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More wizardry at Trafalgar Studios

Published: 23 October 2008

Dan and Jeff will bring their popular parody of J K Rowling’s Harry Potter books back to Trafalgar Studio 2 this Christmas in the show’s final visit to London. In… Read More

Red Fortress

Published: 23 October 2008

With the world around them changing faster than they can keep up with, three children are caught in a holy war that forces them to embark on a dangerous journey… Read More

Bryan Murray

Published: 22 October 2008

As he returns to the London stage in Irish production Rank, Matthew Amer talks to Dubliner-turned-Londoner Bryan Murray about dodgy characters and never feeling settled. “We get rain in Dublin,… Read More

Old Vic rounds up new productions

Published: 22 October 2008

Kevin Spacey is to direct new play Complicit at the Old Vic in January, followed by a new production of Brian Friel’s Dancing At Lughnasa starring Niamh Cusack and Andrea… Read More

Faces In The Crowd

Published: 22 October 2008

The set is a one-bed flat in East London – bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and lounge. Sat above, on all sides of the space, the audience peers down into the rooms… Read More

Friedman celebrates Christmas In New York

Published: 21 October 2008

West End leading lady Maria Friedman will join a host of London’s established and emerging musical theatre stars when she leads the cast of annual festive celebration Christmas In New… Read More

The Giraffe And The Pelly clean up at Little Angel

Published: 20 October 2008

Little Angel theatre will delve into the imaginative world of children’s author Roald Dahl for its festive show this year, a musical adaptation of Dahl’s book The Giraffe And The… Read More

Atherton moves back to Avenue Q

Published: 20 October 2008

Julie Atherton will return to the cast of Avenue Q on 1 December for the show’s final few months at the Noël Coward theatre. The half puppet, half human cast… Read More

October closure for STC’s Riflemind

Published: 17 October 2008

Riflemind, the new play by Sydney Theatre Company’s Andrew Upton, will close at Trafalgar Studios on 25 October after a run of just over a month. It had been booking… Read More

McKenna and Rowe bring Goose to Hackney

Published: 17 October 2008

Clive Rowe returns to the Hackney Empire once again this Christmas to take on dame duties in the venue’s pantomime, Mother Goose, which opens on 4 December after previews from… Read More

Stott leads View From The Bridge

Published: 17 October 2008

Ken Stott will return to the London stage in 2009 to lead the cast of Arthur Miller’s A View From The Bridge, which opens at the Duke of York’s theatre… Read More

Calendar Girls makes West End debut

Published: 17 October 2008

Tim Firth’s stage adaptation of the hit film Calendar Girls will open in the West End on 4 April at the Noël Coward theatre after completing its current regional tour.… Read More

Overspill

Published: 17 October 2008

Three lads from Bromley find their Saturday night pint-drinking competition rudely interrupted by an event that will shatter their lives in Ali Taylor’s punchy, gripping play at the Soho theatre.… Read More

Carvel and Feild lead Royal Court’s Pride

Published: 16 October 2008

Bertie Carvel and JJ Feild will head the cast of The Pride, by Alexi Kaye Campbell, when it opens in the Royal Court’s Jerwood Theatre Upstairs on 26 November (previews… Read More

Oedipus

Published: 16 October 2008

A towering bronze door – epic, monumental, regal, yet tarnished – dominates the Paul Brown-designed Olivier theatre stage, watching over Sophocles’s tragic tale with unwavering, unemotional solidarity.It is through these… Read More

A Disappearing Number

Published: 16 October 2008

Winner of the 2008 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play, Complicite’s A Disappearing Number returns to London for a run at the Barbican theatre. Charlotte Marshall was in the… Read More

Holmes named new head of Lyric Hammersmith

Published: 15 October 2008

The Lyric Hammersmith today announced that Sean Holmes will replace David Farr as its Artistic Director from Spring 2009, when Farr leaves the West London theatre to become an Associate… Read More

Ben Miles

Published: 15 October 2008

Ben Miles is a lucky man. Currently appearing at the Old Vic in Alan Ayckbourn trilogy The Norman Conquests, he tells Caroline Bishop why every job he does is his… Read More

Cast announced for Richter premiere

Published: 15 October 2008

Jonathan Cullen and Geraldine Alexander will star in the UK premiere of Falk Richter’s drama State Of Emergency when it opens at the Gate theatre in November.Directed by Maria Aberg,… Read More

