3,177 stories by "Douglas Mayo"
By Douglas Mayo
There’s a lot to recommend Heart Of Winter, I can’t wait to hear more of Connor and Buddle, with new writing talent like this, I am confident there are brilliant …
By Douglas Mayo
BritishTheatre.com is pleased to bring you these production images from Alan Ayckbourn’s Consuming Passions which is currently playing in rep at the Stephen Joseph Thea…
By Douglas Mayo
Close To You is a stunning recording that takes me back to what for me was a very special night in the theatre. I daresay it will be played with frightening regularity here, …
By Douglas Mayo
42nd Street is one of those classic musicals about the talented unknown who goes out an becomes a star. The recipient of most of the major musical theatre awards, 42nd Street…
By Douglas Mayo
Here at BritishTheatre.com we’re big fans of Disney’s Aladdin, first as an animated film and now as a stage show, but this wonderful video is the icing on the cak…
By Douglas Mayo
Producers have just released the following statement regarding Richard Madden and the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s production of Romeo and Juliet:- The Kenneth Bra…
By Douglas Mayo
Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries is coming to the London Palladium this month for its West End Premiere, and producers have announced the cast for the all new family musica…
By Douglas Mayo
Fans of Japanese children’s author Elko Kadono will be delighted to know that a stage adaptation of her bestselling and award-winning book Kiki’s Delivery Service…
By Douglas Mayo
Producer Bill Kenwright has announced that Sarah Harding will make her stage debut opposite Andy Moss in Ghost The Musical, when it starts a UK tour later this year. Sarah Ha…
By Douglas Mayo
Producers The Original Theatre Company and Salisbury Playhouse in association with Eastbourne Theatres have given us these great preview images from the rehearsal rooms of th…
By Douglas Mayo
Music and Lyrics and West Yorkshire Playhouse, producers of the UK National tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, have announced new casting for the roles of Truly Scrumptious and…
By Douglas Mayo
The first-ever Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical, CATS opened last night (31 July 2016) at the Neil Simon Theatre. After the triumphant opening night p…
By Douglas Mayo
Exposure is so bland that ultimately it won’t make the list of great flops, you know those shows that lurch from briliance to being dire. There’s just nothing to …
By Douglas Mayo
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child held an opening gala on 30 July 2016. Following rave reviews earlier this week Sonia Friedman, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical P…
By Douglas Mayo
So what did UK theatre critics and theatre bloggers think of Aladdin at London’s Prince Edward Theatre. Douglas Mayo, BritishTheatre.com âœâœâœâœ Wh…
By Douglas Mayo
The St James Theatre is now home to a unique new musical Exposure – Life Through A Lens until 27 August 2016. Young photographer Jimmy Tucker faces the biggest and most…
By Douglas Mayo
Following their success with the 2015 world premiere of Arthur Miller’s No Villian, The Old Red Lion Theatre has announced the world premiere of J B Priestley’s B…
By Douglas Mayo
Get set to Samba this Christmas as the stage version of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom waltzes into the West Yorkshire Playhouse for it’s UK premiere. Based on …
By Douglas Mayo
Kander and Ebb’s The World Goes Round is now playing at The Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. Featuring songs from Kander and Ebb musicals including Chicago, Cabar…
By Douglas Mayo
If Sing-A-Long Sound Of Music isn’t quite your speed, you can now ‘Rock Out’ with the cast of American Idiot. On Thursday 8 September 2016, audience members…
By Douglas Mayo
Rumpy Pumpy!, A new saucy British by Barbara Jane Mackie will be presented in London and Windsor in November 2016. Based on a true story, Rumy Pumpy! sees Shirley Landels and…
By Douglas Mayo
Paul Nicholls, Jack Ellis and Ben Onwukwe will star in Bill Kenwright’s 2016 tour of The Shawshank Redemption. Based on the classic film and based on the short story by…
By Douglas Mayo
Yesterday, at London's Palace Theatre, I experienced something quite magical, and that was just watching the audience. Harry Potter And The Cursed Child had finally arrived, …
By Douglas Mayo
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series. It is also the very first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. In true epic…
By Douglas Mayo
Further casting has been announced today for the revival of The Boys In The Band by Matt Crowley which opens at the Park Theatre this Autumn, before touring. West End musical…
