facebook play-alt chevron-thin-right chevron-thin-left cancel location info chevron-thin-down star-full help-with-circle calendar images whatsapp directions_car directions_bike train directions_walk directions_bus close home newspaper-o perm_device_information restaurant school stay_current_landscape ticket train On-The-Day

News Archive

Absolute Beginners

Published: 17 April 2008

The late 1950s, the dawn of the teenager; this is the setting for Absolute Beginners. The nation's youth is beginning to find its voice and exercise its right to free… Read More

Return of Rambert’s Summer School

Published: 17 April 2008

Rambert Dance Company, Britain’s flagship modern dance company, is once again holding its annual Youth Dance Summer School, which runs from 30 July-3 August. A week of workshops, dance activities… Read More

Douglas Hodge

Published: 17 April 2008

Douglas Hodge is possibly the busiest, hardest working man in theatre. When he is not acting, he is directing, and when he is not doing that he is probably writing… Read More

Lang joins cast of Forgotten Voices

Published: 17 April 2008

Belinda Lang is to join Matthew Kelly in World War One drama Forgotten Voices, which runs at Riverside Studios from 30 May-7 July (press night 1 June).Lang is well known… Read More

Blair continues to be Called To Account

Published: 17 April 2008

The political drama Called To Account, which examines whether Prime Minister Tony Blair should be indicted for taking Britain to war in Iraq, has extended at the Tricycle until 9… Read More

All Mouth at Menier

Published: 17 April 2008

Following historical drama Total Eclipse, the Menier Chocolate Factory is changing tack with the premiere of a new comedy by Jonathan Lewis and Miranda Foster called All Mouth, opening on… Read More

Buddy Holly back in town

Published: 17 April 2008

Buddy, the long running rock ‘n’ roll musical biography of 50s recording star Buddy Holly, returns to London in August for a West End run at the Duchess theatre. Buddy… Read More

New Access London Theatre brochure out now

Published: 17 April 2008

The Summer 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

Showgirls return to Chicago

Published: 17 April 2008

Long-standing Chicago regulars Josefina Gabrielle and Amra-Faye Wright dust off their jazz hands and fishnets as they return to the cast of the musical at the Cambridge from 7 May… Read More

Rory Bremner

Published: 17 April 2008

“It would be quite nice if we were doing this in a shed somewhere.” Rory Bremner, the UK’s foremost satirical impressionist, has lofty ambitions as he prepares to make his… Read More

Rambert dances for families

Published: 17 April 2008

Rambert Dance Company is offering children and their families the chance to gain an insight into the workings of the company and the experience of modern dance through its family… Read More

Spall and Bottomley chill in Alaska

Published: 17 April 2008

Rafe Spall and Christine Bottomley lead the cast of Alaska, which runs at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs between 24 May and 23 June. The drama is the very… Read More

Broadway Prince stars in Kismet

Published: 17 April 2008

The Tony Award-winning Broadway star Faith Prince makes her West End debut in June, starring in English National Opera's new production of Kismet. Prince plays Lalume in the show, which… Read More

Get ready for free theatre with Kids Week!

Published: 17 April 2008

The countdown to Kids Week 2007 has begun. The 10th anniversary Kids Week, with new sponsor Buckle My Shoe, runs this summer from 17-31 August (yes, it’s a whole fortnight)… Read More

Centre Stage: Ian ‘H’ Watkins

Published: 17 April 2008

Charting the highs and lows of a group of students at a performing arts school in New York, Fame is a high-energy, feel-good musical. On 8 May it returns to… Read More

Patricia Hodge

Published: 17 April 2008

A slightly dingy company office, hidden in the bowels of the Comedy theatre, with the mildly fluorescent glow that comes from being lit entirely by electricity, is the last place… Read More

Shakespeare Abridged at Arts

Published: 17 April 2008

A new production of fast-paced Shakespearean romp The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged) comes to the Arts theatre this summer, from 12 June-23 September. The irreverent show became the… Read More

Kelly back on stage in London

Published: 17 April 2008

Matthew Kelly returns to the London stage in Forgotten Voices at the Riverside Studios from 30 May-7 July (press night 1 June).Adapted for the stage by Malcolm McKay, the play… Read More

Interview: Tina Arena

Published: 17 April 2008

Singer, songwriter and musical star Tina Arena has been entertaining since she was knee-high to a wombat, kicking off her career as a seven-year-old on Australian variety show Young Talent… Read More

