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The Bacchae

Published: 17 April 2008

Being a god yet having your status denied, and having your dead mother labelled a liar for claiming she slept with Zeus, is enough to make any young deity slightly… Read More

Bellingham returns in Vincent River

Published: 17 April 2008

Lynda Bellingham returns to the London stage this autumn in Philip Ridley's Vincent River, which is being staged at the Trafalgar Studio 2. Bellingham, who was for so long one… Read More

Awake And Sing!

Published: 17 April 2008

The autumn season at Islington's Almeida begins where the summer season ended, in Depression era America. Where Theodore Ward's Big White Fog was concerned with a black family living in… Read More

Amanda Drew

Published: 17 April 2008

In a world obsessed with looks, where a celebrity’s every spot and sweat mark is photographed for magazines and gossip columnists rumourmonger about who has had a boob job, underneath,… Read More

Davison and Ward run amok in Camelot

Published: 17 April 2008

A former Doctor Who and an ex-Coronation Street resident were officially crowned King Arthur and Sir Lancelot last night as Peter Davison and Bill Ward faced friends, celebrities and the… Read More

Van Outen makes Rent

Published: 17 April 2008

Denise Van Outen is to play Maureen in the new production of Rent which opens at the Duke Of York’s on 16 October (previews from 2 October).The television presenter and… Read More

Wicked birthday for London show

Published: 17 April 2008

The cast of Wicked celebrates the show’s first birthday in the West End today. The London stage production, which had its first performance at the Apollo Victoria on 7 September… Read More

Centre Stage: Autumn family preview

Published: 17 April 2008

Kids Week may be over, the new school year may have started, but it’s not all doom and gloom (in fact, it is remarkably sunny over Theatreland). Autumn means a… Read More

Valjeans cross the pond, new cast at Palladium

Published: 17 April 2008

The West End and Broadway productions of Les Misérables are to swap Jean Valjeans next month. John Owen-Jones, currently playing the epic role at the Queen’s theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue,… Read More

Tamzin Outhwaite

Published: 17 April 2008

It has all been a bit hectic of late for actress Tamzin Outhwaite. Television commitments have been flying thick and fast, and she was all set to take a six-month… Read More

Award winning comedy at the Garrick

Published: 17 April 2008

The winners of the 2007 if.comedy Awards, handed out at the Edinburgh Festival, will be performing at the Garrick in October, along with a collection of the nominees. Controversial Australian… Read More

Jodie Whittaker

Published: 17 April 2008

In the two years since graduating from drama school, Jodie Whittaker has already notched up an impressive list of stage and film credits with diverse roles including a prostitute, a… Read More

Ambassadors welcomes Stomp

Published: 17 April 2008

Stomp, which is packing up its dustbins at the Vaudeville on 23 September after a run of five years, will not be leaving the West End. Instead, the show will… Read More

All About My Mother

Published: 17 April 2008

Pedro Almodóvar’s Spanish language film Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About My Mother) won a plethora of awards on its release in 1999. In this new stage adaptation for the… Read More

National makes Statement Of Regret

Published: 17 April 2008

A new play by Kwame Kwei-Armah, Statement Of Regret, opens at the National Cottesloe on 14 November, with previews from 7 November.The play centres on Kwaku Mackenzie, played by Don… Read More

Tomlinson replaces Terfel in Ring

Published: 17 April 2008

Opera superstar Bryn Terfel has withdrawn from the Royal Opera's sold out production of Wagner's Ring Cycle which is to be staged at the Royal Opera House this autumn. Terfel… Read More

Keith returns to the Vaudeville in Earnest

Published: 17 April 2008

Penelope Keith returns to the West End in January 2008 as she leads the cast of The Importance Of Being Earnest when it arrives at the Vaudeville following a national… Read More

Opera while you shop

Published: 17 April 2008

Pop into Oxford Street department store Selfridges on 8 or 13 September and you may be in for a surprise. Two mini-operas, produced by The Opera Group, will be performed… Read More

Youngest Phantom in London

Published: 17 April 2008

London is to get its youngest ever Phantom when 28 year old Ramin Karimloo takes over the title role in The Phantom Of The Opera at Her Majesty’s on 10… Read More

