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Fat Pig transfers to Comedy

Published: 11 August 2008

Neil LaBute’s new comedy Fat Pig, currently playing at Trafalgar Studios, is to transfer to the Comedy theatre on 11 September, with Kevin Bishop and Nicholas Burns replacing Kris Marshall… Read More

Upton’s Riflemind kicks off international collaboration

Published: 8 August 2008

Philip Seymour Hoffman is to direct John Hannah in Riflemind, a new play by Andrew Upton, at Trafalgar Studio 1 from 15 September (press night 18 September). The play marks… Read More

Playwright Simon Gray dies

Published: 8 August 2008

British playwright, novelist and diarist Simon Gray has died aged 71. He was diagnosed with cancer last year. Gray was the celebrated author of over 30 plays, many of them… Read More

Stars come out for Lloyd Webber’s 60th

Published: 8 August 2008

Radio 2 will celebrate Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 60th birthday with a special live concert in Hyde Park on 14 September featuring musical theatre stars including Lee Mead and Elaine Paige.… Read More

Timon Of Athens

Published: 7 August 2008

It seems in these days of recession anxiety, even Shakespeare was influenced by the credit crunch, as the Globe stages one of his lesser performed plays, Timon Of Athens. Charlotte… Read More

Shakespeare’s first theatre unearthed

Published: 7 August 2008

Museum of London archaeologists working in Shoreditch have uncovered what they believe to be the foundations of one of London’s earliest playhouses.Until now, the exact location of the open air… Read More

West End on Calendar for WI Girls

Published: 6 August 2008

Producers David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers have confirmed their intentions to bring new show Calendar Girls to the West End at the end of this year, following its premiere at… Read More

Timothy Sheader

Published: 6 August 2008

Life should be relaxing on a summer’s day in Regent’s Park, but for Timothy Sheader, Artistic Director of the Open Air Theatre and Director of new musical Gigi, it all… Read More

Akingbola is bouncer Othello

Published: 6 August 2008

Jimmy Akingbola is to play the title role in Frantic Assembly’s 21st century adaptation of Othello, which comes to the Lyric Hammersmith from 4 to 22 November (press night 6… Read More

Pleasance Memory for Hands

Published: 5 August 2008

Clwyd Theatr Cymru’s production of Jonathan Lichtenstein’s Memory, directed by Terry Hands, comes to North London’s Pleasance theatre on 30 September (press night 1 October) as part of a UK… Read More

Gielgud hosts Six Characters

Published: 4 August 2008

Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters In Search Of An Author, which is currently playing at Chichester’s Minerva theatre, transfers to the West End’s Gielgud theatre on 10 September (press night 15… Read More

Spend Free Time at Somerset House

Published: 4 August 2008

Somerset House has lined up four days of free family entertainment in its eighth annual Free Time long weekend, held from 15 to 18 August. This year’s event is inspired… Read More

Lyric will Never Forget

Published: 1 August 2008

Never Forget, the new musical about a Take That tribute band which is currently occupying the Savoy, is to transfer to the Lyric theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue for an open-ended… Read More

Her Naked Skin

Published: 1 August 2008

It is easy to forget what women went through to achieve the vote. From the moment Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s play opens with footage of Emily Wilding Davison throwing herself under the… Read More

…Some Trace Of Her

Published: 31 July 2008

Katie Mitchell is a director famous for dividing opinion with her controversial adaptations of classic literature. Her latest production, the film and stage hybrid ...Some Trace Of Her, is no… Read More

Lucy Bailey

Published: 30 July 2008

Lucy Bailey does not do easy Shakespearean productions, certainly not at Shakespeare’s Globe. No well known texts for this director. Romeo And Juliet? Pah! King Lear? Ha! Following a bloody… Read More

Chicago seeks Price for Roxie

Published: 30 July 2008

Kelly Price is the latest actress to don the fishnets of murderess Roxie Hart as she joins the cast of long-running musical Chicago on 1 September. Price enjoyed the showbiz… Read More

National celebrates world of dance

Published: 30 July 2008

Fans of dance in all its various forms should head down to Theatre Square, outside the National Theatre, on 21-25 August for a long weekend celebrating dance from all corners… Read More

Davies Comes Dancing

Published: 30 July 2008

Ray Davies, the former front man of band The Kinks, is not content with writing the music, lyrics and book for new musical Come Dancing, he will also lead the… Read More

New Simon for Summer

Published: 29 July 2008

Simon MacCorkindale, best known for his role in hospital soap Casualty, is to join the cast of The Sound Of Music at the London Palladium from 25 August, taking over… Read More

Gone Too Far!

