Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A Man of Many Parts by Trav S.D.

Our recent viewing of Lucy Worsley’s latest BBC doc Holmes vs. Doyle (2023) awakened my longstanding desire to add a post here on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) that went beyond Sherlo…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:12AM
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Sherlock Holmes and The 12 Days of Christmas Announces Casting for World Premiere at Birmingham Rep by Staff Writer

Birmingham Rep has announced key casting for the world premiere of Sherlock Holmes and The 12 Days of Christmas, a new play with songs by Humphrey Ker and David Reed

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 08:33AM
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice Set to Collaborate on Sherlock Holmes Musical Comedy by Darryn King

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice—the musical partnership behind Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita—are set to collaborate for the first time i…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:02PM

Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber Reunite for Sherlock Musical Play by Josh Darvill

Birmingham Rep will host the world premiere of a brand-new stage show with songs from Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The festive mystery, Sherlock Holmes and The Twelve Days of Christmas,…

SOURCE: musicalsdaily.com at 03:35PM

Sign of the four: Sherlock Holmes returns for Christmas comedy by two duos by Chris Wiegand

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice have created songs for a Theatreland mystery by Humphrey Ker and David Reed. We find out how they doubled up for the detective’s ‘gory’ new case New so…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AM

Birmingham Rep announces Sherlock Holmes and The Twelve Days of Christmas by Staff Writer

Birmingham Rep will present the World Premiere of Sherlock Holmes and The Twelve Days of Christmas, featuring original songs by the legendery musical theatre duo Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd…

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:33AM

New SHERLOCK HOLMES Musical With Music by Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber Will Premiere This Year

Birmingham Rep will present the World Premiere of Sherlock Holmes and The Twelve Days of Christmas. The musical will feature original songs by the legendery musical theatre duo Tim Rice a…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:28AM

Stage musicals should embrace use of surtitles, says lyricist Tim Rice by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

The songwriter, who has reunited with Andrew Lloyd Webber for a Christmas mystery, said popularity of TV subtitles may have a welcome effect in theatres Surtitles should be routinely used fo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12AM
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

"A Sherlock Carol" cast's favorite lines by Westport Country Playhouse

Check out what some of our cast of "A Sherlock Carol" – Joe Delafield (Dr. Watson and others), Drew McVety (Sherlock Holmes,) and Byron St. Cyr (Ebenezer Scrooge) – say are their favori…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:32PM
Monday, November 18, 2024

Black Hound Productions Announce Sherlock Holmes & a Christmas Mystery and The Elves and the Shoemaker at Everyman Cheltenham by Staff Writer

South-West based theatre company Black Hound Productions is set to enchant audiences this Christmas at the Cheltenham Everyman’s Irving Studio with two festive performances

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:00AM
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Friday, September 13, 2024

London’s secret Sherlock Holmes experience 🕵️‍♂️ | The Great Murder Mystery at The Lost Estate by Official London Theatre

221B Baker Street, London, 1889 🔍 Watch theatre, music & fine-dining bring The Hound Of The Baskervilles to life around you in London’s secret Sherlock Holmes experience 🕵️‍♂�…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:24PM
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminar: Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B by The Old Globe

Director James Vásquez joins The Old Globe's Kim Heil for a chat about Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B. Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Globe patrons with an opportunit…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:37PM
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Happy 350th Birthday to Nicholas Rowe by Trav S.D.

