Laura Whitmore to star in UK tour of NOT DEAD ENOUGH by Peter James
Leading television presenter Laura Whitmore will star in the next thrilling stage adaptation of multi-million selling author Peter James’ Not Dead Enough. Following Peter James’ 11th consecutive Sunday Times No.1 in the UK Book Charts and the huge sell-out success of The Perfect Murder and Dead Simple on stage Not Dead Enough receives its world […]
Entries now open for the seventh year of WICKED YOUNG WRITER AWARDS
THE WICKED YOUNG WRITER AWARDS, created and sponsored by the award- winning musical Wicked in association with the National Literacy Trust (www.literacytrust.org.uk), is pleased to announce that the acclaimed author and illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon books, Cressida Cowell, will return as Head Judge for the awards for the third consecutive year. […]
Cast announced for the twisted fairytale PRINCESS at LOST Theatre
Stuart Saint’s ground-breaking interdisciplinary Princess, which opens at the LOST Theatre in November, is proud to announce their cast. This new piece is inspired by our twisted relationship with the “princess” – shattering the illusion of happily-ever-afters, banishing the storybook fairytale and finding the feminism in Disney. The cast includes Jennie Dickie (London Olympics Opening […]
Martin Kemp to star in MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET this Christmas at Royal Festival Hall
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET – the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical and West End hit today reveals casting for the red-hot rock ‘n’ roll extravaganza which appears at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall as part of Southbank Centre’s Winter Festival supported by NatWest. Million Dollar Quartet plays a limited season starring Martin Kemp from Saturday 17th December […]
REVIEW: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD (Courtyard Theatre) ★★★★
Songs for a New World is City Academy’s first performance from their Concert Company, and what an impressive debut it is. Originally written and composed by Jason Robert Brown in 1995, Songs for a New World has been described as an ‘abstract musical’, due to its song cycle structure. Reconfigured for The Courtyard Theatre by […]
REVIEW: KRISTIN CHENOWETH – THE ART OF ELEGANCE ★★★★
Whether it’s storming around as ‘Sally’ in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, coming and going by bubble as the formerly known “Ga-linda” in Wicked, belting Hopelessly Devoted To You to a pie maker in Pushing Daisies, playing Nicole Kidman’s best friend in the film Bewitched or joyously singing P!NK’s Raise Your Glass in international […]
REVIEW: 1984 (Playhouse Theatre) ★★★★
The first comment I’ll make is this; 1984 is best appreciated from one of the following means of preparation: a) read the book before seeing the play, b) read up on at least the basic premise of the play before you see it or c) just prepare yourself for the reality that this is not […]
REVIEW: THE GREATER GAME (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★★
I am not a cynical person but when I see two, more or less, identical stories in one week, I feel that I should question it. A short time ago I watched (and thoroughly enjoyed) Brass about a group of men, all part of a Northern brass band, deciding to volunteer, as a group, to […]
REVIEW: CHRISTINA BIANCO – ME, MYSELF AND EVERYONE ELSE (Hippodrome Casino) ★★★★★
YouTube sensation Christina Bianco went viral a few years back when a video of her performing Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse Of The Heart in multiple celebrity voices, broke the Internet. Her YouTube channel has now had more than 23 million video views! Christina was catapulted into the limelight being flown all around the globe to […]
CURIOUS INCIDENT to stage Maths Lectures at the Gielgud Theatre
Maths is being brought to life for teenagers in a series of lecture shows on 25, 29 and 30 November 2016 at London’s Gielgud Theatre, using the set of The National Theatre’s award-winning production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time adapted by Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon’s best-selling book. The shows […]