Gregory Doran, Kwame Kwei-Armah & Nicholas de Jongh Among Highlights of STR 2010 Lecture Programme January 5, 2010The Society for Theatre Research (STR) are pleased to continue their exciting Lecture Programme later this month, which includes free events through to May 2010 all open to the public. Programme highlights include Gregory Doran (Associate Director, Royal Shakespeare Company) discussing directing Shakespeare; award-winning playwright and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah discussing contemporary Black British drama and the Playwright's Relationship to Heritage, Representation and Legacy; and the annual address, which will this year be given by former Evening Standard theatre critic and playwright Nicholas de Jongh.
Barr And Eio Join Cast Of BASED ON A TRUE STORY AT Jermyn Street January 2, 2010The lead roles of Will and Tom will be played by Jonathan Eio and John Barr, who will join previously announced principal Claire-Marie Hall (Les Miserables, High School Musical) in the black comedy show with music & lyrics by Christopher J. Orton and book & lyrics by Robert Gould.
REVIEW: THE FULL MONTY, New Players TheatreDecember 5, 2009Thom Sutherland's new production of the musical version of The Full Monty at the New Players Theatre looks set to be the hit of the holiday season in London. This scaled-down, intimate and inventively staged presentation pushes all the right buttons for an audience looking for a musical that is funny and entertaining without sacrificing its level of intelligence.
REVIEW: A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, Union Theatre, Southwark, November 12, 2009November 13, 2009One of the potentially sublime qualities of fringe theatre productions is that they can reinforce the fact that it is not necessary to have the stage filled with epic-scale scenery or helicopters in order to present a great piece of musical theatre - provided that the piece in itself is dramatically and musically strong, the performances compelling and the direction cleverly inventive. All three of these elements are present in the current production of the musical A Man Of No Importance at Southwark's excellent fringe space, the Union Theatre.
REVIEW: HOLLYWOOD GHOSTS, Jermyn Street Theatre, November 9November 12, 2009Leanne Masterton's intimate concert, Hollywood Ghosts, at the Jermyn Street theatre was an intriguing, informative and highly enjoyable evening. Firstly, the stories of the sadly almost unknown vocal stars of countless Hollywood musicals - Marni Nixon, Betty Wand, Carole Richards, India Addams, et al - were highly engaging. And, of course, the show was full of songs from some of the greatest of all movie musicals - The King and I, My Fair Lady, West Side Story, The Sound Of Music, Carmen Jones, etc.
LaChiusa's First Ladies Will Give A Preview At Dress Circle Before London PremiereSeptember 14, 2009Full casting for the upcoming London production of the musical, First Lady Suite, has been announced by Take Note Theatre and audiences will be offered a sneak preview of this brand new production when the cast will appear and perform highlights from the show at a launch event in Dress Circle, Monmouth Street, Sunday 20 September 2009, 1pm-2pm.
Hoiles, Legat And Power Join Cast Of SNAPPY TITLE At The Pigalle ClubSeptember 11, 2009Kirsty Hoiles, who has spent the summer wowing audiences as the young Viv Nicholson in Spend Spend Spend at the Watermill Theatre, has now joined the all-star cast of Snappy Title, (the charity cabaret at Piccadilly's Pigalle Club in aid of MMD and the Actors' Benefit Club.
Horwood's HOT MIKADO Hits London in SeptemberSeptember 3, 2009After a sell-out run at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury in 2006, Craig Revel Horwood's actor-musician production of The Hot Mikado is back on the road and will hit London in September, when it will play at the Rose Theatre, Kingston from the 22nd to the 26th.
