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This weekend sees the hugely anticipated return of hit Netflix show The Crown, and even not-so-sharp-eyed viewers will spot that this season there’s a new Queen on the throne. In fact, as the show heads into the 60s and 70s and the monarch enters the second decade of her reign, the entire cast has been... Continue Reading →
The Political History of Smack and Crack is an urgent, angry, funny love-song to a lost generation crushed by the heroin epidemic at the height of Thatcherism. Following sold-out runs at Soho Theatre and Edinburgh Festival Fringe, this acclaimed production begins its UK tour this January. Inspired by the writer’s own experience in jail and... Continue Reading →
The National Theatre has announced new shows for December 2019 to June 2020, including Romeo and Juliet starring Josh O'Connor and Jessie Buckley. Announced today: - NT Associate Simon Godwin directs ROMEO & JULIET with Josh O’Connor and Jessie Buckley as the star-crossed lovers and Fisayo Akinade as Mercutio - SEA SICK written and performed... Continue Reading →
Images have been released of devoted angels Michael (Matt Tedford (aka Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho) and Gabriel (Tom Bowen) in the European premiere of hit Broadway comedy "An Act Of God" After many millennia, and in just 90 minutes, God (award-winning comedian Zoe Lyons as seen on ‘Mock The Week’ and ‘Celebrity Masterchef’) assisted... Continue Reading →
Inspired by her personal Instagram experiment, Mandy Picks a Husband is the hilariously dark and witty dating traumedy from seasoned New York theatre actress and stand-up comic, Amanda Broomell. Following acclaim at the 2019 Hollywood and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals, this satirical exposé comes to London to reveal the highs and hurdles of falling in love.... Continue Reading →
The Roundhouse has announced a Spring 2020 Season of stereotype-smashing performing arts. Featuring Emma Frankland’s Hearty, Miguel Hernando Torres Umba’s Stardust, Rachael Young’s Nightclubbing and Out, and Emma Dennis-Edwards’ Funeral Flowers, the season runs from 27 February to 9 May. Malú Ansaldo, Head of Performing Arts, said: “From mythical wing-bearing creatures, to stereotype-smashing stories; our... Continue Reading →
Everyone in this story had great expectations: betterment, revenge, love, fortune, redemption, freedom. It all started with a beautiful young bride, in love, on her wedding day, many years before. The wedding never happened. The clocks stopped at twenty to nine on that ill fated day at Satis House, and she has a story to... Continue Reading →
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh are delighted to announce full casting for the UK and Ireland tour of the brilliant original production of The Phantom Of The Opera opening at Curve, Leicester on 22 February 2020. Killian Donnelly will play ‘The Phantom’, Holly-Anne Hull ‘Christine Daaé’, Rhys Whitfield ‘Raoul’, Saori Oda ‘Carlotta Giudicelli’, Adam... Continue Reading →
Waitress has announced Willemijn Verkaik in the leading role of Jenna for the upcoming international tour of the Netherlands which will visit the country’s largest theatres from September 2020. Jenna is a waitress and expert pie-maker who dreams of some happiness in her life. When a hot new doctor arrives in town, life gets complicated.... Continue Reading →
