Check out these images of Louise Dearman and Laura Pitt-Pulford in SIDE SHOW
First images are released today for Broadway musical Side Show, which receives its UK premiere in a new production at Southwark Playhouse, opening tomorrow, Wednesday 26 October. The cast features Louise Dearman (Wicked) and Laura Pitt-Pulford (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Regent’s Park) as conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, with Haydn Oakley (An American […]
Full cast announced for SIDE SHOW at Southwark Playhouse
Full casting is announced today for Broadway musical Side Show, which will receive its UK Premiere in a brand new production at Southwark Playhouse, opening on Wednesday 26 October with previews from Friday 21 October. Joining the previously announced Louise Dearman and Laura Pitt-Pulford as conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, are Haydn Oakley as […]
Check out these pictures of the UK première of punkplay at Southwark Playhouse
Gregory S. Moss’s punkplay is a riot of a play told at breakneck pace with a killer soundtrack, a coming-of-age story about subcultures, friendship and not-fitting-in – all on rollerskates! Staged in the US by Steppenwolf Theatre Company, punkplay, directed in the UK by Tom Hughes, punkplay will open for a 4-week season at Southwark […]
REVIEW: ALLEGRO (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★
Allegro has yet to be seen in London, essentially meaning it’s been a 69 year long wait from its original Broadway production. With the show following the success of Oklahoma! (1943), and Carousel (1945), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s third collaboration didn’t quite make the splash they had planned in New York, but this new production at […]
Casting and creatives announced for the UK première of punkplay at Southwark Playhouse
Full casting and the creative team are announced today for the UK première of punkplay at Southwark Playhouse. Gregory S. Moss’s punkplay is a riot of a play told at breakneck pace with a killer soundtrack, a coming-of-age story about subcultures, friendship and not-fitting-in – all on rollerskates! Staged in the US by Steppenwolf Theatre […]
REVIEW: STALKING THE BOGEYMAN (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★
This play tells the true story of a man searching for his rapist. Based on an article that journalist David Holthouse published and later adapted for radio programme, This American Life in 2004, the play does not only address the trauma the young victim experienced after he was raped by a family friend but also […]
Burt Bacharach’s PROMISES PROMISES comes to the Southwark Playhouse
Booking is open and the creative team is announced for the first major London production of the hit Burt Bacharach/Hal David/Neil Simon Broadway musical Promises, Promises since its 1969 West End premiere. Burt Bacharach’s incredible music and Hal David’s brilliant lyrics come together with a book by legendary playwright Neil Simon in Promises, Promises – […]
LICENSED TO ILL The Story Of The Beastie Boys to play at the Southwark Playhouse
The sell-out Beastie Boys show Licensed To Ill will tour the UK in October before a Christmas run in London. The production, which won over Beastie Boys fans and cynics alike during an extended run at Camden People’s Theatre last year, will play at The Dancehouse, Manchester, The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol, and finally Southwark Playhouse. […]
INTERVIEW: Gerard McCarthy talks about STALKING THE BOGEYMAN
Gerard McCarthy, is best known for his award-winning performances as Kris Fisher on ‘Hollyoaks’, and Kevin McSwain in BBC 2’s BAFTA nominated drama ‘The Fall’ His theatre credits include: Beautiful Thing (Nottingham Playhouse and Leicester Curve); Blue/Orange (Brighton Theatre Royal); The Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare’s Globe); Mamma Mia! (Prince Edward Theatre) and Saturday Night Fever […]
FIRST LOOK At Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ALLEGRO At Southwark Playhouse
First images have been released, a photo of Gary Tushaw as Joseph Taylor, Jr in the eagerly awaited professional European première of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ALLEGRO. ALLEGRO, with music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, will open for a 6-week season in The Large at Southwark Playhouse from Friday 5 August […]