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Court adds to autumn casts

Published: 9 September 2009

The Royal Court has announced additional casting for its autumn productions. Charlotte Riley and Alistair Mackenzie join The Priory, with Andrew Scott appearing in Cock.Riley, who was recently seen playing… Read More

Danny Dyer and Shaun Evans

Published: 9 September 2009

Preparing a two-handed play about music icons Sid Vicious and Kurt Cobain is an intense process finds Matthew Amer, when he talks to Kurt And Sid stars Danny Dyer and… Read More

Akingbola leads Tricycle Not Black And White season

Published: 9 September 2009

The Tricycle theatre has assembled a 13-strong cast, blending venue newcomers with returning actors, to perform all three of the shows in the Not Black And White season.Jimmy Akingbola, Aml… Read More

Record tkts sales highlight booming West End

Published: 9 September 2009

tkts, the West End’s only official theatre ticket booth, has announced an impressive rise in ticket sales during May to August 2009 up 21% on the same period last year,… Read More

Punk Rock

Published: 9 September 2009

Inspired by his time as a schoolteacher, Punk Rock is Simon Stephens’s attempt to dramatise the inner workings of a teenager’s mind, with all its contradictions, angst, intelligence and insecurities.He… Read More

Mel C spices up Blood Brothers

Published: 8 September 2009

Melanie Chisholm, formerly known the world over as Sporty Spice, is to make her theatrical debut this autumn when she takes on the role of Mrs Johnstone in long-running musical… Read More

Sunday fun at the Lyric Hammersmith

Published: 8 September 2009

Sundays will never be the same again at the Lyric Hammersmith, which is introducing new Family Sunday activity days for children and parents from 4 October. Held directly after the… Read More

Ennio comes to Southbank Centre

Published: 8 September 2009

Ennio Marchetto will be the second quick-change artist to visit London this autumn when Ennio: The Paper Cartoon plays at the Southbank Centre from 11 to 20 December. The Laurence… Read More

Ed Byrne: Different Class

Published: 8 September 2009

In an autumn that sees a collection of stand-up comedians take to the West End’s stages, Irish headliner Ed Byrne is the first to unleash his witticisms on London’s theatregoers.And… Read More

McGowan shows comic Timing at King’s Head

Published: 7 September 2009

Timing, the debut play from impressionist and actor Alistair McGowan, will premiere at the King’s Head theatre from 30 September (press night 7 October) with a cast including Edward Baker-Duly… Read More

Exclusive: Mark Dornford-May on why the Chester Mystery Plays are so important to him

Published: 7 September 2009

As the Laurence Olivier Award-winning South African company Isango Portobello returns to the West End, its Artistic Director, Mark Dornford-May, talks to Official London Theatre about his long association with… Read More

Katrina

Published: 7 September 2009

A five-storey warehouse on London’s South Bank is currently housing an emotional drama about one of the most famous and destructive hurricanes in history, Hurricane Katrina. Jericho House’s production of… Read More

Haymarket launches new youth company

Published: 4 September 2009

Young people aged 14 to 18 can get the chance to run a theatre company and produce a season of plays over the coming year as part of the new… Read More

Little Dog gives Friend West End break

Published: 4 September 2009

Film actor Rupert Friend will make his West End stage debut alongside Laurence Olivier Award-winning actress Tamsin Greig in Douglas Carter Beane’s The Little Dog Laughed at the Garrick theatre… Read More

Sharp and Glen bring Ghosts to Duchess

Published: 4 September 2009

Acclaimed actress Lesley Sharp will lead the cast of Ibsen’s Ghosts when a new production, marking the directorial debut of Iain Glen, opens at the Duchess theatre in spring 2010.In… Read More

Extra dates added for Calendar Girls

Published: 4 September 2009

The current star cast of Calendar Girls has extended its run by two weeks, with the actresses, including Jerry Hall and June Brown, continuing to cover their modesty with a… Read More

A New World – A Life Of Thomas Paine

Published: 4 September 2009

Trevor Griffiths has given himself no easy task in trying to pack the eventful, continent-crossing life and times of 18th century egalitarian Thomas Paine into one play.A programme note says… Read More

Hateley and Douwes make Chicago returns

Published: 3 September 2009

Linzi Hateley and Pia Douwes will reprise their roles as femmes fatales Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly in the Cambridge theatre’s Chicago for a strictly limited six week period from… Read More

