The sheer mixture of styles and content in the plays that comprise Tonight at 8.30 (there was a time, not within my living memory, when shows went up at 8:30pm, which explains other theatrical terms and phrases like ‘eleven o’clock number’) is such that it is almost a pity the audience wasn’t … [Read more...]
The Old Vic’s 200th birthday cabaret Variety Night | Saturday 12 May 2018
The Old Vic announces the full line up for its 200th birthday cabaret Variety Night on Saturday 12 May. This one-off event will see the auditorium transformed for its 200th birthday into a cabaret space. Harking back to The Old Vic’s days as a Music Hall in the 1880s, the evening will see the … [Read more...]
Kinky Boots: New casting and extended booking period
Kinky Boots, the winner of every major Best Musical award, is pleased to announce that from Monday 4th June 2018 Oliver Tompsett will play Charlie, Natalie McQueen will play Lauren, and Simon-Anthony Rhoden will continue as Lola. Sean Needham will play Don, Cordelia Farnworth will continue as … [Read more...]
Killian Donnelly to play Jean Valjean in UK and Ireland Tour of Les Miserables
Cameron Mackintosh is delighted to announce that Killian Donnelly will play ‘Jean Valjean’ in the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of the Boublil and Schönberg musical “LES MISÉRABLES”. Further dates for the tour are also announced today. Opening at Curve Leicester for an already sold out season … [Read more...]
Bat Out of Hell The Musical cast London Dominion Theatre
Originally written as a musical, Bat Out of Hell went on to become one of the most iconic and successful albums of all time. 40 years later, this critically acclaimed, smash hit 'brings the theatre and its audience thrillingly alive' (The Stage) with its jaw-dropping, boundary-pushing … [Read more...]
National Theatre Season: May – Sept 2018
Following record-breaking runs at New York Theatre Workshop and Canada’s Citadel Theatre, Hadestown comes to the National Theatre prior to a Broadway run in 2019 After a sold-out run, Follies, winner of the 2018 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, returns to the Olivier Theatre in 2019 … [Read more...]
Cast & NT Live screening announced for KING LEAR | Ian McKellen in the title role
Further casting is announced for the West End transfer of Chichester Festival Theatre’s critically-acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s King Lear, directed by Jonathan Munby, which will run at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London for 100 performances only from 11th July to 3rd November … [Read more...]