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Roald Dahl And My Mother And Me

Published: 17 January 2011

As his adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Twisted Tales opens at the Lyric Hammersmith, Jeremy Dyson explores his love of the author most famous for his children’s books:It was all my… Read More

Cusack joins Old Vic’s Cause Célèbre

Published: 17 January 2011

Niamh Cusack is to star opposite Anne-Marie Duff in Terence Rattigan’s Cause Célèbre at the Old Vic from 17 March. London stage regular Cusack will play jury forewoman Edith Davenport… Read More

Unicorn stages new Musketeers

Published: 14 January 2011

A new production of The Three Musketeers will be staged by the Unicorn theatre this spring, in a season that also includes work by visiting companies Pilot theatre, Travelling Light,… Read More

Riding stars in Kneehigh’s The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg

Published: 14 January 2011

Joanna Riding will star in Kneehigh’s production of The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, which will play at the Gielgud theatre this March under the direction of the Cornish company’s Artistic Director… Read More

Law returns for Grandage’s final season

Published: 14 January 2011

Jude Law is to return to the Donmar Warehouse to star in Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie this summer. The production, which sees him team up with Ruth Wilson, forms part… Read More

Barbershopera: Apocalypse No! and The Fitzrovia Radio Hour

Published: 14 January 2011

Producer James Seabright has plucked comedy shows Barbershopera: Apocalypse No! and The Fitzrovia Radio Hour from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and brought them to the intimate Trafalgar Studios 2. The… Read More

Ford Davies tours Goodnight Mister Tom

Published: 13 January 2011

Oliver Ford Davies will star in a new stage adaptation of Michelle Magorian’s classic children’s novel Goodnight Mister Tom, which plays at the Rose theatre, Kingston in April as part… Read More

Haydn Gwynne

Published: 12 January 2011

Back on stage in London after a stay in New York, Haydn Gwynne talks to Caroline Bishop about following a massive Broadway musical with a new play at the intimate… Read More

Final Sandy for West End’s Grease

Published: 12 January 2011

Carina Gillespie and Michael Pickering are to join the cast of Grease at the Piccadilly theatre on 24 January, taking the show to its final performance on 30 April. Gillespie… Read More

Show goes on for tkts

Published: 12 January 2011

“It is business as usual!” That is the message from the tkts ticket booth in Leicester Square as the historic London thoroughfare is transformed into a building site for major… Read More

Postlethwaite, Pete: Actor. Born 1946, Died 2011

Published: 12 January 2011

Born in Warrington in 1946, Postlethwaite was briefly a drama teacher before becoming an actor in the 1970s, training at the Bristol Old Vic. His career began at the Liverpool… Read More

Watkins withdraws from Clybourne Park

Published: 11 January 2011

Jason Watkins, who was due to play the roles of Karl and Steve in the forthcoming West End transfer of Clybourne Park, has withdrawn from the production due to family… Read More

Curry finds Company at Southwark

Published: 11 January 2011

Former Blue Peter presenter Mark Curry is to join Southwark Playhouse’s production of Sondheim musical Company from 2 February, along with Avenue Q star Cassidy Janson. Curry came to fame… Read More

Tricycle plays Great Game at Pentagon

Published: 10 January 2011

The Tricycle theatre’s cycle of plays about Afghanistan, The Great Game, is to be performed at the Pentagon in Washington to an audience of American policy and decision makers, military… Read More

Theatre’s ultimate to-do list

Published: 10 January 2011

If the coming of the new year has inspired a sudden addiction to list-making – things to do, places to visit, ambitions to achieve – do not worry, you are… Read More

Tennant and Tate reunite for Much Ado

Published: 8 January 2011

Former Dr Who co-stars David Tennant and Catherine Tate will be reunited on the London stage this summer, when they lead the cast of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing at… Read More

Morgan to star in Our Private Life

Published: 7 January 2011

Merlin star Colin Morgan will make his Royal Court theatre debut in Our Private Life when it opens next month at the Sloane Square venue.Our Private Life, which is presented… Read More

Staunton and Cohu find A Delicate Balance

Published: 7 January 2011

Lucy Cohu and Imelda Staunton are to join Penelope Wilton in Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance at the Almeida theatre this spring. Albee’s acerbic drama, which plays at the Islington… Read More

London’s Rainbow stretches further

Published: 6 January 2011

End Of The Rainbow, Peter Quilter’s drama about the final days of Judy Garland’s life, has proved so popular during its run at the Trafalgar Studios that it has extended… Read More