Hampstead hosts RSC new writing

Published: 3 September 2009

The Royal Shakespeare Company is to premiere new plays by David Greig and Dennis Kelly at the Hampstead theatre next spring.Greig’s Dunsinane, set in 11th century Scotland, runs from 10… Read More

London transfer for RSC Twelfth Night

Published: 3 September 2009

The capital’s theatregoers will be able to enjoy Richard Wilson’s Royal Shakespeare Company debut when Twelfth Night, which opens in Stratford in October, transfers to the Duke of York’s theatre… Read More

Alan Cumming: I Bought A Blue Car Today

Published: 3 September 2009

Alan Cumming is one of those performers who naturally has a delightfully mischievous look about them. Yet on the stage of the Vaudeville theatre – or the VO 2 as… Read More

Lenny Henry

Published: 2 September 2009

Lenny Henry never saw himself performing Shakespeare on the West End stage, yet he has been playing Othello all his life, he tells Caroline Bishop. Lenny Henry has been in… Read More

Jupitus joins Hairspray with Carlisle and Clarke

Published: 2 September 2009

Comedian Phill Jupitus, pop star Belinda Carlisle and West End regular Sharon D Clarke are to join the cast of hit musical Hairspray this October.Jupitus replaces Brian Conley as larger… Read More

Cast announced for York Realist birthday revival

Published: 2 September 2009

The first UK revival of Peter Gill’s Laurence Olivier Award-nominated play The York Realist, which will be staged at the Riverside Studios this autumn to coincide with the writer/director’s 70th… Read More

National launches young scriptwriting competition

Published: 2 September 2009

The National Theatre and Penguin Books launched a new competition this week to find the next generation of young scriptwriters. The Big Break young scriptwriting competition invites teenagers aged 13… Read More

Woodeson is Inspector at Novello

Published: 2 September 2009

Nicholas Woodeson is to lead the cast of JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls when the Stephen Daldry-directed production returns to the West End on 22 September. Woodeson returns to the… Read More

National gets South Bank dancing

Published: 27 August 2009

August bank holiday weekend at the National Theatre can only mean one thing: the return of the now annual Bank Holiday Dance Weekend, taking place as part of the outdoor… Read More

All Change at the Garrick theatre

Published: 27 August 2009

Italian magician, actor and quick-change artist Arturo Brachetti returns to the London stage this autumn in a new show written and directed by The Right Size’s Sean Foley.Arturo Brachetti –… Read More

High School Musical 2 Live On Stage

Published: 27 August 2009

After GMTV launched a nationwide search for its leading man Troy, the Wild Cats are back on the London stage in High School Musical 2 Live On Stage at the… Read More

Wunmi Mosaku

Published: 26 August 2009

You may not have heard her name before, you may not yet recognise her face, but it won’t be long before Katrina star Wunmi Mosaku is a household name, writes… Read More

Carrie’s War offers tickets for one shilling

Published: 25 August 2009

The stage adaptation of Nina Bawden’s wartime drama Carrie’s War will commemorate the anniversary of the start of World War Two on 3 September by offering tickets to that evening’s… Read More

Cumming Unleashed in Horne showcase

Published: 25 August 2009

Alan Cumming will lead a cast of West End stars in a one-night-only event celebrating the work of Emmy Award-winning composer Lance Horne.Notes Unleashed! The Music Of Lance Horne, the… Read More

New work in Unicorn season

Published: 25 August 2009

Two new plays about teenagers on the cusp of adulthood, plus new versions of Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle and classic fairytale Cinderella, feature in the Unicorn theatre’s autumn season.… Read More

Williams extends Chicago stay

Published: 24 August 2009

Michelle Williams, the former Destiny’s Child singer currently bringing her own razzle dazzle to the London stage by playing Roxie Hart in Chicago, has extended her run in the hit… Read More

Technical problems

Published: 24 August 2009

The Society of London Theatre would like to apologise to theatregoers who were unable to use its sites on Friday and over the weekend. The sites were down due to… Read More

Cat In The Hat visits National

Published: 24 August 2009

A new stage adaptation of The Cat In The Hat, aimed at three to six year olds, opens at the National Theatre this Christmas. The Cat In The Hat, which… Read More

Winstone to make stage debut at Hampstead

Published: 24 August 2009

Jaime Winstone will make her stage debut in The Fastest Clock In The Universe at Hampstead theatre from 17 September (press night 22 September) as part of the venue’s 50th… Read More

