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Lynn Redgrave dies aged 67

Published: 4 May 2010

Actress Lynn Redgrave died on 2 May at the age of 67, with her family around her. Her death follows a seven year battle with breast cancer.The younger sister of… Read More

Explore theatrical secrets with Sounding Out

Published: 30 April 2010

The Royal Opera House’s week-long family event Sounding Out returns this year from 1 to 4 June offering a free open day, a range of workshops and a family performance.… Read More

Macbeth

Published: 30 April 2010

From its blood-soaked beginnings it is obvious that this Macbeth, the first production of Shakespeare’s Globe’s 2010 season, will not shy away from the gory realities of the Bard’s murderous… Read More

Families entertained in giant purple cow

Published: 29 April 2010

Penguins, pirates and stick men will be entertaining families in a giant upside down purple cow this summer as part of the E4 Udderbelly season on the South Bank.  Following… Read More

All The Fun Of The Fair

Published: 29 April 2010

David Essex, musical theatre star turned cockney heartthrob for a generation of mums and grandmothers, is back on the West End stage leading a musical featuring a host of his… Read More

Lucian Msamati

Published: 28 April 2010

How do you go from having £100 cash to your name and working as a cleaner to leading productions in the most distinguished British theatre companies in less than a… Read More

Full cast confirmed for Women, Power And Politics

Published: 28 April 2010

Niamh Cusack, Kika Markham and Stella Gonet have been cast in the ensemble for the Tricycle theatre’s Women, Power And Politics season which runs from 4 June to 17 July… Read More

Women Beware Women

Published: 28 April 2010

Thomas Middleton was no romantic idealist. Rape, incest and sexual politics are all themes of his dark, disturbing play Women Beware Women.It seems an unusual choice for a female director,… Read More

Webbe picks up West End habit

Published: 27 April 2010

Blue singer Simon Webbe will be joining his bandmate and Legally Blonde star Duncan James in the West End this summer when he joins the cast of Sister Act at… Read More

Would Like To Meet

Published: 27 April 2010

A soft voice in your ear asks you to remember the last time you made up a story about a stranger – perhaps it was someone sitting next to you… Read More

Wicked’s Thorpe joins Mamma Mia!

Published: 26 April 2010

West End regular Harriet Thorpe is to take over the glamorous role of Tanya in ABBA musical Mamma Mia! at the Prince of Wales theatre from 14 June. Thorpe comes… Read More

Backstage: Emily Cooper, puppeteer

Published: 26 April 2010

After seeing the show three times when it first opened, puppeteer Emily Cooper has finally joined the cast of War Horse. She tells Caroline Bishop about staring at geese, discovering… Read More

Goodman-Hill reunites with Goold for National Earthquakes

Published: 23 April 2010

Tom Goodman-Hill, currently working with Rupert Goold on the hit production Enron, is to be reunited with the director later this summer when he joins the cast of Earthquakes In… Read More

Gate launches season of premieres and provocation

Published: 23 April 2010

Three world premieres and four boundary-pushing pieces of interactive theatre make up the summer season at West London’s always innovative Gate theatre.At the theatre, the company will collaborate with Rupert… Read More

Ruined

Published: 23 April 2010

Lynn Nottage’s Ruined opened last night at the Almeida theatre, having crossed the Atlantic laden down with numerous American accolades and a coveted Pulitzer Prize. But Ruined seeks something more… Read More

Richards drags up for extended Priscilla

Published: 23 April 2010

TV copper Ben Richards is to swap his policeman’s helmet for some distinctly more flamboyant attire when he joins the cast of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical on… Read More

Australian Lemon adds zing to London Billy

Published: 23 April 2010

Award-winning Australian actress Genevieve Lemon is to make her West End debut on 31 May, replacing Joanna Riding as dance teacher Mrs Wilkinson in hit show Billy Elliot The Musical.The… Read More

Richmond welcomes Dahl’s George

Published: 22 April 2010

Birmingham Stage Company’s new production of George’s Marvellous Medicine is to come to Richmond theatre from 22 to 26 June as part of a UK tour. Acclaimed children’s author David… Read More

“Special fusion of East and West” celebrated at Fantasticks launch

Published: 22 April 2010

The typically British Adam Street Private Members Club, with its low key, almost disguised entrance, hosted the launch of a production which promises to be, according to co-producer Nica Burns,… Read More

