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March extension for Spring Awakening

Published: 23 January 2009

Spring Awakening, which plays its first preview at the Lyric Hammersmith tonight, has already announced a two-week extension to its run at the West London venue, with performances now scheduled… Read More

Dirty Dancing to Help A London Child

Published: 22 January 2009

Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage is pledging its support to local charity Help A London Child by staging a gala performance of the hit musical on Valentine’s… Read More

Riverside opening for Walsh’s Ballroom

Published: 22 January 2009

Enda Walsh’s The New Electric Ballroom receives its London premiere at the Riverside Studios from 3 to 29 March.The New Electric Ballroom centres on three sisters living in a remote… Read More

Thriller Live

Published: 22 January 2009

Remember the time Michael Jackson ruled the charts? Thriller Live, a new compilation show at the Lyric theatre, hopes to remind us of the 50-year-old King of Pop’s back catalogue.La… Read More

Edward Bennett

Published: 21 January 2009

You would think that playing Hamlet in the West End would lead to numerous job opportunities, but following his current appearance in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Edward Bennett, presently the… Read More

The RSC residency A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Published: 21 January 2009

The Royal Shakespeare Company continues its residency at the Novello theatre with the bard’s mischievous and magical comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Mixing the surreal with the beautiful, the production… Read More

Imrie and Feast lead Plague Over England

Published: 20 January 2009

Celia Imrie and Michael Feast will play Sybil Thorndike and John Gielgud in the West End production of Nicholas de Jongh’s play Plague Over England. The drama, which shows how… Read More

Planer joins Hairspray

Published: 19 January 2009

West End and television actor Nigel Planer and Emmerdale actress Verity Rushworth are to join the cast of hit musical Hairspray on 2 February, as current stars Michael Ball, Leanne… Read More

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Published: 19 January 2009

Tom Stoppard and André Previn’s play with orchestra is a clever and witty treatment of a shocking subject matter. A man is lying on an iron-framed bed in a bare… Read More

John Mortimer dies aged 85

Published: 16 January 2009

Barrister and author Sir John Mortimer, creator of Rumpole Of The Bailey, died this morning at the age of 85.Mortimer passed away at his home near Henley. His second wife… Read More

Callow and Pickup join Godot

Published: 16 January 2009

Simon Callow and Ronald Pickup are to join the already weighty cast of Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in the forthcoming production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot at the… Read More

NT creates stage Nation this autumn

Published: 15 January 2009

Terry Pratchett’s Nation is the latest novel to receive a family-orientated theatrical adaptation courtesy of the National Theatre. The production, due to open in November, will follow previous family shows… Read More

Bush loses dignity this summer

Published: 15 January 2009

The Bush theatre is looking for people to go public with their tales of everyday embarrassments and humiliations to inspire a new production to be staged at the West London… Read More

Oliver!

Published: 15 January 2009

It is only the second week of January and already the West End has seen one of the biggest first nights of 2009, as the hugely anticipated revival of Oliver!… Read More

Blythe Duff

Published: 14 January 2009

She may be best known for ITV’s Taggart, but as she prepares to return to the London stage in Be Near Me, actress Blythe Duff tells Caroline Bishop that theatre… Read More

Bennett, Pratchett and Kureishi further National’s ambitions

Published: 14 January 2009

A new play by Alan Bennett and adaptations of Terry Pratchett’s Nation and Hanif Kureishi’s The Black Album are among the latest shows to join the National Theatre’s 2009 line-up.Nation… Read More

Second chance for restored church-turned-theatre

Published: 14 January 2009

Hampstead landmark St Stephen’s church, which has lain derelict since 1977, will re-open in March following a £4 million restoration with a season of shows by emerging theatre company Antic… Read More

Berkoff is On The Waterfront

Published: 13 January 2009

Steven Berkoff’s stage adaptation of the 1954 film On The Waterfront comes to the Theatre Royal Haymarket on 28 January.Elia Kazan’s multi-Oscar-winning film gave Marlon Brando an iconic turn as… Read More

Brydon brings live tour to London

Published: 12 January 2009

Comedian and actor Rob Brydon is to culminate his current UK tour, Rob Brydon Live!, with a two week season at the Apollo theatre in May.The star of television comedies… Read More

