Superstars from the world of stage & screen donate treasured items to charity for the Theatre Super Auction
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Dame Judi Dench, Joan Collins, Michael Ball, Whoopi Goldberg, Alexandra Burke & Martin McDonagh, are among dozens of celebrities offering up their treasured personal possessions and ‘money can’t buy’ experiences to raise money for theatres and the performing arts industry. This one-off event will provide crucial funding for an industry which has […]
John Owen-Jones, Layton Williams, Shan Ako & more join ‘West End Musical Drive In’ line up
The UK’s biggest musical theatre concert continues as West End Musical Drive-In announce four new socially distant celebrations across August and September. Following huge demand for their launch event in July with West End stars Kerry Ellis, Alice Fearn and Jon Robyns, the team have assembled even more theatrical talent to take over The Drive […]
And the understudies are … still not being mentioned
A whole new world is about to begin. After four months of no live theatre performances on stage, the UK Government are slowly allowing theatre to reopen. It will be a while until things are anywhere near ‘normal’ (if ever) but at least there is hope at the end of the tunnel as new shows […]
Open-air production of Glenn Chandler’s ‘Fanny and Stella’ to play in London this August
London Fringe theatre will burst back to life after Lockdown on Monday 3 August with a new socially distanced version of the acclaimed musical ‘Fanny and Stella’ (until 23 August). A brand new socially distanced open-air production, with Book and Lyrics by Glenn Chandler, the creator of ‘Taggart’, and Music by Charles Miller, will be staged as […]
UK Government announce indoor performances can resume from 1 August – so long as they are Covid-secure
Boris Johnson has today announced the next phase of lockdown easing, coming in to play from 1 August 2020. This includes allowing indoor live performances, provided they are ‘Covid-secure’. Part of the government guidelines on keeping businesses Covid-secure is “where possible you should keep people 2m apart. If this is not viable, keeping 1m apart […]
Stephen Tompkinson to star in Educating Rita at the outdoor Minack Theatre, Cornwall
A 40th anniversary production of Willy Russell’s EDUCATING RITA will play the Minack Theatre, Cornwall this August. The production was on a UK Tour when the Government closed theatres, but is now able to open at this beautiful outdoor theatre with social distancing. Performances will begin on Tuesday 18 August and the season will run […]
The West End cast of Frozen the Musical has been announced!
The West End cast of Frozen the Musical has been announced! Joining the previously announced Samantha Barks (Elsa) and Stephanie McKeon (Anna) are Obioma Ugoala (Kristoff), Craig Gallivan (Olaf), Oliver Ormson (Hans), Richard Frame (Weselton), and alternating the role of Sven, Mikayla Jade and Ashley Birchall; with Jeremy Batt, Cameron Burt, Lauren Chia, Laura Emmitt, […]
SIX – Live From The Drive In – tour cancelled due to local lockdown fears
Two weeks ago it was announced that a Socially distanced production of SIX THE MUSICAL to tour the UK this Summer in a brave move from producers to try to restart the live performance process for theatre fans. Sadly, it has today been announced that the Live Nation, Live From The Drive-In concert series that was to […]
Helen Mirren to appear in Greenwich Theatre’s online production of The Secret Love Life of Ophelia
Oscar winner and Greenwich Theatre patron Dame Helen Mirren is set to support the venue’s debut online production – a new version of Steven Berkoff’s The Secret Love Life of Ophelia – with a special guest appearance. Written as an exchange of letters between the young Shakespearean lovers Hamlet and Ophelia, Berkoff’s play parallels the […]
David Hunter and Caroline Kay release new online musical created and recorded during lockdown
David Hunter and Caroline Kay have come together virtually – having never before met in person – to write, perform, and record a new Musical Short, ‘The Space Between’. Made using screen-recordings of live video calls over Zoom, FaceTime, and Whatsapp, ‘The Space Between’ is a 13-minute musical story offering a glimpse into a couple’s difficult relationship […]