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The producers and creative team are delighted to announce that in addition to the smash-hit West End production currently playing to packed houses at the newly refurbished Trafalgar Theatre, a second company of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning musical Jersey Boys will head out on a new tour of the UK and Ireland. Previous... Continue Reading →
Declan Bennett, star of ITV’s new detective drama The Long Call, makes his writing debut at the Turbine Theatre this November with an intimate, autobiographical one-person show. Boy Out The City follows Declan as he moves out of the Big Smoke to a sleepy Oxfordshire village and struggles to adapt to life alone in the... Continue Reading →
New virtual reality (VR) dance experience Facades will premiere at Phoenix, Leicester in October before touring to BOM, Birmingham, and Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham, in November. This surreal and immersive VR dance piece invites the audience to walk the line between reality and illusion in a beautiful yet unsettling narrative drawing on iconic scenes from... Continue Reading →
A Map to You tells the vibrant life stories shared with playwrights by individuals and their families living with dementia . Inspired by the unique connections between playwright and participant through a series of online, creative storytelling workshops with a dementia peer group, The Dot Collective will transform Longfield Hall into an immersive experience of... Continue Reading →
The 2021 cast is revealed as ‘Potted Panto’, written by double Olivier nominees (and former CBBC TV presenters) Daniel Clarkson, Jefferson Turner and Richard Hurst, returns for a five-week West End festive season at the Garrick Theatre from Saturday 11 December, 2021 - Sunday 9 January, 2022. Dan Clarkson and Gary Trainor (who played Dewey... Continue Reading →
Scott Fitzgerald’s renowned tale of the glitz and glamour of the Jazz Age comes to the stage at Southwark Playhouse in a captivating musical adaptation by Ruby in the Dust Theatre. Following previous successes as a sell-out concert at Crazy Coqs in Piccadilly and an online streamed concert performance at Cadogan Hall, Gatsby: The Musical... Continue Reading →
Showstopping musical Vanara – The Legend is coming to London stages later this month with the incredible talent of stage and screen star Jacob Fowler in the leading role. Fowler will bring to life the enigmatic character of Mohr, a confident and loyal tribesman. Fowler made his name on the 2020 television series Little Mix: The Search with his... Continue Reading →
Visitors can expect a thrilling musical show of a classic Christmas story, carols and more this festive season at the Old Royal Naval College. With Goblin Theatre’s A Christmas Carol coming to the Painted Hall, Christmas carol services in the Chapel of St Peter and St Paul, wreath making for families and Museum Shop Sunday,... Continue Reading →
Icon Theatre will present If Not Now, a stunning large-scale movement-based production exploring poverty, prejudice, and the climate crisis, featuring professional artists alongside a volunteer cast of 100+ performers. The production will see breathtaking visuals projected onto the walls of Rochester Castle as part of Medway’s Light Nights. The cast of If Not Now will... Continue Reading →
Rehearsals began this week for the highly anticipated West End premiere of Life of Pi, Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s award-winning book. It will begin performances at the Wyndham’s Theatre in London on Monday 15 November 2021. For the first time ever, the historic Wyndham’s Theatre will be transformed to fully accommodate... Continue Reading →
