides the perfect set…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AMMonday, March 17, 2014
Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond: Refugees of the recession, middle class parents Emily and Oliver decamp to the north of England in search of that elusive sense of community. An evening with t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMJermyn Street Theatre, London: Rob Ward and Martin Jameson's one-man play, which aims to address issues of homophobia surrounding British football, introduces us to Kyle, an openly gay …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AMThursday, March 13, 2014
Charing Cross, London: Appropriately sub-titled The Front of House Musical, director Max Reynolds ingeniously places his cast in the auditorium, mingling with the genuine ushers as the audie…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:49AMFriday, March 7, 2014
Blue Elephant, London: Lazarus Theatre continues its repertoire of deconstructed classics with this adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard III by Gavin Harrington-Odedra, who also directs.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMThursday, March 6, 2014
Curve, Leicester: Against the backdrop of the Curve's state-of-the-art theatre space, director Paul Kerryson places television monitors relaying ads from the 1960s - the perfect setting…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AMWednesday, March 5, 2014
Crazy Coqs, London: Having been out of the spotlight for more than 14 years, it is understandable that Patti Boulaye might be a little nervous about taking to the cabaret stage. Sheathed in …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:05AMMonday, March 3, 2014
Broadway Studio, Catford, London: This re-imagining of Mary Shelley's novel is a collaborative piece, which aims to reassess the Gothic novel against a contemporary moral backdrop.
Rea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AMAbove The Stag, London: Against a backdrop of Mafia-funded illegal gay bars, homophobic laws and police corruption, the habitue of the Stonewall Inn suddenly refused to accept another police…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMCriterion, London: The Glasgow Academy Musical Theatre Arts produces an excellent showcase featuring interesting choices, and strong performances with an emphasis on triple-threat training. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:50AMWednesday, February 26, 2014
Crazy Coqs, London: It may be seven years since Jeff Harnar has performed in the UK, but this is a New York cabaret artist who knows instinctively how to charm a London audience. Harnar'…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMTuesday, February 25, 2014
New Wimbledon, London: A spiritual parent to the likes of High School Musical and Glee, Fame, which charts the highs and lows of life at the New York School of Performing Arts, has a grittie…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:04AMFriday, February 21, 2014
Churchill, Bromley: Arguably one of Britain's best loved comedies, Philip King's See How They Run premiered in London in 1945 offering something of a tonic to theatregoers at the t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AMMonday, February 10, 2014
Upstairs at the Gatehouse, London: Following the success of Hiraeth's Titus Andronicus last year, the company take on one of Shakespeare's more controversial histories with Richard…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:13AMFriday, February 7, 2014
The Albany, Deptford: This new piece by London poet Kate Tempest tells the story of a modern family unit in crisis. Its bleak but sadly recognisable tale, lifted by Tempest's bold use o…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AMMonday, February 3, 2014
Criterion Theatre, London: In a preface reminiscent of the musical Once, members of the graduating students at East 15 Acting School treat the audience to some live music and singing, featur…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:37AMMonday, January 20, 2014
Above The Stag, London: Written by David Bell, The Gay Naked Play is a neatly crafted comedy that addresses issues of artistic integrity in small independent theatres.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMUnion Theatre, London: Arguably one of the most important musical theatre writing teams of the last 50 years, John Kander and Fred Ebb are responsible for hits such as Cabaret, Chicago and K…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:32AMFriday, January 17, 2014
Churchill Theatre, Bromley: Based on the popular sit-com from the 1970s, the musical version of Happy Days carries all the hallmarks of the original show. A rose-tinted window on life in mid…
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