Casting Announced For UK Tour of HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES
Direct from a highly celebrated extended season in London’s West End, casting has been announced for Bill Kenwright’s production of Alan Ayckbourn’s farcical tale of matrimonial mishaps, How the Other Half Loves as it gets set thrill audiences across the UK this autumn. The 1969 classic and the first of Ayckbourn’s plays to be staged […]
Further casting announced for West End transfer of LOVE IN IDLENESS
The Menier Chocolate Factory today announces that Charlotte Spencer joins Eve Best, Edward Bluemel, Anthony Head, Vivienne Rochester and Nicola Sloane in Terence Rattigan’s Love in Idleness as it transfers to the Apollo Theatre for a strictly limited season. The production plays for just 50 performances, opening on 18 May, with previews from 11 May, […]
First casting announced for SPAMALOT UK Tour
Spamalot is back in a brand-new production from Selladoor Productions and Mercury Theatre Colchester. Spamalot transfers from its critically acclaimed run in Colchester and will open on 11 September 2017 at Blackpool Opera House before embarking on a UK tour for 2017/2018 also visiting Korea in June as part of Selladoor Worldwide’s ongoing International strategy. […]
THE GRUFFALO’S CHILD returns to the West End this Christmas
The Gruffalo said that no Gruffalo should ever set foot in the deep dark wood… Internationally acclaimed theatre company Tall Stories today announces that The Gruffalo’s Child is to follow in her father’s giant footsteps with a Christmas season in the West End! It’s a big step – just how brave is she? Find out […]
Understudy SIMON-ANTHONY RHODEN takes over the lead role in KINKY BOOTS
Kinky Boots, the winner of every major Best Musical award, is pleased to announce that Simon Anthony Rhoden will take on the role of Lola and Verity Rushworth, popular with TV viewers for her role as Donna Windsor in ITV’s Emmerdale, will star as Lauren from Monday 10 July 2017. Kinky Boots, which recently played […]
REVIEW: ALICE’S ADVENTURES UNDERGROUND (The Vaults) ★★★★★
From the cocktails to the costumes, every detail of Alice’s Adventures Underground is intoxicating. It’s a revival of the Olivier award-winning hit 2015 show, but it’s had far more than a new coat of paint – this Alice is dizzyingly magical. The adventures take place in a wandering labyrinth of rooms and tunnels constructed in […]
REVIEW: ANGELS IN AMERICA IN AMERICA (National Theatre) ★★★
One of the most anticipated shows of 2017 has landed at the National Theatre this week. Angels In America, a gay fantasia on national themes, has a star studded line up and at seven and a half hours long, it’s a real commitment. But does it live up to the hype? The great thing about […]
Harry Melling & Jasmine Hyde star in JAM at Finborough Theatre
“They said I was violent. You’re the ‘victim’ – what do you think?” Ten years ago, Bella Soroush’s life was ruined by one of her pupils – Kane McCarthy. She has gradually rebuilt things – new school, new town, new friends – and finally feels at home in the depths of the countryside. Now Kane […]
REVIEW: GABRIEL (Richmond Theatre) ★★★★
Moira Buffini has been on my watch list since seeing her fantastic play ‘Hangbagged’ a few years ago, so when her new play ‘Gabriel‘ was announced I jumped on that like a cat in a warm laptop. And Buffini didn’t disappoint! Set in Nazi occupied Guernsey in 1943, ‘Gabriel’ follows a group of related women […]
REVIEW: WONDERLAND (New Wimbledon Theatre) ★★★★★
Wonderland, a musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and Through The Looking Glass, began a 30 venue UK tour in January 2017, with a stellar cast. This week it is at the New Wimbledon Theatre and I went along to check it out. Alice’s husband has just remarried and so all hopes […]