Branagh replaced by Grandage as Hamlet director

Published: 14 October 2008

Kenneth Branagh, who was due to direct Jude Law as Hamlet in 2009, has had to withdraw from the production due to conflicting work commitments. He will be replaced by… Read More

Haig and Mackichan Loot the Tricycle

Published: 14 October 2008

David Haig and Doon Mackichan have joined the previously announced Matt Di Angelo in the cast of Joe Orton’s Loot at the Tricycle theatre. Also appearing in the Sean Holmes-directed… Read More

Stevenson and Goodman launch Almeida new year

Published: 14 October 2008

Juliet Stevenson and Henry Goodman will kick off 2009 at the Almeida theatre by starring in two-hander Duet For One from 22 January. The Islington venue’s year-long new progamme continues… Read More

Spyski

Published: 14 October 2008

Don’t be fooled by the programme or the advertising, there is more to Peepolykus’s production of The Importance Of Being Earnest than meets the eye. I probably shouldn’t be telling… Read More

Theatregoers Come Dancing for longer

Published: 13 October 2008

Come Dancing, the new musical by The Kinks frontman Ray Davies, has extended its run at Theatre Royal Stratford East by two weeks to 8 November. Kerry Michael, Artistic Director… Read More

La Clique

Published: 13 October 2008

Cabaret, circus, comedy and performance art combine to create arguably two of the most surreal, risqué and entertaining hours you can currently spend in London, with the arrival of the… Read More

Lipman and Waddingham sing A Little Night Music

Published: 10 October 2008

Maureen Lipman, Hannah Waddingham, Alexander Hanson and I’d Do Anything runner-up Jessie Buckley have been confirmed in the cast of Trevor Nunn’s production of Sondheim musical A Little Night Music,… Read More

Mine

Published: 10 October 2008

Unique theatre company Shared Experience comes to Hampstead theatre with Polly Teale’s new provocative and topical play Mine. Charlotte Marshall was in the first night audience.A wealthy couple, known only… Read More

In The Red And Brown Water

Published: 10 October 2008

Tarell Alvin McCraney scored a critical success with his debut at the Young Vic last year, The Brothers Size, which is now simultaneously revived in the studio while a bigger,… Read More

Les Misérables cheers up for 23rd anniversary

Published: 9 October 2008

There were smiles and cheers all round at the Queen’s theatre last night, where London’s longest running musical Les Misérables celebrated its 23rd London birthday.Originally opened on 8 October 1985… Read More

Friedman: No Man’s Land is “monumental work of art”

Published: 8 October 2008

Producer Sonia Friedman described Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land as a “monumental work of art”, following the opening of the Rupert Goold-directed production starring Michael Gambon, David Bradley, David Walliams… Read More

Paulette Randall

Published: 8 October 2008

Like a fighter jet climbing over the brow of a hill, but friendlier, you can hear Paulette Randall before you see her. She sports a striking armful of silver bracelets… Read More

The Broken Space Season

Published: 8 October 2008

After a series of leaks left the Bush theatre unable to turn on its stage lights, undaunted, the theatre decided to create a novel selection of plays, all of which… Read More

No Man’s Land

Published: 8 October 2008

Rupert Goold’s recent productions of The Tempest, Macbeth, The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot and Six Characters In Search Of An Author have seen the director du jour stamp his… Read More

Eclectic spring season for Young Vic

Published: 7 October 2008

The Young Vic will team up with English National Opera (ENO) once again for a multimedia exploration of Purcell’s Dido And Aeneas next spring. An adaptation of a Kafka short… Read More

The Norman Conquests

Published: 7 October 2008

It is a strange sensation to see the auditorium of the Old Vic completely reconfigured; to see audience members sitting behind the proscenium arch where the stage should be. But… Read More

Radio Golf

Published: 7 October 2008

Written as part of a series of plays exploring the African-American experience in the 20th century, August Wilson’s Radio Golf finishes the century with a portrait of Pittsburgh in 1997,… Read More

Izzard and Bailey bring comedy to Shaftesbury Avenue

Published: 3 October 2008

Two of Britain’s leading comedians, Eddie Izzard and Bill Bailey, are launching a comedy offensive on Shaftesbury Avenue this autumn. Izzard bring his show Stripped to the Lyric theatre, while… Read More