The Real Thing

Published: 22 April 2010

Henry says he “can’t write love”. But he can write about adultery. While his actress wife plays the unfaithful lead in his latest play, Henry is busy committing adultery in… Read More

Toad scoops City Hall home

Published: 21 April 2010

City Hall will be turned into Toad Hall this summer as The Scoop at More London stages a new adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s popular story The Wind In The Willows… Read More

The Scoop sets up free summer

Published: 21 April 2010

Don Juan In Love and an adaptation of The Wind In The Willows make up the free theatre season at The Scoop at More London this summer, playing from 4… Read More

NT brings Hamlet and Frankenstein to screen

Published: 21 April 2010

Following the success enjoyed by the pilot season of its cinema experiment NT Live, the National Theatre has announced that the current production of London Assurance and forthcoming productions of… Read More

Christopher Timothy

Published: 21 April 2010

He has been acting for more than 40 years but Christopher Timothy is still pushing himself towards an unknown summit, finds Caroline Bishop.Most people associate actor Christopher Timothy with country… Read More

Free theatre festival returns in June

Published: 21 April 2010

West End LIVE, the annual festival of free theatre which fills Leicester Square with the best of London’s world-beating stage offerings, is to return on 19 and 20 June.The world’s… Read More

Under the blue sky

Published: 20 April 2010

From established outdoor theatres such as the Open Air and Shakespeare’s Globe, to promenade performances through the streets and parks of London, theatre en plein air in the capital is… Read More

Full cast confirmed for Almeida’s Bergman adaptation

Published: 20 April 2010

Dimitri Leonidas, Ian McElhinney and Justin Salinger are to join the previously announced Ruth Wilson in the Almeida theatre production of Through A Glass Darkly.The Andrew Upton adaptation of Ingmar… Read More

Little Gem

Published: 20 April 2010

Elaine Murphy’s debut play has a simple conceit: three generations of one family’s women sharing, through interwoven monologues, the events and emotions of a year in their lives.On a plain… Read More

Strictly stars Burn The Floor at Shaftesbury theatre

Published: 19 April 2010

Brian Fortuna and Ali Bastian, who came third in the 2009 series of Strictly Come Dancing, will appear as guest dancers in sizzling ballroom show Burn The Floor when it… Read More

Stoppard, Sir Tom. Playwright. Born 1937.

Published: 19 April 2010

One of the few playwrights whose work is so distinctive that his name has been transformed into an adjective – Stoppardian – Tom Stoppard is among the most influential writers… Read More

Profile: Tom Stoppard

Published: 19 April 2010

Sir Tom Stoppard. Playwright. Born 1937.One of the few playwrights whose work is so distinctive that his name has been transformed into an adjective – Stoppardian – Tom Stoppard is… Read More

Beale, Groff and Massey in London’s Deathtrap

Published: 19 April 2010

London stage regular Simon Russell Beale is to star in a revival of thriller Deathtrap alongside Anna Massey and Glee star Jonathan Groff. The new production, directed by Matthew Warchus,… Read More

Bron joins McCrory in The Late Middle Classes

Published: 16 April 2010

Eleanor Bron, Robert Glenister and Peter Sullivan will join the previously announced Helen McCrory in the Donmar Warehouse’s production of The Late Middle Classes.Simon Grey’s comedy tells the story of… Read More

Posh

Published: 16 April 2010

Misogyny, arrogance, ignorance and utter disregard for anyone outside their elitist group – Laura Wade offers no saving graces to the young men at the heart of her new play… Read More

Ghosts Stories set to terrify the West End

Published: 16 April 2010

The Lyric Hammersmith’s chilling show Ghost Stories has announced it will transfer to the West End this summer, opening at the Duke of York’s Theatre this June.Ghost Stories sees three… Read More

ENO adds movie magic to 2010/11 season

Published: 15 April 2010

Directors Mike Figgis and Terry Gilliam, best known for their exploits on celluloid, are to make their English National Opera debuts in the 2010/11 season. Figgis and Gilliam join stage… Read More

All American cast joins Patinkin in Paradise

Published: 15 April 2010

The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced full casting details for its upcoming new musical Paradise Found, with an all-American cast taking to the London Bridge venue’s stage this May, joining… Read More

