The 2015 National Tour of Terrence Rattigan’s critically acclaimed Flare Path has been extended into 2016 with a new cast. The 2016 Tour is set to open at the Connaught Theatre in Worthing on Wednesday 27th January, before going on to play further venues across the UK. The production is currently booking until May 2016, with the last announced date from 2nd – 7th May at the Theatre Royal York. The new touring cast will star Graham Seed as Squadron Leader Swanson, Lynden Edwards as Peter … [Read more...]
Sean Holmes’ Bugsy Malone returns to Lyric Hammersmith Summer 2016
The Lyric Hammersmith’s critically acclaimed production of Bugsy Malone will return to the venue in June 2016 for a limited 12-week run. Following its premiere there earlier this year, Alan Parker’s musical is set to run at the Lyric Hammersmith in London from Saturday 11th June to Sunday 4th September 2016, with an official opening night on Friday 24th June 2016. Set in Prohibition era New York, Bugsy Malone sees a child and young adult cast tell the story of a penniless ex-boxer who … [Read more...]
Tom Conti and Laurence Fox star in world premiere of The Patriotic Traitor
Casting has been announced for The Patriotic Traitor, which makes its world premiere at the Park Theatre in February 2016. Olivier Award-winning actor Tom Conti and Lewis star Laurence Fox will lead the cast in the respective roles of Philippe Pétain and Charles de Gaulle when Jonathan Lynn’s war-time drama comes to the Park Theatre in London. It runs at the Finsbury Park venue from 17th February to 19th March 2016, with an official opening night on 23rd February 2016. Joining Conti and … [Read more...]
Guys and Dolls begins West End performances at The Savoy Theatre
Performances begin tonight, Thursday 10th December, for the West End transfer of Guys and Dolls at the Savoy Theatre. The critically acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre production arrives in London for a strictly limited 13-week run from 10th December 2015 to 12th March 2016, with an official opening night on 6th January 2016. Reprising their roles from the original Chichester run in summer 2014 are Sophie Thompson as Miss Adelaide and Jamie Parker as Sky Masterson. Completing the … [Read more...]
REVIEW: A Better Woman at the Marlowe Theatre Canterbury
A lot of work found in regional theatres tends to be either co-productions or brought in from outside sources, which is why it makes a refreshing change to see a completely in-house produced new play staged at one such venue. Simon Mendes da Costa’s follow-up play to the highly successful Losing Louis - which played in the West End in 2005, and subsequently toured the UK and transferred to Broadway - marks the second in-house production for the Marlowe Theatre, which last year premiered Melissa … [Read more...]
Samuel Beckett’s All That Fall to be performed at Wilton’s Music Hall
A live production of Samuel Beckett’s radio play All That Fall will be presented at Wilton’s Music Hall in spring 2016. This live performance adaption of Beckett’s one-act radio play, first broadcast in 1957, features a cast of actors moving around a blindfolded audience. It is set to run at Wilton’s Music Hall in London from 22nd March to 9th April 2016, with a press night to be held on 24th March 2016. Tony Award-winning actress Brid Brennan stars as Maddy Rooney – ‘crotchety and funny, … [Read more...]
Review Round-up: Funny Girl at the Menier Chocolate Factory
The Menier Chocolate Factory’s revival of Funny Girl has been one of the most highly anticipated musicals of the year. Starring Sheridan Smith in the iconic role of Fanny Brice, all eyes were on her at press night, Wednesday 2nd December 2015, to see if she could fill the shoes of Barbra Streisand. Find out what theatre critics had to say about the Menier’s revival of the musical, and the central performance of Sheridan Smith... Michael Billington, The Guardian (4*) “Sheridan Smith brings … [Read more...]