Noël Coward finds its Million Dollar Quartet

Published: 6 January 2011

Ben Goddard, Derek Hagen, Robert Britton Lyons and Michael Malarkey are to play a slightly better known foursome when they take on the roles of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash,… Read More

ATG pair lead Stage 100

Published: 6 January 2011

Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire, the joint Chief Executives of the Ambassador Theatre Group, are the most influential people in UK theatre according to arts and entertainment newspaper The Stage.The… Read More

Children’s Hour lengthens Knightley’s London season

Published: 6 January 2011

The Children’s Hour, which stars Hollywood headliner Keira Knightley and Mad Men actress Elisabeth Moss, has extended its run at the Comedy theatre before the curtain has risen on the… Read More

Landor revives Lloyd Webber’s By Jeeves

Published: 6 January 2011

The escapades of Bertie Wooster and his butler are to return to the London stage in February when the Landor theatre stages Alan Ayckbourn and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s By Jeeves.The… Read More

Rainbow’s Samuels stars in Last Five Years

Published: 5 January 2011

Lauren Samuels, who rose to fame as a runner up in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s televised search for a Dorothy, Over The Rainbow, is to star in Jason Robert Brown’s musical… Read More

Martin Marquez

Published: 5 January 2011

He has played a barman in Hotel Babylon and a copper in The Bill. Now Martin Marquez adds to his list of trades by playing the West End’s favourite miner,… Read More

West End favourites launch Get Into London Theatre

Published: 5 January 2011

London theatre stars including Daniel Boys, Louise Dearman, Alex Gaumond, Ray Meagher, Ben Richards and the cast of Jersey Boys were among the theatre fans who celebrated the launch of… Read More

Graham to leave Unicorn

Published: 4 January 2011

Tony Graham, the Artistic Director of the Unicorn children’s theatre, is to step down from the role at the end of 2011. Graham has been in the post for 13… Read More

Pete Postlethwaite dies aged 64

Published: 3 January 2011

Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite has died at the age of 64, it was announced today. After a lengthy illness, the actor died peacefully in hospital in Shropshire. Born in… Read More

Walter, Suchet and Hancock lead New Year’s Honours

Published: 31 December 2010

Actors Harriet Walter, David Suchet and Sheila Hancock are among the most prominent theatrical names to be recognised in the 2011 New Year's Honours List. Walter, now Dame Harriet Walter… Read More

Page to revive Eleanor Of Aquitaine

Published: 30 December 2010

Eileen Page will revive the one-woman show Eleanor Of Aquitaine at the Jermyn Street Theatre for a week this January. First performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1999, the… Read More

Soho art gallery houses The Shape Of Things

Published: 30 December 2010

Site-specific theatre company Rhapsody of Words will present Laurence Olivier Award-nominated playwright Neil LaBute's The Shape Of Things at a Soho art gallery this winter.Directed by Tom Attenborough, The Shape… Read More

Theatreland gears up for New Year’s Eve

Published: 29 December 2010

Theatregoers planning to celebrate New Year’s Eve by taking in a performance on the afternoon or evening of 31 December are being advised to check before they travel. Transport For… Read More

Ellis sings May Day Anthems

Published: 29 December 2010

Former Wicked star Kerry Ellis and Queen guitarist Brian May are to collaborate for a one-off concert at the Royal Albert Hall on 1 May in aid of Leukaemia &… Read More

O’Rowe finds Terminus at Young Vic

Published: 23 December 2010

Mark O’Rowe, the writer of the screenplay for Boy A, is to direct his own play Terminus at the Young Vic from 30 March to 16 April. Terminus, which began… Read More

Backstage: Alison Rae, Senior House Manager

Published: 23 December 2010

After 30 years working front of house at the National Theatre, Alison Rae knows a thing or two about dealing with latecomers, tactfully offering cough sweets and being booed off… Read More

Onassis closes, Billy extends

Published: 22 December 2010

Onassis, Martin Sherman’s bio-play about the final years in the life of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, is to close at the Novello theatre on 8 January, a month earlier… Read More

Gina McKee

Published: 22 December 2010

From tap-dancing to acting opposite Derek Jacobi, Gina McKee’s career is founded on the principle of learning as much as she can, finds Caroline Bishop.I have suddenly found myself receiving… Read More