Published: 29 July 2008

Has there ever been a more timely piece of programming than transferring Gone Too Far!, the Royal Court’s Laurence Olivier Award-winning hit from 2007’s Upstairs season, to the theatre’s larger… Read More

Under The Blue Sky

Published: 28 July 2008

The C4 comedy drama Teachers famously depicted the out-of-hours alcohol-fuelled sexual antics of a fictitious bunch of twenty-something teachers who behaved more like the teenagers they taught, except with more… Read More

Amazon grows at Young Vic

Published: 25 July 2008

The Young Vic’s biggest international collaboration yet, Amazônia, was launched today at the Waterloo venue.The launch actually comes six months into the project, but with the London-based festivities still to… Read More

Chitty surprised with Young Vic Award

Published: 24 July 2008

Laurence Olivier Award-winning designer Alison Chitty has been presented with the 2008 Young Vic Award. The honour is bestowed annually on a theatre professional who has inspired younger generations of… Read More

Lesley Manville

Published: 23 July 2008

Lesley Manville has the experience to know a good role when she is offered one, and the ability to avoid being tied down to just one, finds Caroline Bishop.For an… Read More

Marsh joins cast of Now Or Later

Published: 23 July 2008

Matthew Marsh, a regular face to theatregoers and television watchers alike, has joined the cast of Royal Court autumn offering Now Or Later.Joining Marsh and the previously announced Domhnall Gleeson,… Read More

About: The Female Of The Species

Published: 22 July 2008

In a week where Germaine Greer has loomed over the production like the angry clouds of a British summer sky, The Female Of The Species faced critics who would actually… Read More

Young Vic creates Festa!

Published: 22 July 2008

The Young Vic will bring a taste of Brazil to Waterloo on 16 August with its Brazilian-themed community show Festa!, which kicks off the Young Vic’s Amazonia season. Festa! is… Read More

Big White Fog reunion for Tiata Delights

Published: 21 July 2008

Jenny Jules, Danny Sapani and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who appeared together in Big White Fog at the Almeida in 2007, return to the venue this summer to lead the cast of… Read More

Gate announces season of premieres and Sadler’s transfer

Published: 18 July 2008

A new adaptation of Hedda Gabler, the world premiere of a new dance theatre piece and the UK premiere of German playwright Falk Richter’s State Of Emergency comprise the Gate’s… Read More

Atkins sympathises with Greer

Published: 18 July 2008

Eileen Atkins, star of new comedy The Female Of The Species, spoke of her sympathy for Germaine Greer following the show’s press night. Greer, the feminist intellectual, cultural critic and… Read More

Summer with Chickenshed

Published: 18 July 2008

Chickenshed theatre company is holding two free artistic workshops for young people during the summer holidays. Both courses are held on 28 July-1 August, with one course open to 8-12-year-olds… Read More

Warehouse welcomes West and Wilton

Published: 18 July 2008

Samuel West and Penelope Wilton return to the Donmar Warehouse to star in T S Eliot’s The Family Reunion, which opens on 25 November, after previews from 20 November.The play… Read More

Magic and mayhem in National’s family day

Published: 17 July 2008

Watch This Space, the National Theatre’s annual outdoor summer festival, presents Thrills And Spills Day, a day of family-friendly activities and installations, on Saturday 9 August. The day kicks off… Read More

The Female Of The Species

Published: 17 July 2008

In a week where Germaine Greer has loomed over the production like the angry clouds of a British summer sky, The Female Of The Species faced critics who would actually… Read More

Richmond shakes things up

Published: 16 July 2008

Little ones will be able to see their favourite characters from Five television’s daily morning show Milkshake! on the stage of Richmond theatre this summer in Milkshake! My First Concert… Read More

Kinks-y musical at Stratford East

Published: 16 July 2008

Ray Davies, former front-man of sixties band The Kinks, has turned his tuneful hand to theatre, creating new musical Come Dancing, which will premiere at the Theatre Royal Stratford East… Read More

