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Production images of the spellbinding new play from Elizabeth McGovern, AVA: The Secret Conversations, have been released. Taking to the stage with Academy Award-nominee McGovern (Downton Abbey, ITV), who stars as Ava, is Anatol Yusef (Boardwalk Empire, HBO; Punisher, Netflix) as Peter Evans, the journalist Ava hired to write her autobiography when she lived in... Continue Reading →
Opening in January 2022 at the Riverside Studios, AVA: The Secret Conversations is a spellbinding new play from Elizabeth McGovern based on the book by Peter Evans and Ava Gardner. Produced by Karl Sydow, the production will star Elizabeth McGovern, with design by 59 Productions. Oscar nominated Ava Gardner was one of Hollywood’s greatest stars... Continue Reading →
After wowing sell-out audiences with her highly acclaimed West End tour de force Liza Pulman Sings Streisand, Liza returns with her brand-new show and album The Heart of It. The album is produced by veteran producer Chris Porter (George Michael, Sir Elton John, Take That) and was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios. The... Continue Reading →
A season of new plays and musicals are to get their world première as part of ‘Riverside Reads’, a series of read-through events at Riverside Studios on the first Tuesday of every month that will also be streamed live online to a global audience. ‘Riverside Reads’ will première scripts by blazingly talented writers, performed by... Continue Reading →
Production images have been released for Love, Loss & Chianti, which runs at the at Riverside Studios until 17 May. A staged adaptation of two books by Reid, Love, Loss & Chianti sees Bathurst star alongside Rebecca Johnson (The Trip, BBC; Paper, Scissors Stone, VAULT Festival), reprising their roles in the critically acclaimed verse comedy... Continue Reading →
Love, Loss & Chianti, an exciting double-bill from award-winning British poet Christopher Reid, opens at the Riverside Studios later this month. I spoke with Rebecca Johnson, who stars alongside Robert Bathurst in The Song of Lunch and A Scattering. How did you get into acting? I was always in plays at school. Even in primary... Continue Reading →
Robert Bathurst (Cold Feet, ITV; Downton Abbey, ITV; Dad’s Army: The Lost Episodes, BBC) returns to the stage with Love, Loss & Chianti, an exciting double-bill from award-winning British poet Christopher Reid. This is part of the highly anticipated relaunch of Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. A staged adaptation of two books by Reid, Love, Loss... Continue Reading →
Persona, the world premiere of a new theatrical adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 iconic Swedish psychological movie - considered by many critics as one of the greatest films ever made - is to be the opening production in Studio 3 of the new Riverside Studios. A new adaptation by visionary director Paul Schoolman that presents... Continue Reading →
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