Warren and Sharp join Vickers’s Little Voice

Published: 19 August 2009

British stage and screen stars Lesley Sharp and Marc Warren are to join former X-Factor star Diana Vickers in the upcoming West End revival of The Rise And Fall Of… Read More

Omid Djalili

Published: 19 August 2009

Omid Djalili in a musical? The comedian has had to win his public, his creative team and himself round to play the role of Fagin in Oliver!, finds Caroline Bishop.Omid… Read More

Gambon leads Bennett’s Habit Of Art

Published: 19 August 2009

Michael Gambon, Alex Jennings and Frances de la Tour will lead the cast of Alan Bennett’s new play at the National Theatre this autumn, for which dates and full casting… Read More

London musicals extend

Published: 18 August 2009

Two of London’s biggest musicals have extended their stay in the capital. The cast of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical will be dragging up until 22 May 2010… Read More

Family fun at the Soho theatre

Published: 17 August 2009

Two family-friendly shows have been announced at the Soho theatre, with Comedy Club 4 Kids returning to the venue next month and festive show Stick Man arriving for the Christmas… Read More

Stockwell transfers to Kilburn

Published: 17 August 2009

Stockwell, the dramatisation of the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, which premiered at the Landor theatre earlier this summer, is to transfer to the Tricycle theatre… Read More

Whishaw in Royal Court autumn

Published: 14 August 2009

Ben Whishaw, Jessica Hynes and Rachael Stirling are to appear in the Royal Court’s autumn season. Whishaw will take the lead role in Mike Bartlett’s candid new play Cock, which… Read More

Rylance replaces Briers in Endgame

Published: 14 August 2009

Richard Briers, who was due to make his final stage appearance in Endgame at the Duchess theatre, has withdrawn from the production. He is replaced in Complicité’s production of Samuel… Read More

Hall and Dench in Elizabethan Dream

Published: 14 August 2009

Dame Judi Dench is to play Titania as Queen Elizabeth I in a reimagined version of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Sir Peter Hall, at the Rose theatre,… Read More

Tara celebrates Japanese star festival

Published: 13 August 2009

Tara Arts is inviting children and families to learn about Japan’s Tanabata Star Festival from 26 to 29 August. Tanabata is an annual festival which celebrates the legend of stars… Read More

Peterson brings Catwalk to London

Published: 13 August 2009

One-woman show Catwalk Confidential, the memoir of a former model, comes to the Arts theatre from 4 September, immediately following its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Festival. Catwalk Confidential is… Read More

West End stars join Scott Alan in concert

Published: 13 August 2009

West End performers including Stephen Ashfield, David Bedella, Ramin Karimloo and Patina Miller will take to the stage of the Leicester Square Theatre on 11 October to perform the music… Read More

New venue access guide in autumn 2009 Access London Theatre brochure

Published: 13 August 2009

The autumn 2009 edition of Access London Theatre is now available, listing all audio-described, captioned and sign language interpreted performances taking place in London’s Theatreland between September and December 2009.… Read More

Jill Halfpenny

Published: 12 August 2009

Incoming Calendar Girl Jill Halfpenny tells Caroline Bishop about learning to be body-confident in the media glare.Rarely, in the history of the West End, has a props department borne such… Read More

Hale leads A Christmas Carol at the Arts theatre

Published: 12 August 2009

The Arts theatre has announced that a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol by Susie McKenna and Steve Edis will play this November over the festive period, with… Read More

Troughton faces Spacey at Old Vic

Published: 11 August 2009

David Troughton is to join Kevin Spacey on stage at the Old Vic in Trevor Nunn’s new production of Inherit The Wind this autumn. Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee’s… Read More

Hello, Dolly!

Published: 11 August 2009

It will take more than a little drizzle at the Open Air theatre to dampen the spirits of audience and cast alike in Timothy Sheader’s new production of Hello, Dolly!.Sheader,… Read More

Royal Opera Twitters new show

Published: 10 August 2009

The Royal Opera has found an innovative new use for internet phenomenon Twitter by inviting the users of the site to collaborate on a new opera.Using Twitter posts of no… Read More

Tricycle autumn of premieres explore modern London

Published: 10 August 2009

The Tricycle theatre will premiere new plays by Roy Williams, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Bola Agbaje in its autumn season examining life and society in 21st century London.The Not Black And… Read More