Joanna Murray Smith

Published: 16 July 2008

Before it has even opened, new comedy The Female Of The Species has hit the headlines care of an outburst from Germaine Greer. Matthew Amer talks to playwright Joanna Murray… Read More

Kids Week on record-breaking high

Published: 16 July 2008

Kids Week in the West End, the annual promotion offering free theatre tickets to children, reached a new high for ticket sales, selling over 16,000 tickets in just one day… Read More

Zorro

Published: 16 July 2008

There seemed to be a mass holding of breath at the beginning of last night’s performance at the Garrick theatre as the audience waited to see if all three sides… Read More

On The Rocks extends

Published: 14 July 2008

Hampstead theatre’s comedy, On The Rocks, which stars Ed Stoppard and Tracy-Ann Oberman as DH Lawrence and his wife Freida, has extended its limited run by one week.On The Rocks… Read More

Moonlight And Magnolias

Published: 11 July 2008

Gone With The Wind was but a neatly-trimmed whisker away from being a complete flop. Hard to imagine, I know, that the classic film may never have been made, writes… Read More

The Frontline

Published: 10 July 2008

Tragic romance, vengeance, violence and a romantic candle-lit balcony – The Frontline is definitely in keeping with the Globe’s Shakespearean roots, but this time it’s written for a new generation.… Read More

Rachel tucks into Meat

Published: 10 July 2008

Rachel Tucker is the latest star of reality casting programme I’d Do Anything to land a role in the West End. She makes her debut as Meat in Queen musical… Read More

Big Dance celebrates Theatreland choreography

Published: 9 July 2008

The Big Dance, London’s celebration of all things choreographic, will turn its attention to theatre with a spectacular show at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 10 July.The free show,… Read More

Ray Quinn turns to rock and roll for Grease

Published: 9 July 2008

Ray Quinn has been pretty busy for a 19-year-old. Born and raised in Liverpool, Quinn regularly appeared on the Merseyside soap Brookside. In 2006 he really hit the spotlight by… Read More

Christopher Renshaw

Published: 9 July 2008

As his new musical prepares to open in the West End, director Christopher Renshaw reveals to Caroline Bishop that Zorro isn’t the only one leading a double life. It has… Read More

Garrett rides Carousel at Savoy

Published: 9 July 2008

Lesley Garrett is to return to the London stage in a new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel, which comes to the Savoy from 22 November (press night 2… Read More

Forget Savoy, show aims to Never-end

Published: 8 July 2008

Never Forget, the musical based on the songs of 90s boy band Take That, has announced it is extending booking at the Savoy by three weeks to 15 November, prior… Read More

Sampson goes Into The Hoods

Published: 8 July 2008

George Sampson, the 14-year-old who won the latest series of Britain’s Got Talent with a scintillating dance routine to Singin’ In The Rain, will show off his slick moves in… Read More

Hooves and Cinders at Lyric Hammersmith

Published: 8 July 2008

A new version of Cinderella by Coram Boy director Melly Still and an equine half term adventure are the centrepieces of the autumn/winter children’s theatre season at the Lyric Hammersmith.… Read More

Oedipus dates announced with new National season

Published: 8 July 2008

The dates of the highly anticipated return of Ralph Fiennes to the National Theatre stage in Oedipus have been announced, along with the theatre’s other autumn/winter schedule.The Juliette Binoche/Akram Khan… Read More

Free Outgoing

Published: 8 July 2008

In a Western society accustomed to news of Paris Hilton’s latest sex tape, mobile photos of happy slapping and bullying by text message, we are sadly all too aware of… Read More

Talented character actress Spriggs dies, aged 78

Published: 7 July 2008

Elizabeth Spriggs, the skilled character actress who forged a long and successful career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, died last week at the age of 78.A performer… Read More

BBC celebrates Theatreland centenary

Published: 7 July 2008

BBC News is marking 100 years since the creation of London’s West End theatre industry with a series of television and radio reports broadcast throughout Tuesday 8 July.Representatives from shows… Read More

Soho premieres Moss’s topical Night

Published: 7 July 2008

This Wide Night, the new play by Chloë Moss tackling the effects of imprisonment on women, debuts at the Soho theatre in late July before embarking on a tour.Moss’s new… Read More

Skellig found at Shaw theatre

Published: 7 July 2008

A new production of Skellig, the award-winning children’s book by David Almond, will run at London’s Shaw theatre from 4 to 14 November. Skellig, which won the Carnegie Medal and… Read More

