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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 →
The Prince of Egypt, the brand-new stage musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell), a book by Philip LaZebnik (Mulan, Pocahontas) and based on the celebrated DreamWorks Animation film, has released an official video from its recent press launch featuring Alexia Khadime, Christine Allado and Luke Brady, together with other members of... Continue Reading →
The National Theatre has announced details of its new productions for October 2019 - March 2020. Just announced: - Emma Rice adapts and directs Emily Brontë’s iconic masterpiece WUTHERING HEIGHTS, in a new co-production with Wise Children in association with York Theatre Royal. Opening in the Lyttelton Theatre in autumn 2020 before touring across the... Continue Reading →
Rehearsal images have been released for We Anchor in Hope, which opens at The Bunker Theatre later this month. From the award-winning Anna Jordan (Killing Eve, Sid Gentle Films Ltd; Succession, HBO), written between the Brexit vote and Trump’s Presidential victory, We Anchor in Hope captures a moment of deep uncertainty in recent history and... Continue Reading →
Katy Lipson and John Gertz are thrilled to announce a new production of Zorro The Musical which will run at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester from 14 March – 18 April 2020. The production will place audiences at the heart of this legendary adventure as they are invited to take part in flamenco dancing... Continue Reading →
Elliott & Harper Productions and Cindy Tolan today announced new cast members joining Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke in the West End transfer of the highly acclaimed, sold-out Young Vic production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman at the Piccadilly Theatre from 24 October 2019. Two of Britain’s hottest young actors join the... Continue Reading →