Rafta, Rafta

Published: 17 April 2008

Rafta, Rafta means slowly, slowly in Hindi, a most appropriate title for a play about an extremely slow-burning sexual relationship between a newly married couple. Ayub Khan-Din’s play is based… Read More

John Weidman

Published: 17 April 2008

With director Susan Stroman, writer John Weidman created Contact (currently previewing at the Queen's ), one of the most successful Broadway musicals of recent years. He's had a partnership with… Read More

Tompsett and Mace step up in Wicked

Published: 17 April 2008

Adam Garcia and Martin Ball are to leave Wicked on 14 July, to be replaced by Oliver Tompsett and Andy Mace as Fiyero and Doctor Dillamond respectively. Both Tompsett and… Read More

Secret Garden at Peacock

Published: 17 April 2008

London Children’s Ballet (LCB) brings its adaptation of classic novel The Secret Garden to the Peacock from 17-20 May. This is the first ever ballet of The Secret Garden and… Read More

Harvey writes second Barbican panto

Published: 17 April 2008

While summer approaches, the Barbican has its sights set on Christmas as it announces its second annual pantomime, Jack And The Beanstalk, to be penned by Beautiful Thing playwright Jonathan… Read More

Sadler’s Wells breaks convention for fourth year

Published: 17 April 2008

Breakin’ Convention, the annual international festival of hip hop dance theatre, returns to Sadler’s Wells on the first May bank holiday weekend, 5-7 May. First staged at Sadler’s Wells in… Read More

Kindertransport

Published: 17 April 2008

Shared Experience presents this affecting play about the lasting effects of displacement on the thousands of children who left Germany just before World War II, alone and frightened. It has… Read More

Kiss Of The Spider Woman

Published: 17 April 2008

Every so often a performance sticks in the mind, pushing the multitude of other very good performances into the recesses of the memory. Will Keen's Molina, one of the two… Read More

Preece takes over as Garrett kicks the habit

Published: 17 April 2008

Margaret Preece is to take over from Lesley Garrett as Mother Abbess in The Sound Of Music from Monday, as the musical announces an extension to its booking period to… Read More

African Snow

Published: 17 April 2008

Commissioned to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Slave Trade Act, African Snow sold out its run at the York Theatre Royal earlier this year. The parallel… Read More

We Will Rock You and Cabaret extend

Published: 17 April 2008

We Will Rock You, the blockbuster Queen musical, is celebrating its fifth year in the West End on 14 May with a special performance involving the show’s creators and some… Read More

Tim Firth

Published: 17 April 2008

Our House, the new Madness musical which opened at the Cambridge this week, follows in a long line of high profile musicals based on the back catalogues of pop bands.… Read More

The Big Interview: Lindsay Duncan

Published: 17 April 2008

Lindsay Duncan is one of a rare breed, an extremely good actress who has remained fairly anonymous. Though she has two Laurence Olivier Awards glittering in her trophy cabinet –… Read More

Called To Account

Published: 17 April 2008

The Tricycle continues its tradition of highly charged political plays with Called To Account: The Indictment Of Anthony Charles Lynton Blair For The Crime Of Aggression Against Iraq – A… Read More

That Face

Published: 17 April 2008

Polly Stenham's first play paints a picture of a dysfunctional modern upper-middle class family. Dad is absent – immigrated to Hong Kong – Mum can't look after herself, let alone… Read More

Sondheim Narrators Announced

Published: 17 April 2008

Christopher Cazenove, Barry Cryer, Les Dennis and Angela Rippon have been unveiled as the guest narrators of Side By Side By Sondheim. The new production of the Sondheim revue show,… Read More

Cumming comes Bac(chae) to London

Published: 17 April 2008

Scottish actor Alan Cumming returns to the London stage later this year, playing Dionysus in a new version of The Bacchae.The production is being mounted by the National Theatre of… Read More

National hosts Pimlott celebration

Published: 17 April 2008

Steven Pimlott theatre on 17 May at 11:45. The event is free, not ticketed and open to anyone. Pimlott died in February following a battle with cancer. He was just… Read More

ENO announces new season

Published: 17 April 2008

English National Opera has announced the line up for the 2007/8 season. The company will present a total of 11 new productions and three revivals, with some exciting collaborations in… Read More