In My Name

Published: 4 July 2008

Contemporary issues should be the lifeblood of new writing, feeding playwrights with situations and themes to explore and examine. Yet the 7/7 bombings that hit central London have been relatively… Read More

Revel Horwood directs Flamenco at Lyric

Published: 4 July 2008

Flamenco Flamen’ka, a dance show directed by Strictly Come Dancing judge and choreographer Craig Revel Horwood, comes to the Lyric theatre for an eight-week run from 18 September (press night… Read More

Bhaskar’s nervous night with Python

Published: 3 July 2008

Sanjeev Bhaskar’s nerves were rattled last night, not because of the press gathered for his official first night in Monty Python’s Spamalot, but because of the presence of former Python… Read More

Chickenshed tells Fairies’ Tale

Published: 3 July 2008

Fairies’ Tale, a new production for 3-7-year-olds, plays at Chickenshed theatre from 24 July to 6 August. Using puppets, live music and physical theatre, the show is no ordinary fairy… Read More

Gambon leads quartet into No Man’s Land

Published: 3 July 2008

Michael Gambon is to return to the West End stage in the Gate theatre Dublin’s production of Harold Pinter’s play No Man’s Land, which transfers to the Duke of York’s… Read More

2007 Box Office Data Report shows theatre boom

Published: 2 July 2008

The Society of London Theatre 2007 Box Office Data Report is now available, and with last year breaking almost all box office records it makes for interesting reading.Underlining theatre’s popularity,… Read More

Andy Nyman

Published: 2 July 2008

Andy Nyman’s name does not immediately bring a face to mind. Yet the talented actor has spent the last decade playing film leads and being the creative force behind Derren… Read More

On The Rocks

Published: 2 July 2008

If you’ve ever dreamed of moving to a cottage by the sea, living off the land in the company of your closest friends, eating, drinking and sharing ideas together, Hampstead’s… Read More

Sara Baras: Sabores

Published: 2 July 2008

In Sabores, which translates as flavours, Sara Baras, her company of 10 dancers and two guest artists aim to give the audience a taster of the different styles and steps… Read More

Hartnett opens Rain Man in London

Published: 1 July 2008

Josh Hartnett is the latest Hollywood actor to tread the boards in the West End as he teams up with British actor Adam Godley for a new stage adaptation of… Read More

Fiennes’s 2,000 Feet extends

Published: 1 July 2008

2,000 Feet Away, the debut drama by Anthony Weigh, which stars Joseph Fiennes, Ian Hart and Phyllis Logan, has extended its run at the Bush until 19 July. The extra… Read More

Imagine This at New London

Published: 1 July 2008

Imagine This, a new musical set in Poland during the Second World War, is to have its West End premiere at the New London theatre on 19 November, after previews… Read More

Betts and Perrin take 39 Steps

Published: 30 June 2008

Alan Perrin and Nigel Betts will join the cast of Laurence Olivier Award-winning comedy The 39 Steps on 28 July, to play the character-juggling roles of Man 1 and Man… Read More

Almeida casts Keen and Morrissey

Published: 27 June 2008

Will Keen, Nancy Carroll, David Morrissey and Steven Mackintosh are to star in the Almeida’s autumn season, while Peter McDonald takes centre stage at the Islington venue’s Summer Festival.Keen and… Read More

Anderson in Donmar’s Doll’s House

Published: 27 June 2008

Gillian Anderson returns to the UK stage to play Nora in A Doll’s House at the Donmar Warehouse in the spring of next year. Exact dates are yet to be… Read More

Dominic Leclerc brings Dream toy box to life

Published: 27 June 2008

Shakespeare’s fairytale A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a staple of the season at the Open Air theatre, Regent’s Park. But this year we can expect a very different production of… Read More

Turandot premieres in Hampstead season

Published: 26 June 2008

Brecht’s comic parable Turandot will kick off the autumn season at the Hampstead theatre, Artistic Director Anthony Clark announced today. The epic opener is one of three Hampstead commissions in… Read More

Nica Burns succeeds Rosemary Squire as SOLT President

Published: 26 June 2008

The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) has announced that Nica Burns will become the Society’s 29th President when Rosemary Squire steps down on 3 July. Burns, co-owner and Chief Executive… Read More
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