Immersive experience THE GRIFT to teach theatregoers the art of deception
Part theatre and part game, The Grift is an immersive, site-specific experience that will get its UK première staged in the historic Town Hall Hotel in London’s Bethnal Green. Dropping its audience of just 50 a show into the middle of an adventure in which they are trained in the art of the con, participants […]
People with sensory impairments invited to participate in Sensibility Festival
The national disability charity, Sense, in partnership with Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), is inviting people with sensory impairments and complex needs to participate in a major new programme: Sensibility, aimed at making art more accessible to people with sensory impairments by changing the way art is made. How do you experience art if you don’t […]
David Thaxton to star as Javert in the London production of LES MISERABLES
From Monday 22 January 2018, David Thaxton will return to the cast of “LES MISÉRABLES” at the Queen’s Theatre in the role of ‘Javert’. David Thaxton previously played ‘Javert’ in 2014, and has also played the role of ‘Enjolras’ in “Les Misérables” at the Queen’s Theatre. His additional theatre credits include ‘Giorgio’ in “Passion” at […]
Peter Pan and Little Shop of Horrors amongst 2018 Open Air Theatre season
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre have announced details of their 2018 season, which includes Peter Pan, As You Like It, Dinosaur World Live, Little Shop of Horrors, and The Turn of the Screw, a co-production with English National Opera. The season opens on 17 May 2018 with Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie (17 May […]
Cast announced for romantic gothic musical love story THE GRINNING MAN
Full casting has been announced for the critically acclaimed production of The Grinning Man, directed by Tony award-winning Tom Morris (War Horse) and based on the classic Victor Hugo (Les Misérables) novel, The Man Who Laughs, which opens at the Trafalgar Studios on 6 December. Sean Kingsley (Les Misérables, Billy Elliot) and Ewan Black (Sleeping […]
MAMMA MIA! extends booking in London to October 2018!
The global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! at London’s Novello Theatre is now extending its booking period until 20 October 2018. MAMMA MIA! will celebrate its 19th birthday in London on 6 April 2018. The London cast of MAMMA MIA! stars Sara Poyzer as Donna, Kate Graham as Tanya, Jacqueline Braun as Rosie, Richard Trinder […]
New concept album TESS released featuring West End stars
TESS, a new musical concept album, featuring lead vocals by Siobhan Dillon, Tam Mutu and Simon Bailey, is out now! Written by composer Michael Blore and award-winning playwright Michael Davies, the musical adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic Tess of the d’Urbervilles is going live on the show’s website www.tessthemusical.com as part of a drive to get […]
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY returns to the Harold Pinter Theatre after 60 years
Peter Wight and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor will join Toby Jones, Stephen Mangan, Zoë Wanamaker and Pearl Mackie in a major revival of Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party. Stanley Webber (Toby Jones) is the only lodger at Meg (Zoë Wanamaker) and Petey Boles’ (Peter Wight) sleepy seaside boarding house. The unsettling arrival of enigmatic strangers Goldberg (Stephen […]
Reimagined Broadway musical ROTHSCHILD & SONS to open at Park Theatre
“A family willing to risk everything” Rothschild & Sons, a musical by Broadway songwriting legends Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof, She Loves Me) and Tony-nominated writer Sherman Yellen, directed by Jeffrey B.Moss, is the story of Mayer Rothschild, his wife and sons, who despite being trapped behind ghetto walls, dream of […]
A unique love letter to Dolly Parton comes to Soho Theatre
Following their sell-out run at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe, Sh!t Theatre announce a month long London run at Soho Theatre in 2018, which kicks off the UK tour for their unique love letter to Dolly Parton. Following their award-winning sell-out hit Letters to Windsor House – which was named one of Time Out London’s top […]