Gaslight shines on more actors

Published: 17 April 2008

Additional casting has been announced for the Old Vic’s production of Gaslight. Joining Bond beauty Rosamund Pike and stage and screen veteran Kenneth Cranham will be Andrew Woodhall and Rowena… Read More

Boyett Ostar continues National connection

Published: 17 April 2008

Broadway producer Boyett Ostar Productions (Bob Boyett and Bill Haber) has extended its 'first look' arrangement with the National Theatre that gives the company the first chance to take the… Read More

Little Shop stays open longer

Published: 17 April 2008

Little Shop Of Horrors has extended its current run in the West End. The musical tale of a blood-loving plant is now booking at the Duke of York's until 1… Read More

Avenue Q pioneers mobile phone tickets

Published: 17 April 2008

Avenue Q has become the first show in the world to offer customers the chance to buy and receive their tickets directly via their mobile phone, after Delfont Mackintosh Theatres… Read More

The Hound Of The Baskervilles

Published: 17 April 2008

On a dark moor, in the middle of the night, a man is creeping through the fog. Surrounded by faint and creepy noises, he opens a creaking gate and steps… Read More

Keep on Dirty Dancing

Published: 17 April 2008

Fans of the classic 80s movie Dirty Dancing who haven’t yet been able to see the smash hit stage version at the Aldwych have got a chance to get their… Read More

Nicolas Kent

Published: 17 April 2008

Nicolas Kent is a busy man. The Artistic Director of the Tricycle is immersed in rehearsals for his new 'tribunal play' Called To Account and is barely coming up for… Read More

Billy extends booking period

Published: 17 April 2008

On 23 April, half a million new tickets go on sale for the hugely popular Billy Elliot The Musical. The extension means that from next week it will be possible… Read More

Ford Davies and Duff reunite in St Joan

Published: 17 April 2008

Oliver Ford Davies and Anne-Marie Duff, who recently appeared together in The Soldiers' Fortune at the Young Vic, are to work together again this year in the National Theatre's production… Read More

Blake casts Wicked spell

Published: 17 April 2008

Susie Blake took to the Apollo Victoria stage last Thursday to entertain an auditorium packed with celebs and theatregoers as teacher-turned-spin doctor Madame Morrible in Wicked. The former Coronation Street… Read More

Christmas Eve comes in April for Avenue Q

Published: 17 April 2008

Jennifer Tanarez makes her professional West End debut when she joins the cast of Avenue Q on 16 April. The recent graduate of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts replaces Naoko… Read More

Clune joins Billy cast

Published: 17 April 2008

Jackie Clune joins the cast of Billy Elliot The Musical from 4 June. The actor, comedian, composer and broadcaster is set to play dance teacher Mrs Wilkinson in the West… Read More

Julian Glover

Published: 17 April 2008

Macbeth. The mere mention of the name sends shivers of fear down the spines of even the bravest and least superstitious of actors. Since the very first Macbeth died backstage… Read More

Nuttall wings her way into Boeing-Boeing

Published: 17 April 2008

Amy Nuttall joins the cast of hit comedy Boeing-Boeing from 14 May. The former Emmerdale star, who was last seen in the West End playing Sarah Brown in Guys And… Read More

Jewels in Royal Ballet season

Published: 17 April 2008

The Royal Ballet's 2007/8 season has been announced, and includes a new production of George Balanchine's Jewels. The season also contains the revival of the Laurence Olivier Award-winning piece Chroma… Read More

Royal Opera 2007/8 season announced

Published: 17 April 2008

The Royal Opera's 2007/8 season has been revealed. In Antonio Pappano's sixth season as Music Director, the company presents one world premiere, two new productions, three co-productions being seen for… Read More

Hodge lands in Boeing-Boeing

Published: 17 April 2008

Actress Patricia Hodge joins the cast of hit comedy Boeing-Boeing from 30 April until 23 June. Hodge replaces Frances De La Tour in the role of long-suffering housekeeper Bertha. Of… Read More

Hill cast in Philistines

Published: 17 April 2008

Two times Laurence Olivier Award-winner Conleth Hill joins the previously announced Rory Kinnear and Ruth Wilson in the cast of Philistines at the National Lyttelton this May. Hill’s West End… Read More

BTOpenzone Lite brings free wireless internet to Leicester Square

Published: 17 April 2008

Theatre-lovers relaxing in the park and in the cafes and bars of Leicester Square can now use their phone, PDA or even PSP to explore the tkts web pages, see… Read More

