Friday, May 10, 2013
Diry Dancing, the stage version of the 1987 film of the same name that first premiered in Australia in 2004 before transferring to the West End two years later, will return to London followi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:34AM[SHARE]Daniel Evans, artistic director of Sheffield Theatres, will direct a new production of Lionel Bart's Oliver! as this year's Christmas musical at the Crucible Theatre, beginning perfo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:25AM[SHARE]The U.K. premiere of Kander and Ebb's The Scottsoboro Boys, which begins performances at London's Young Vic Oct. 18 prior to an official opening Oct. 29 for a run through Nov. 23, is…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:56AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 9, 2013
The Olivier Award-winning Slava's Snowshow, which has previously enjoyed West End seasons at the Piccadilly Theatre and Old Vic, and played both Broadway and Off-Broadway, is to return t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AM[SHARE]Menier Chocolate Factory, London: Theatre can be the ultimate make-believe, summoning up a world of people and places from thin air. Giles Havergal's stage version of Graham Greene'…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Punchdrunk has revealed the secret location for its new London show, The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable, a co-production with the National Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:47AM[SHARE]Dame Helen Mirren, currently appearing in The Audience at the West End's Gielgud Theatre, will appear there June 10 at 2:30 PM London time in An Audience with Helen Mirren, a fundr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:54AM[SHARE]Royal Exchange, Manchester: Manchester's Royal Exchange is something of a doll's house of a theatre itself, an amazing dress-up box of a space that feels like it has been landed in…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AM[SHARE]Duke of York's Theatre, London: Passion Play, Peter Nichols' bruising, brittle and brilliant portrait of the corrosive cost of marital betrayal reverberates with overwhelming power all …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Tom Wells' Jumpers for Goalposts, which premiered at Watford Palace Theatre in April, will embark on a U.K. tour, culminating in a run at London's Bush Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PM[SHARE]Henry Winkler will return to the U.K. stage to reprise the role of Captain Hook in a pantomime version of Peter Pan that he has previously played in four seasons across the U.K. from 2006-09…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PM[SHARE]John Tiffany, currently represented on Broadway by his productions of Once (also West End) and Macbeth, is to direct the U.K. premiere of Let the Right One In, a new stage adaptation by Jack…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:41AM[SHARE]The Critics' Circle, the U.K.’s only professional association of critics of drama, music, film, dance and visual arts, is celebrating its centenary in 2013 by awarding Services to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 6, 2013
Dame Helen Mirren publicly remonstrated a party of 25 gay drummers who were playing outside the stage door of the West End's Gielgud Theatre during a performance of The Audience.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM[SHARE]Friday, May 3, 2013
Richard Greenberg's The American Plan will receive its London premiere at the St. James Theatre, beginning performances July 2 prior to an official opening July 8, for a run thorugh Aug.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:03AM[SHARE]Billy, the 1974 musical with a score by the late John Barry (music) and Don Black (lyrics) that originally starred Michael Crawford at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, is to receive its first …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:37AM[SHARE]Salisbury Playhouse: It's good to see regional theatres make bold programming choices, and Gareth Machin has done a smart job of offering his Salisbury audience a musical that seems con…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AM[SHARE]The National Theatre has extended the booking for the West End transfer of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, adapted by Simon Stephens from the book by Mark Haddon, through …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:55AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 2, 2013
Viva Forever!, the West End musical produced by Mamma Mia!'s Judy Craymer that features the songs made famous by the Spice Girls and a new original book by Jennifer Saunders, is to shutt…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10AM[SHARE]Travels with My Aunt, adapted for the stage by Giles Havergal from Graham Greene's novel of the same name, begins performances May 2 at London's Menier Chocolate Factory, prior to an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 1, 2013
London's Crazy Coqs, a cabaret room located within Brasserie Zedel next to Piccadilly Circus, will host appearances by U.S. theatre and cabaret stars Amanda McBroom and Gregg Edelman in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AM[SHARE]Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's 1981 Broadway flop Merrily We Roll Along is having a full West End outing, opening officially May 1 following previews that began April 23 at the Haro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:09AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Dianne Pilkington, who has starred as Glinda in the West End's Wicked for three years, will join the company of Mamma Mia! to play the lead role of Donna Sheridan. She will begin perform…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PM[SHARE]London's Theatre 503 in Battersea will stage Thatcherwrite, a series of short plays commissioned by the theatre to look at the late Margaret Thatcher, her politics and legacy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:26AM[SHARE]Darren Day will star in the premiere of The Golden Voice, a new musical by singer-songwriter Nick Fogarty, at London's Arts Theatre, beginning performances June 12 prior to an official o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:14AM[SHARE]The European premiere of The Color Purple, which begins performances at London's Menier Chocolate Factory July 5 prior to an official opening July 15 for a run through Sept. 14, has anno…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:10AM[SHARE]Minerva Theatre, Chichester: Fresh from their triple Olivier wins for Sweeney Todd and with Singin' in the Rain winding down its West End run before beginning a national tour, Chicheste…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:17AM[SHARE]Monday, April 29, 2013
Hackney Empire, London: A friend remarked that staging Rent in Concert, as this production is billed, is an oxymoron - Jonathan Larson's through-sung show has always felt a bit like one…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:23AM[SHARE]The Olivier Awards have finally and defiantly crept out of the shadows and the public have been able to witness the winners accepting their prizes on late evening network commercial televisi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:55AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 28, 2013
The 37th Olivier Awards, presented April 28 at London's Royal Opera House, saw The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The Audience, Top Hat and the already-shuttered Sweeney …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PM[SHARE]Hugh Bonneville talks to Mark Shenton about co-hosting the Olivier Awards with Sheridan Smith on Sunday and pledging his support for The Stage's own My Theatre Matters! campaign
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