How to Build a Better Tulip
I’m not particularly into gardening or botany, although (perhaps because of my time spent in the Netherlands) I am fond of tulips and of Mark Giesser’s writing. Loosely based on The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas, Giesser has brought the story into the present day where genetic modification is rife and bizarre plant breeding is […]
New cast of Billy Elliot musical start tonight
BILLY ELLIOT CELEBRATES NINTH BIRTHDAY AS NEW BILLY, DEBBIE AND MICHAEL JOIN WEST END CAST Today, 12 May 2014, nine years to the day since Billy Elliot the Musical officially opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre, eleven year old Matteo Zecca (Billy) and ten year old Kyria Cooper (Debbie) will have their first performance alongside new cast […]
Other Desert Cities
The Old Vic Theatre’s latest offering is the European Premiere of Jon Robin Baitz Other Desert Cities (one of Americas most performed plays of recent days). The Old Vic Theatre has been transformed for this production so that it can be played in the round. Seats surround the stage giving a much more intimate feel to […]
A Handful of Stars
A Handful of Stars is the gorgeous Theatre 503’s latest offering as part of its ‘Second Look’ programme. Billy Roche’s play captures the mood of a small Irish town where you marry the girls you get pregnant and having a job, any job, is a God-send. It focuses on the frustrations of masculinity being constrained […]
DAVID HUNTER AND JILL WINTERNITZ LEAD CAST IN 2014 OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING O N C E
David Hunter and Jill Winternitz will lead the cast as Guy and Girl respectively in the Olivier award-winning production of Once. Hunter, who originally joined the show in July last year understudying the role of Guy, and Winternitz have their first performance together on 12 May 2014. Last month Once was the winner of two […]
Foreplay
Foreplay by Carl Djerassi is a play following the lives of Theodor W. Adorno (sociologist, philosopher and musicologist) and his wife Gretel Adorno and Hannah Arendt (political theorist). We join them as they are drawn together by a mysterious young woman known only as ‘Felicitas’ through their admiration and respect of Walter Benjamin (literary critic, […]
WestEnd Fest SUMMER “CAMP”
WestEnd Fest SUMMER “CAMP” Sunday 29 June 2014 St Pauls Actors Church in Covent Garden. Click here to book tickets See stars of Londons West End theatre scene perform songs from shows that have only ever been on Broadway. This charity concert is raising money for Cardiac Arrest in the Young (CRY) www.c-r-y.org.uk Rebecca […]
West End Eurovision Video Idents
In its 7th and final year, West End Eurovision is going out with a Boom Bang-a-bang! The 2014 line-up features the cast of We Will Rock You opening the show and other west end show casts competing for the Haagen Dazs West End Eurovision Winners Trophy. They will be joined by 1993 UK Eurovision entry Sonia who will […]
Avenue Q – Greenwich Theatre
When I first saw Avenue Q about six years ago, the concept terrified me and I was convinced that I’d hate it… Puppets on stage with people? A song about racism? Hmmm. Several hours later I was grinning from ear to ear – a total convert. But would I enjoy it as much the second […]
Rags The Musical – In Concert
RAGS The Musical opened on Broadway in 1986, receiving Tony Award nominations including Best Musical. With music written by Charles Strouse (Annie), lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked), and a book by Joseph Stein (Fiddler on the Roof), it is surprising that the show is only now having its UK premiere. This one night charity gala in aid of the charity CENTREPOINT, the UK’s leading […]