McInnerny joins Othello cast

Published: 17 April 2008

Tim McInnerny is to join Eamonn Walker in Othello at Shakespeare’s Globe this summer, along with Zoe Tapper and Lorraine Burroughs. McInnerny, who is still widely recognised for playing Lord… Read More

Cranham and Pike bask in Gaslight

Published: 17 April 2008

Victorian thriller Gaslight follows The Entertainer at the Old Vic, opening on 14 June. Former bond girl Rosamund Pike is to play the psychologically tormented heroine of the piece alongside… Read More

Peak Behind The Scenes at Dr Johnson’s house

Published: 17 April 2008

A new exhibition opened yesterday offering theatre fans a new insight into the theatrical world of the 18th century. Behind The Scenes: The Hidden Life Of Georgian Theatre 1737-1784 is… Read More

Tina Arena

Published: 17 April 2008

If you were asked to name Australia's highest selling female recording artist, a performer who sang at the opening of the Sydney Olympics and the Paris Live 8 concert, you… Read More

Nick Bateman

Published: 17 April 2008

Nick Bateman was catapulted to fame by reality TV show Big Brother where he picked up the nickname 'Nasty Nick' for his underhand tactics. Now he's starring in cult musical… Read More

Joseph hangs Dreamcoat at Adelphi in July

Published: 17 April 2008

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat returns to the West End on Tuesday 17 July, when it opens at the Adelphi. In a repeat of last year's How Do You… Read More

Seagrove and Andrews open Letter

Published: 17 April 2008

Jenny Seagrove and Anthony Andrews are to star in Somerset Maugham’s play The Letter at the Wyndham’s from 19 April (press night 1 May).Set in the heat of a Malaysian… Read More

Badness at Hampstead

Published: 17 April 2008

It may be a long way from Christmas, but Hampstead has already announced details of its family show for the festive season, Little Wolf’s Book Of Badness, which runs from… Read More

Spamalot uses coconuts a lot to break record

Published: 17 April 2008

Cast members from Monty Python's Spamalot are hoping that the public supports them on St George's Day (23 April) as they attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the… Read More

Mendes and Spacey bridge Atlantic

Published: 17 April 2008

Former Donmar Warehouse Artistic Director Sam Mendes has announced a new transatlantic theatre venture linking the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York and the Old Vic in London.… Read More

Rowe steps into plant for a fortnight

Published: 17 April 2008

Clive Rowe is voicing bloodthirsty plant Audrey II in the musical Little Shop Of Horrors for a two week period which began last night, until 14 April. Rowe is temporarily… Read More

Top trio in Betrayal

Published: 17 April 2008

Dervla Kirwan, Toby Stephens and Samuel West have been cast in Harold Pinter’s Betrayal at the Donmar Warehouse (31 May-21 July).Betrayal is the story of a love triangle between a… Read More

Pain and Itch for Macfadyen

Published: 17 April 2008

Matthew Macfadyen leads the cast of The Pain And The Itch, which opens at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs on 21 June. The production is the first directed by… Read More

Big Sing at the Barbican

Published: 17 April 2008

Ever fancied yourself as a bit of an opera singer? Now is your chance to see if you can cut it, by joining the Barbican’s Mostly Mozart Big Sing on… Read More

Gest has harsh Word for Joseph at Grease launch

Published: 17 April 2008

Grease Is The Word judge David Gest kicked off the competition with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rival reality show Any Dream Will Do last night by saying “Grease has good songs,… Read More

Toby Jones

Published: 17 April 2008

At first, Toby Jones isn’t happy: England are being walloped at cricket and it seems increasingly unlikely Prince Charles is ever going to appear as a guest in . However,… Read More

Keen replaces Glen in Kiss

Published: 17 April 2008

Will Keen is to replace Iain Glen in Kiss Of The Spider Woman at the Donmar Warehouse, which opens on 25 April (previews from 19 April).A statement issued today said… Read More

Cooper shows new Side of Sondheim

Published: 17 April 2008

A new production of the musical revue Side By Side By Sondheim, featuring musical staging by Adam Cooper, is to run at The Venue from 26 April (press night 1… Read More
chevronLeft icon Previous 1 148 149 150 152 153 154 156 Next chevronRight icon
Keep up to date with the latest shows and theatre news