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 […]
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 […]
Burt Bacharach musical PROMISES, PROMISES comes to London for the first time since 1969
Promises, Promises the hit Broadway musical based on the multi Oscar-winning 1960 film The Apartment, with music by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David and book by Neil Simon, is to get its first London production since its 1969 West End premiere. Promises, Promises, about a junior executive at an insurance company who sets out […]
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 […]