Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Joe Locke, the Emmy-nominated star of Netflix's "Heartstopper" and Marvel's "Agatha All Along," is set to make his London West End debut this fall in the U.K. premiere of "Clarkston," a play…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:01PM[SHARE]'TOTORO' TEASE A new trailer has dropped for the Royal Shakespeare Company's acclaimed stage adaptation of "My Neighbor Totoro," offering a rare glimpse of the beloved forest spirit himself.…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:07AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 8, 2025
NEVERLAND NOSTALGIA The Royal Shakespeare Company is set to enchant London audiences with its 2025/26 Barbican season, headlined by "Wendy & Peter Pan," a reimagined take on J.M. Barrie'…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:42AM[SHARE]Monday, July 7, 2025
SUPER STORIES "Superman" star David Corenswet is trading his cape for a children's book as he prepares to read a CBeebies Bedtime Story on July 11, the same day the film hits theaters. Coren…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:52AM[SHARE]London's Lyric Hammersmith Theatre has unveiled casting for its upcoming production of "Dracula," a new adaptation of Bram Stoker's horror classic. The adaptation comes from playwright Morga…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:56AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 5, 2025
British thespian Bill Nighy and "Gavin & Stacey" star Mathew Horne have joined the cast of genre-bending fantasy feature "Welcome to Paradise," alongside WWE superstar Jordynne Grace mak…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:21AM[SHARE]Friday, July 4, 2025
The Golden Melody Festival's conference lineup in Taipei brought together a dynamic mix of industry leaders from across Asia and beyond. Designed to spotlight Mandarin-language music while f…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:11AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 3, 2025
The BBC has issued a formal apology after allowing a "high risk" act to perform live at Glastonbury, despite internal warnings about Bob Vylan's potential for controversial content. The perf…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:32AM[SHARE]Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, known in the film world as Khyentse Norbu, has completed principal photography on "Perfect God," following a month-long shoot in Kathmandu, Nepal. The pro…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 2, 2025
The U.K.'s National Theatre Live has unveiled a lineup of theater-to-cinema broadcasts featuring A-list talent from stage and screen, marking a significant expansion of the program's reach u…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 30, 2025
Global K-pop phenomenon BTS is gearing up to release their inaugural live album, "Permission to Dance on Stage " Live," accompanied by a digital companion piece titled "BTS Permission to Dan…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:19AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 26, 2025
Echo Lake Entertainment has signed author Ashok Rajamani for representation in all areas. Rajamani will be represented by Amy Schiffman, partner at Echo Lake Entertainment. The signing comes…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:28PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Netflix has renewed "Bet," the live-action series inspired by the Japanese manga "Kakegurui," for a second season following strong global performance that saw the show dominate international…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:05AM[SHARE]Byron Mann's debut in Korean cinema has proven that cross-cultural casting can pay off at the box office. The actor's new film "Big Deal" opened at No. 3 in South Korea, landing just behind …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:32AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 22, 2025
Independent producer Uday Jhunjhunwala has unveiled the establishment of a fund, fiscally sponsored by Desipina Productions, for film, theater, prose and poetry projects centered on internat…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:25PM[SHARE]Sometimes the best stories are worth the wait. Giuseppe Tornatore revealed at a Shanghai International Film Festival masterclass that his beloved Oscar-winning film "Cinema Paradiso" gestate…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Netflix has commenced production on a series adaptation of Miles Franklin's seminal Australian novel "My Brilliant Career," with filming underway at Adelaide Studios and various South Austra…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:34PM[SHARE]Monday, June 16, 2025
G-Dragon is bringing his anticipated world tour to North America and Europe, marking the K-pop superstar's return to the stage after an eight-year hiatus. The "Ãœbermensch" tour, promoted …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Multi-Grammy Award-winning pop icon Enrique Iglesias is set to make his highly anticipated return to India with a Mumbai concert. The show, produced and promoted by EVA Live in partnership w…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:20AM[SHARE]Taiwanese drama series "Islanders" is gearing up for a simultaneous global launch across multiple platforms. The series will stream on Catchplay+ in Taiwan, Singapore and Indonesia, as well …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:40AM[SHARE]Friday, June 6, 2025
The National Theatre's sold-out production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" is heading to the West End this autumn, with Olly Alexander set to take on the role of Algernon Moncrieff in t…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:05AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 5, 2025
Tony Ayres knew he had a problem. The creator behind Netflix hits "Clickbait" and "Stateless" faced a challenge: Jane Harper's bestseller novel "The Survivors" clocked in at roughly two hour…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:03AM[SHARE]U.K. Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy is pointing to the British premiere of Bollywood musical "Come Fall in Love " The DDLJ Musical" as evidence of strengthening c…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:30AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 4, 2025
ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus is proving that curiosity doesn't diminish with age. At 80, the Swedish songwriter behind some of pop music's most enduring hits is pioneering a new frontier in music…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:26AM[SHARE]Sunrise Films has picked up U.S. distribution rights to "Mr. Blake at Your Service," the France-set comedy-drama starring John Malkovich, Fanny Ardant and the late Émilie Dequenne, with …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:09AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 3, 2025
The Royal Shakespeare Company is betting big on star power and global reach with its 2025/26 season, headlined by "Outlander" heartthrob Sam Heughan making his RSC debut in "Macbeth" and Oli…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 2, 2025
Marc Maron has announced that he and producer Brendan McDonald have decided to end "WTF With Marc Maron," the groundbreaking podcast that helped define the medium and launched in 2009. Maron…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:43AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 29, 2025
London's Royal Court Theatre has assembled a powerhouse lineup for the return of Nassim Soleimanpour's critically acclaimed production "ECHO (Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen)," with Daniel Kaluuya…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:31PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Legendary songwriter Tim Rice, whose credits include Disney classics "The Lion King" and "Aladdin," is making his return to animated features after a 25-year absence, joining the animated fi…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:18AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 30, 2025
In a sweeping transformation of Britain's most prestigious theatrical institution, Kate Varah, co-chief executive of the U.K.'s National Theatre, has unveiled ambitious plans for the organiz…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:52PM[SHARE]Friday, April 25, 2025
Actor and musician Adam Hunter has been cast as Brendan in the upcoming "Sing Street," the upcoming U.K. stage adaptation of John Carney's beloved 2016 film. Hunter, who featured on the orig…
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