Sheridan Smith takes 2-4 weeks off from FUNNY GIRL due to stress and exhaustion
NATASHA J BARNES PLAYS FANNY BRICE IN FUNNY GIRL DURING SHERIDAN SMITH’S LEAVE OF ABSENCE Natasha J Barnes plays the role of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre for a short period whilst Sheridan Smith takes 2 – 4 weeks leave of absence from the production due to stress and exhaustion. Barnes […]
THE NAKED MAGICIANS set to wave their wands at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Following sold-out shows and rave reviews in Australia, Asia, USA, Canada and New Zealand, the world’s funniest and cheekiest magic show is set for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Naked Magicians will ‘perform’ at the Pleasance Courtyard from Monday 8 until Monday 29 August at 10.30pm. Tickets are on sale now! The show features magic, […]
REVIEW: JELLY BEANS (Theatre 503)
Jelly Beans is the latest work from Kuleshov Theatre and the debut play by Dan Pick. It’s a dark, disorientating one-man play that chronicles a day in the depressing existence of an unnamed 25-year-old degenerate. However, far from an irritating millennial whinge, Jelly Beans is a nuanced cautionary tale. It explores the bleak consequences of […]
REVIEW: Devilish! – A Musical Comedy (Landor Theatre)
Inspired by John Ruskin’s quote that an angel who fell down to earth would be shot on sight, H. G. Wells wrote his novel “The Wonderful Visit” about an angel who finds himself in a Kentish village and is taken in by a kindly vicar. Chris Burgess contemplated adapting the novel but decided against it, […]
Crowd funding campaign launched to pay for my sandwich. Donate now!
Sounds ridiculous doesn’t it? But with the amount of crowd funding campaigns I’m seeing at the moment, I don’t think we are too far away from seeing silly things like this happen. The Network of Independent Critics has been set up to ‘champion quality arts writing outside the mainstream press’. Or in other words ‘to […]
Nadim Naaman announces tracklist for his second album, Sides, & guests for the album launch
West End performer Nadim Naaman, currently filling the boots of Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera, will be releasing his second album Sides with independent label Auburn Jam Records on June 20th. Nadim is delighted to be joined on the album by guest vocalists Rob Houchen (Les Misérables), Eva Noblezada (Miss Saigon, Les Misérables), […]
Tickets now on sale for the live cinema broadcast of Kenneth Branagh in THE ENTERTAINER on 27 October 2016
The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, in partnership with Picturehouse Entertainment, has confirmed that the date of the final Branagh Theatre Live cinema broadcast of this season will be The Entertainer at 19:00 on Thursday 27 October 2016. Tickets for the broadcast of The Entertainer and details of participating cinemas can be found at branaghtheatrelive.com Set […]
Cast announced for the International Tour of WICKED
WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is delighted to announce that Jacqueline Hughes (Elphaba), Carly Anderson (Glinda), Bradley Jaden (Fiyero), Steven Pinder (The Wizard and Doctor Dillamond), Kim Ismay (Madame Morrible), Iddon Jones (Boq), Emily Shaw (Nessarose) and Jodie Steele (Standby for […]
LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL postpones West End production due to lead actress’s pregnancy
The summer’s season of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill will be postponed as the show’s star Audra McDonald has announced that she and her husband, actor Will Swenson, are expecting a baby. Speaking from New York where she is currently starring in the Broadway production of Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the […]
SHOW BOAT announces early closure after just two weeks in the West End
The Sheffield Crucible production of Show Boat has announced early closure and will now play its final West End performance on 27 August 2016. Show Boat, which only began West End previews at the New London Theatre on 9 April 2016 was originally booking until January 2017 but even at press night performances the theatre […]