Gerard McCarthy to star in STALKING THE BOGEYMAN at Southwark Playhouse
Gerard McCarthy will take on the lead role in Stalking the Bogeyman, the extraordinary true story of award-winning journalist David Holthouse’s secret plot to murder the man who raped him when he was seven years old. McCarthy, who is probably best known for his award-winning performance as Kris Fisher on ‘Hollyoaks’, also played Kevin McSwain […]
ROTTERDAM to play at Trafalgar Studios this summer
Following a highly successful run last autumn at Theatre503, Jon Brittain’s Rotterdam now transfers to Trafalgar Studios. Anna Martine (The Nether), Alice McCarthy (Boris: World King), Ed Eales-White (Strap In – It’s Clever Peter) and Jessica Clark (The Events) reprise their roles in this poignant and highly comic production. Alice wants to come out as […]
MATT SMITH to star in UNREACHABLE at the Royal Court Theatre
The cast for Anthony Neilson’s new play Unreachable will include Amanda Drew, Tamara Lawrance, Jonjo O’Neill, Richard Pyros and Matt Smith. Rehearsals start on 16 May the production runs from 2 July 2016 to 6 August 2016 in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs. Press night is on Friday 8 July, 7pm. Writer and director Anthony Neilson […]
THE HIRED MAN comes to Cadogan Hall 22 September 2016
Howard Goodall and Melvyn Bragg’s rousing 1984 musical The Hired Man will receive its first major concert presentation in over twenty years at London’s Cadogan Hall on September 22nd. The concert will feature a cast of seasoned west end performers, and is to be narrated by Lord Melvyn Bragg himself, upon whose novel the musical […]
Mark Gatiss and husband Ian Hallard to star in THE BOYS IN THE BAND at PARK Theatre
First-class revival of Mart Crowley’s ground-breaking play, THE BOYS IN THE BAND is set to open at Park Theatre in London this autumn, and that, due to popular demand, the production will embark on a short tour to The Lowry, Theatre Royal Brighton and West Yorkshire Playhouse. There’s a party about to commence when nine […]
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW Live on stage and in the West End for the first time
One of the most iconic characters in children’s literature will make his West End debut this Christmas, when The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show opens for a limited 5-week season at the Ambassadors Theatre from Friday 2 December 2016. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show will feature a menagerie of 75 enchanting puppets during a magical 60-minute […]
REVIEW: WE WAIT IN JOYFUL HOPE (Theatre 503)
Playwright Brian Mullin was selected from over 800 applicants to join the 503Five Writer-in-Residence scheme where We Wait in Joyful Hope was commissioned. His play was inspired by the story of his own aunt, a Franciscan nun who, inspired by the reforms initiated by Pope John XXIII, took over a tenement building in Hell’s Kitchen […]
REVIEW: SQUIRM (Bread & Roses Theatre)
Squirm is a new play written by Serafina Cusack, currently working with the Royal Court on their forthcoming Open Court Season. It has a short run at the Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham before transferring to Edinburgh in August for the Fringe Festival. The show is Rory’s confession to his ex-girlfriend. He recounts his […]
REVIEW: THIS IS LIVING (Trafalgar Studio 2)
This Is Living is a new play by Liam Borrett about love, loss and saying goodbye. It presents the relationship between the hilarious and immensely likeable Alice (Tamla Kari) and the quietly passionate Michael (Michael Socha). The play opens with the minutes immediately after Alice’s death by drowning. Michael returns to the scene of the […]
REVIEW: RUNNING WILD (Regents Park Open Air Theatre)
In the heart of Regents Park, the Open Air Theatre has been transformed into an Indonesian rainforest. We start the show in Salisbury with a simple set and props, which provides us with a heart breaking opening to the show. This is the perfect set up to juxtapose the second setting of Indonesia, where the […]