The producers of CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB in London’s West End have announced that Fra Fee will play ‘The Emcee’ and Amy Lennox will play ‘Sally Bowles’ from 21 March – 25 June 2022. This unique production opened in December last year to critical and audience acclaim, widely praised as the ultimate theatrical experience. Adam Speers, Ed Bartlam and Charlie Wood, the producers of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club said today “We are thrilled to be welcoming the perfectly marvellous Fra Fee and Amy … [Read more...]
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The PLAYHOUSE THEATRE
The Royal Avenue Theatre had its first production on the 11th March 1882 with a revival of Offenbach’s Madame Favart. The prefix “Royal” was very soon dropped from the theatre’s name. Comic operas, burlesques and similar shows remained the main source of entertainment for several years. For much of this time, Arthur Roberts, a very popular star of music halls led the company at the Avenue Theatre.
In the early 1890s the emphasis of productions changed to drama and in 1894 Miss Horniman, the tea heiress, later a pioneer of the repertory movement, anonymously sponsored actress Florence Farr in a season of plays. Unfortunately, the first production wasn’t successful, however Miss Farr persuaded her friend, George Bernard Shaw, to complete his play, Arms and the Man, as a quick replacement which resulted in his first West End production.
It was enough to convince him to drop his music critique in favour of play writing. The theatre re-opened as The Playhouse Theatre on 28th January 1907 with a one-act play called The Drums of Oudh together with a play called Toddles, by Tristan Bernard and Andre Godferneaux. Since that time the Playhouse has hosted the likes of W S Gilbert, legendary actress-manager Gladys Cooper, the BBC, The Almeida Theatre Company, The Peter Hall Company, and Janet McTeer. In January 2003, Maidstone Productions took over the ownership of the Theatre.
Maidstone Productions, owned by London and Broadway producers Ted and Norman Tulchin, has been behind a number of hit productions on both sides of the Atlantic. In March 2003, the Ambassador Theatre Group took over the ownership of the Playhouse Theatre.
Cabaret at the KIT KAT CLUB | Review | Book Tickets
For a good number of people who work in the theatre, the customer experience begins long before the curtain rises. This is particularly true for this production of Cabaret, which isn’t marketed as being at the Playhouse Theatre, but at the ‘Kit Kat Club’, which has always been the name of the Berlin nightclub featured in this Kander and Ebb musical. Patrons attending the show are directed through to a bar before proceeding to the auditorium proper. Nothing unusual in that - there is a foyer bar … [Read more...]
Further Casting Announced for CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB
ATG Productions and Underbelly, the producers of CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB in London’s West End are delighted to announce the Prologue Company, ahead of the production’s first preview performance on Monday 15 November 2021. At the Kit Kat Club, your experience begins from the moment you walk through the (back) door, with the Prologue Company of nine actors, dancers and musicians welcoming visitors to the world of the club. The Prologue Company consists of Gabriela Bendetti, Rachel … [Read more...]
Full Casting for CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB in London’s West End
Full casting is announced today, Monday 6 September, for the musical CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB in London’s West End. Joining the previously announced Eddie Redmayne as ‘The Emcee’ and Jessie Buckley as ‘Sally Bowles’ will be Omari Douglas as ‘Cliff Bradshaw’, Liza Sadovy as ‘Fraulein Schneider’, Elliot Levey as ‘Herr Schultz’, Stewart Clarke as ‘Ernst Ludwig’ and Anna-Jane Casey as ‘Fraulein Kost’. The cast is completed by Josh Andrews, Emily Benjamin, Sally Frith, Matthew Gent, Emma … [Read more...]
David Tennant to Star in West End Revival of C.P. Taylor’s Play GOOD
Dominic Cooke and Kate Horton launch their company Fictionhouse with a new West End production of C. P. Taylor’s GOOD, starring David Tennant, Fenella Woolgar and Elliot Levey. Produced by Fictionhouse and Playful Productions, GOOD will play at the Playhouse Theatre for a strictly limited season from Tuesday 6th October (Press performance Wednesday 14th October). John Halder is a good man. But John Halder must adapt to survive. How is it possible to be a good person when things are … [Read more...]
The Jamie Lloyd Company Announces A Doll’s House – London West End
The Jamie Lloyd Company, the hugely successful partnership between the UK’s leading theatre company Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) and Artistic Director Jamie Lloyd, in association with British Airways, today announce two-time Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe Award-winner Jessica Chastain is to make her UK theatre debut leading the company of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, in a version by Frank McGuiness. The production is part of a new season directed by Jamie Lloyd at the Playhouse … [Read more...]
The Jamie Lloyd Company announces Cyrano de Bergerac
THE JAMIE LLOYD COMPANY ANNOUNCES CYRANO DE BERGERAC STARRING JAMES MCAVOY AS THE OPENING PRODUCTION IN NEW WEST END SEASON. The Jamie Lloyd Company and Ambassador Theatre Group, supported by British Airways, offer 15,000 free tickets to first-time theatregoers and 15,000 £15 tickets for under 30s, key workers and those receiving job seeker’s allowance and other government benefits The Jamie Lloyd Company, the hugely successful partnership between the UK’s leading theatre company … [Read more...]