New Billy joins Billy Elliot the Musical in London
Nat Sweeney, 12 years old from Birmingham, will make his West End stage debut this evening (3 July 2015) when he becomes the forty-first boy to play the title role in the iconic British musical Billy Elliot the Musical at the Victoria Palace Theatre. Now in its eleventh year in the West End, the show […]
Matilda The Musical and Radisson Blu Edwardian team up for Afternoon Tea
In celebration of the new partnership between the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda The Musical and Radisson Blu Edwardian, London, members of the cast of the award-winning musical were photographed today enjoying the new official Matilda The Musical Afternoon Tea. Craige Els and Haley Flaherty, who play Miss Trunchbull and Miss Honey respectively, were […]
The Railway Children Extends Run at King’s Cross Theatre
The Railway Children – Live on Stage will be extending its run at King’s Cross Theatre until Sunday 3 January 2016. Originally planned to close on 6 September, the production will The Railway Children Extends Run at King’s Cross Theatrerun for an extra four months due to popular demand. Tickets for the new period will go […]
As Is – Trafalgar Studios
As you enter the intimate setting of the Trafalgar Studios, the cast members are seated in a line, in a stark, clinical environment. Sound snippets of news reports speak solemnly of a disease largely affecting the gay community in eighties America. As the actors sit and listen, you can’t help but make comparisons to a […]
Elf the Musical announce Gala Night in Aid of Alzheimer’s Society
Michael Rose and U-Live, the producers of ELF the musical, will be donating all ticket sales at the Gala Opening Night at the Dominion Theatre on Thursday 5 November to Alzheimer’s Society. The London premiere of ELF will star Ben Forster, Kimberley Walsh, Joe McGann and Jessica Martin and will play a strictly limited 10-week […]
The Importance of Being Earnest – Vaudeville Theatre
This classic piece of theatre is revived again in the West End, this time with the twist of David Suchet playing Lady Bracknell. He makes the role his own, with looks and intonation that bring plenty of laughs from the audience. The infamous “a handbag?” scene he gives a refreshing difference to. He avoids veering […]
Asking Rembrandt – Old Red Lion
When we think of artists, we think of them by their surnames: Picasso, Van Gogh and (I thought) Rembrandt. But unusually Rembrandt HarmensOon van Rijn was known by his first name. An interesting fact I must say. Sadly, that was about as interesting as Asking Rembrandt got. It’s strange, the set (designed by Alex Marker) […]
The Tempest – Hope Theatre
Prospero, a type of sorcerer, lives on an island with his daughter Miranda. He orchestrates a storm – “the tempest” – to cause a shipwreck. Amongst the passengers on the ship are Prospero’s sister and the King and Prince of Naples. As the sister, Antonia, has done Prospero wrong in the past, he stages a […]
A Street Car Named Desire – The Pack and Carraige
Hot and sticky New Orleans is brought to life in the hot and sticky Pack and Carriage for this rendition of Tennessee Williams’ A Street Car Named Desire. Frantic, fragile and quite strenuous Blanche comes to see her sister Stella for an extended visit. Stella’s husband however, the brisk Stanley, has little to no interest […]
To Kill A Mockingbird – Barbican
To Kill A Mockingbird is based on the 1960 book by Harper Lee. Set in 1930’s rural Alabama, where black people are still slaves and life is quiet and simple in small American towns. Told through the eyes of the children, Scout and Jem spend their days walking the streets and hunting down the mysterious […]