Check out these images of DAMIAN LEWIS rehearsing THE GOAT OR WHO IS SYLVIA
Rehearsal images for Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? are released today, ahead of the production’s first preview. Albee’s darkly comic play about a family in crisis will run for a strictly limited 12 week season at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 24 March to 24 June 2017. In Ian Rickson’s production, a […]
Full cast announced for Edward Albee’s THE GOAT, OR WHO IS SYLVIA?
Full casting for Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? has been announced. Joining Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo, who play husband and wife Martin and Stevie in Ian Rickson’s production, will be Jason Hughes as Martin’s oldest friend Ross and Archie Madekwe as their son Billy. Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who Is […]
REVIEW: THE LIBERTINE (Theatre Royal Haymarket) ★★★★
Stephen Jeffreys’ ‘The Libertine’, currently playing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket for a limited ten week run, tells the story of the truly remarkable life of ‘John Wilmot’, the second Earl of Rochester. From a young man with a penchant for whores and booze to a withered, dissatisfied husband banished from all he loves, we […]
Check out these production images of Dominic Cooper and the cast of THE LIBERTINE
Dominic Cooper stars in Stephen Jeffreys’ sexually charged masterpiece The Libertine this autumn. Directed by Olivier and Tony Award-winning Terry Johnson, the play continues its limited run at Bath Theatre Royal until 17 September as part of the theatre’s 2016 summer season, prior to a West End engagement at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 22 […]
REVIEW: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Theatre Royal Haymarket) ★★★★★
Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s has seen many incarnations including plays, an un-aired television series and a short lived 1966 musical. Capote’s endearing characters and the beautiful film adaption, starring a young Audrey Hepburn, has inspired generations. Based on Capote’s masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning Finalist and Tony and Olivier Award-winning playwright Richard Greenberg (Take Me Out, […]
THE LIBERTINE starring Dominic Cooper announces further casting
Further cast members are announced to join the previously confirmed star Dominic Cooper in Stephen Jeffreys’ sexually charged masterpiece The Libertine this autumn. Directed by Olivier and Tony Award-winning Terry Johnson, the play will have a limited run from 31 August to 17 September at Bath Theatre Royal as part of the theatre’s 2016 summer […]
West End Wilma – Review Round-Up
Take a look at all the shows that have been reviewed over the past week on westendwilma.com … REVIEW: Russian Dolls (King’s Head Theatre) ★★★★ Russian Dolls was shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize in 2013 before winning the Adrian Pagan award last year. Based on the real-life story of an Islington version of Hilda, Kate Lock’s […]
REVIEW: How the Other Half Loves (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
Awkward situations. Perhaps one of the worst case scenarios for the stereotypical British person. We don’t handle them well and if we do find ourselves in said awkward situation, we tend to ignore it. However, in the theatre we adore them, especially the humour that arises from them. Alan Ayckbourn writes awkward scenes extremely well […]
Cast announced for Alan Ayckbourn’s HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
One secret love affair. Two disaster-bound dinner parties. Three couples headed for trouble. Casting has been announced for Bill Kenwright’s new West End production of Alan Ayckbourn’s farcical tale of matrimonial mishaps, How The Other Half Loves. The 1969 classic – the first of Ayckbourn’s plays to be staged on Broadway – returns to London […]
REVIEW: BAD JEWS (Theatre Royal Haymarket)
Bad Jews, by Joshua Harmon has been on quite the journey since it debuted off-broadway in 2012. It’s UK premiere was at Bath’s Ustinov Studio in 2013, before transferring to London’s St James Theatre in 2014 and then the Arts Theatre in the West End in 2015. Continuing its success, 2016 has seen yet […]