Full cast is Dancing At Lughnasa

Published: 12 January 2009

Jo Stone-Fewings and Peter McDonald have joined the cast of Brian Friel’s Dancing At Lughnasa, which plays at the Old Vic from 26 February to 9 May (press night 5… Read More

Bierman succeeds Davies at Donmar

Published: 12 January 2009

James Bierman has today been unveiled as the Donmar Warehouse’s new Executive Producer, following the departure of predecessor Lucy Davies to the newly formed National Theatre of Wales.Bierman, who was… Read More

Open Air Theatre goes Wilde in 2009

Published: 9 January 2009

For the first time in a decade, the Open Air theatre season will feature a non-Shakespearean play revival, when The Importance Of Being Earnest is staged at Regent’s Park this… Read More

Music and dance in Young Vic summer

Published: 8 January 2009

Amid the snow and ice of January, the Young Vic has looked towards the summer, announcing a season which includes work by Sarah Kane and Che Walker, a collaboration with… Read More

Ellis swaps broomstick for song book

Published: 6 January 2009

Kerry Ellis, the West End leading lady who has recently starred in hit musical Wicked on both sides of the Atlantic, will appear without her regular green make-up for two… Read More

Lyric Hangs On to family entertainment

Published: 6 January 2009

The Lyric Hammersmith will stage an unusual new family show as part of its spring season. Hang On, which plays from 15 to 25 April, is a circus-inspired aerial show… Read More

Unicorn looks to spring

Published: 5 January 2009

Two new in-house productions and five shows by visiting theatre companies make up the Unicorn theatre’s spring season 2009.Following current seasonal show Sleeping Beauty, the spring line-up at the South… Read More

Tennant back in Hamlet

Published: 5 January 2009

David Tennant returned to the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Hamlet at the Novello theatre on Saturday night. The actor was forced to surrender the title role to understudy Edward… Read More

Lights dimmed for Pinter

Published: 2 January 2009

In a mark of respect and remembrance for recently deceased playwright Harold Pinter, all Ambassador Theatre Group-owned theatres will dim their lights on Saturday night, 3 January.Between 18:30 and 19:00,… Read More

Pinter, Harold: Playwright, actor, director. Born 1930, Died 2008

Published: 2 January 2009

One of the world’s most influential playwrights, Harold Pinter’s cannon of work has dominated British theatre since the 1950s. Darkly comic, menacing and laden with significant pauses, his plays were… Read More

Sheen honoured by Queen

Published: 31 December 2008

British actor Michael Sheen has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Actors Liz Smith and Earl Cameron and Graeae Artistic Director Jennifer Sealey also receive… Read More

Another Spoonful Of Stiles & Drewe

Published: 30 December 2008

Fans of composers George Stiles and Anthony Drewe have another chance to revel in the pair’s music as a recording of July’s gala concert celebrating their songwriting partnership is now… Read More

Craig Revel Horwood

Published: 30 December 2008

Matthew Amer talks to the Strictly Come Dancing judge and West End director/choreographer about his new version of Sunset Boulevard and his controversial 2008.Pristinely turned out, surrounded by an aura… Read More

International season at Lyric Hammersmith

Published: 30 December 2008

The Lyric Hammersmith looks to the international stage for its spring programme of work, as Sean Holmes takes over as Artistic Director of the West London venue.   Following new musical… Read More

Tributes paid to Harold Pinter

Published: 29 December 2008

Tributes have been paid to Harold Pinter, the Nobel Prize-winning British playwright, actor and director who died on Christmas Eve, aged 78. Writing in The Guardian, Pinter’s biographer, the theatre… Read More

Tennant recovery leads to hopes of Hamlet return

Published: 23 December 2008

David Tennant, who withdrew from the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production of Hamlet earlier this month due to a prolapsed disc, is making a good recovery and could rejoin the… Read More

Damascus comes to Tricycle theatre

Published: 18 December 2008

A sell-out success at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe, Traverse Theatre’s production of David Greig’s Damascus, will play at the Tricycle theatre in spring 2009.The original cast – Nathalie Armin, Alex… Read More

War Horse charges into West End

Published: 18 December 2008

The National Theatre’s hugely successful family production War Horse will transfer to the New London theatre in March 2009, following its current run in the National’s Olivier theatre.The award-winning adaptation… Read More