Time Out shames misleading ticket agents

Published: 17 April 2008

Time Out magazine has “named and shamed” West End discount ticket booths around Leicester Square that incorrectly claim to be London’s official ticket booth. The article (Time Out, August 29),… Read More

Jake Maskall

Published: 17 April 2008

Life is a little hectic for Jake Maskall at the moment. After being killed off in EastEnders at the end of March, the actor has embarked on three plays in… Read More

Chocolate Factory gets La Cage for Christmas

Published: 17 April 2008

Transvestite comedy musical La Cage Aux Folles is to be the next Christmas show at the Menier Chocolate Factory, previewing from 23 November, with press night on 3 December. The… Read More

New Billy boys help celebrate musical’s milestone

Published: 17 April 2008

Two new young dancers join the cast of Billy Elliot The Musical this autumn, alternating in the title role. Sam Angell and Joshua Fedrick, both 13, step into Billy’s ballet… Read More

Lonestar/Private Wars

Published: 17 April 2008

Given the current anti-war climate, it is surprising that there are not more plays around at the moment that touch on the subject. In Lone Star and Private Wars, we… Read More

Marsh becomes latest passenger on Boeing Boeing

Published: 17 April 2008

British stage and screen actress Jean Marsh joins the cast of hit comedy Boeing Boeing at the Comedy on 1 October, replacing Rhea Perlman in the role of housekeeper Bertha.… Read More

Baxendale and Smith go Swimming with Slater

Published: 17 April 2008

Helen Baxendale and Matt Smith have joined Christian Slater in the cast of Swimming With Sharks, which opens at the Vaudeville on 16 October (previews from 5 October). Baxendale is… Read More

Satisfaction

Published: 17 April 2008

Curiosity propelled me to the first night of Satisfaction. Brought into the Apollo for a two-week slot prior to the September opening of Glengarry Glen Ross, this ‘dance concert’, as… Read More

The First Night Feature: The Emperor Jones

Published: 17 April 2008

The Emperor Jones was first seen in late 2005 at the tiny Gate theatre in north London, with a highly acclaimed performance from Paterson Joseph in the title role. Eugene… Read More

Popup pops up at Millfield

Published: 17 April 2008

One-man puppet company Professor Popup’s Puppet Theatre returns to Millfield theatre on 16 September with a show for 3-9 year olds and their families, Amazing, Mr Noah.Professor Popup is on… Read More

Cast confirmed for The Country Wife

Published: 17 April 2008

The full cast has been announced for the first production of the newly established Theatre Royal Haymarket Company, The Country Wife, which opens on 9 October (previews from 27 September).Joining… Read More

Backstage at Kids Week with The Cast

Published: 17 April 2008

It is a busy time for family friendly theatre this fortnight with Kids Week in full swing, which is why the third edition of Official London Theatre’s fortnightly podcast, The… Read More

Complete cast is Desperately Seeking Susan

Published: 17 April 2008

The full cast has been announced to join Emma Williams and Kelly Price in Desperately Seeking Susan, which opens at the Novello on 15 November (previews from 12 October).Mark McGee,… Read More

Rough Crossings for Hughes and Robinson

Published: 17 April 2008

Ed Hughes, Patrick Robinson and Peter De Jersey star in Rough Crossings, the new stage adaptation of Simon Schama’s best selling history of the abolition of the slave trade, which… Read More

New Access London Theatre brochure available now

Published: 17 April 2008

The Autumn Access London Theatre brochure, which lists all audio-described, signed and captioned performances in London theatre, is now available. The brochure has information about more than 100 assisted performances… Read More

Centre Stage: Tommy Sherlock

Published: 17 April 2008

He is just 22 and yet Liverpudlian Tommy Sherlock has a fair amount of acting experience to his name. He has appeared on television in The League Of Gentlemen, toured… Read More

Adrian Bower

Published: 17 April 2008

Adrian Bower does not look like your average West End star. His shoulder-length hair is unkempt, unruly and a little on the greasy side, like if John Lennon had worked… Read More

Smith partners Ball in Hairspray

Published: 17 April 2008

Comedian and actor Mel Smith is to make his West End musical debut playing Michael Ball’s husband in Hairspray, which comes to the Shaftesbury on 11 October (press night 30… Read More

