Vertigo Announces 2010 Season Productions, Including ROPEDecember 22, 2009After the runaway success of Vertigo Theatre Productions modern-day update of the classic thriller ‘Dial M For Murder' reimagined as ‘M'. the company are returning back to the thriller roots and indeed back to updating a classic thriller, this time Patrick Hamilton's Rope.
UK Tour Of TRACES By Les 7 Doigts De La MainDecember 14, 2009Following a hugely successful season at The Peacock Theatre in Spring 2009, Les 7 Doigts de la Main will tour their hugely acclaimed production TRACES in the UK in February and March 2010.
Full Casting Announced For Sheffield Season; Simm, Cohu And Sher All To StarDecember 11, 2009
John Simm will make his Sheffield Crucible stage debut as Hamlet in September 2010. The production will reunite him with Sheffield's Associate Director Paul Miller - the two last collaborated on Elling which originated at the Bush Theatre before transferring to the West End. Simm was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor for this role.
Megan Mullally And Her Band To Appear At Vaudeville TheatreDecember 11, 2009For the first time outside of the US, in a European and UK first, internationally acclaimed actress and two-time Emmy Award-winning star of TV's Will & Grace Megan Mullally will take to the West End stage with her band Supreme Music Program
RSC's TWELFTH NIGHT Transfers To West EndDecember 7, 2009RSC Chief Associate Gregory Doran's production of Twelfth Night will transfer after its sell-out run at The Courtyard Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon to the West End in December with Richard Wilson in his RSC debut as Malvolio.
What's On Stage Awards Shortlist AnnouncedDecember 4, 2009At a star-studded nominations party held today (4th December) at London's Café de Paris, the shortlist reveals that popular British screen stars, including Jude Law, Lenny Henry, Helen Mirren, Rachel Weisz, Alison Steadman, Dominic West, Mackenzie Crook and Patrick Stewart, will all battle it out for acting gongs.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Northern Line - Mind The GapDecember 1, 2009Writer-Producer-Critic-Historian (and BWW forum regular) Jonathon Collis tells us about Minmay Theatre Company and the issues of adaptation in their new production Northern Line.
AVENUE Q Crowns London's Sexiest Mo Bro!December 1, 2009The hunt for the UK's sexiest moustache came to a climax at the Gielgud Theatre on Monday November 30th, as the winner was revealed at a special performance of Avenue Q, on the last day of Movember.