Following the announcement that the Edinburgh Festival Fringe will not be going ahead as planned in 2020, the Fringe Society has unveiled alternative digital plans taking place this summer.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMCulture secretary Oliver Dowden has announced the first relaxation in the rules regarding theatre performance, with the statement that open air venue productions can go ahead from Saturday 1…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:09AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical Cinderella will now world premiere at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London on 7 April 2021, with previews from 19 March 2021. The previous opening night ha…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:57AMBirmingham Stage Company has announced new tour dates for Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain in association with Car Park Party, Troubadour and Live Nation.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMOscar-winning film and theatre director Sam Mendes is the driving force behind the Theatre Artists Fund, set up for theatre professionals who are in need of urgent and critical financial sup…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMChancellor Rishi Sunak has bowed to pressure from the arts world and unveiled a £1.57 billion lifeline for the UK’s theatres, venues and museums struggling to stay afloat in the wake of t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:34PMAgatha Christie’s The Mousetrap – the longest running show in the world, which had to be suspended when the Coronavirus pandemic resulted in the closure of UK theatres – is to reopen i…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:50AMIn collaboration with theatres across the UK, #scenechange – a community for stage designers taking action for theatre – has launched #MissingLiveTheatre, wrapping theatre buildings in a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:31AMToby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ hit musical Six looks likely to become the first West End musical to resume performances across the UK in August and September 2020.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMToday, on the second anniversary of the death of choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne, The Lynne and Land Foundation has announced grants to the Royal Ballet School, ArtsEd, LAMDA and the Royal …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:45AMThe Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s 2003 novel that became an international bestseller and a 2006 film starring Tom Hanks, is now to become a new stage thriller.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMA new production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, directed by Sean Mathias with Ian McKellen in an age-blind interpretation of the young Prince, will go into rehearsals on Monday 29 June 2020.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSLEEPLESS, A Musical Romance, based on the original screenplay Sleepless in Seattle, has rescheduled its premiere at London's Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre for 25 August to 27 September 20…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:01AMThe return of Hairspray the Musical has been postponed again. It will now return next April, a full year after originally scheduled, but now for a longer, 19-week season, rather than ten wee…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMJermyn Street Theatre has announced that it will remain closed until some point in 2021. Tom Littler lays bare the lack of support from Westminster.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:40AMTheatre Royal Newcastle is the latest regional venue to announce lengthy closure extensions in the face of uncertainty around coronavirus and Government social-distancing guidelines. It…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMCameron Mackintosh has delayed the return of his West End productions of Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, Hamilton and The Phantom of the Opera until as early as practical in 2021.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:09PMIn addition to its experimental #OVinCamera live staging of Lungs, the Old Vic Theatre continues its free streaming of archived productions.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMDeclan, a new play written and performed by Alistair Hall, is making its debut online to raise funds for London’s The Actors Centre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThe National Theatre today announces a further five productions that will be streamed as a part of the National Theatre at Home series.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:15AMNigel Slater’s Toast returns to the Lawrence Batley Theatre as a brand-new online adaptation - part radio play, part animated film - airing from 1 to 31 July 2020.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFree-to-view YouTube Channel The Shows Must Go On continues its theatre lockdown weekly schedule with another 'live' television broadcast of a Broadway musical, Peter Pan Live!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThe Pillowman, which was due to make its West End premiere this summer, has been delayed until 2021.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThe Old Vic's new artistic initiative combines a run of socially distanced performances of Duncan MacMillan’s LUNGS, starring Claire Foy and Matt Smith, and a series of rehearsed play-read…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMAlan Bennett’s epic multi-award-winning drama The Madness of George III, starring Mark Gatiss in the title role, will be streamed from next Thursday 11 June 2020 via National Theatre at Ho…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AMThe latest statement from the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) - on behalf of the major commercial West End theatre operators - has been issued today, confirming that theatres will remain cl…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThe Great Gatsby, which had previously set a record as the UK’s longest-running immersive production, is planning to re-open at Immersive | Ldn in Mayfair on 1 October 2020.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMDue to the continuing lockdown, alongside Government advice that social distancing will need to remain in place for some time, the Company has made the difficult decision to postpone all rem…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFree-to-view YouTube Channel The Shows Must Go On continues its theatre lockdown weekly schedule with another 'live' television broadcast of a Broadway musical, Peter Pan Live!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:04AMThe hugely-anticipated new West End production of Hello, Dolly! starring Imelda Staunton, which was due to begin performances at the Adelphi Theatre in London on Tuesday 11 August 2020, has …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMNew 2021 performance dates have been announced for the West End return of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at The London Palladium, starring Ja…
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