REVIEW: TRAINSPOTTING (The Vaults) ★★★★★
Transgressive fiction is known as literature that deals with characters who feel confined by the expectations of authority figures and society and wish to break free of those confinements in taboo or forbidden ways. Dealing with self-identity, inner peace or personal freedom, often the protagonists of transgressive fiction are seen as mentally ill, anti-social or […]
Check out these pictures from the London production of SCHOOL OF ROCK
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s West End production of School of Rock – The Musical is currently previewing at the New London Theatre with opening night set for 14 November 2016. School of Rock – The Musical is initially booking to 12 February 2017. Based on the iconic hit movie and with a rocking new score by […]
REVIEW: F*CKING MEN (The Vaults) ★★★
With a title as face-slappingly brazen as this, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Joe DiPietro’s renowned play about gay men and their views on sex and relationships would overflow with aggressive carnality and emotional withdrawal. This is of course partially the case, yet F*cking Men is also infused with sobering honesty and a frankly […]
REVIEW: LAZARUS (Kings Cross Theatre) ★★★★
It’s been a few days since I went to see the UK premiere of the David Bowie musical LAZARUS at the newly built venue on the grounds of the Kings Cross Theatre. I’ve been mulling it over in my mind, trying to put the pieces together and figure out what exactly I watched. I’m still […]
HAIRSPRAY heads back out on tour in 2017
Following the phenomenal success of the recent UK tour, the smash hit production of Hairspray will embark on a further major tour opening on 16 August 2017 at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff. The big, bold and beautiful production of this much loved musical comedy will visit more than 30 venues across the length and breadth […]
Full cast announced for C.S.Lewis’s THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS at the Park Theatre
In the European premiere of the smash New York hit, THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS creates a morally inverted universe that reveals unseen spiritual powers and principalities at work in humorous, vivid and surprising ways. Set in an eerily stylish office in hell, where God is called the “Enemy” and the devil is referred to as “Our […]
David Tennant to star in DON JUAN IN SOHO at the Wyndham’s Theatre
David Tennant returns to the West End in March 2017 to play the title role in Patrick Marber’s DON JUAN IN SOHO. Direction is by Patrick Marber with set and costume designs by Anne Fleischle (who won the Olivier Award for Hangmen at the same venue) and sound and music by Adam Cork. Further casting […]
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS to open at LONDON PALLADIUM in June 2017
Following a highly-acclaimed pre-West End engagement, producer Jamie Hendry announced this morning that the major new musical THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS will open in the West End at the world-famous London Palladium. Previewing from 17 June 2017, the production will open on 29 June 2017. The production is currently playing at the Mayflower Theatre, […]
Shaun Williamson, Sue Holderness, Andrew Hall, Susie May and James Holmes to star in the UK Tour of OUT OF ORDER
Out of Order, the Olivier Award-winning comedy returns to the stage in a gleeful new production directed by playwright Ray Cooney, (‘THE MASTER OF FARCE’ – The Telegraph), who is celebrating seventy years in the industry. Starring Shaun Williamson (EastEnders, Extras) as ‘George Pigden’; Sue Holderness (Only Fools & Horses, Green Green Grass) as ‘Mrs […]
Disney’s THE LION KING announce Autism Friendly Performance in June 2017
Disney UK today announced that its production of THE LION KING will hold a dedicated Autism-Friendly Performance on Sunday 4 June 2017 at 1:30pm. This follows the success of previous such performances designed to make the show more accessible for those affected by autism. In line with the announcement they have released a short video […]