Stars come out for the first ever digital Mousetrap Theatre Awards
Mousetrap Theatre Projects took its annual theatre awards online for the first time ever this year. Winners were announced in a ceremony on Youtube on Wednesday 24th June. The ceremony was hosted by Mousetrap’s Youth Forum – the charity’s advisory committee of young people – from their own homes. The Youth Forum also chose the […]
SLEEPLESS, A Musical Romance starring Jay McGuiness and Kimberley Walsh announced for (hopeful) August opening
SLEEPLESS, A Musical Romance, based on the original screenplay Sleepless in Seattle, will (hopefully) premiere at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, London on Tuesday 1 September 2020, with previews from 25 August. While live performances are not currently permitted inside theatres, it is hoped SLEEPLESS will be able to open by this date. Audiences will […]
UK Government Reveal 5-Step Roadmap To Bringing Back Theatre
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden published a five-stage “phased return” plan for live performances yesterday. Stage One – Rehearsal and training (no audiences and adhering to social distancing guidelines) Stage Two – Performances for broadcast and recording purposes (adhering to social distancing guidelines) Stage Three – Performances outdoors with an audience plus pilots for indoor performances […]
RuPaul’s Drag Race Star Cheryl Hole to perform Drive-In Drag Extravaganza
Start your engines as TuckShop brings you a fierce, funny, fabulous Drag Drive-In spectacular featuring the hits of Girls Aloud. TuckShop – the UK’s only specialist production company devoted to all things drag, and the team behind sell-out hit Cinderella, the UK’s first ever all drag pantomime in the West End – will present a […]
CATS released out of Quarantine
Cats in Quarantine is a tribute to Cats choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne, who inspired so many dancers around the world. This new YouTube film was created by West End performer Harry Francis as a follow up to his latest video A Chorus Line in Quarantine: The London Edition. Harry recently played Mr Mistoffelees on the […]
TURN UP! – an online charity event raising awareness for the Black Lives Matter movement announced
Black voices from across the West End, Broadway, activism, community leadership and beyond will unite to raise funds and awareness for four charities – The Bail Project, The Okra Project, The Black Curriculum and UK Black Pride – in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Under the creative direction of Nicole Raquel Dennis and […]
New dates announced for Ruthie Henshall’s ‘In My Life’ 2021 Tour
UK audiences will finally have a chance to enjoy Ruthie Henshall’s new intimate show In My Life next year, as new dates are announced for the exclusive four-city tour, which was originally scheduled to take place earlier this year, but postponed due to venue closures following the Coronavirus pandemic. Friday 12 & Saturday 13 March: […]
Cameron Mackintosh cancels all West End shows until 2021
In response to the continued uncertainty over when the government is going to completely withdraw social distancing measures and allow the safe return of theatre productions Cameron Mackintosh, his producing partners and Delfont Mackintosh Theatres have had to take the difficult decision of delaying the return of their productions of Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, Hamilton […]
THE NATIONAL THEATRE announce final titles in the series of streamed productions
The National Theatre today announces a further five productions that will be streamed as a part of the National Theatre at Home series. Established in April to bring culture and entertainment to audiences around the world during this unprecedented period, National Theatre at Home has so far seen 10 productions streamed via the NT’s YouTube […]
MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN streaming on NETFLIX from Friday 26 June 2020
Having been stuck indoors on lockdown, binge-watching feel-good favourites and box-sets in a bid to keep ourselves occupied, Netflix‘s have now confirmed that you can have the time of your life and escape to Greece in the comfort of your own home when the smash-hit romantic comedy based on the songs of ABBA, MAMMA MIA! […]