London venues embraced in young people’s free theatre scheme

Published: 17 December 2008

Arts Council England today announced the successful applicants for its pilot scheme which aims to offer 618,000 free theatre tickets to under 26-year-olds over the next two years. The list… Read More

Jeremiah James

Published: 17 December 2008

Currently on stage at the Savoy theatre in Carousel, New Yorker Jeremiah James talks to Caroline Bishop about his whirlwind 18 months in the UK.American actor Jeremiah James met his… Read More

Sunset Boulevard

Published: 16 December 2008

Craig Revel Horwood creates an intimate and unusual production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical about a faded movie star.Based on Billy Wilder’s 1950 film noir, Lloyd Webber’s 1993 musical version… Read More

Gruffalo spends longer in London

Published: 15 December 2008

Hit family show The Gruffalo, which is spending Christmas at the Duchess theatre, has extended its current London run.Originally scheduled to run until 4 January, tickets for the child-friendly caper… Read More

Access London Theatre winter 2009 brochure now out

Published: 15 December 2008

The winter 2009 edition of Access London Theatre has just been published, listing all audio-described, captioned and sign language interpreted performances taking place in London’s Theatreland between January and April… Read More

January closure for Treasure Island

Published: 15 December 2008

Keith Allen will be shouldering a mechanical parrot for the last time on 10 January as Treasure Island ends its run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Ken Ludwig’s stage adaptation… Read More

Barber and Findlay join Madame de Sade

Published: 12 December 2008

Frances Barber and Deborah Findlay will join Judi Dench and Rosamund Pike in Madame De Sade, the third production in the Donmar West End season at the Wyndham’s theatre, which… Read More

Cinderella at the Lyric Hammersmith

Published: 12 December 2008

Beautiful snow pigeons and sky-high silver birches fill the stage of the Lyric Hammersmith in its Christmas production of Cinderella. But unlike the Disney-esque, sugar-coated pantomimes and family shows filling… Read More

Oliver! cancels first two shows

Published: 11 December 2008

The musical Oliver!, which was due to start previewing on Friday, has cancelled its first two performances at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in order to allow more rehearsal time… Read More

The King And Friedman at Albert Hall

Published: 11 December 2008

Maria Friedman is to star as Anna in a fully staged in-the-round production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King And I at the Royal Albert Hall next year, from 12… Read More

Tkts to sell advance tickets in Leicester Square

Published: 11 December 2008

The world-famous tkts ticket booth in Leicester Square – the original and, still, the only official half-price ticket booth in London – has announced a significant new service for customers.… Read More

Twelfth Night at the Wyndham’s Theatre

Published: 11 December 2008

It is not every day you see Sir Derek Jacobi in yellow stockings, but you can right now at the Wyndham’s theatre as he plays Malvolio in the second production… Read More

Tennant out of Hamlet until Christmas

Published: 11 December 2008

The Royal Shakespeare Company has confirmed that David Tennant will not return to its production of Hamlet at the Novello until after Christmas. The star, who missed Monday evening’s preview… Read More

Interview: Maria Friedman

Published: 10 December 2008

With solo show Rearranged, Maria Friedman is on a mission to make her audiences feel as deeply as she does about the music she sings, finds Caroline Bishop. During the… Read More

Tennant misses tonight’s Hamlet

Published: 9 December 2008

David Tennant, due to face the press tonight (9 December) as Hamlet in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s highly anticipated production at the Novello theatre, will miss the performance due to… Read More

McGovern and Suchet in Complicit

Published: 9 December 2008

Elizabeth McGovern and David Suchet are to join Richard Dreyfuss in Kevin Spacey’s production of Complicit at the Old Vic from 7 January. London-based American actress McGovern, who plays Judith… Read More

The Little Prince

Published: 9 December 2008

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s book The Little Prince has remained a childhood favourite since it was published in 1943. Now, Anthony Clark’s musical adaptation comes to the Hampstead theatre for the… Read More

Dee returns with Woman In Mind

Published: 8 December 2008

Two-time Laurence Olivier Award-winning actress Janie Dee is to return to the London stage in 2009, when Alan Ayckbourn’s Woman In Mind transfers to the Vaudeville theatre.The 1985 bittersweet comedy,… Read More

It is time to Get Into London Theatre

Published: 8 December 2008

The annual discount ticket promotion Get Into London Theatre launched yesterday, 9 December, with reduced-price tickets available for a huge range of London theatre’s incredible shows.An annual initiative offering tourists,… Read More

