Full cast announced for Hackney Empire’s JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Hackney Empire has today announced the full cast of its much-anticipated 2015 pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk. The full cast will be joining previously announced Olivier Award-nominee Debbie Kurup as Jack, everybody’s favourite dame, Olivier Award-winning Clive Rowe as Dame Daisy Trott and Kat B as Snowman. Following their 2014 pantomime which was seen by over 50,000 people Jack and the Beanstalk will run from 21 November 2015 to 3 January […]
The White Feather (Union Theatre)
It’s always a pleasure to walk into a small theatre and be greeted by the owner/producer who is sat in the corner working on their laptop and having a coffee. It gives a place a homely feel which is lovely. Its no surprise then that the Union Theatre won the award for Most Welcoming Venue […]
Dinner with Saddam – Menier Chocolate Factory
When faced with a farce about the 2003 invasion of Iraq, my initial question was ‘how could this possibly work?’. How can such a tragic part of our recent history be portrayed in such a manner? In the words of Horowitz himself, in this production you have to laugh at it, ‘otherwise it makes you […]
Sister Mary McArthur’s Big Sunday Night Show comes to the Cockpit Theatre
Soho’s most famous nun is back on October 4th at 5pm for another installment of her BIG SUNDAY NIGHT SHOW This month she has The Twins Macabre headlining alongside comedy and music from Vinegar Strokes, The Kitsch Kittens and The Natural Voices Choir. Each month she presents a quality street selection of established artists […]
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ShowFilmFirst are delighted to have teamed up with Theatre Blogger West End Wilma to bring you the third edition of our new theatre news magazine! In this issue: * Carly Bawden has tea with Wilma, talking about starring in McQueen * Jim Broadbent stars in A Christmas Carol * X-Factor’s Joe McElderry to star as Joseph […]
The Faulty Towers Dining Experience (Amba Hotel)
The 1975 BBC TV sitcom of Fawlty Towers may have only produced twelve episodes (over two series) but forty years later it is still regarded as one of the most loved british sitcoms of all time. Interactive Theatre have a worldwide interactive tribute to this wonderful show, staged at weekends are the London Charing Cross […]
Octagon (Arcola Theatre)
Octagon comes to the Arcola for its world premiere having won accolades in the USA. The Octagon is a national poetry slam where poets compete with their words and rhythms for points from the judging panel and the respect of their peers. Although, at the end of it all, “the points are not the point, […]
Park Theatre present Sunday Readings in the Park this Winter
This winter at Park Theatre, The New Actors Company will present Sunday Readings in the Park, intimate readings of fascinating plays in the idyllic setting of PARK90, lights, a handful of actors and a play you might never have known. Audiences will be treated to rarely performed plays on selected Sunday afternoons between 11 October […]
Officer Biggins reports for duty as he launches West End Heroes 2015
Christopher Biggins, launched the 2015 West End Heroes gala concert at the Dominion Theatre with a little help from some military friends…. Dressed as an RAF service woman – just one of the “characters” he’ll play on the night in several big song and dance numbers – he promised a night of surprises, fun and jollity and […]
War Horse set to close after eight years in London’s West End
After eight record breaking years, the National Theatre today (17 September 2015) announced the final extension of its West End run of War Horse, with a last performance at the New London Theatre scheduled for 12 March 2016. War Horse will have played over 3,000 performances and been seen by over 2.7 million people in […]