No, no, not the guy from Young Sherlock Holmes and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. I mean Nicholas Rowe classic (1674-1718), England’s fourth Poet Laureate, first modern editor of a c…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:06AM
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Theatre Silco’s ‘Moriarty’ is a comic knockout by Karen Mason

Ken Ludwig's madcap Sherlock Holmes story launches the summer season in Silverthorne in a true laugh fest The post Theatre Silco’s ‘Moriarty’ is a comic knockout appeared first on OnSt…

SOURCE: OnStage Colorado at 11:52AM
Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Academy Award Winner Robert Downey Jr. to Make Broadway Debut in New Play by Ayad Akhtar by Darryn King

Academy Award winner Robert Downey Jr. will make his Broadway debut in McNeal, a new play by Tony nominee and Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar (Junk, Disgraced), directed by Tony winner Bar…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM
Sunday, April 28, 2024

Theatre Review: ‘Miss Holmes’ at Fells Point Corner Theatre by Max Garner

Agatha Christie’s considerable contributions notwithstanding, it is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who is credited with inventing the modern detective procedural. Three years before Christie’s b…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:23PM
Friday, April 19, 2024

People You Should Know . . . Thomas R. Gordon by Zack Calhoon

Thomas R. Gordon (Director) is the leader of the motley crew that is The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company and a fighter for love and art in New York City. He is a graduate of Radford Universit…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:48AM
Thursday, April 4, 2024

SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE VALLEY OF FEAR Southwark Playhouse SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

THE GAME’S AFOOT. EVENTUALLY. Nick Lane’s adaptation of Conan Doyle’s late, broodingly complicated novel has met many huzzahs from Sherlock Holmes fans, previously here, on tour and  …

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:56AM
Sunday, March 31, 2024

The Valley of Fear post-show video and photos: Investigating the case of Sherlock Holmes’ enduring legacy by Terri Paddock

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, with his ever-loyal sidekick Dr Watson, holds the Guinness World Record as the most portrayed human literary character in history. What's the endur…

SOURCE: terripaddock.com at 01:28PM
Sunday, February 18, 2024

A feminist spin on a Sherlock Holmes mystery play by Celia Wren

Fans of Enola Holmes will enjoy “The Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective” by the Washington Stage Guild.

SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:54PM
Sunday, February 11, 2024

Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Fiend; Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood – review by Clare Brennan

Barn theatre, Cirencester; Watermill theatre, NewburyThe deductive powers of the famous sleuth are put to new uses in these inventive if patchy interpretations, one playful, the other musica…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Fiend review – the spoof’s afoot! by Arifa Akbar

Barn theatre, CirencesterThe detective hunts for Jack the Ripper in a funny, tangled comedy on how crime is sensationalised for entertainment This comedy adventure enlists Sherlock Holmes to…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AM
Sunday, January 21, 2024

Trainspotting’s Jonny Lee Miller: ‘If I could make a living being a firefighter, I may well just do that’ by Tim Lewis

The actor who played Sick Boy on his voluntary work in New York and why he’s relieved social media wasn’t around in the 90s Jonny Lee Miller is a 51-year-old British actor who has played…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM

‘Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson: Apt. 2B’ features a feminist twist on the murder mystery at Playhouse on Park by Christopher Arnott

A new comedy mystery from Kate Hamill takes the male-dominated story of Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson and flips the script at Playhouse on Park.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Friday, December 22, 2023

Chris Olsen - TikTok Star Is Modern Day Sherlock Holmes by bwaySHO

Chris Olsen chats with @bwaySHO at BAD Cinderella's Opening Night, and remembers with immense detail their interaction the night before. Plus, we get a Chris impression of Shoshana. Filmed…

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:15PM
Friday, December 1, 2023

A Sherlock Carol, Marylebone Theatre review – merry, but mirthless by Aleks.sierz

Seasonal Eng Lit mash-up returns with its festive message of forgiveness It’s an elementary fact that Dickens sells at this time of year — look at all the perennial Christmas Carols spro…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:18PM
Thursday, November 16, 2023

New Rock Musical Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood Will Premiere in U.K. by Margaret Hall

Set in 2024 London, the musical follows a reimagined iteration of the famous detective as he tracks down an unexplained death in the infamous environmental protest camp.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AM
Saturday, November 11, 2023

Theatre Review: ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ at Sterling Playmakers by Seth Rose

Telling a story about one of the most beloved characters in the English language can be a daunting challenge, but the Sterling Playmakers prove all you need to do it well is a talented team …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:42PM