SHOWSTOPPER! The Improvised Musical extends and transfers to the Lyric Theatre for ten performances only
Following a 10-week engagement wowing audiences and critics alike in the first ever season for an improvised musical in the West End, the run of Showstopper! The Improvised Musical is being extended, with a transfer to the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. For just 10 more performances between 15th February and 25th July, audience suggestions will be transformed instantly into […]
REVIEW: THE DRUNKEN CITY (Tabard Theatre)
‘The Drunken City’ premiered in New York City in 2008, receiving an Outer Critics nomination for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play – and I can see why. Adam Bock has written a hilarious and thought-provoking contemporary piece, and I would highly recommend this production. The play centres around three excitable best friends who have […]
REVIEW: MAN OF LA MANCHA (Bridewell Theatre)
Established in 1905, Sedos is one of the major amateur theatre companies in the City. The company boasts over 200 members and stages 8 – 10 fringe productions every year. Since 2012, Sedos has been the resident company at Bridewell Theatre, which is part of the St Bride Foundation. Never afraid of challenges, […]
REVIEW: WHERE WILL WE LIVE? (Southwark Playhouse)
Council estates across the country are threatened with demolition; what does that mean for the people who live there? Where Will We Live? is a new production about the hyper-regeneration and gentrification of London. Elisabeth Winkler and Lucy Curtis shine a spotlight on this issue in Brixton, using the words of the people involved to […]
GEMMA ARTERTON to star in the West End transfer of NELL GWYNN
Following critical acclaim and a sell-out run at Shakespeare’s Globe, Jessica Swale’s new play Nell Gwynn, directed by Christopher Luscombe, transfers to the West End for a strictly limited season from Thursday 4 February 2016 starring Gemma Arterton in the title role. It is 1660. The Puritans have run away with their drab grey tails […]
World Premiere of NOT MOSES (a comedy of Biblical proportions) to open at Arts Theatre
Award winning film-maker Gary Sinyor has written and will direct his first play, NotMoses, previewing at the Arts Theatre from 10 March 2016, with press night on 15 March 2016. NotMoses is designed by Carla Goodman with lighting by Humphrey McDermott. Tickets for this ten week limited run go on sale today (27 November 2015) […]
REVIEW: THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA LIVE (Lyric Theatre)
Wilma and I joined a veritable throng of yummy mummies and their little darlings at the Lyric theatre to watch this musical play by David Wood based on the much loved 1968, Judith Kerr book of the same title. The Olivier nominated play features three performers who tell the story of Sophie and […]
Further casting announced for MOTOWN the MUSICAL at the Shaftesbury Theatre
Charl Brown (Smokey Robinson) and Sifiso Mazibuko (Marvin Gaye) join the previously announced Cedric Neal (Berry Gordy) and Lucy St. Louis (Diana Ross) in the West End production of Motown the Musical. With music and lyrics from the legendary Motown catalogue and book by Motown founder Berry Gordy, Motown the Musical is directed by Charles […]
DARREN DAY to star as ‘TICK’ in PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT in WOKING, PLYMOUTH and LLANDUDNO
Darren Day will star as ‘Tick’ in the international smash hit musical PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT in Woking from 15 February to 27 February 2016; Plymouth from 9 May to 14 May 2016 and Llandudno from 16 May to 21 May 2016. Darren Day’s first theatre role was the title role in “Joseph and […]
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to launch The Imagination Awards in 2016
The Imagination Awards are two separate awards which will each champion creativity and inspire the next generation of theatre makers: Charlie’s Challenge: a national award for 5-15 year olds, challenging students to share imaginative solutions to problems facing them, their school or the wider world. Young Theatre Designer Award: a national competition for 16-18 […]