Waste

Published: 3 October 2008

A prominent politician’s career threatened by a scandalous relationship about to hit the headlines, or worse, be rumoured in society. It all sounds pretty contemporary, yet Harvey Granville Barker’s Waste,… Read More

Centre Stage: Neal Foster

Published: 2 October 2008

Birmingham Stage Company has come a long way since its humble beginnings. In fact, the company is everywhere you turn in London at the moment. Its popular 3D production of… Read More

LaBarrie steps into Rue Magique

Published: 2 October 2008

Melanie LaBarrie is to lead the cast of Rue Magique, a new musical by Brett Kahr which plays at the King’s Head pub theatre in Islington from 21 October to… Read More

London shows prominent in TMA nominations

Published: 2 October 2008

The Theatrical Management Association Theatre Awards nominees have been announced, with shows seen on the capital’s stages named in many of the categories.Among the performers nominated are Brenda Blethyn, Brian… Read More

Never Forget leaves London

Published: 2 October 2008

Never Forget, the musical based on the back catalogue of boy band Take That, has cancelled its planned transfer to the Lyric theatre and will now end its London run… Read More

Pleasance gets Greek lessons

Published: 2 October 2008

The Pleasance theatre in Islington is to host two musical shows for children this half term, 28 October to 2 November, as part of the Onassis Programme, which commissions and… Read More

Memory

Published: 2 October 2008

It is a rare occasion that former Royal Shakespeare Company director Terry Hands makes a London appearance these days. For the last decade he has been Chief Executive and Director… Read More

Owen Teale

Published: 1 October 2008

As Owen Teale exacts revenge in Creditors at the Donmar Warehouse, the actor has a pleasant chat with Caroline Bishop about finding success in London, on Broadway and in North… Read More

Creditors

Published: 1 October 2008

If Strindberg’s tale of obsession, manipulation and the effects of love had been written today, Owen Teale’s Gustav would probably have been labeled a stalker, a man driven by one… Read More

Be Wicked for charity

Published: 30 September 2008

Fans of hit London musical Wicked can join the cast in celebrating all things green on its third annual Wicked Day, to be held at the Royal Horticultural Halls in… Read More

Laurence Olivier Awards needs you

Published: 30 September 2008

The Laurence Olivier Awards, the UK’s most prestigious theatre accolade, is recruiting panellists to judge the 2010 winners and see a year’s worth of free theatre in the process.Ten theatregoing… Read More

Girl With A Pearl Earring

Published: 30 September 2008

Inspired by Dutch artist Vermeer’s painting of the same name, Tracy Chevalier’s novel Girl With A Pearl Earring was a best-seller and went on to be adapted into a film… Read More

Journalist Rees finds Horn at Tristan Bates

Published: 29 September 2008

Freelance journalist Jasper Rees, who is best known for providing arts features for the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times, turns playwright when the stage adaptation of his book I Found… Read More

Footsbarn dreams of Victoria Park

Published: 29 September 2008

Fairies will be frolicking in London’s Victoria Park this autumn as Footsbarn theatre company presents its acclaimed touring production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from 7 to 30 November (press… Read More

Blood Brothers has the X-Factor

Published: 29 September 2008

Niki Evans, who reached the semi-final of television talent contest X-Factor in 2007, will join the cast of hit London musical Blood Brothers in November. Evans, a mother of two… Read More

Sadler’s Wells goes family friendly in October

Published: 29 September 2008

Islington dance venue Sadler’s Wells presents a plethora of family-friendly shows this month, including a special Family Weekend on 25 and 26 October hosted by Spanish children’s dance company Arcaladanza.… Read More

Jacobi joined by stellar Twelfth Night cast

Published: 26 September 2008

Ron Cook, Victoria Hamilton, Samantha Spiro, Zubin Varla and Indira Varma have joined Derek Jacobi in the cast of Twelfth Night, the second production in the Donmar West End season… Read More

Sheader “nervous” at Imagine This launch

Published: 26 September 2008

Timothy Sheader, the director bringing the Warsaw ghetto-set musical Imagine This to the New London theatre in November, revealed his nerves about the project at the show’s press launch yesterday.… Read More

Ballet star tries Dirty Dancing

Published: 26 September 2008

Martin Harvey, who has been with the Royal Ballet since the age of 11, will lead the new cast of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage from 29… Read More

