London Playwrights’ Workshop launches Women’s Musical Theatre Initiative
London Playwrights’ Workshop is partnering with musical theatre writing team Barlow & Smith to create the Women’s Musical Theatre Initiative (WMTI), a new development programme for female musical theatre writers. The WMTI will launch with a cabaret ‘Celebrating Female Songwriters’ at The Pheasantry on 12 February 2018. The evening will be hosted by songwriters Barlow […]
One woman show HOW TO SURVIVE A POST-TRUTH APOCALYPSE to tour the UK
Following a sell-out performance at London’s Roundhouse, Francesca Beard’s one-woman show How To Survive A Post-Truth Apocalypse returns for an exciting UK tour. Beard mixes storytelling, verse, spoken word, audience interaction and a game of ‘Whose Lie Is It Anyway’ as she leads audiences on a journey to explore lies in all their forms and […]
Comedy about female friendship comes to VAULT Festival
Award-winning writer Tamar Broadbent and Emma Pritchard’s debut play Split runs 28 February – 04 March. Written and performed by this multi-talented duo and directed by Sara Joyce (Old Vic 12), Split is a story about teenage friendship, growing up and finding out who you are through the eyes of someone else. It’s 2002. Charlotte […]
REVIEW: The Claim (Shoreditch Town Hall) ★★★★
The Claim is written by Tom Cowbury and directed by Mark Maughan, it’s currently on a tour of the UK until 2 February, telling the tale of a single asylum claim. Serge wants to claim asylum in the UK. To do this, he needs to tell his story, but the people he needs to tell […]
Musical revue A NIGHT AT THE OSCARS comes to London
A Night At The Oscars comes to Upstairs at the Gatehouse next month Wednesday 7 February – Sunday 4 March and The Radlett Centre Sunday 11 March 2018. Written by Chris Burgess, Musical Arrangements by Andy Collyer, Directed by Bronagh Lagan, Musical Direction by Ben Ferguson, Choreography by Chris Cuming, Lighting Design by Aaron J […]
ISIS inspired tragicomedy comes to the VAULT Festival
Coming to London after a barnstorming, critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2015, Wound Up Theatre’s Bismillah! An ISIS Tragicomedy, now has its London debut at VAULT Festival this Spring (February 28th 2018 – March 4th 2018, 9pm), exploring the strange new reality of youth in modern day Britain and examining social alienation, radicalisation, […]
REVIEW: SIX (Arts Theatre) ★★★
The audacious and historic musical, SIX, was originally conceived by writers Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss at Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society. The pair took the production to Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017, where it was met with gracious reviews and nominated for the inaugural Musical Theatre Review Best Musical Award. The show is now […]
Casting announced for NIGHTFALL at the Bridge Theatre
Laurie Sansom will direct Ophelia Lovibond (Lou), Ukweli Roach (Pete) and Sion Daniel Young (Ryan) in the world premiere of Barney Norris’s Nightfall running at the Bridge Theatre from 28 April – 3 June 2018, with press night on 8 May 2018. Final casting will be announced shortly. On a farm outside Winchester, Ryan struggles […]
The Hunt for the Cheshire Cat – an interactive adventure extends until May
Following phenomenal public reaction, HiddenCity has today announced the brand new, sell-out adventure in London The Hunt for the Cheshire Cat will open for bookings until the end of spring. The latest experience by HiddenCity, The Hunt for the Cheshire Cat is inspired by characters and scenarios from the much-loved classic novel Alice’s Adventures in […]
Maggots revealed for UK&I Tour of MATILDA THE MUSICAL
The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced the child casting for the first five venues of the Matilda The Musical 2018/19 UK and Ireland Tour. The title role will be shared by Annalise Bradbury, Lara Cohen, Poppy Jones and Nicola Turner. The West End production will continue to play at the Cambridge Theatre, where it is […]
