Tag: Southwark Playhouse

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 […]

REVIEW: THROUGH THE MILL (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★★

Judy Garland is one of the most recognisable faces of the twentieth century, with tales of her hugely successful and somewhat troubled life still tremendously popular. Fans of the iconic star, are in for a treat at Southwark Playhouse, as a new show, entitled Through the Mill has opened and is a wonderful reminder of […]

Judy Garland Play THROUGH THE MILL Launches 18-25 Ticket Lottery

A new Ticket lottery, aimed solely at 18-25 year olds, is launched today. Sponsored by leading life insurer Rothesay Life, the Through the Mill Ticket Lottery will enable young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 a chance to win two top price seats for each performance of Through the Mill; Ray Rackham’s play […]

REVIEW: A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM (Southwark Playhouse)

Entering the Southwark Playhouse, I felt more as though I was about to be given a presentation regarding the church roof than enjoying a Shakespeare play. A profile seating formation with a small table in the centre surrounded by a troupe of actors. No set, no lights and no fuss and yet, this is possibly […]

Gerard McCarthy to star in STALKING THE BOGEYMAN at Southwark Playhouse

Gerard McCarthy will take on the lead role in Stalking the Bogeyman, the extraordinary true story of award-winning journalist David Holthouse’s secret plot to murder the man who raped him when he was seven years old. McCarthy, who is probably best known for his award-winning performance as Kris Fisher on ‘Hollyoaks’, also played Kevin McSwain […]

REVIEW: LAST OF THE BOYS (Southwark Playhouse)

About a year ago, director John Haidar wrote to various regional theatres in the U.S. asking for recommended works that they had staged but which had not yet made their way across the pond. The Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago, one of the regional powerhouses of new American writing, included Last of the Boys by […]