Howard Goodall’s THE HIRED MAN returns to London
Melvyn Bragg and Howard Goodall’s passionately captivating musical The Hired Man will be returning for a limited run at London’s Union Theatre in July. Directed by Brendan Matthew whose previous directing includes the critically acclaimed world premiere of My Land’s Shore and The Kissing Dance will be reviving this romantic drama, with previews from the […]
REVIEW: MY COUNTRY: A WORK IN PROGRESS (Theatre Royal Stratford East) ★★★
My Country: A Work in Progress is a Brexit-inspired collaboration between Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Artistic Director of the National Theatre Rufus Norris. It was conceived primarily as a listening project, in response to a referendum campaign characterised by stark divides and bitter debates. In a country that often feels like it doesn’t […]
REVIEW: TRIBE (London Theatre Workshop) ★★★
“What would Bear Grylls do?” Tribe is a new play about Scouting and its relevance for the youth of today, written by Brandon Force, Matthew McCray and Rowena Russell. It’s 2012 and a group of Scouts are spending the weekend preparing for a competition against other troops, to challenge their Scouting skills. This was the […]
REVIEW: CLEAN SLATE (Courtyard Theatre) ★★★★
Clean Slate began as Table Rase, written by Catherine Chabot and produced in Montreal in 2015. The play won the award for best new writing in Quebec in 2016. The first English language staging of the play comes to the Courtyard Theatre in Hoxton in a production by Trip & Guts Theatre, a company that […]
BLOG: Is celebrity casting ever a good thing?
Celebrities mean more people buy tickets, ticket sales mean a successful run of a show, a successful show keeps actors employed. This week saw the announcement that former England cricket captain, Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff will swap the cricket pitch to tread the boards in the world premiere of Kay Mellor’s Fat Friends – the Musical on […]
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Musical EVITA set to return to the West End
The current touring version of EVITA is set to return to the West End this summer, replacing Gary Barlow’s Musical The Girls at the Phoenix Theatre from 28 July 2017. The story of an ordinary woman’s meteoric rise to power at a time of extraordinary political unrest, Evita is set to captivate West End audiences […]
Downton Abbey actress to star in APOLOGIA at TRAFALGAR STUDIOS
Final casting has been announced for Apologia, which will begin previews on 29th July at Trafalgar Studios. Laura Carmichael will join previously announced Tony and Emmy award winner Stockard Channing, Freema Agyeman, Joseph Millson and Olivier Award winner Desmond Barrit in a new production of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s darkly funny and haunting play about family […]
JOANNE CLIFTON and BEN ADAMS to star in the UK Tour of FLASHDANCE – THE MUSICAL
Flashdance – The Musical returns to the UK for the first time since 2011 starring Strictly favourite Joanne Clifton and singer-songwriter Ben Adams, and will arrive at Glasgow King’s Theatre on 05 August 2017 prior to an extensive UK tour. For full details of tour venues and dates, visit www.flashdanceuktour.co.uk Strictly Come Dancing Champion Joanne […]
ANDREW ‘FREDDIE’ FLINTOFF joins the UK Tour of FAT FRIENDS – THE MUSICAL
Former England cricket captain, and star of SKY’s League of Their Own, Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff will swap the cricket pitch to tread the boards as he joins an all star cast for the world premiere of Kay Mellor’s Fat Friends – the Musical. Freddie will play Kevin Chadwick opposite the previously announced, Jodie Prenger as […]
MARY STUART transfers from the ALMEIDA into the West End
Two queens. One in power. One in prison. It’s all in the execution. Following a critically acclaimed, sold-out season at the Almeida in 2016-17, Robert Icke’s new adaptation of Mary Stuart transfers to the Duke of York’s Theatre in London’s West End from Saturday 13 January for a limited run. The production will then visit […]