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 […]
Florian Zeller’s THE TRUTH transfers into the West End from the Menier Chocolate Factory
Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Menier Chocolate Factory Productions today announce the West End transfer of the critically acclaimed production of Florian Zeller’s The Truth following a smash-hit sell out run at the Menier earlier this year, where it broke box office records for a straight play. Lindsay Posner’s production transfers to the Wyndham’s Theatre, […]
Ten reasons why WICKED should release a Live CD of the 10th Anniversary production
With today’s exciting news announcement of the 10th Anniversay cast of Wicked who will start performances on 5 September 2016, the birthday performance on 27 September is looking very exciting indeed. This has got me thinking how now could be the perfect time to record a live cd of the London production and here are […]
SUNNY AFTERNOON extends booking to 29 October 2016 surpassing two years in the West End
Due to public demand, the multi-Olivier award-winning hit British musical SUNNY AFTERNOON has announced another extension to its West End run, until 29 October 2016. The extension will take the show’s West End run past the two year mark. This summer will also see the 50th anniversary of the release of The Kinks’ hit single […]
Rachel Tucker returns to West End production of WICKED for its 10th Anniversary
WICKED, the West End musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is proud to announce that, from Monday 5 September 2016, the new cast that will lead the award-winning show through its 10th birthday celebrations at the Apollo Victoria Theatre will include: Rachel Tucker, who will return to the […]
REVIEW: THE INVISIBLE HAND (Tricycle Theatre)
“There’s one thing that doesn’t change. What money does to people. When you get a taste, you want more.” The Invisible Hand, written by Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar, receives its UK premiere at the Tricycle Theatre; the final production before the theatre closes for a £5.5million capital development project. The Tricycle never shies away […]
Obioma Ugoala joins the cast of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL
The West End production of Motown the Musical today (20 May 2016) releases over 350,000 tickets for sale with the show now booking at the Shaftesbury Theatre to 28 October 2017. With music and lyrics from the legendary Motown catalogue and book by Motown founder Berry Gordy, Motown the Musical also announces that Obioma Ugoala […]
SCHOOL OF ROCK rocks in to the New London Theatre in October 2016
Based on the smash hit 2003 film of the same title, School of Rock features music from the movie, as well as new music written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Glenn Slater and a book by Julian Fellowes. School of Rock – The Musical is directed by Laurence Connor with choreography by JoAnn M. […]