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The full cast and creative team is announced for Sean Foley’s hotly anticipated stage adaptation of classic Ealing Studios comedy The Man in the White Suit, which will have a three week engagement at Theatre Royal Bath from 5th September as part of its 2019 summer season before its world premiere at the Wyndham’s Theatre,... Continue Reading →
Having won three RIBA East Midlands Awards earlier this year, Nevill Holt Opera’s beautiful 400-seat theatre has now been awarded a prestigious RIBA National Award. These awards are given to buildings across the UK recognised as being significant contributions to architecture. The RIBA seeks to celebrate outstanding work and their awards are recognised internationally as... Continue Reading →
The Watermill Theatre today announced the full ensemble cast of actor/musicians for Paul Hart’s production of Kiss Me, Kate. Olivier award-winner Rebecca Trehearn (Lilli) and David Ricardo-Pearce (Fred) will be joined by a versatile cast of actor/musicians featuring Jack Benjamin (Ralph), Dan De Cruz (Doorman/Suitor), Kimmy Edwards (Lois), Andre Fabian Francis (Paul), Sheldon Greenland (Gangster... Continue Reading →
The cast has been announced for The Flies, which opens at the Bunker Theatre next month. Taking the lead in Exchange Theatre’s thrilling political adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s classic The Flies is French actress Meena Rayann (Game of Thrones, HBO; Hilda, Odds On Productions 2019; multi-award winning No Love Lost, Intelligent Ink Films) as the... Continue Reading →
As an East Anglian myself, I’m well aware that the region has been home a number of talented creatives over the years, including Sirs Trevor Nunn and Peter Hall. And now the region’s playwrights are being celebrated at the Ink Festival, which comes to London for the very first time. The Ink Festival has produced... Continue Reading →
Producers, Mark Goucher and Matthew Gale confirmed today that his smash hit production of Hairspray will go out on tour again in 2020. The tour will visit Manchester, Bradford, Blackpool, Northampton, Aylesbury, Birmingham, Glasgow and Liverpool, with further locations to be announced soon. The tour will extend into 2021 and follows two extremely successful tours in 2015/16... Continue Reading →
An unforgettable evening of stellar performances in celebration of the prolific director choreographer, Gillian Lynne DBE will take place on Tuesday 2nd July 2019 at 7.30pm at The Gillian Lynne Theatre, Drury Lane in London. A year and a day after Gillian passed away, ‘To Gillie, With Love’ will see stars of the world of... Continue Reading →
Underbelly has announced 86 new shows joining its Fringe programme. Exploring everything from mental health, millennials’ issues, sibling competition, addiction and current state of politics to dinosaurs, 19th century palaeontology, ancient Troy, novels of Jane Austin, Mary Shelley and Brothers Grimm and, of course, the ultimate quest to find the love of your life, Underbelly’s... Continue Reading →
Inspired by the pioneering British female boxers who fought for their right to fight, Fighter is a raucously visceral show, combining theatre and live boxing, that packs a real punch and is set to play at the Stratford Circus Arts Centre in April. Featuring a cast of genuine young boxers, this show blurs boundaries in... Continue Reading →