BYO brings you opera at Peacock

Published: 17 April 2008

The singers of British Youth Opera (BYO) come to the Peacock for their annual season from 7-15 September, with productions of Mozart’s The Magic Flute and Benjamin Britten’s Albert Herring.The… Read More

Mel and Suz join Jack at Barbican

Published: 17 April 2008

Singer Suzanne Shaw and comic actress Mel Giedroyc have been cast in the Barbican’s pantomime, Jack And The Beanstalk, which runs from 1 December 2007-12 January 2008.Shaw, who came to… Read More

Double Honours for Jermyn Street

Published: 17 April 2008

Jermyn Street presents the UK premiere of On Your Honour, a legal-based farce by Colin Wakefield and Roger Leach, from 11-29 September.On Your Honour is set in a hotel where… Read More

Richie and Jagger at King’s Head

Published: 17 April 2008

Former EastEnder Shane Richie and James Jagger star in two one-act black comedies at the King’s Head from 28 August-23 September (press night 30 August). Lone Star and Private Wars,… Read More

Hans Peter Janssens

Published: 17 April 2008

For nearly 21 years Inspector Javert has been keeping law and order in the West End. The purveyor of justice in long-running French revolutionary musical Les Misérables has long been… Read More

Nickleby follows Macbeth to Gielgud

Published: 17 April 2008

The Chichester Festival Theatre production of The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby Parts I & II will transfer to London’s Gielgud theatre on 5 December (press night 8 December),… Read More

Record ticket sales for Kids Week!

Published: 17 April 2008

With over 32,000 tickets sold, the 10th anniversary Kids Week is already a record-breaker, and it has only just started!The Kids Week fortnight runs until 31 August, allowing children aged… Read More

Fleet and Menzies on Cloud Nine

Published: 17 April 2008

James Fleet is among the full cast announced for Caryl Churchill’s Cloud Nine, which opens at the Almeida on 31 October after previews from 25 October.Fleet is joined in the… Read More

Ellison and Oberman join Boeing Boeing

Published: 17 April 2008

Jennifer Ellison and Tracy-Ann Oberman will be unpacking their flight bags at the Comedy from 1 October when they join the cast of Marc Camoletti’s Boeing Boeing to play air… Read More

Cast confirmed for Stewart Macbeth

Published: 17 April 2008

The successful combination of actor Patrick Stewart and director Rupert Goold returns to West End in September when the current Chichester production of Macbeth transfers to the Gielgud. The duo… Read More

Kids Week Covent Garden – Day One

Published: 17 April 2008

The sun was out for the opening day of Kids Week Covent Garden today as a host of West End stars took to the stage in the first day of… Read More

Ambassadors packs up Little Shop

Published: 17 April 2008

Little Shop Of Horrors, the Menier Chocolate Factory transfer currently playing at the Ambassadors, is closing in the West End on 8 September prior to a national tour. This revival… Read More

Kids Week Covent Garden 16-17 August

Published: 17 April 2008

The 10th anniversary Kids Week kicks off on Friday and, to celebrate, the team is holding a special two-day launch event beginning 16 August. Held in Covent Garden, the event… Read More

Daniel Boys says I Love You Because

Published: 17 April 2008

Any Dream Will Do contestant Daniel Boys may not have won the highly prized technicolor dreamcoat, but he will find himself leading the cast of a London musical this autumn.… Read More

Chita postpones singing in West End

Published: 17 April 2008

Broadway star Chita Rivera’s cabaret show Chita Sings, which was due to take place at the Wyndham’s from 10-22 September, has been cancelled. Producer Keith Turnipseed said “Due to a… Read More

Rufus Sewell

Published: 17 April 2008

After a ten-day break, Rufus Sewell is back on stage in Tom Stoppard’s new play Rock ‘N’ Roll, this time treading the boards at the Duke Of York’s, after the… Read More

Kids Week Covent Garden – Day Two

Published: 17 April 2008

The casts of 11 West End shows took to the main stage of Kids Week Covent Garden today on day two of the free mini-festival which launches the Kids Week… Read More

Melanie La Barrie

Published: 17 April 2008

She is a former radio DJ, calypso singer and celebrity in Trinidad, she has played the oldest woman in the world, her husband’s aunt and a Boney M-singing mother who… Read More

