Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella will now begin performances on 19 March 2021
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical Cinderella, starring Carrie Hope Fletcher as Cinderella, will now have its world premiere at The Gillian Lynne Theatre in London on Wednesday 7 April 2021 (previews from Friday 19 March 2021). Previews were due to begin in September 2020 but have been postponed due to the current closure of all […]
Theatre Support Fund Launch ‘The Show Must Go On’ Charity Face Masks
After tremendous success with ‘The Show Must Go On’ t-shirt, The Theatre Support Fund have designed a face mask of the same design which is now available to purchase from their website. The Theatre Support Fund & ‘The Show Must Go On’ t-shirt was created in response to the Coronavirus Pandemic. All profits from the project […]
UK Car Park Tour announced for Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain this Summer
Birmingham Stage Company has announced tour dates for Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain in association with Car Park Party, Troubadour and Live Nation. The production opens at Henley on Saturday 11 July and will now also visit Bolton, Birmingham, Newmarket, Darlington, Leeds, Bristol, Liverpool, Lincoln and Cheltenham throughout July and August. Please note that productions scheduled […]
Arts, culture and heritage industries to receive £1.57 billion rescue package
Statement from the UK Government on rescue package for the Arts: Britain’s globally renowned arts, culture and heritage industries will receive a world-leading* £1.57 billion rescue package to help weather the impact of coronavirus, the government announced last night. Thousands of organisations across a range of sectors including the performing arts and theatres, heritage, historic […]
Ramin Karimloo, Rachel Tucker and more to star in Jason Robert Brown’s Songs For A New World
Lambert Jackson Productions in association with The Other Palace, today announces a “virtual lockdown production” of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs For A New World. Filmed entirely in isolation, Séimí Campbell directs Rachel John (Hamilton), Ramin Karimloo (Phantom of The Opera), Cedric Neal (Motown) and Rachel Tucker (Come From Away), with musical supervision by Adam Hoskins […]
Broadway Waitress star Nick Cordero has died from Coronavirus
Forty one year old, Tony nominated, Broadway actor Nick Cordero, has died after contracting Coronavirus. The actor (who appeared in the original Broadway cast of Waitress) spent three months in hospital in Los Angeles and had several complications which led to having his leg amputated and a pacemaker fitted. His wife of three years, Amanda Kloots, […]
Talawa Theatre Company explore Black key and frontline workers experiences of Covid-19
Talawa Theatre Company (the most successful Black theatre company in the UK) are creating an online experience featuring six brand new short pieces using verbatim interviews from Black key and frontline workers which explore the historic moment of the Covid-19 crisis and its impact on them. The pandemic has had a starkly divergent impact on […]
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap plans to re-open in the West End this October
Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap – the longest running show in the world, which had to be suspended when the Coronavirus Pandemic resulted in the closure of UK theatres – is set to re-open in the West End on Friday 23 October 2020. The brilliant thriller, which has played in London since 1952, is to re-open […]
Is this the reason why Cinemas can reopen but Theatres can’t?
The big question a lot of people are asking right now (myself included) is ‘why can Cinemas be reopening and people sit next to each other on aeroplanes, but theatres are still unable to have live performances?’. Lewis Easter (Dancer in Wicked the Musical) raised a valid point on social media, saying “Guys, it’s not […]
Alice Fearn to host online interactive experience featuring a line-up of West End stars
A live, online, interactive experience, hosted by Alice Fearn, featuring a line-up of West End stars will run every Friday evening for four weeks from July 17th. First guests announced are Les Misérables’ Shan Ako and Dear Evan Hansen’s Sam Tutty. £1 from each ticket sold will be donated to a different charity organisation every […]