Check out this video of the cast of SCHOOL OF ROCK in action
The seven-part webisode series follows the West End cast of School of Rock – The Musical as they get ready to begin performances at the New London Theatre on 24 October 2016. In episode one, join Jo Whiley as she hosts the West End launch for School of Rock – The Musical. This episode sees […]
REVIEW: POSSIBILITIES (Theatre Utopia) ★★★★
This performance is the second production by the Misprint Theatre which comprises Katherine Carlton and Jamal Chong, both of whom are credited with sharing the writing of the Possibilities script as well as starring in the play. Jamal is also credited with actually owning the Theatre Utopia building. This is a short play lasting less than […]
REVIEW: Things I Know to be True (Lyric Hammersmith) ★★★★
Premiered in Adelaide, Australia, this co-production between Frantic Assembly and the State Theatre Company of South Australia is now showing at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Andrew Bovell’s poetic and bold play is a touching portrait of a family through the eyes of the children, who know they have to go their own way, which might […]
First picture released from RAGTIME – opening at Charing Cross Theatre 8 October
Ako Mitchell stars as Harlem musician Coalhouse Walker Jr., one of the central characters in the musical “Ragtime”. “Ragtime” led the 1998 Tony Awards with 12 nominations, winning 4 including Best Book by Terrence McNally and Best Original Score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. This stunning new actor-musician version, with a cast led by […]
EastEnders star RILEY CARTER MILLINGTON to head the cast of SAFE
SAFE, a powerful new verbatim theatre piece featuring Riley Carter Millington, who as Kyle Slater in EastEnders was the first transgender actor to play a long-running trans role in a British soap, will be the first production at London Theatre Workshop in its new home in Leadenhall Market. A recent study found that 25% of […]
REVIEW: GROWTH (The Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts) ★★★★
Whilst undergoing refurbishment, the Lightouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, has managed to keep theatre goers content by hosting The Roundabout Festival in Poole Park, the world’s first travelling ‘plug and play’ round theatre that flat packs entirely into the back of a single lorry. Growth was written by rising playwright Luke Norris and is […]
REVIEW: BURNING BRIDGES (Theatre 503) ★★★★
Burning Bridges is Amy Shindler’s first stage play. It was written as a tribute to her mother when her mother, who was a teacher, was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given just a short time to live. Amy has proved to be both a talented actor and a talented writer. In order to write the […]
REVIEW: THE DREAM FACTORY (Little Angel Studios) ★★★★
The Dream Factory is a children’s production by House of Stray Cats, a London based theatre company creating immersive works using puppetry, storytelling and movement. It’s supported by Little Angel Theatre’s FIRSTS, a development platform for new works in puppetry and visual theatre. The director is Greta Clough, a past Associate Artist at Little Angel […]
REVIEW: A Lovely Sunday For Creve Coeur (The Print Room) ★★★
Michael Oakley seems to have the right touch for finding forgotten plays by renowned playwrights. His production of Terence Rattigan’s Variation on a Theme at the Finborough Theatre was a big success. His latest rediscovery is a rarely performed play by Tennessee Williams – A Lovely Sunday For Creve Coeur. Although written in the late […]