Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Award-winning theatre company Headlong, in association with the BAFTA-winning Century Films, have announced Unprecedented: Real Time Theatre From a State of Isolation, a major new digital pr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:46AM[SHARE]The McOnie Company has launched the first offerings as part of its Digital Dance Season. Hosted on the company's social media channels, the season aims to connect the dance community and enc…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:25AM[SHARE]Monday, March 23, 2020
Hampstead Theatre is releasing its hit production of I and You by Lauren Gunderson on Instagram for free for a week from 23 March at 10am to 29 March at 10pm.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 22, 2020
Theatre Together, a new collective of over 50 artists and professionals, have announced All the Web's a Stage, an online event featuring a variety of live performances to raise money for tho…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 21, 2020
A statement has been issued by the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) on behalf of the major commercial West End theatre operators and the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers (STAR) to prov…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM[SHARE]Friday, March 20, 2020
Following the closure of all West End theatres due to the Coronavirus outbreak, producers today announced that Thriller Live performed its last Moonwalk at the Lyric theatre on 15 March 2020…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 19, 2020
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre have today announced that, in light of government advice restricting non-essential contact with others in relation to the coronavirus pandemic, their new music…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]As London's Old Vic Theatre closes, artistic director Matthew Warchus sends the message: "Take care of yourselves and each other. Be creative. There's going to be some great theatre on the o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 18, 2020
SOLT and UK Theatre held an urgent meeting of leading theatrical charities on Monday 16 March 2020 to discuss ways to provide support for members of the theatre workforce " both on and offst…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:14AM[SHARE]In light of the most recent government advice due to COVID-19, The Original Theatre Company's production of Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art, which was due to open at Devonshire Park Theatre,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 17, 2020
This year's Olivier Awards with Mastercard, which were due to place on 5 April 2020 at the Royal Albert Hall, have been cancelled.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:08PM[SHARE]My Theatre Mates have been collecting official announcements of theatre closures up and down the country in the Twitter thread below and will continue to add updates as they come in.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:20AM[SHARE]Monday, March 16, 2020
In light of the continued coronavirus emergency and advice from Prime Minister Boris Johnson that people should avoid "pubs, clubs, theatres and other such social venues" during the pandemic…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:38PM[SHARE]With all government-advised precautions in place, the Actors Centre continues its preparations for this month's strictly limited premiere run of Cliffordkuju Henry's powerful new play In Sea…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:06AM[SHARE]Amongst the rising tide of news about closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, London's Finborough Theatre has postponed two of its forthcoming fortieth-anniversary-year productions, which …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:43AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 14, 2020
Producers have announced that the London premiere of Christopher Durang's Tony Award-winning Best Play comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, due to start previews at Charing Cross Thea…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:22AM[SHARE]Monday, March 9, 2020
After much speculation, producers have confirmed that Sheridan Smith will revisit her award-wining portrayal of the late Cilla Black to star in Bill Kenwright's stage production, Cilla The M…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:32PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 8, 2020
Winners of the Offies 2020 Awards, held at Battersea Arts Centre, have been announced. It was the tenth anniversary year of the awards presented by Off West End.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:51PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 7, 2020
The Olivier and Tony Award-winning production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will tour the UK and Ireland this autumn, including a limited run in London at Troubadour W…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AM[SHARE]Friday, March 6, 2020
Joining the previously announced Imelda Staunton, Andy Nyman and Jenna Russell in the West End production of Hello, Dolly! at the Adelphi Theatre this summer will be Clare Halse, Tyrone Hunt…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:48AM[SHARE]Jon Culshaw will star as Bill Bryson in a brand-new stage production of Bryson's award-winning memoir Notes From A Small Island adapted by BAFTA and Olivier Award winning playwright Tim Whit…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:37AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 5, 2020
Andrew Lloyd Webber announced today that the world premiere of his new musical Cinderella will now open at London's Gillian Lynne Theatre on 28 October 2020, with previews from Friday 9 Octo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:57PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 4, 2020
The My Theatre Mates site, four other Mates bloggers and editor Lisa Martland dominate the just-published Top 10 UK Theatre Blogs published by media experts Vuelio.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:34PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 3, 2020
The nominations have been announced for this year's Olivier Awards which take place on 5 April 2020 at the Royal Albert Hall.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:52AM[SHARE]Friday, February 28, 2020
Award-winning playwright Martin McDonagh is back in London's West End this summer with his acclaimed play, The Pillowman, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Steve Pemberton.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 26, 2020
The Prince Of Egypt, the brand-new musical that officially opens this week at London's Dominion Theatre, has added seven extra weeks to its limited engagement with 100,000 new tickets now on…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AM[SHARE]Monday, February 24, 2020
The producers of the UK premiere of Joe Iconis' Be More Chill which premiered last week have announced a six-week extension to 14 June 2020, making it the longest running musical at London's…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:12PM[SHARE]Friday, February 21, 2020
Alex Jennings will lead the cast in the world premiere of Stephen Beresford's new play The Southbury Child, directed by Nicholas Hytner at London's Bridge Theatre in April.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM[SHARE]Kate Fleetwood stars as the villainous Cruela de Vil in the Open Air Theatre's new musical adaptation of children's classic 101 Dalmatians.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:15AM[SHARE]Clarke Peters directs the premiere of Leslie Bricusse musical SAMMY, starring Giles Terera as Sammy Davis Jr, at London's Lyric Hammersmith this summer.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:51AM[SHARE]Anne-Marie Duff returns to the Almeida Theatre to star in the world premiere of Beth Steel's new play The House of Shades. Full casting for the theatre's UK premiere of Daddy is also announc…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:19AM[SHARE] 