Tricycle hosts five Kushner plays

Published: 15 April 2010

Five one-act plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright Tony Kushner will be staged at the Tricycle theatre in September under the banner Tiny Kushner. The collection of plays, produced by… Read More

Summer 2010 Access London Theatre brochure out now

Published: 15 April 2010

The summer 2010 Access London Theatre brochure is now available. Covering audio-described, captioned and sign language interpreted performances over the coming months, the brochure is an invaluable source for any… Read More

Hair

Published: 15 April 2010

For those who became adults in the 60s and 70s, Hair is a musical icon, and for those who have grown up since, it is the stuff of legend.  Epitomising… Read More

Dianne Pilkington

Published: 14 April 2010

Screaming supporters, banners of encouragement, groupies who know more about you than you do; it all sounds more like the life of Take That than a musical theatre performer. Yet… Read More

Old Vic stages Ditch in tunnel

Published: 14 April 2010

Following its experiment with Punchdrunk last year, the Old Vic is to stage a new play by Beth Steel in the tunnels under Waterloo Station from 13 to 19 May.… Read More

Fela! comes to National

Published: 13 April 2010

The Broadway show Fela! is to receive its London premiere courtesy of the National Theatre this autumn, when it opens in the Olivier theatre on 6 November (press night 16… Read More

Prima Donna

Published: 13 April 2010

First seen at the Manchester International Festival in 2009, Rufus Wainwright’s eagerly awaited opera debut, Prima Donna, opened at Sadler’s Wells last night with all the passion and flair you… Read More

The Empire

Published: 9 April 2010

Rubble covers the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs’s stage; Afghan rocks, concrete and plaster that have morphed from the walls and ceilings they once were by a recent battle. Three… Read More

Harry Potter magician comes to Polka

Published: 9 April 2010

Magician Paul Kieve will come to Polka theatre from 3 to 5 June with his innovative magic show Hocus Pocus. Kieve was a consultant on the Harry Potter films and… Read More

Andersen’s English

Published: 9 April 2010

What happened when the acclaimed Danish poet and fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen came to stay with the renowned English novelist Charles Dickens? Sebastian Barry’s new play takes an educated… Read More

Shirley Valentine / Educating Rita

Published: 9 April 2010

Though separated by a decade in age, both of Willy Russell’s female leads in the plays revived at the Menier Chocolate Factory are, given the chance, vivacious, energetic women, but… Read More

Barton swaps East End for Chicago

Published: 8 April 2010

Emma Barton, who is best know for playing Honey Mitchell in EastEnders, is to take to the West End stage later this month. From 26 April, she will play Roxie… Read More

Easter workshops at Chickenshed

Published: 8 April 2010

Young people bursting with creative energy can join Chickenshed theatre’s week of artistic workshops this Easter holiday, from 12 to 16 April.Led by Chickenshed’s professional company, the workshops offer the… Read More

Meet the cast of The London Eye Mystery

Published: 8 April 2010

Places are still available for the Unicorn theatre’s Family Day on Sunday 18 April, held in conjunction with its current production of The London Eye Mystery.The Family Day involves a… Read More

Barbican serenades family audiences

Published: 8 April 2010

The Barbican is hosting a special family concert on 24 April inspired by outer space. Serenade For A Satellite, created by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and theatremaker Graeme Miller, takes… Read More

Spring Storm

Published: 8 April 2010

The onset of an imminent storm is never a good omen in literature, on film and on stage. The tempestuous weather invariably brings with it destruction and upheaval. This is… Read More

Beyond The Horizon

Published: 7 April 2010

In the first of two productions visiting the National Theatre from the Royal & Derngate Northampton, Eugene O’Neill paints a bleak portrait of the consequences of ignoring your destiny. The… Read More

Niamh Cusack

Published: 7 April 2010

Niamh Cusack, a member of one of Ireland’s best known acting families, is currently delving into the personal affairs of another famous family, that of Charles Dickens. The Victorian novelist… Read More

Polar Bears

Published: 7 April 2010

The contents of the debut play by novelist Mark Haddon have been kept tightly under wraps, with both the author and the actors giving interviewers headaches with their reluctance to… Read More

Corin Redgrave dies aged 70

Published: 6 April 2010

Actor Corin Redgrave has died at the age of 70. The Laurence Olivier Award-winning performer passed away at a South London hospital after being taken ill on Sunday.A statement issued… Read More

