Paul Merton – one of the UK’s greatest comedians and star of the BBC’s renowned programme Have I Got News For You – is to join the new production of Hairspray the Musical. Merton, who will be making his West End musical debut as Wilbur Turnblad, will star alongside Michael Ball, who returns to his legendary, Olivier Award winning role of Edna Turnblad, as the huge … [Read more...]
Talawa Theatre Company to open the Talawa Studio at Fairfield Halls with Run It Back
Talawa Theatre Company will be opening the Talawa Studio at Fairfield Halls with a revival of their sell-out show Run It Back. Conceived and directed by Coral Messam, created with Gail Babb, and devised by TYPT:18, Run It Back brings rave to theatre, exploring how Black British music liberates, connects and divides while fighting to stay alive in the face of … [Read more...]
Rachel Tucker to join Come From Away cast on Broadway
Rachel Tucker, who is leaving the four-time Olivier® Award-winning West End production of Come From Away, will be joining the Tony® Award-winning Broadway production later this year. Following an incredibly successful year in the West End, which has included receiving Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Olivier® and WhatsOnStage Awards, Rachel Tucker will be … [Read more...]
New Adventures 2020 Tour Dates for Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!
New Adventures is delighted to announce the 2020 tour dates for Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! with extensive national and international tour dates for 2021 to be announced shortly. The tour opens at Theatre Royal Plymouth on Monday 16 November 2020, and plays until Saturday 21 November before visiting The Lowry, Salford from Tuesday 24 November to Saturday 28 … [Read more...]
National Theatre Collection available free for state schools across the UK
The National Theatre Collection will be available free of charge to state schools and state-funded further education colleges across the UK in partnership with Bloomsbury Publishing. The collection provides high-quality recordings of 24 world-class productions, drawing from 10 years of NT Live broadcasts and never before released productions from the National … [Read more...]
National Youth Theatre awarded multi-million-pound funding…
The National Youth Theatre (NYT) has been awarded £2,000,000 from the Mayor of London’s Good Growth Fund to undergo a major renovation to its Holloway Road building in North London. The radical development will enable NYT to double the number of young people they engage in the building through their annual programme which provides, free and affordable drama … [Read more...]
Coming Out Of My Cage (And I’ve Been Doing Just Fine) Vault Festival
The song ‘Mr Brightside’ hasn't left the UK charts in 16 years. How did it end up like this? It was only a hit, it was only a hit. Tim and Hannah come across a viral video of an Irish bar singing ‘Mr Brightside’ to their recently departed friend. Reading online comments they uncover a series of stories of incredible people who are all celebrated by those around … [Read more...]
Whitney – Queen Of The Night at the Adelphi Theatre on Sunday, April 26
The critically-acclaimed international stage sensation Whitney - Queen of the Night is returning to the West End in 2020. It feels like the ghost of Whitney is right there in the room – The Stage A triple threat – bringing the house down… In a word, ‘perfect’ – LondonTheatre1.com Elesha Paul Moses’s voice echoes the famously rich tone and undeniable … [Read more...]
KIDZ BOP Search for Mini Pop Stars to support UK Headline Tour
KIDZ BOP – the #1 music brand for kids – is searching for new dance talent to join them as part of the UK leg of the KIDZ BOP World Tour in April 2020. The KIDZ BOP Kids kick off their first-ever UK headline tour this Easter and to celebrate they’re looking for seven virtual support acts who will see their video premiered on the BIG SCREEN at The KIDZ BOP live … [Read more...]