REVIEW: THE SINS OF JACK SAUL (Above The Stag)
Glenn Chandler’s new musical THE SINS OF JACK SAUL has just opened at the UK’s only full time LGBT theatre, Above The Stag, telling the true story of Dublin Jack, the Victorian gay prostitute. Following on from last years success show FANNY AND STELLA (other Victorian prostitutes whom were rumoured to have relations with Jack […]
REVIEW: STRAWBERRY STARBURST (Blue Elephant Theatre)
A poisonous concoction of body image, self-perception and warped modern ideals of beauty bubbles threateningly in the latest work from Bram Davidovich, Strawberry Starburst. Taking a swipe at the continually propagated idea that being thin is the same as being healthy, this play shows the truly damaging, and often irreversible result of how we compare […]
REVIEW: LAST OF THE BOYS (Southwark Playhouse)
About a year ago, director John Haidar wrote to various regional theatres in the U.S. asking for recommended works that they had staged but which had not yet made their way across the pond. The Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago, one of the regional powerhouses of new American writing, included Last of the Boys by […]
New Cast Announced for Third West End Run of 1984
An entirely new cast has started rehearsals for Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s adaptation of 1984. The cast for the hit West End production of George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece will be: Rosie Ede, Andrew Gower, Joshua Higgott, Richard Katz, Anthony O’Donnell, Daniel Rabin, Catrin Stewart and Angus Wright alongside Eve Benioff Salama, Cleopatra Dickens, Amber […]
REVIEW: The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the year
This was the 10th Anniversary of the annual Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Competition, (SSSSPOTY for short) and the 9th year for the annual Stiles + Drewe (SAD) Prize for best new song, as well as the first year for their new MTI Membership Award supported by Music Theatre International. It’s a […]
Nigel Lindsay joins the West End production of GUYS AND DOLLS
Guys and Dolls today announces Nigel Lindsay will be joining the West End cast for a limited time at the Phoenix Theatre to play the part of Nathan Detroit from Thursday 26 May until Sunday 26 June 2016. Nigel will be taking over from Richard Kind who will play his final performance of Nathan Detroit […]
Billie Piper to star in YERMA at the Young Vic Theatre
Billie Piper will take the title role in a new play based on Lorca’s Yerma written and directed by Simon Stone, his first original work for the UK Run now extended to 24 September 2016 Making her debut at the Young Vic, Piper will play Yerma, a woman whose inability to have a child tears […]
Wonderland UK Tour – more dates announced
Having announced the first half of a UK tour earlier this year, the multi Grammy, Tony and Drama Desk Award nominated Frank Wildhorn’s Wonderland announces its second set of dates. Following sold out seasons in Tampa, Texas and Tokyo, Wonderland debuts at the Edinburgh Playhouse from Friday 20th to Saturday 28th January 2017 ahead of […]
Casting announced for Vassa Zheleznova at Southwark Playhouse
Vassa is the head of the business, head of the family, a self-made millionaire. Exactly how far will she go to keep things that way? Attacked by the striking dock workers, disregarded by her daughters, humiliated by her husband, and with few people to trust, this matriarch has got her work cut out. Emily Juniper’s […]
FASCINATING AIDA – BACK IN THE SADDLE to play at Edinburgh Fringe Festival for one week only!
Fascinating Aida, Britain’s best-loved comedy cabaret trio, are back! Dillie Keane, Adele Anderson and Liza Pulman are coming back together to the Edinburgh Fringe for seven nights only, with a selection of hot favourites from over 648 years of song, satire and hilarity. The ladies are showing great form following their record-breaking Charm Offensive tour, […]