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Waitress has announced its next Cast Album Karaoke Night will take place on 19 November, hosted by cast members Sandra Marvin who plays Becky and Kelly Agbowu who plays Nurse Norma. Audience members who want the opportunity to sing live on the West End stage just need to sign up before that evening’s show to... Continue Reading →
The King’s Head Theatre, Making Productions and RGM Productions are delighted to announce the full cast for the return of Kevin Elyot’s Coming Clean to Trafalgar Studios 2. Lee Knight will star as Tony. His theatre credits include A Very Very Very Dark Matter (The Bridge Theatre), Adam & Eve (Hope Theatre) and Much Ado... Continue Reading →
VAULT Festival, one of the largest curated arts festivals in the world, has launched tickets for its first round of shows for their 2020 incarnation. Every Tuesday more productions will be revealed until the full programme is released on Tuesday 3 December. VAULT Festival will return for its eighth year with eight weeks of the... Continue Reading →
Rehearsal images have today been released for The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit, which opens at Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester later this month. The Astonishing Times of Timothy Cratchit tells the tale of a young man who sets out to find his place in an expanding and volatile world. The show is a sequel... Continue Reading →
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh are delighted to announce three further venues for the UK and Ireland tour of the brilliant original production of The Phantom of the Opera. These are Sunderland Empire (4 November – 5 December 2020), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (9 December 2020 – 16 January 2021) and Plymouth Theatre Royal... Continue Reading →
Silently Hoping by award-winning playwright Iskandar R. Sharazuddin looks at what it means to come from a mixed cultural heritage. A piece exploring identity, class and faith through interpersonal dynamics and character-led writing, it follows a young woman trying to find her place in the world as she delves into Islam’s relationship with queerness and... Continue Reading →
Mamma Mia! The Party, the new immersive theatrical and dining experience, now open at The O2 London, is extending its booking period to Sunday 31 May 2020 due to popular demand. New tickets will go on sale from 9.00am on Friday 15 November 2019. Created by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, Mamma Mia! The Party is a... Continue Reading →
David Pugh and Theatre by the Lake are delighted to announce that their highly acclaimed production of Willy Russell’s Educating Rita, which toured the UK earlier this year, will have a 40th anniversary production in 2020, once again touring the UK and starring Stephen Tompkinson as Frank and Jessica Johnson as Rita. The production is... Continue Reading →
Pan Productions will welcome in the new year with Wilde’s quintessentially English masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest at the Tower Theatre. Their first play in English, it is created with a team of immigrant actors and creatives, who, like the characters in the play, are constantly asked where they are from, when all they... Continue Reading →
