Rose Theatre Kingston presents The Snow Queen - A new version written and directed by Ciaran McConville. The show runs from 6th December 2019 to 5th January 2020, with Press night on Friday 13th December, 7pm. Ciaran McConville directs a cast of local young actors from Rose Youth Theatre led by a team of professional actors including Helena Blackman (The Snow … [Read more...]
London Theatre Interviews with Cast and Creatives
Interview with Josh Williams from the cast of Touching The Void
Josh Williams leads the cast (as Joe Simpson) in the West End transfer of Touching The Void at the Duke of York’s Theatre from 9th Nov 2019 to 29th February 2020. Having performed to 5* reviews and sell out audiences at Bristol Old Vic and a nationwide tour, this much anticipated run is one not to be missed. Directed by the award-winning Tom Morris (War Horse) and … [Read more...]
Interview with Millie O’Connell from the cast of Soho Cinders
West End stars Luke Bayer and Millie O’Connell head the cast of Soho Cinders at Charing Cross Theatre from Thursday 24th October to Saturday 21st December 2019. Luke was alternate Jamie in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre and Millie in the Olivier Award-nominated reign as Anne Boleyn in the smash-hit musical SIX at the Arts Theatre. Read our … [Read more...]
Interview with Luke Bayer from the cast of Soho Cinders
West End stars Luke Bayer and Millie O’Connell head the cast of Soho Cinders at Charing Cross Theatre from Thursday 24th October to Saturday 21st December 2019. Luke was alternate Jamie in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre and Millie in the Olivier Award-nominated reign as Anne Boleyn in the smash-hit musical SIX at the Arts Theatre. Our … [Read more...]
Interview with Christopher Howell – Seance: Conversations in the Dark
As Halloween approaches, theatrical thoughts turn from jazz hands to zombie hands and there is suddenly a plethora of horror and ghost related events appearing in theatre-land. Not least among these is Séance: Conversations in the Dark and I was lucky enough to catch up with the production’s host, Christopher Howell. I started by asking Christopher to give me a … [Read more...]
Interview with Leo Kesner – Unstuck Presents
Unstuck Presents is putting together immersive club nights, where a dance music party includes an interactive walkthrough immersive element. The Heist is their first show, opening its doors for the first time on 4th October, into the early hours of Saturday morning. Visitors enter the King of Thieves club, where they’re invited to take part in a high stakes plot to … [Read more...]
Interview with Dan Ireland-Reeves
Back in February this year, I reviewed a one-man show at the Vault Festival which completely blew me away. The show in question was Bleach and I recently met up with Dan Ireland-Reeves, who conceived, wrote, directed and performed the show. I started by getting Dan to give me a quick biography. DI: I’m thirty-year-old writer, actor, waiter - as many actors often … [Read more...]
Interview with Shelli Epstein from Cirque du Soleil’s Luzia
British-Israeli performer Shelli Epstein plays the Running Woman in Cirque du Soleil’s Luzia. The show, dubbed ‘A Waking Dream of Mexico’ is the company’s latest to tour to the UK, opening at the Royal Albert Hall in January 2020. It also marks the thirty year anniversary of Cirque du Soleil in the UK. Shelli has played this role for over three years, from when the … [Read more...]
Interview with Charlotte Green – Writer and Producer of Lest We Forget
From pre-war Britain in 1914 to the race riots of 1919 we follow the lives of William James, a black British soldier and Edith Booth, a white Northerner new to London. When William and Edith fall in love during one of Britain’s most devastating periods in history they thought their hardest battle would be surviving the war, but fighting prejudice on the home front … [Read more...]