Good Night, Oscar at Barbican Theatre – Cast Announced
Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) will reprise his much-lauded Tony Award-winning performance in Good Night, Oscar at the Barbican Theatre this summer 31 July – 21 September 2025. Ben Rappaport joining Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes this summer, reprising his acclaimed role as legendary talk show host Jack Paar. The […]
Do We Need To ‘Chill Out’ About Accessible Theatre?
Out of 79 shows, playing now or due to open soon in London’s West End, I found 47 have Captioned Performances and Audio Described Performances scheduled, as well as 35 British Sign Language Performances. I haven’t added them up like this before but it feels like the numbers are on the increase, which is fantastic […]
Annaleigh Ashford to co-produce THE WHITE CHIP in London
Danielle Tarento and Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford are set to co-produce the UK premiere of the Off Broadway smash hit THE WHITE CHIP in London. Written, autobiographically, by Sean Daniels and directed by Matt Ryan is coming to Southwark Playhouse Borough 9 July – 16 August 2025. Despite spending more time drunk than sober, […]
Fleur East joins the cast of TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL
TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL is playing in London’s West End at the Aldwych Theatre. The producers of the hit West End production TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL which is based on the life of legendary artist Tina Turner and was produced in association with Tina Turner herself, are delighted to welcome TV and Radio […]
Did a magical telephone box propel me into the future?
Back in September 2024, in a review of Waiting For Godot at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket (starring Lucian Msamati and Ben Whishaw), I wrote: “If Jamie Lloyd staged a production of Waiting For Godot, I imagine there would be two characters waiting at a bus stop. Video screens would show busses with no numbers, or […]
Tim Firth’s This Is My Family opens at Southwark Playhouse
Tim Firth’s Award-winning musical This Is My Family opens at Southwark Playhouse Elephant from 23 May – 12 July 2025.. Vicky Featherstone directs Nancy Allsop (Nicky), Victoria Elliott (Sian), Michael Jibson (Steve), Luke Lambert (Matt), Gay Soper (May), and Gemma Whelan (Yvonne). Also announced today is the multi-award-winning creative team joining Vicky Featherstone – Music Supervision: Caroline Humphris; Set Design: Chloe Lamford; Lighting Design: Lee Curran; Sound Design: Dominic Bilkey; Costume Design & Associate […]
Electric new play infused with reggae, punk, rock and rave
The World Premiere of Brixton Calling, an electric new play infused with a live soundtrack of reggae, punk, rock and rave comes to Southwark Playhouse Borough from 23 July to 16 August 2025. Directed by Bronagh Lagan, the director of Olivier-nominated Cruise and written by Alex Urwin. Full casting to be announced shortly. This drama […]
Trevor Ashley is LIZA IN TYPSY at Menier Chocolate Factory
Legendary, unpredictable and utterly fabulous—Liza Minnelli is back… well, almost! Trevor Ashley returns to the Menier Chocolate Factory after his unforgettable turn as Roger De Bris in The Producers, bringing his signature wit, powerhouse vocals and dazzling impersonation to LIZA in TYPSY! running from 7 to 11 May. Described by The Guardian as elevating comedy […]
Let The Right One In to tour the UK from this Autumn
The critically acclaimed Let The Right One In, will tour major theatres across the UK from this Autumn, following a smash-hit sold-out run at Manchester’s Royal Exchange. Tickets are available from LetTheRightOneInPlay.com. Adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne, who co-wrote the global Netflix drama sensation ‘Adolescence’, the play is based on the best-selling Swedish […]
Cast Announced for West End Summer Run of Fawlty Towers
John Cleese’s Fawlty Towers – The Play, returns to the West End’s Apollo Theatre this Summer, for a strictly limited three-month season from 24 June – 13 September, ahead of a UK tour. This “as good as comedy gets” production (Sunday Times) – which first opened in May 2024 to a host of rave reviews […]