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Jack Maple & Brian Zeilinger-Goode for Take Two Theatricals, and the Barn Theatre (Iwan Lewis, Artistic Director) are delighted to present the West End transfer of Simon Reade’s adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful. This new production by BoxLess Theatre opened as part of the Barn Theatre’s first outdoor theatre festival, BarnFest, in August 2020... Continue Reading →
Following a sold-out UK national tour, ‘Here Come The Boys’, featuring four superstar Kings of Dance, a brand new supporting cast and a dazzling new production, is to transfer to the West End for a 16-week season at the Garrick Theatre from 27 January, 2021. ‘Here Come The Boys’ sees superstar Aljaž Škorjanec battling with... Continue Reading →
One of the last West End shows to be cancelled before lockdown in March, The Showstoppers turned their final performance at the Lyric Theatre into an impromptu online live stream event, which has since been viewed more than 112,000 times. During lockdown The Showstoppers have been keeping their fans entertained with live streams - some... Continue Reading →
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 →
Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced The Drifters Girl, a brand new musical starring Beverley Knight, which tells the remarkable story of one of the world’s greatest vocal groups The Drifters and the woman who made them. It will make its World Premiere at Newcastle Theatre Royal next year, before transferring to the Garrick... Continue Reading →
Michael Frayn’s classic farce about a farce, Noises Off, which has played all over the world where theatre is done, returns to the West End for the fourth time as it heads to the Garrick Theatre from 27 September 2019 to 4 January 2020. “Is this the funniest farce ever?” asked the Evening Standard when... Continue Reading →
Rehearsals have begun for David Mamet’s new play Bitter Wheat which opens at the Garrick Theatre in London on Friday 7 June 2019, with a press night on Wednesday 19 June 2019. The run, which was originally scheduled to finish on 14 September, now finishes on Saturday 21 September 2019. Joining the previously announced John... Continue Reading →
Brainiac Live! is delighted to announce that the show that laughs in the face of science is coming to London’s West End for a strictly limited season from 31 July to 1 September 2019. Tickets for Brainiac Live! are on sale today from the Garrick Theatre Box Office. Based on the much loved, popular science... Continue Reading →