Imagine This ends West End dream

Published: 8 December 2008

Imagine This, the new musical set in the Warsaw ghetto of 1942, will end its run at the New London theatre on 20 December, one month after it opened. The… Read More

Weisz is Blanche at Donmar Warehouse

Published: 5 December 2008

Rachel Weisz is to star as Blanche DuBois in a new production of Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse next July. The British actress is best… Read More

Donmar dominates Theatregoers’ Choice nominations

Published: 5 December 2008

Following its quartet of wins at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards last month, the Donmar Warehouse ruled the theatrical roost when the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award nominations were announced this… Read More

Drew, Lincoln and Jones play Parlour Song

Published: 5 December 2008

Amanda Drew, Toby Jones and Andrew Lincoln have been cast in Jez Butterworth’s Parlour Song, which plays at the Almeida theatre from 19 March. In Parlour Song, Drew and Jones… Read More

Mother Goose

Published: 5 December 2008

There is a goose on the loose at Hackney Empire this Christmas, as the theatre kicks off the pantomime season with all the fun and frolics you would expect in… Read More

Maria Friedman: Rearranged

Published: 5 December 2008

Maria Friedman journeys through her years as a musical theatre star in the course of this 90-minute evening of tunes, accompanied by a live band. Friedman originated the role of… Read More

Trio revealed as young Michael Jackson

Published: 4 December 2008

A former Billy Elliot and an ex-Lion King are to play the young Michael Jackson in tribute show Thriller – Live which plays at the Lyric theatre from 2 January.… Read More

Potted Potter

Published: 4 December 2008

Potted Potter – The Unauthorised Harry Experience, an Edinburgh Festival favourite full of chaotic family fun, returns to the West End at the Trafalgar Studio 2 this Christmas. Charlotte Marshall… Read More

A Little Night Music

Published: 4 December 2008

The Menier Chocolate Factory has made a rod for its own back with the number of musical productions it has transferred to the West End recently. Sunday In The Park… Read More

Hansel And Gretel

Published: 3 December 2008

With Hansel And Gretel the festive choice of many theatres across London this Christmas, the Catherine Wheels Theatre company has devised an experience with a difference at the Barbican Theatre,… Read More

Interview: Victoria Hamilton

Published: 3 December 2008

After a three-year hiatus, Victoria Hamilton returns to the West End stage in Twelfth Night. The much-lauded actress talks to Matthew Amer about the pressure of expectation and the pleasure… Read More

Shows drop prices amid credit crunch

Published: 3 December 2008

Following the 2.5% drop in VAT and the economic gloom of the credit crunch, many of London’s shows have dropped their ticket prices, making it cheaper to enjoy a night… Read More

Carousel

Published: 3 December 2008

Lindsay Posner’s revival of Carousel brings a glimpse of 1870s New England to the Savoy theatre.Premiered in 1945, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel has remained a favourite for professional and amateur… Read More

The Pride

Published: 2 December 2008

How much has the world changed in the last 50 years? Some may point to technological advances, freedoms, equality, and say immeasurably. Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride draws this into… Read More

Wig Out!

Published: 1 December 2008

American playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney is riding high after two successful productions of his plays in London and a newly-minted Evening Standard Theatre Award sitting on his mantelpiece. Now the… Read More

Horrid Henry: Live And Horrid!

Published: 1 December 2008

I will be honest, not having any kids of my own, Horrid Henry: Live And Horrid! was my first experience of the imaginative young tearaway who delights in tormenting his… Read More

Riding joins Billy Elliot

Published: 28 November 2008

Two-times Laurence Olivier Award winner Joanna Riding joins the cast of Billy Elliot The Musical on 1 December, for a limited season, to play Billy’s dance teacher Mrs Wilkinson. Joining… Read More

Jersey Boys collects Visit London Award

Published: 28 November 2008

Hit Four Seasons musical Jersey Boys was crowned the 95.8 Capital FM Best West End Show at last night’s Visit London People’s Choice Awards. The award, which was voted for… Read More

JLC toasts Chicago’s 11th birthday

Published: 28 November 2008

Comedian and television presenter Justin Lee Collins is to take to the Cambridge theatre stage for three performances only to celebrate sexy musical Chicago’s 11th London birthday.The Friday Night Project… Read More
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