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Jason Manford is to star in a UK tour of the musical Curtains, which will open at Churchill Theatre, Bromley on the 4 October 2019. From the Tony Award-winning creators of ‘Cabaret’ and ‘Chicago’, this production tells the story of Jessica Cranshaw, star of the new Broadway-bound musical Robbin Hood, who has been murdered on stage on opening night. The entire... Continue Reading →
One of the most highly anticipated theatre productions of the year, All About Eve has a lot to live up to. Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s original 1950 film was nominated for a record-breaking 14 Oscars, including Best Actress for the iconic Bette Davies, and so, with a star cast featuring Gillian Anderson and Lily James as... Continue Reading →
Though it may seem like an unlikely venue for a theatrical performance, the London Library is actually the perfect setting for Creation Theatre’s latest production, Dracula. It was recently revealed that Bram Stoker used the library when writing his most famous work, following the exciting discovery of original copies of 26 books that Stoker for... Continue Reading →
Ahead of the first preview performance of Waitress in the West End tonight, it is announced that more tickets have been released and the show has extended its booking period to 19 October at the Adelphi Theatre. The Tony-nominated musical by Sara Bareilles will have its official opening night on 7 March.The production has also just announced that a limited number of day seats... Continue Reading →
The National Theatre today announced a UK tour of Bijan Sheibani’s production of A Taste of Honey, Shelagh Delaney’s remarkable taboo-breaking 1950s play, which was first produced in the Lyttelton Theatre in 2014, designed by Hildegard Bechtler and reconceived in an exciting new production, featuring a live on stage band, for the tour. Jodie Prenger (Oliver!, One Man, Two Guvnors, Abigail’s Party UK... Continue Reading →
Playwright Sacha Voit's latest creation Boots, which she wrote with Jessica Butcher, opens later this month at the Bunker Theatre. I recently caught up with her about her upcoming production. Can you tell me what Boots is about? Boots is about two women meeting in 'Boots' and finding that more unites them than divides them. They are divided... Continue Reading →
Rehearsal images and a video trailer are released today for the world premiere of Them/Us presented by the internationally acclaimed all-male dance troupe BalletBoyz ahead of their new UK tour, from 23 February to 28 April, and one-week residency at London’s Sadler’s Wells from 5 to 9 March, 2019, with opening night for press on 6 March. A co-production... Continue Reading →
Today it's been announced that Jaymi Hensley will star in Bill Kenright's production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, which embarks on a national tour from 20th February at Theatre Royal Windsor. Jaymi Hensley, a member of 2013's BBC 'British Breakthrough Band' of the year Union J, will don... Continue Reading →
Production images have today been released for 9 to 5 the Musical. Starring Caroline Sheen as ‘Violet Newstead’, Amber Davies as ‘Judy Bernly’, Natalie McQueen as ‘Doralee Rhodes’, Bonnie Langford as ‘Roz Keith’ and Brian Conley as ‘Franklin Hart’, the musical runs at London's Savoy Theatre for a strictly limited season from 28 January – 31 August 2019. 9 to 5 the Musical features a book by Patricia Resnick, the... Continue Reading →
