ALADDIN starts previews tonight and extends booking period
With 315 hours of rehearsals now complete; 68 tonnes of scenery hung at the Prince Edward Theatre; and 337 custom-designed, hand-made costumes created from over 1,225 varieties of fabric, adorned with millions of Swarovski crystals, Disney’s new musical Aladdin will begin previews in the West End tonight. Ahead of the very first performance in the […]
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE to tour the UK with Felicity Montagu as Mrs. Bennet
Following sell-out performances in 2013, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s acclaimed production of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, adapted for the stage by Simon Reade, returns this year to close the 2016 Summer Season ahead of a major UK Tour in September. Opening at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley, the tour will then visit Norwich, Cambridge, […]
REVIEW: ROMEO AND JULIET (Garrick Theatre)
The Branagh Theatre Company’s year-long residency at the Garrick has been a critical and box office triumph. But this penultimate production in the season, while being far from a disaster, has unfortunately — at least artistically — hit something of a bump in the road. Branagh returns to the first Shakespeare play he ever directed […]
REVIEW: JEKYLL & HYDE (Old Vic Theatre)
Choreographer Drew McOnie is a seasoned name at the West End, but “Jekyll & Hyde” marks his first own full length drama at the Old Vic Theatre. There is not much going on in the life of botanist Dr Jekyll besides taking care of his meager flower shop in London’s raunchy 50s. At nighttime he […]
2016 WEST END BARES to be held at the Novello Theatre 25 September 2016
WEST END BARES, the hottest theatrical fundraiser of the year that benefits the Make A Difference Trust is back, bigger and barer for 2016 with two shows on Sunday 25 September at 7.00pm and 9.30pm. After six sell out years, this year’s show is moving to the beautiful Novello Theatre in the heart of the […]
UK premiere of punkplay comes to Southwark Playhouse this September
There’s Duck and there’s Mickey. They’re the kids of America and it’s the 80s apocalypse. They hate their parents and there’s no point in algebra. They’re grabbing at this thing called life: guitars, girls, love, fury, heartbreak and noise noise noise. Punk is their escape from suburbia and it’s like nothing they have ever heard. […]
Arthur Miller’s NO VILLAN extends West End run at the Trafalgar Studios
Following the critically acclaimed, sell-out world premiere at The Old Red Lion in 2015, Arthur Miller’s first ever play, No Villain, will play for an extra two weeks, due to huge demand for tickets, when transfers to the West End on 14 June. It will play at Trafalgar Studios 2 until 23 July, with a […]
More than 35 top London shows offering free tickets for children this KIDSWEEK
Kids Week, the annual London theatre initiative, returns for the whole of August 2016, with more than 35 shows offering free tickets for children. Now in its 19th year, Kids Week encourages young people to experience the magic of live theatre. During Kids Week one child aged 16 or under can go free to a […]
New musical EUGENIUS! to play one night only at the London Palladium
A concert premiere performance of the new, original British musical EUGENIUS! will take place on 29 June 2016 at the London Palladium. This exciting and innovative musical is produced by (and stars) actor Warwick Davis. Joining the Harry Potter and Star Wars favourite will be a host of musical theatre stars including double Olivier Award-winner […]
It’s going to be a LAUGHING MATTER at King’s Head Theatre next month
“My friend comes to me. Like most of my friends he’s a theatre maker. His dad has died. And he wants us to make a play about it.” Based on believed to be true events, End of Moving Walkway’s first devised play, Laughing Matter, looks at ideas of fiction, representation and what it takes to […]