REVIEW: MACBETH (Wimbledon Studio Theatre)
There are many ways in which to portray the character of Macbeth. Do we want the audience to sympathise, hate or pity? Whose side should they choose and how should they feel when they leave the theatre? Arrows and Traps are renowned for telling famous stories in different ways, shocking and surprising the audience with […]
TRAVESTIES by Tom Stoppard comes to the Menier Chocolate Factory
With David Baddiel’s My Family – Not the Sitcom running at the Menier, Into the Woods in rehearsals in New York, Funny Girl and The Truth in the West End, and Tony-winner The Color Purple on Broadway, the Menier Chocolate Factory today announces a major new revival of Tom Stoppard’s Travesties – the first London […]
Sheridan Smith’s understudy Natasha J Barnes is the greatest star in FUNNY GIRL
On 12 May 2016 it was announced that Sheridan Smith would take a 2-4 week break from performing the role of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre due to stress and exhaustion. Understudy Natasha J Barnes stepped into the role (something she had previously done for one week during its run at […]
Musical comedy about gay strippers opens at Above The Stag Theatre
Just got dumped and need some attention? Dreams of stardom gone awry? Desperate for cash? Or perhaps you just like getting your sack out in front of a room full of strangers?! The UK’s only full time LGBT Theatre presents an outrageous new musical comedy about amateur gay strippers, by resident pantomime writers Jon Bradfield and […]
THE WEDDING SINGER set to tour the UK in 2017 starring Jon Robyns, Cassie Compton and Ray Quinn
Step back in time and get ready for the biggest party in town! A sparkling new production of The Wedding Singer will tour the UK in 2017 opening on Monday 6 February at Leicester Curve. Jon Robyns, Ray Quinn, Cassie Compton, Roxanne Pallett and Ruth Madoc will star in the hilarious musical based on the […]
LA SOIREE to play this Christmas in Leicester Square’s new Spiegeltent
The Olivier Award winning show La Soiree is returning to London for its seventh year over this christmas period from 11 November 2016-8 January 2017. “A little over ten years ago La Soiree, then known as La Clique, landed in London at the Hippodrome in Leicester Square. After a wonderful year we moved on and […]
Patrons Stephen Mear and Ruthie Henshall join the cast and production team of THE FIX at the new Union Theatre
THE FIX will be the first show to play at the brand new Union Theatre in Southwark from 13 July 2016 after the theatre moves location to opposite the current venue. Patrons Ruthie Henshall and Stephen Mear have been to check out the news space and can be seen photographed here with the cast and […]
Treat yourself to a slice of Jordan Lee Davies this Sunday at Pizza Express Live
This Sunday the 26th June, Jordan Lee Davies will be performing his one man show, ‘TREAT YOURSELF’ for one night only, at The Pheasantry in Chelsea. Jordan is originally from the Rhondda Valleys, South Wales and trained at the Guildford School of Acting, graduating in 2011. He shot into the public eye on the 2nd […]
Jessie Wallace to play prison warden Mamma Morton on CHICAGO UK Tour
Kat Slater/Moon aka Jessie Wallace is leaving Albert Square and heading out on tour with the cast of CHICAGO, playing the role of Mamma Morton between 15 August-22 November 2016, replacing X Factor winner Sam Bailey who is currently starring in the role. Jessie will perform around the UK at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall (15 […]
REVIEW: BLACK CAT CABARET – HOTEL BLACK CAT (Udderbelly)
The audience files into the space, a circus tent, sipping drinks and chatting distractedly. Slinking in the shadows, women with bobbed hair and coquettish smiles survey the space. We are invited to stay at the Hotel Black Cat – a haven for the artistes who struggle in today’s unforgiving world of conventions and propriety. A […]