SAUCY JACK AND THE SPACE VIXENS flies in to the Kings Head Theatre
26 April – 21 May 2016, King’s Head Theatre Fringe First Award-winning cult musical Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens returns to London in its 20th year, with original writer/curator Mike Fidler returning to direct the show! In a seedy cabaret bar on the dark side of a distant planet, artistes are being picked off […]
New short film ‘The Roof’ released today featuring Ian McKellen and Jude Law
Today The Roof, a short film written by Nigel Williams and directed by Natalie Abrahami, is available on the Young Vic website. The full cast of the film is: Natalie Dormer, Noma Dumezweni, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Rory Kinnear, David Lan, Jude Law, Marcello Magni, Ian McKellen, Sinead Matthews and Hugh Skinner. David Lan, artistic director of […]
DREAM GIRLS accidentally sells tickets at dream prices
According to sources on social networking sites, when tickets went on sale yesterday to priority bookers for the Broadway transfer of Dream Girls (which opens at London’s Savoy Theatre in November 2016), they got more than they bargained for. Rock bottom prices! Fans managed to accidentally book seats for just £5.95 (instead of £59.95) and […]
Wicked’s EMMA HATTON flies into the Pheasantry for one night only
Following her much-acclaimed, sell-out show at Kettner’s, Emma Hatton brings her unique blend of jazz and soul back to Pizza Express on 1st May to take Chelsea’s Pheasantry by storm, as part of the London Festival of Cabaret. Currently starring as Elphaba in the West End production of ‘Wicked’, Emma has also been making waves […]
The Buskers Opera launch fundraising campaign to bring the first Relaxed Performance to the Park Theatre
London 2012. The world is watching. Can the city deliver the greatest Olympics ever? Pulling the strings is media mogul, broadcaster and puppet master, Jeremiah Peachum. Together with his star of the show, Lockitt, the Mayor of London, they are perfectly placed to capitalise on Team GB’s gold and drive their political agenda across the […]
Elaine Paige lets the memory live again on tour and at London’s iconic Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Elaine Paige has announced a 20 date series of concerts from October to December 2016, entitled ‘Stripped Back’, which will see her perform her favourite tracks, from an array of contemporary songwriters, with a small group of musicians in some of the UK’s most beautiful venues (detailed below). This follows Elaine’s last solo tour in […]
ALL OR NOTHING: THE MOD MUSICAL extends London run by three weeks
Due to phenomenal public demand, ALL OR NOTHING, the Mod Musical, is extending its run at The Vaults Theatre, London. The show, which opens on 31 March, will now run for an extra three weeks, closing on 21 May 2016. The show is written by Carol Harrison, an award-winning actress and is directed by BAFTA […]
BLOG: The right to write reviews
It surprised me recently that a review that one of my team wrote of a West End show hit a nerve with a couple of people who chose to email me to express their unhappiness that the review failed to mention one of the actors in the cast. I don’t specify to those who review […]
FIRST LOOK: MARK CURRY AS ‘THE WIZARD’ IN WEST END’S WICKED
WICKED, the West End musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is pleased to release the first pictures (by photographer Matt Crockett) of Mark Curry as The Wizard. The popular actor and presenter played his first performance on Friday 25 March 2016. Mark Curry has enjoyed a long and […]
BLOG: Is Theatre really accessible to everyone? How would you feel if it affected you?
Is theatre really accessible to everyone? Take a moment to consider how you would fare in a person with disabilities shoes. Someone who loves theatre and goes to see all the new west end shows until suddenly and unexpectedly, a condition strikes you down and you can only attend certain performances of certain shows for […]