UK premiere of VIOLET to open at Charing Cross Theatre
VIOLET, a multi award-winning musical with Music by Jeanine Tesori (Tony Award winner for Best Original Score with Lisa Kron for Fun Home, and Tony-nominated for Caroline, or Change and Shrek the Musical), and Book & Lyrics by Brian Crawley (The Little Princess), is to get its UK premiere in an international co-production that will […]
Agatha Christie’s THE MOUSETRAP announces UK Tour
The Mousetrap, the legendary whodunnit from Queen of Crime, Dame Agatha Christie, today announces a major national tour opening in January 2019 starring Gwyneth Strong (Only Fools and Horses) as Mrs Boyle, directed by Gareth Armstrong. This unstoppable West End hit has been delighting theatregoers for 67 years with its macabre murder mystery. Following a […]
See Cirque du Soleil in a stunning new light with TORUK – The First Flight
Inspired by James Cameron’s record-breaking movie AVATAR, Cirque du Soleil’s uniquely different touring show TORUK – The First Flight will make its UK debut next June at the Manchester Arena from 20-23, 2019 and London’s O2 Arena from 26-30 June 2019. With creative input from James Cameron and experts from the movie’s production, TORUK – […]
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR transfers to the Barbican Theatre
Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and the Barbican Theatre have today announced that, following its overwhelming sell-out success in 2016 and 2017 at the Open Air Theatre, Jesus Christ Superstar transfers to the Barbican Theatre for just 60 performances in 2019 (4 July – 24 August). Earlier this year the production played the Lyric Opera […]
REVIEW: The Pit and the Pendulum (Omnibus Theatre) ★★★
This innovative take on the Edgar Allen Poe classic transfers the action to contemporary Tehran as an Iranian political dissident tries to come to terms with the sensory deprivation of her solitary confinement. Afsaneh Dehrouyeh plays the unnamed woman who has been imprisoned for removing her hijab in a public place as part of a […]
Stagetext launch Captioning Awareness Week to improve access for deaf and hard of hearing audiences
Arts charity chief Melanie Sharpe has called on arts venues in England to improve access for people who are d/Deaf, deafened or hard of hearing. The comments came as the charity Stagetext launched Captioning Awareness Week (12-18 November). The campaign sees theatres, museums, and galleries across the country holding captioned and live subtitled events in […]
REVIEW: A Pupil (Park Theatre) ★★★★
Park Theatre hosts the world premiere of A Pupil, a new play by Evening Standard Award nominated writer Jesse Briton, exploring music, success and friendship through the unlikely connection of a young aspiring musician and a once world famous violinist. The action is set in a run down bedsit where Ye is preparing to end […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race star Todrick Hall to join the London cast of CHICAGO
Star of RuPaul’s Drag Race, American Idol and YouTube sensation Todrick Hall will star as Billy Flynn in CHICAGO from 19 November 2018 until the end of the show’s run at the Phoenix Theatre on 5 January 2019. Todrick will join Sarah Soetaert as Roxie Hart, Josefina Gabrielle as Velma Kelly, Mazz Murray as Mama […]
REVIEW: Drowned or Saved? (Tristian Bates Theatre) ★★★★
Drowned or Saved is a new play by first time playwright Geoffrey Williams playing at Tristan Bates Theatre. Williams has taken on the challenge of presenting the work of holocaust survivor and revolutionary thinker, Primo Levi, in an attempt to share Levi’s message of humanity, compassion and perseverance. Primo Levi has become recognised around the […]