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There are just five weeks left to see Michael Frayn’s comedy Noises Off in Jeremy Herrin’s hit production at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End. The run will end on 4 January 2020. After watching from the wings a production of his 1970 farce The Two of Us with Richard Briers and Lynn Redgrave,... Continue Reading →
Producers Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and Sonia Friedman Productions today announced that Rhys Ifans will play the iconic role of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, the new play by Aaron Sorkin based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, directed by Bartlett Sher, which will open in London’s West End in 2020. Further casting... Continue Reading →
The Prince of Egypt has released a music video featuring a brand-new song by Grammy® and Academy® Award-winner Stephen Schwartz, Footprints on the Sand, performed by Luke Brady who plays Moses. The new stage musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell), a book by Philip LaZebnik (Mulan, Pocahontas) and based on 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 →
Following its 7th sold-out season at Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre in London’s West End, Andrew Kay presents the phenomenal, award-winning Tango Fire, which returns to tour the UK from 12 February to 2 March 2020. Starring internationally renowned Argentinean Tango superstars German Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi, who are joined by a cast of extraordinary Tango... Continue Reading →
Following a critically-acclaimed sell-out run, the King’s Head Theatre, Making Productions and RGM Productions are delighted to announce the smash-hit play, Coming Clean by Kevin Elyot will return to Trafalgar Studios 2. Adam Spreadbury-Maher, Artistic Director of the King’s Head Theatre, will direct the production, which will run for a strictly limited four week season... Continue Reading →
"My best friend Meg actually lost it last week, to her boyfriend Amir. Apparently he lit candles. Magical, was the word she used.” Alice would give anything for something magical to happen to her. But she’s shy, has no idea how to contour and the last thing she loved was a roast potato. She feels... Continue Reading →
When it comes to television crime dramas, the UK has certainly ha its fair share, with the likes of the BBC’s Line of Duty, Killing Eve and ITV’s Broadchurch. And now Netflix is throwing its hat into the ring with its latest original, Criminal, a police series with a difference. Billed as a cat-and-mouse drama,... Continue Reading →
While David Tomlinson is famous for starring in Disney films such as The Love Bug and Bedknobs and Broomsticks, he’s probably best-known for his portrayal of the bowler hat-wearing Mr Banks in Mary Poppins. But there’s a lot more to the actor than just the aptly-named banker, as one-man show The Life I Lead seeks... Continue Reading →
