Broadway Studio, Catford: Based on William Golding's best-selling novel, Lord Of The Flies observes the gradual descent into savagery of a bunch of young teenagers stranded on a desert …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AMLost, London: Somewhere in Yorkshire in 1939 Oscar and Penny plough their heart, soul and money into reopening the town's cinema, but the onset of the Second World War tears them apart,…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:37AMChurchill, Bromley: Based on events in the life of renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pre, Duet For One tells the story of a virtuoso violinist, Stephanie Abrahams, who has had her career brough…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:18AMPheasantry, London: Back to the Musicals was launched earlier this year and has already proved popular enough for a third outing, in this instance showcasing numbers from some of the biggest…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AMFairfield Halls, Croydon: This new play by author Jamie Alexander Wilson is a farcical whodunit set in and around the set of a fictional soap opera. Backstage dramas have long been a fertile…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMMatcham Room, Hippodrome Casino, London: Over the years, vocalist Barb Jungr has been a regular and significant face on the UK cabaret circuit with a diverse repertoire and a unique vocal st…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AMSpace, London: Inspired by the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt this song cycle is a patchwork of monologues and musical numbers written from the perspective of characters who have died fro…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:50AMCharing Cross Theatre, London: Alan Hruska's new comedy tells the story of Nellie, a professional woman living happily in a small apartment in Manhattan, who feels perfectly at ease in …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:49AMBrixton Club House, London: Taboo tells the fictional story of wannabe photographer Billy and his voyage of self-discovery in London during the early 1980s. Read the full review
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMTristan Bates, London: There is a definite sense of urgency woven throughout the MA Acting Showcase from Arts Ed. Aside from intermittent sound effects provided by the whole company between …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMSavoy, London: The 1984 album Private Dancer marked an era of reinvention for singer Tina Turner, introducing her soaring, soulful rock and roll vocal to a whole new generation. With her new…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:37AMLilian Baylis Studio, London: Originally written as a CBS television special, Aladdin represents Cole Porter's only major foray into the medium of television and indeed his final musica…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMWhite Bear, London: At age 2, Orson Welles was already directing and starring in productions for the New York arm of the recently formed Federal Theatre Project. For his next show Welles wan…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMKing's Head, London: The crafting of F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby into a piece of musical theatre was never going to be a straightforward task. At face value this jazz age nove…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:07AMArts, London: With London still heaving with Olympic tourists it is wholly understandable that central venues such as the Arts, maximise their potential by running multiple shows. Running in…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:07AMSoho, London: For their latest musical, composer George Stiles and lyricist Anthony Drewe give us a 21st-century take on the Cinderella story. Elliot Davis joins them as co-author of the boo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:06AMLandor, London: Composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb's collaboration produced more than 14 musicals and reviews and is best remembered for the creation of Cabaret and Chicago. Cur…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMMinerva, Chichester: Written in three weeks while in exile from his native Germany and awaiting entry to the US, the Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is author Bertolt Brecht's lesson from …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMDuchess, London: The opening of any show is a risky affair and in 2012 that risk is heightened by the ubiquitous Olympic effect that appears to be short circuiting our tourist industry. The …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMLyric, London: The microblogging site Twitter has long been a useful promotional tool within the performing arts community with everybody from school children to Hollywood stars avidly detai…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:20AMArcola Tent, London: Originally conceived in New York more than 20 years ago by performance artist Penny Arcade, Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! mixes improvisational comedy with erotic dancing …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AMChurchill, Bromley: Originally created as a radio comedy, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy has since been adapted into a series of best-selling books, a popular television series an…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:02AMSoho Downstairs, London: Over the past few years, Barbershopera have developed something of a cult following both at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and through occasional runs of their variou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:26AMTabard, London: The original production of this Cole Porter and Moss Hart collaboration ran for 169 performances in the 1935/6 season on Broadway and garnered respectable reviews. Rather tha…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AMShakespeare's Globe, London: Henry V marks the final production of the Globe to Globe project, part of the World Shakespeare Festival for the London 2012 Festival. Having toured the UK for s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:47AMArts, London: When Charles Dickens died in 1870 he was in the middle of writing his 15th novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Fans of his work have long since been fascinated by this unfinishe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMUnion, London: The original Broadway production of Jekyll and Hyde ran for a respectable four years, despite lukewarm reviews, and, while there has never been a major production in the West …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:47AMLandor, London: When philandering husband Tom discovers that his wife has been having an affair he flees the marital home intent on seeking out the lover and destroying him. Read the full r…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AMPheasantry, London: For many people, Ethel Merman was simply one of those larger-than-life Broadway characters now readily assigned to the history books. In fact there are few performers in …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AMLillian Baylis, London: Puppet designer Sylvester Cloud has created a toy doll called a Flahooley, which should corner the Christmas market and ensure a promotion. Sadly the arrival of an Ar…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:11AMBroadway Theatre Studio, Catford, London: This new play attempts to address the problematic relationship between the police service in London and the young people who feel victimised by them…
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