Star studded cast announced for WORKING at the SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE
Gillian Bevan, Dean Chisnall, Krysten Cummings, Siubhan Harrison, Peter Polycarpou and Liam Tamne will lead the cast of the European Premiere of WORKING, directed by Luke Sheppard, with choreography by Fabian Aloise. Further casting to be announced. WORKING is the extraordinary genre-defining musical from Grammy and Academy Award-winner Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell) based on Studs […]
One man Musical THE SUPERHERO comes to SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE
‘Good afternoon, your honour. I’m Colin Bradley. I’m here today to ask you, your honour, not to let Christine Davis, my ex-wife, move out of the country with Emily Bradley, my daughter.’ Colin and Christine split up five years ago. Now Christine is taking their daughter to Los Angeles with her new job, and there’s […]
REVIEW: HENRY V (Southwark Cathedral) ★★★★★
This is an exciting but original production, sometimes brutal, sometimes funny but always enthralling. The awesome Southwark Cathedral surroundings alone are worth the trip and the accompanying music is a delight. Marking the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt Along with the hundredth anniversary of the First World War this production is one to […]
Casting announced for the UK premiere of The Diary of a Teenage Girl at Southwark Playhouse
The Diary of a Teenage Girl recounts the coming-of-age adventures of Minnie Goetze, a San Francisco teenager growing up in the counterculture haze of the 1970s. Lonely and artistic, Minnie chronicles her trials through expressive drawings and painfully honest missives confided to a tape recorder. One fateful evening alone with her mother’s boyfriend, Minnie is […]
REVIEW: PROMISES, PROMISES (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★
After the success of Close To You some years back, it’s easy hear how timeless Burt Bacharach’s music can be put in any sort of context or arrangement, from full-blown out big band to a solo acoustic guitar. Promises, Promises at the Southwark Playhouse reminds you of this. Based on the 1960 film The Apartment, […]
THE CARDINAL set to play at the Southwark Playhouse
James Shirley’s tragic masterpiece, The Cardinal, comes to Southwark Playhouse in 2017, in a new production starring Stephen Boxer and directed by Justin Audibert “All great men know, the soul of life is fame.” The state of Navarre is in crisis. An unscrupulous Cardinal has the ear of the King and is hungry for power. […]
Casting announced for Southwark Playhouse’s THE TEMPEST
Casting announced for Southwark Playhouse’s THE TEMPEST, adapted and directed by Amy Draper will give out 1,500 free tickets to schools across its three-week run. Southwark Playhouse’s annual Shakespeare production for younger audiences returns in 2017 with his magical final play. Usurped as Duke of Milan and abandoned with his daughter to die on a […]
European Premiere of Stephen Schwartz musical WORKING to open at Southwark Playhouse
The European Premiere of WORKING will open at Southwark Playhouse on 7 June 2017, with previews from 2 June, for a strictly limited season ending 8 July 2017. WORKING is the extraordinary genre-defining musical from Grammy and Academy Award-winner Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell) based on Studs Terkel’s best-selling book of interviews with the American workforce: […]
Cast announced for PROMISES PROMISES at the Southwark Playhouse
Final casting has been announced for the first London production in 20 years of the hit Burt Bacharach/Hal David/Neil Simon Broadway musical Promises, Promises, based on the Billy Wilder film The Apartment. A triumph of 1960s sexual work-place politics, with a quick witted script and unforgettable songs including Knowing When To Leave, Promises, Promises, Say […]
REVIEW: SIDE SHOW (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★
SIDE SHOW is the true story of Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins from the early 1900’s who’s mother sold them to a woman who took them on a traveling freak show around the world, exploiting them for money. When Vaudeville producers saw the duo singing, they helped them fight the courts to free themselves […]