Sheridan Smith is BACK!
Sheridan Smith has surprised audience members by returning to perform in FUNNY GIRL the musical this evening at the Savoy Theatre. Sheridan was due to return at some point soon but producers have just released a statement confirming she is back… on stage right now! They said: “We are delighted to welcome Sheridan Smith back […]
I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE returns to London for one day only
Last year’s critically-acclaimed show I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change will return to the Arts Theatre on Monday 15th August for two shows. Heading up the company once again is Simon Lipkin, who took over the role of Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls earlier this week, opposite Rebel Wilson, and earlier this year […]
Gemma Arterton to portray Joan of Arc in SAINT JOAN at the DONMAR Warehouse
Joan: daughter, farm girl, visionary, patriot, king-whisperer, soldier, leader, victor, icon, radical, witch, heretic, saint, martyr, woman. Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw, based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Published in 1924, not long after the canonization of Joan of Arc by the Roman Catholic Church, the play […]
REVIEW: BEETLES FROM THE WEST (Hope Theatre) ★★★★
One of the aims of Falling Pennies theatre company is to look at issues that are prone to falling under the radar and ‘Beetles From The West’, a well observed work from James Hartnell, certainly does that and does it well. The play involes three characters, Boyd, his girlfriend Jenny and the Doctor Henry and […]
Sam Lupton to play Seymour in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS UK Tour
Everyone’s favourite carnivorous plant travels to theatres across the UK in a brand new tour for 2016, in Little Shop of Horrors The cast will feature Sam Lupton (Boq in Wicked, West End, Avenue Q, UK Tour) as Seymour, Stephanie Clift (Mamma Mia!, West End) as Audrey, Paul Kissaun (Calamity Jane, Fiddler on the Roof, […]
NICE FISH transfers to the West End starring Mark Rylance
A West End transfer of Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins’ critically-acclaimed new comic play Nice Fish has been announced. Direct from sold out seasons at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University in Cambridge and St Ann’s Warehouse in New York, Academy and Bafta Award-winner Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies, The BFG, Jerusalem, Farinelli and […]
FILM REVIEW: LUCKY STIFF ★★★
Traditionally, ‘Lucky Stiff’ is a quirky chamber piece of slapstick, absurdist musical theatre by Ahrens (book/lyrics) and Flaherty (music), the show-writing duo behind ‘Ragtime’ and ‘Seussical’ to name but two of their many collaborations. This early example of their work has now been made into a live-action film (with a small element of animation), which […]
Check out the cast of the WICKED International Tour in Rehearsals
40,000 tickets have already been sold for the much-anticipated Bradford engagement. For best availability choose Sunday matinees (2.30pm) and midweek performances, with tickets starting from just £21.50 (plus fees). Wicked, which features the hit song ‘Defying Gravity’, will open at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford on Wednesday 20 July 2016 and play for 38 performances only, […]
Game Of Thrones Star Daniel Portman To Star In THE COLLECTOR At The Vaults
Daniel Portman (Podrick Payne, Game of Thrones) and Lily Loveless (Naomi, Skins), star in John Fowles’ classic story of obsession comes to the Vaults Theatre in London this August in a brand new production directed by Joe Hufton (Associate Director, Alice’s Adventures Underground; director, Secret Cinema’s Dead Poets Society, Scarlett at Southwark Playhouse, Portia at […]