Burke steps into Von Trapp’s boots at Palladium

Published: 17 April 2008

Simon Burke will succeed Alexander Hanson in the role of Captain Von Trapp in The Sound Of Music at the London Palladium from 24 September. Burke has previously starred in… Read More

Dance and Dee in Shadowlands

Published: 17 April 2008

Charles Dance and Janie Dee are to star in a new production of William Nicholson’s Shadowlands at the Wyndham’s from 3 October (press night 8 October) to 15 December. The… Read More

Outdoor venues star in The Cast

Published: 17 April 2008

Phil Willmott and the The second edition of Official London Theatre's podcast, The Cast, is now available to download. The latest show, hosted by Matthew Amer, was inspired by the… Read More

Fun For Kids at Soho

Published: 17 April 2008

Kids programming features in the autumn/winter season at the Soho theatre, with morning shows, a half-term treat and comedy for Christmas all in the line-up under the banner Fun For… Read More

Barbican hosts Black Watch

Published: 17 April 2008

The Barbican will host the London transfer of Black Watch, the National Theatre of Scotland show which was a huge success at last year’s Edinburgh Festival, in June 2008.The production… Read More

Lord Of The Rings announces extension

Published: 17 April 2008

Epic musical The Lord Of The Rings has announced an extension to its booking period. The adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy, which opened at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane… Read More

Diverse new season for Soho

Published: 17 April 2008

Four premieres, an Australian comedy show for kids and a promenade performance in Chinatown are some of the highlights in the autumn/winter season of the Soho theatre under Artistic Director… Read More

Angelina performs at New Wimbledon

Published: 17 April 2008

English National Ballet premieres the first live ballet based on the popular children’s character Angelina Ballerina at the New Wimbledon next month. Angelina’s Star Performance plays at the South London… Read More

Gregory Doran

Published: 17 April 2008

The pilgrims travelled from Southwark to Canterbury, but Gregory Doran’s RSC production of The Canterbury Tales Part I and Part II has done that and a lot more besides. After… Read More

History Boys back at the Wyndham’s

Published: 17 April 2008

Alan Bennett’s Laurence Olivier Award-winning play The History Boys returns to the West End for a second run this winter, opening at the Wyndham’s on 20 December.Desmond Barrit returns to… Read More

West End stars help Theatrecares

Published: 17 April 2008

Theatrecares, a charity which distributes funds to HIV and AIDS projects in the UK and Africa, has lined up several fund-raising events in the West End in the coming months.… Read More

Grease

Published: 17 April 2008

Black leather, skin-tight lycra, gyrating hips and horny teenagers – it is the perfect recipe for a family musical. Grease, after all the hype and reality television casting, was back… Read More

Buddy

Published: 17 April 2008

Do you want to rock and roll? That is a question asked several times during Buddy, and each time the answer is an ever-more enthusiastic yes from the raucous first… Read More

BSC returns with Romans, Egyptians and Danny

Published: 17 April 2008

If you missed recent London dates of Birmingham Stage Company productions Horrible Histories and Danny The Champion Of The World, do not fret, as there is another chance to catch… Read More

Slater swims with sharks at Vaudeville

Published: 17 April 2008

Christian Slater is returning to the West End stage in a darkly comic modern thriller based on the cult 1994 film Swimming With Sharks, which opens at the Vaudeville theatre… Read More

Royal Court casts Ugly One and Rhinoceros

Published: 17 April 2008

Amanda Drew has been cast in the The Ugly One by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg, which forms part of the Royal Court’s season of international plays in the Jerwood… Read More

Fiddler extends and releases recording

Published: 17 April 2008

The transfer of Sheffield Theatres's production of Fiddler On The Roof has, once again, extended its originally limited run at the Savoy. The Henry Goodman-led show, which originally extended until… Read More

Reduced run for Complete Works

Published: 17 April 2008

Shakespearean romp The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged) is to finish its summer season at the Arts on Sunday 2 September, three weeks earlier than planned. It had been… Read More

Peter Davison

Published: 17 April 2008

Peter Davison has played some iconic parts in his time, not least his incarnation as the fifth Doctor Who, but now he is stepping into the shoes of a legend,… Read More

Mark Addy

Published: 17 April 2008

After years away from the stage developing his film and TV career, Mark Addy has returned to the theatre, making his commercial West End debut at the Comedy theatre in… Read More
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