Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Details have been announced for the National Theatre’s season running from July 2018 to January 2019. Highlights include Peter Brook returning to direct at the NT for the first time in 50 …
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:51AMRuth Jones, well known as the co-writer of the award-winning BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey in which she also appeared, will star in the new comedy The Nightingales, presented by Jenny Toppe…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMFriday, June 15, 2018
UK and US touring dates have been announced for Stephen Daldry’s seminal production of JB Priestley’s classic thriller An Inspector Calls, opening at York Theatre Royal (14 to 22 Septemb…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:20AMMark Benton and Nigel Harman will star in Sam Yates’ hit West End production of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross which will embark on a nationwide tour from 14 February 2019, opening at…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 10:22AMFinal casting has been announced for the West End return of new British musical SIX at the Arts Theatre from 30 August to 23 September 2018.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:13AMKit Harington and Johnny Flynn are to star in the West End premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winner Sam Shepard’s modern classic True West.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:34AMThursday, June 14, 2018
On 21 May 2018, just days before The Lord Chamberlain’s Men production of The Tempest was due to premiere at the Brighton Festival, the van containing the company’s bespoke set and entir…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:04AMDavid Threlfall and Rufus Hound will reprise their lead roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Don Quixote when the production transfers to London’s Garrick Theatre from 27 October 201…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:40AMThe 13th Camden Fringe Festival has announced its 2018 line-up, which sees themes of #MeToo, LGBTQ and mental health taking the forefront, reflecting what has been a groundbreaking year of s…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMFollowing their West End debut earlier this year with the UK premiere of American Joel Drake Johnson's Rasheeda Speaking, Troupe returns to London's Southwark Playhouse this autumn with the …
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMWednesday, June 13, 2018
Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre have launched Theatre Helpline, a free 24-hour phone and email service supporting theatre professionals with any issue affecting their health …
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:01PMThe Old Vic has announced casting for The Greatest Wealth, curated by Lolita Chakrabarti and directed by Adrian Lester to celebrate 70 years of the National Health Service.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 03:20PMAmanda Drew, Lucy Cohu and Patrick Melrose star Anna Madeley will join star of screen and stage Jonathan Pryce and three-time Olivier Award-winning Eileen Atkins in the UK premiere of new fa…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:53AMCate Blanchett and Stephen Dillane will perform in the world premiere of Martin Crimp’s play When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other (Twelve Variations On Samuel Richardson’s Pamel…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:18AMMark Williams, star of The Fast Show, Father Brown, 101 Dalmatians, The Borrowers, Shakespeare in Love and seven of the Harry Potter films, will star as Doctor Dolittle at the first ten venu…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:11AMKinky Boots has posted West End closing notices for 12 January 2019 at the Adelphi Theatre. Its final London cast will be led by Simon-Anthony Rhoden as Lola and, having just taken over 4 Ju…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 04:35AMTuesday, June 12, 2018
The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced the cast for the UK premiere of Gerard Alessandrini’s Spamilton: An American Parody which opens at the theatre on 24 July 2018, with previews fro…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:34AMThe full cast has been announced for the West End transfer of Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s The Jungle, a National Theatre and Young Vic co-production with Good Chance Theatre, directed b…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 04:58AMMonday, June 11, 2018
Following a sold-out run at the Almeida Theatre, Tennessee Williams’ rarely staged classic Summer and Smoke will have a limited West End run from 10 November 2018 to 19 January 2019 at the…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:53AMSunday, June 10, 2018
How do you keep cool on a hot summer night in an un-airconditioned Off-West End theatre? Luckily, for some of the cast of Ghost About the House, the script of Matthew Campling's new comedy j…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:20PMSaturday, June 9, 2018
Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company has confirmed the full cast for its forthcoming production of Sweet Charity – its first musical production since 2006 (31 August to 22 September 2018, …
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMFriday, June 8, 2018
It’s likely to be a weekend to remember for Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, War Horse), artistic director of Elliott & Harper Productions, for not…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:01PMClassic Spring has announced that Fiona Button (Cecily Cardew) and Stella Gonet (Miss Prism) have been cast in Michael Fentiman’s The Importance of Being Earnest at the Vaudeville Theatre …
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 12:54PMBrand new comedy Vulcan 7, written by and starring Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer, directed by Steven Marmion, will have its world premiere this autumn before embarking on a UK tour.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:20AMThursday, June 7, 2018
UK Theatre has released 2017 sales figures for more than 200 of its member venues across the country and the numbers show a downturn in tickets sold and gross revenue.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 12:37PMWe've just got our hands on production shots for the new 2018-19 West End cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Scroll through the full gallery below...
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:11AMImmersion Theatre is bringing Tony Award winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s feelgood show Seussical The Musical to the Southwark Playhouse for the Christmas season (playing The Lar…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:05AMThe Donmar Warehouse today announces the appointment of Michael Longhurst as its new Artistic Director from March 2019, with his first programming to begin in mid-2019.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:50AMWednesday, June 6, 2018
The cast has been announced for Kiln Theatre artistic director Indhu Rubasingham’s world premiere production of Alexis Zegerman’s Holy Sh!t, the first in the newly refurbished venue (pre…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:38AMThe official 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme was launched today, inviting performers and audiences from across the globe to ‘leap into the unknown’ and embark on their very own …
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:01AMTuesday, June 5, 2018
Dreamgirls, which opened in December 2016 at the Savoy Theatre, will give its final performance on Saturday 12 January 2019, completing a run of more than two years. Details for a forthcomin…
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