Donmar Warehouse announces Dream cast to join West

Published: 7 August 2009

The Donmar Warehouse has announced full casting for their forthcoming show Life Is A Dream, with Rupert Evans, Kate Fleetwood, David Horovitch, Lloyd Hutchinson, Sharon Small, David Smith, Malcolm Storry… Read More

Pornography

Published: 7 August 2009

Having premiered at the Hamburg Festival in 2007, then later played in Edinburgh in 2008 before making its way to the Birmingham Rep theatre, Simon Stephen’s Pornography has finally reached… Read More

Duff and Dillane to star in second season of The Bridge Project

Published: 7 August 2009

Following this year’s productions of The Cherry Orchard and The Winter’s Tale, Sam Mendes will return to direct the second season of The Bridge Project in 2010 with a cast… Read More

London theatre thriving in 2009

Published: 6 August 2009

London’s Theatreland is enjoying a bumper 2009, with over 7.5 million theatre visits to 18 July, pushing audience numbers for the first half of the year higher than they were… Read More

Young talent leads Punk Rock

Published: 6 August 2009

The cast of Simon Stephens’s new play Punk Rock will feature a host of rising talent when it premieres at the Lyric Hammersmith on 8 September (previews from 3 September).… Read More

Helen

Published: 6 August 2009

Shakespeare’s Globe’s first foray into full-length Greek drama explores one of the lighter examples of the genre which, I hope it is not giving too much away to say, has… Read More

David Harewood

Published: 5 August 2009

Had I been in David Harewood’s position, I might have run away from The Mountaintop faster than you can say “I have a dream”, writes Matthew Amer.I might not even… Read More

Le Cirque Invisible

Published: 5 August 2009

There is something about Le Cirque Invisible, currently playing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall,  that makes you feel it has been around forever.Whether it is the aging props which look… Read More

Globe stages first ever Christmas Cracker

Published: 4 August 2009

Theatregoers at Shakespeare’s Globe will be wrapping up warm this winter as the open air venue stages its debut Christmas production.Footsbarn’s Christmas Cracker, which will run for 18 performances between… Read More

BODR 2008 reveals thriving Theatreland

Published: 4 August 2009

The Society of London Theatre 2008 Box Office Data Report is now available, and in a year that saw the country fall into a recession, it shows that London Theatreland… Read More

Bush announces award-winning season

Published: 4 August 2009

The Bush theatre has revealed a line-up of productions, stretching from September 2009 to April 2010, packed with award-winning talent including 2009 George Devine Award-winner Nick Payne, Edinburgh Fringe First-winner… Read More

Suddenlossofdignity.com

Published: 4 August 2009

If you’ve ever tucked your skirt into your knickers without realising it, fallen flat on your face in front of the object of your desires or declared your undying love… Read More

Exclusive: David Wood on the importance of children’s theatre

Published: 3 August 2009

As the schools break up for the summer holidays and the West End prepares for Kids Week, David Wood, the children’s author and playwright whose adaptations include The BFG, The… Read More

Briers ends stage career with Complicité Endgame

Published: 31 July 2009

Richard Briers is to return to the London stage this autumn, starring alongside Adrian Scarborough and Miriam Margolyes in Complicité’s new production of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame. The veteran actor has… Read More

Chun Yi: The Legend Of Kung Fu

Published: 31 July 2009

It is not every day that a small boy sits cross legged in the foyer of the London Coliseum, dressed in orange robes and intermittently knocking on a Muyu.But then… Read More

Avenue Q announces 2010 extension

Published: 30 July 2009

Irreverent puppet musical Avenue Q has extended its run at the Gielgud theatre until January 2010. The lengthening of its booking period marks a remarkable turn around for the show… Read More

Adam Cooper’s Shall We Dance

Published: 30 July 2009

Laurence Olivier Award-nominee Adam Cooper brings his new dance production Shall We Dance to Sadler’s Wells as a tribute to the legendary American composer Richard Rodgers.Cooper, in the starring role,… Read More

Samantha Spiro

Published: 29 July 2009

As she prepares to lead the cast of Hello, Dolly! at the Open Air theatre, Samantha Spiro tells Caroline Bishop about the advantages of getting older.Samantha Spiro is, by her… Read More

West End seeks young talent

Published: 29 July 2009

West End producer Cameron Mackintosh is looking for young theatre stars to play Oliver! in the hit production of Lionel Bart’s musical at the London Palladium. The show is just… Read More
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