Million Dollar West End for Ward

Published: 21 December 2010

Former Coronation Street actor Bill Ward is to star in new musical Million Dollar Quartet when it opens at the Noël Coward theatre on 8 February. Ward, who starred as… Read More

2010: a quotable year

Published: 21 December 2010

As the year draws to a close, Official London Theatre looks back at some of its favourite interviewees of 2010 with a small tear of pride in its metaphysical eye…Ah,… Read More

Showstopper! comes to West End

Published: 21 December 2010

Following success at the Edinburgh Festival and on the London fringe, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical is to enjoy a limited season at the West End’s Ambassadors theatre from 8 February… Read More

Daniel Boys launches Get Into London Theatre

Published: 20 December 2010

Former Avenue Q star Daniel Boys is to host an afternoon of free theatrical entertainment at the Royal Festival Hall on 4 January to celebrate the start of Get Into… Read More

Potted Panto entertains stranded travellers

Published: 20 December 2010

The producers of Christmas show Potted Panto are offering free tickets to travellers stranded in London due to snow. Anyone whose travel plans have been delayed or abandoned because of… Read More

Wax loses it at Chocolate Factory

Published: 20 December 2010

Actress, comedian and presenter Ruby Wax is to return to the London stage from 15 February 2011, when she brings Ruby Wax – Losing It to the Menier Chocolate Factory.Envy,… Read More

McFadden replaces Smith in Legally Blonde

Published: 17 December 2010

Susan McFadden will have big pink boots to fill when she replaces Sheridan Smith as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde The Musical from 10 January 2011. As the hit musical’s… Read More

Russia winters in London

Published: 17 December 2010

Russian theatre company Sovremennik is to make its UK debut when it presents three productions at the Noël Coward theatre from 21 to 29 January. The Moscow-based company, led by… Read More

First night: The Winter’s Tale

Published: 17 December 2010

An inventive design and strong performances hold together the two very different halves of The Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare’s story of jealousy and repentance.In terms of story, those two halves are… Read More

Cumming makes West End concert return

Published: 16 December 2010

Hollywood star Alan Cumming is to return to the West End stage for one night only in a concert celebrating the debut album of Emmy Award-winning composer Lance Horne.Cumming will… Read More

Beasts And Beauties

Published: 16 December 2010

A night of traditional storytelling courtesy of director Melly Still and Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy makes for a comically gruesome alternative to other Christmas fare. We are in the… Read More

George’s Marvellous Medicine

Published: 15 December 2010

If any show should come with a ‘do not try this at home’ warning then surely George’s Marvellous Medicine is it. Luckily, David Wood’s lively adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic… Read More

A Flea In Her Ear

Published: 15 December 2010

It is panto season. Time for silliness, japery and fun without too much thought required... which is exactly what adult audiences can expect from A Flea In Her Ear at… Read More

Potted Panto

Published: 14 December 2010

The potty twosome are back. After latching on to a good thing with their reductive rendition of the Harry Potter books in Potted Potter, Dan and Jeff turn their hands… Read More

Springer shares Hook with Hasselhoff

Published: 14 December 2010

Talk show host Jerry Springer may be used to crowds booing his questionably moralled guests, but now he will be getting a taste of the audience’s derision for himself, as… Read More

Get Santa!

Published: 14 December 2010

For the first time ever, the Royal Court theatre – best known for its edgy new writing and obscenely young writers – has created a family show for Christmas. But… Read More

Princess of Burgundia weds beneath Waterloo

Published: 14 December 2010

The tunnels beneath Waterloo Station are to host an all-male cross-dressing cast from 5 to 30 January as they perform Polish black comedy Ivona, Princess Of Burgundia.Witold Gombrowicz’s play is… Read More

Q & A: Joel Horwood and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm

Published: 13 December 2010

Young writers Joel Horwood and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm were commissioned in 2009 to write two pantomimes for the Lyric Hammersmith. With last year’s Jack And The Beanstalk collaboration with Richard… Read More

HighTide’s Lidless at Trafalgar Studios

Published: 13 December 2010

Theatre company HighTide is to make its West End debut with Edinburgh Festival hit Lidless, a play about a Guantanamo Bay interrogator, which runs at Trafalgar Studio 2 from 10… Read More

Theatregoers surge to Get Into London Theatre

Published: 10 December 2010

Get Into London Theatre 2011 has proved more popular than ever, selling 21,000 tickets in the three days since booking for the annual reduced-price promotion opened.In this short period alone,… Read More

