Mary Poppins to tour the UK from October 2015
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh are delighted to announce that their multi award-winning musical MARY POPPINS will embark on a tour of the UK and Ireland, opening at Leicester Curve on Tuesday 13 October 2015. Initial tour schedule attached. Casting to be announced soon. Cameron Mackintosh said today “It’s hard to believe that it is already 11 years since Mary Poppins first […]
Stomp to celebrate 13 Years in the West End with a gala performance
Celebrations began early for STOMP in London, with two record-breaking performances at the Ambassadors Theatre on Saturday 14 February. The evening show was the highest grossing performance of any production in the 102-year history of the theatre. It was also the highest grossing Saturday matinee in the theatre’s history, meaning Box Office records were broken […]
Hamlet starring Benedict Cumberbatch to be screened live to cinemas in October
Benedict Cumberbatch will play the title role in Lyndsey Turner’s production ofWilliam Shakespeare’s Hamlet, produced by Sonia Friedman Productions and presented by the Barbican. Today, 20 February 2015, it is announced that Hamletwill be broadcast to cinemas around the world on Thursday 15 October 2015 as part of National Theatre Live. The National Theatre’s ground-breaking project, NT Live, broadcasts plays live from the stage to over […]
Matilda the Musical announce second ‘relaxed’ performance for people with learning difficulties
THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY PRESENTS THE SECOND ‘RELAXED PERFORMANCE’ OF MATILDA THE MUSICAL ON SUNDAY 14 JUNE 2015 AT 3PM AT THE CAMBRIDGE THEATRE Following the sold-out success of the first relaxed performance of Matilda The Musical in 2014, the Royal Shakespeare Company will present a second relaxed performance at the Cambridge Theatre on Sunday 14th June at 3pm. This […]
Actors have better sex lives than any other profession!
New research released by IllicitEncounters.com, the UK’s top married dating site, shows that actors have better sex lives than any other profession, beating models, lawyers, politicians and bankers. Over 2,000 people were surveyed in twenty different job categories and those in ‘acting and performing’ have more sex and more sexual partners than any other profession. The […]
Full cast announced for the UK tour of A View From The Bridge
Full casting has been announced for the Touring Consortium Theatre Company’s new production of A View from the Bridge, directed by Stephen Unwin with Jonathan Guy Lewis as ‘Eddie Carbone’ and Michael Brandon as ‘Alfieri’, staged to celebrate the centenary of Arthur Miller’s birth. The production will open in Nottingham on 4 March 2015, and […]
REVIEW: Cats (The London Palladium, 2015)
There’s a line sung by Gus, the Theatre Cat, where he says that ‘these modern productions are all very well, but there’s nothing to equal from what I hear tell’. My feelings about Cats could not have been summed up finer than by him. Cats tells the everyday and ordinary story of the Jellicle cats […]
Do we loathe or love people who film during theatre shows?
Mobile phones are the biggest frustration to regular theatre-goers lives, constantly being riled up by having the person next to them checking their Facebook every ten minutes and distracting their eyes from the action taking place on stage. Despite announcements being told that no mobile phones or recording equipment should be used, this rarely stops people. […]
WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 15TH ANNUAL WHATSONSTAGE AWARDS
The 15th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards were held last night at the Prince of Wales Theatre (current home of The Book of Mormon). Presented by Mel Giedroyc and Steve Furst the winners were all voted for by the public. The awards are dominated this year by Miss Saigon which returned to the West End in 2014, 25 years since its London première. This new production receives […]
McQueen to open at St James Theatre
Producer Robert Mackintosh presents the world premiere of McQUEEN by James Phillips at St. James Theatre from 12 May to 6 June 2015, with press nights on Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 May. The production will be directed by John Caird. McQUEEN is a journey into the visionary imagination and dark dream world of Alexander […]