Brokeback Mountain set to ride into London in 2016
PRODUCTION CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT Producer Tom O’Connell has announced that he has acquired the stage rights for Annie Proulx’s award winning short story BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. The movie Brokeback Mountain became a cultural phenomenon in 2005, winning multiple awards including Golden Globes, BAFTAs and the Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Score but this powerful […]
Oresteia (Trafalgar Studios)
Oresteia is what they call a classic. A Greek trilogy that premiered in Athens in 458BC. It has been remade and portrayed differently around the globe for millennia. Most recently, Oresteia has moved to the West End after a sellout season at the Almedia theatre. Robert Icke’s interpretation has turned tradition on its head with […]
Gruesome Playground injuries – Basic Mountain
Phantom Owl are a Los Angeles-based theatre company “presenting new American theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe.” This year presenting three plays: Fault Lines by Stephen Belber, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times by Neil Labute and Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph, plus three one-person shows as part of their Flying Solo series. Joseph’s Gruesome Playground […]
The Christians – Gate Theatre
As something of a believer myself, I took my seat in the intimate theatre space above the Prince Albert in Notting Hill intrigued to see what ‘The Christians’ had in store for its audience. Sitting opposite me and staring back, the choir were already onstage and ready to burst into lively song once the show […]
Dusty – Charing Cross Theatre
Dusty’s press night build up (all 109 performances of it) was much discussed in West End circles, but was it worth the wait? The controversial mix between live performance and 1960s recordings is one that could most certainly divide an audience, but for me, the risk paid off. The show tells of Dusty’s rise to […]
Kerry Ellis and Louise Dearman to appear on the new series of The Curtain Up Show
This Friday, The Curtain Up Show returns to London’s art radio station, Resonance 104.4fm, for a brand new series. Tim McArthur and Nathan Matthews will be joined live in the studio at 4.00pm on Friday 11 September by Alison Arnopp, star of Dusty The Musical at the Charing Cross Theatre; Simon Darwen from the Flare Path UK Tour; and Tim Prottey-Jones from hit new musical Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre, to […]
Dark Tourism to have World Premiere at Park Theatre starring Jill Winternitz
“You might complain about people saying stuff about you, but you’d complain a lot more if no one said anything at all” Initial casting is today announced for the world premiere of Dark Tourism at Park Theatre (PARK90), from 29th September – 24th October, the debut play by Daniel Dingsdale. Amongst the cast are Tamaryn […]
Wilma Visits The Audition Room To See What Goes On
Back in November 2014, Phil Wilmott published an article in the Stage called “my 10 golden rules of auditioning”, explaining what it is like for the audition panel and what you can do to make things run as easily as possible. Actress and Blogger Katie Brennan then replied with “my 10 golden rules for audition […]
Parade – London Theatre Workshop
It is incredibly sad and deeply unsettling when one realises that the themes running though Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry’s 1998 Tony Award winning musical “Parade” are still being splashed across news headlines today. Although the true-life scandal involving Jewish factory manager Leo Frank occurred slightly over one hundred years ago, xenophobia, victimization, social […]
The Jewish Legends – Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Aria Entertainment is back with its return season of celebrated, Jewish Legends. A musical revue honouring some of the greatest contributions Jewish performers have made to the entertainment industry, performed Upstairs At The Gatehouse. Simply set in front of a multi-coloured star cloth, the four actors gave grounded performances in a selection of cleverly selected […]