Garrick goes Hurly Burly for burlesque show

Published: 10 December 2010

The Garrick theatre is to host a very different night of Theatreland entertainment from spring 2011, when burlesque production The Hurly Burly Show brings its risqué brand of performance to… Read More

Spooky show lengthens London life

Published: 10 December 2010

Ghost Stories, the terrifying production that has been making audience’s leap from their seats at the Duke of York’s theatre since summer 2010 has extended its West End run until… Read More

Exclusive: David Farr on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Long Ensemble

Published: 9 December 2010

As the Royal Shakespeare Company moves into the Roundhouse for a 10-week London season, Associate Director David Farr shares his thoughts on the historic company’s innovative long ensemble.Rehearsals in British… Read More

Stevenson and Fleet join Bean’s Heretic

Published: 9 December 2010

Juliet Stevenson and James Fleet will lead the cast of Richard Bean’s climate change black comedy The Heretic, which opens at the Royal Court on 10 February (previews from 4… Read More

Sam Troughton and Mariah Gale

Published: 8 December 2010

As the Royal Shakespeare Company moves into the Roundhouse for its London season, Matthew Amer talks to the company’s Romeo and Juliet about the young lovers, Rupert Goold and having… Read More

Wilton’s Vintage Christmas

Published: 8 December 2010

If there is a perfect venue in London to indulge in some Christmas festivities, mince pies and mulled wine then Wilton’s Music Hall must be it. The oldest surviving Grand… Read More

Leigh and Manville make National return

Published: 8 December 2010

British stage and screen director Mike Leigh is to return to the National Theatre with a new production in 2011, once again collaborating with actress Lesley Manville.The man behind much-acclaimed… Read More

King Lear at the Donmar Warehouse

Published: 8 December 2010

Michael Grandage directs Derek Jacobi in a typically fuss-free production at the Donmar Warehouse which sets the politics, battles and infighting against an austere white background.In fact, Christopher Oram’s design… Read More

Jones and Cusack paint Arcola’s new home

Published: 7 December 2010

Toby Jones and Niamh Cusack are to star in a new play about British artist Turner at the relocated Arcola theatre in January.The Painter has been written by award-winning playwright… Read More

Jon Lee becomes part-time Jersey Boy

Published: 7 December 2010

Pop star turned musical theatre performer Jon Lee is to take on the role of Frankie Valli in hit musical Jersey Boys from 15 March, alternating the part with current… Read More

Love Story

Published: 7 December 2010

After a successful season at the Chichester Festival theatre earlier this year, Erich Segal’s classic, Love Story, transfers to London’s Duchess theatre in the hope that the musical version will… Read More

Grab a bargain with Get Into London Theatre

Published: 6 December 2010

Booking opens today for the 10th annual Get Into London Theatre, the ticket promotion organised by the Society of London Theatre which offers fantastic ticket deals to over 50 top… Read More

Legally Blonde leads Theatregoers’ Choice nominees

Published: 3 December 2010

New musical Legally Blonde leads the pack in the nominations for the 11th annual Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers’ Choice Awards, which were announced at a star-studded party this lunchtime.The musical theatre adaptation… Read More

Peppa Pig’s Party

Published: 2 December 2010

For a family show with a difference this festive season, Peppa Pig and friends inhabit the Criterion theatre until January and, unlike many Christmas-themed kids’ shows in the West End… Read More

Eat With Your Seat: Royal Court

Published: 2 December 2010

Sick of the cold? The Royal Court’s Café Bar provides the ideal space to while away a chilly evening, finds Caroline Bishop.  Royal Court Café Bar Royal Court, Sloane SquareCurrently… Read More

Casting announced for Bush School and Hampstead Tiger

Published: 2 December 2010

Susannah Harker and Claire Price are to join Joanne Froggatt and Christopher Simpson in the Bush theatre's Schools Season, while Sharon Duncan Brewster and Henry Lloyd-Hughes (pictured) are set to… Read More

RSC and Roundhouse sign five-year deal

Published: 2 December 2010

The Royal Shakespeare Company, which opens a season of eight plays at London’s Roundhouse tonight, has announced a five year partnership with the Camden venue which will see the company… Read More

Clybourne goes for second award of season

Published: 2 December 2010

The Royal Court, National Theatre and Almeida theatre have all received nominations in the 2011 South Bank Sky Arts Awards, to be announced on 25 January. Bruce Norris’s play Clybourne… Read More
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