Introducing… Henry Lloyd Hughes

Published: 6 April 2010

Rising star Henry Lloyd Hughes dipped his toe in a whole new world to research his role in Laura Wade’s new drama Posh, which portrays the moneyed members of an… Read More

Globe’s Spooky casting as Raison plays Boleyn

Published: 6 April 2010

Star of hit television series Spooks and Married Single Other, Miranda Raison is to play the iconic English queen Anne Boleyn in two different productions at Shakespeare’s Globe this summer.The… Read More

Billys reunite for fifth anniversary

Published: 1 April 2010

How many Billys does it take to celebrate a birthday? About 22. That was the number of former and present Billy Elliots who came together last night at the Victoria… Read More

Sharp and Lance add Ingredient X

Published: 1 April 2010

Lesley Sharp, James Lance and Indira Varma are to star in Nick Grosso’s new comedy about addiction, Ingredient X, at the Royal Court from 20 May to 19 June (press… Read More

Jodhi May

Published: 31 March 2010

Matthew Amer tries to talk to Polar Bears star Jodhi May about her return to the stage in Mark Haddon's debut play at the Donmar Warehouse.Conducting a theatrical interview when… Read More

Cracknell, Kramer and Wares named Young Vic associates

Published: 31 March 2010

The Young Vic theatre has announced that Carrie Cracknell, Daniel Kramer and Sacha Wares will join the company as Associate Directors. All three join on an initial period of one… Read More

Into The Woods for Open Air cast

Published: 31 March 2010

Hannah Waddingham and Jenna Russell will go Into The Woods in more ways than one this summer as they lead the cast of the Open Air theatre’s production of Sondheim’s… Read More

Rylance stages Survival fundraiser

Published: 30 March 2010

The Laurence Olivier Award-winning star of hit play Jerusalem, Mark Rylance, is to direct a fundraising performance in support of tribal peoples at the Apollo theatre on Sunday 18 April.… Read More

NT welcomes Harewood to Thebes

Published: 30 March 2010

David Harewood, who was last seen in London starring in the Laurence Olivier Award-winning The Mountaintop, is to lead the cast of Moira Buffini’s Welcome To Thebes, which opens at… Read More

Dirty White Boy tells tales at Trafalgar Studios

Published: 29 March 2010

Dirty White Boy: Tales Of Soho, which tells of the colourful characters that flit in and out of the life of an upmarket Soho menswear shop owner, is to open… Read More

Being Billy Elliot

Published: 29 March 2010

As Billy Elliot The Musical prepares to celebrate its fifth West End birthday, Official London Theatre caught up with its four leading men to find out more about playing musical… Read More

Passion for Strallen and Thaxton

Published: 29 March 2010

Scarlett Strallen and David Thaxton are to join Elena Roger in the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Passion from 10 September to 27 November (press night 21 September).  Strallen, the elder… Read More

Mrs Warren’s Profession

Published: 26 March 2010

George Bernard Shaw’s play, revived in this production at the Comedy theatre by Michael Rudman, is a damning portrayal of women’s position in Victorian society. The story of an ostensibly… Read More

Young Vic revives McDonagh’s Leenane

Published: 25 March 2010

The first major revival of Martin McDonagh’s award-winning play The Beauty Queen Of Leenane will play at the Young Vic from 15 July to 21 August (press night 21 July).… Read More

Waterloo Station welcomes Railway Children

Published: 25 March 2010

York Theatre Royal’s stage production of E Nesbit’s 1906 novel The Railway Children is to be staged in the former Eurostar terminal at Waterloo Station this summer, playing from 4… Read More

New survey reflects happy audiences

Published: 25 March 2010

A new report entitled The West End Theatre Audience has been published, giving a greater insight into London’s theatregoing community, 93% of whom described the performance they attended as good.Produced… Read More

Macbeth at the Open Air theatre

Published: 25 March 2010

Macbeth, it seems, is the Shakespearean play of choice this year, with three productions of the tale playing in London at Shakespeare’s Globe, the Open Air theatre and the Barbican,… Read More

Simon Russell Beale

Published: 24 March 2010

Simon Russell Beale is happy. Lounging on the sofa of the National Theatre’s interview cubby, the Thames ambling past over his right shoulder, he is entirely at home, writes Matthew… Read More
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