Trevor makes A Little Night Music at Chocolate Factory

Published: 25 September 2008

Sir Trevor Nunn is to direct a new production of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music at the Menier Chocolate Factory this Christmas, opening on 3 December after previews from… Read More

Pilot Flies into Richmond

Published: 25 September 2008

Pilot Theatre’s Lord Of The Flies comes to Richmond theatre from 7 to 11 October as part of the production’s 10th anniversary tour. William Golding’s novel Lord Of The Flies… Read More

The Walworth Farce

Published: 25 September 2008

Following the recent opening of Six Characters In Search Of An Author in the West End, which sees reality and fiction firmly blurred, Enda Walsh’s dark comedy The Walworth Farce… Read More

Samuel West

Published: 24 September 2008

Director and actor Samuel West has always struck me as a very serious character. Whether it is the roles he plays or that harsh, angular face, joviality has never been… Read More

The Girlfriend Experience

Published: 24 September 2008

It is a touch uncomfortable wandering through the living room of a Bournemouth brothel, but if you didn’t know any better, the clothes strewn everywhere – plain bras on the… Read More

Postlethwaite brings Lear to Young Vic

Published: 23 September 2008

Pete Postlethwaite will bring his portrayal of King Lear to London next year when Rupert Goold’s (pictured) Headlong production of Shakespeare’s epic tragedy, which opens at the Liverpool Everyman in… Read More

Flamenco Flamen’ka

Published: 23 September 2008

Dance fans revelling in the return of celebrity dance contest Strictly Come Dancing have a chance to see the choreography of the programme’s Mr Nasty, judge Craig Revel Horwood, up… Read More

Burnham reveals free ticket scheme

Published: 23 September 2008

Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has today unveiled a new £2.5 million scheme which aims to offer one million free theatre tickets to anyone under 26 years old over the next… Read More

Steadman Enjoys Bennett at the Gielgud

Published: 22 September 2008

The Christopher Luscombe-directed production of Alan Bennett’s Enjoy, which stars Alison Steadman, will transfer to the West End in the new year. The comedy opens at the Gielgud theatre on… Read More

Rain Man

Published: 22 September 2008

A Hollywood heartthrob, a lauded British performer and a plot and title taken from a well-loved film; on paper Rain Man has all the ingredients of a West End hit.… Read More

Jarvis joins Woman In Black

Published: 19 September 2008

Andrew Jarvis, who recently played the magical Gandalf in The Lord Of The Rings, has joined the cast of London’s long-running thriller The Woman In Black. He is joined by… Read More

Riflemind

Published: 19 September 2008

Drug abuse, rock and roll and addiction have all descended on the Trafalgar Studios in Andrew Upton’s gritty, darkly comic Riflemind. Directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman and starring John Hannah,… Read More

Pryce joins Donmar Warehouse

Published: 19 September 2008

Jonathan Pryce is to play the title role in Athol Fugard’s Dimetos at the Donmar Warehouse from 19 March to 9 May 2009 (press night 25 March). South African playwright… Read More

Lloyd Webber gifts free tickets to bankers

Published: 18 September 2008

Composer and producer Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is offering free theatre tickets to any bank employee who has lost their job in the current economic climate.Any former employee of a… Read More

Fishamble brings Rank premiere to Tricycle

Published: 18 September 2008

Irish new writing company Fishamble is to transfer its newest production, comic thriller Rank, to north London’s Tricycle theatre this autumn. The tale of grifting and gambling in the Dublin… Read More

Now Or Later gets election extension

Published: 18 September 2008

Political drama Now Or Later, which sets its plot on the night of the American Presidential election, has extended its run at the Royal Court until 1 November, three days… Read More

Ivanov

Published: 18 September 2008

Kenneth Branagh, who once played the melancholic Dane, Hamlet, so memorably, now takes on the role of Ivanov, a man unable to extract himself from his own despair. Caroline Bishop… Read More

Callow and Langford are arch enemies at Richmond

Published: 17 September 2008

Simon Callow and Bonnie Langford will be squaring up on the stage of Richmond theatre this Christmas as they return to the South London venue to play Captain Hook and… Read More

Mirren leads Hytner’s 2009 National line up

Published: 17 September 2008

Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren will star in the title role of Racine’s Phaedra at the National Theatre next year, in a season that will also see acclaimed directors Michael Grandage… Read More
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