Thursday, January 14, 2021
Since the start of the Covid pandemic closures in 2020, many independent, alternative and fringe theatre venues and companies across the UK and beyond responded to the challenges of lockdown…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:59AMA brand new digital production of Terence Rattigan’s one-woman play All On Her Own will star award-winning actress Janie Dee and be directed by Alastair Knights, with Jack McCann as assist…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 04:30AMFriday, January 8, 2021
It has been announced that performances of Witness for the Prosecution will resume from 18 May 2021 at London County Hall on the Southbank. Cast to be announced soon.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 04:30AMThursday, January 7, 2021
OffWestEnd announces 47 finalists for its Offies Awards 2021, across 15 categories, covering 24 venues across London.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:16AMWednesday, January 6, 2021
The Stage has unveiled its annual The Stage 100 list. The list has been re-imagined this year to celebrate individuals who have gone above and beyond in helping theatre survive the biggest c…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:01PMThe Stage has announced the winners of The Stage Awards, reimagined this year to celebrate theatrical organisations who continued to create great theatre, show innovation, and help ensure th…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 02:01AMTuesday, January 5, 2021
It’s been announced that the West End production of the award-winning musical & Juliet at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre will return on 28 May 2021 (subject to social distancing restri…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, December 31, 2020
Sheila Hancock has been made a Dame in the New Year Honours list 2021 with actors Toby Jones (OBE), Nina Wadia (OBE), Lesley Manville (CBE) and Sally Dynevor (MBE) also recognised.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMonday, December 21, 2020
West End star Ria Jones and Broadway powerhouse Justin Matthew Sargent are helping launch David Weiser’s new music-themed children’s book, The Boy Who Wanted to Rock.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 04:30AMSunday, December 20, 2020
After sold-out performances in London’s West End in 2019, the producers of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas are have announced the production will embark on a UK tour, opening on 28 Octob…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:43AMFriday, December 18, 2020
With the latest round of Government restrictions closing theatres in London, the original Mischief team have announced that they will be performing their improv show Mischief Movie Night In,…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 01:21PMThursday, December 17, 2020
Following the news that London – plus parts of Essex and Hertfordshire – would move into Tier 3 from 16 December 2020, Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that th…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 01:59PMRoyal & Derngate Northampton has announced that it will premiere a season of original musical theatre as part of its upcoming Made in Northampton 2021 season.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:25AMTuesday, December 15, 2020
Goblin Theatre Company will present its Christmas musical The Ballad of Rudy via live-stream on 27 December 2020 at 3pm from The Crazy Coqs at London’s Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMMonday, December 14, 2020
There was devastating news for West End theatres today when Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock told the House of Commons that London – plus parts of Essex and Hertfordshire – …
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 01:31PMTwenty-two-year-old South Londoner Ayomide Adegun, currently in his second year of the BA Acting course at Royal Welsh Academy of Music & Drama, has been awarded The Luke Westlake Schola…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 04:00AMFriday, December 11, 2020
Producer Michael Harrison has announced that Disney’s Academy Award-winning movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks will make its world premiere as a new stage musical. Performances begin at Newcas…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 11:46AMThe latest cast member to be announced for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical Cinderella is Ivano Turco. Just graduated from Urdang Academy, Turco will be making his West End debut in the s…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:55AMBloom Theatre is back from 7 January to 7 February 2021 with a digital production of new play Avalanche, written by the company’s co-founders, Simon Fraser and Jack Albert Cook…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMulti-award-winning hit musical Come From Away will make a return to the West End early next year with a very special staged concert version performed for a limited run at London’s Phoenix…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 04:51AMThursday, December 10, 2020
The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has announced that the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company will receive £19.7 million and £19.4 million loans respectively fr…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:01PMWednesday, December 9, 2020
This Christmas Mangled Yarn Theatre is presenting Every Time a Bell Rings, a festive collection of heart-warming, emotional and comical stories inspired by the diverse Bedford community. The…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMTuesday, December 8, 2020
Hackney Empire today announced Jack and the Beanstalk, which was previously scheduled to open in December 2020, will now open in December 2021, marking the 22nd pantomime at the East End ven…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 08:00PMJez Bond and the team at Park Theatre have announced that the theatre has plans to reopen its doors in the New Year, with socially distanced shows in both auditoria.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 06:52AMMonday, December 7, 2020
Multi award-winning playwright James Graham is collaborating with Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater to create a new musical based on George Orwell’s iconic novel Animal Farm.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 04:43AMThursday, December 3, 2020
As part of the Royal Albert Hall’s 150th anniversary celebrations New Adventures and the Royal Albert Hall have announced that Matthew Bourne’s multi-award-winning dance thriller The Car…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 09:25AMJennifer Saunders will reprise her role as Mother Superior in select performances for the UK tour of Sister Act The Musical.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:53AMWednesday, December 2, 2020
Nimax Theatres have added a second night for Sasha Regan’s all-male take on W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance at London’s Palace Theatre. The show will now ru…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 12:20PMMonday, November 30, 2020
The National Theatre, in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, has launched National Theatre at Home, a brand-new streaming platform making their much-loved productions available onli…
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:09PMThe run of Les Misérables –The Staged Concert at London’s Sondheim Theatre has been extended to 28 February 2021, with performances beginning on 5 December.
Linked From mytheatremates.com at 07:39AMFriday, November 27, 2020
A new filmed theatre production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet starring Sam Tutty and Emily Redpath in the title roles, with direction by Nick Evans, has been announced.
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