Return to the Forbidden Planet will tour the UK next year to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Before the tour, the show will run at the Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch from 6th to 15th November 2014. The adored and critically acclaimed Olivier Award winning rock spectacular is returning on a much anticipated 25th anniversary UK tour. Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and packed with rock ‘n’ roll classics such as Heard It Through the Grapevine, Young Girl, Good Vibrations and GLORIA with … [Read more...]
West End Transfer for Nicholas Hytner’s production of Great Britain
Nicholas Hytner’s production of Richard Bean’s Great Britain will transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket following its National Theatre run, with performances commencing 10th September 2014. Public booking will open Friday 4th July, at 9.30am, with bookings through to 10th January 2015. Great Britain is designed by Tim Hatley, with video design by 59 Productions, lighting by Neil Austin, music by Grant Olding and sound by Paul Arditti. Casting for the West End run will be … [Read more...]
Dame Judi Dench announced as Patron for Revolve Theatre Company
Dame Judi Dench signs on as Patron for the Revolve Theatre Company in advance of their debut performance of One-Man Hamlet at the Henley Fringe Festival. Judi Dench has demonstrated her support to the new era of theatre as she signs on as a Patron for up and coming theatre production company, Revolve Theatre Company. This summer, The RTC will be debuting their premiere performance as a company with their interpretation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet performed by a single lone actor at this years’ … [Read more...]
Jamie Lloyd’s Urinetown in West End transfer
Urinetown is to transfer from St James Theatre to the West End, opening at the Apollo Theatre on 29th September 2014, currently booking to 24th January 2015. Urinetown had a highly successful run at St James Theatre earlier this year, and it will be a welcome transfer for those that have been to see the show, most praising it highly and suggesting a West End transfer. From our previous review: "Urinetown The Musical at St James Theatre is certainly the talk of the town at the moment and I … [Read more...]
Les SAISONS RUSSES du XX1e SIECLE LONDON COLISEUM
ANDRIS LIEPA, the multi-award winning former Bolshoi Ballet star turned ballet entrepreneur, director and producer returns to the London Coliseum in July with his own programme, Saisons Russes du XX1e Siècle, from July 8th to 19th. Liepa’s devised a delightful programme for London audiences that will include the UK premiere of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Le Coq d’Or or The Golden Cockerel based on Pushkin’s fairy tale, co-directed and staged by Liepa and Georgiy Isaakyan, Artistic Director of the Moscow … [Read more...]