Current KINKY BOOTS cast shunned from special live performance?
Last night it was announced that later this month, original cast members of the London production of Kinky Boots, Matt Henry and Killian Donnelly, will return to the West End show for three performance that will be filmed for a future worldwide screening. But whilst the majority of Kinky Boots fans are excitedly scurrying around […]
Jon Brittain’s Olivier award-winning ROTTERDAM to embark on UK tour
Following three critically acclaimed runs in London and a highly successful transfer to New York, Donnacadh O’Briain’s Olivier award-winning production of Rotterdam will now embark on an extensive UK tour April – June 2019. Written by acclaimed playwright Jon Brittain, co-creator of Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho, writer of A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super […]
Original cast members Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry return to Kinky Boots for special filmed performance
A hit with audiences since it opened in September 2015, Kinky Boots, the winner of every major Best Musical award, today announces that the London production will be filmed later this month for future worldwide screening. Original West End cast members Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry will return to play the roles of Charlie and […]
Cast announced for the 2019 tour of GHOST – THE MUSICAL
GHOST – THE MUSICAL returns to the UK in 2019, opening on Tuesday 8 January 2019 at Churchill Theatre, Bromley. The double Academy Award-winning movie Ghost is a huge success story, both critically and at the box office, where it was the highest grossing film in the year of its release. It starred the late […]
Pleasance Theatre announce #YouWillKnowTheirNames season
Pleasance Theatre’s new season – titled #YouWillKnowTheirNames – is a game changing line-up of new writing fresh for 2019. These 10 newly announced productions showcase the most daring and original new voices and join the previously announced In Lipstick by Annie Jenkins (a co-production between award-winning theatre company Up In Arms, producer Ellie Keel and […]
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 […]
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 […]