THE LAST FIVE YEARS To Be Bolton Albert Halls First In-House Production
by Stephi Wild - July 30, 2018 Albert Halls Bolton is set to transform its theatre space for the venues first in-house production since its impressive renovation....
BBC Two and Netflix Announce Cast for New Drama Thriller GIRI/HAJI
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 21, 2018 BBC Two and Netflix announce Takehiro Hira (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai), Bafta and Golden Globe nominee Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire, T2 Trainspotting), Japanese Academy award winner Yosuke Kubozuka (Go, Silence), Bafta nominated Will Sharpe (Flowers), Japanese Academy Award winner Masahiro ...
ITV Commissions A CONFESSION, Starring Martin Freeman and Imelda Staunton
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 15, 2018 ITV's Head of Drama, Polly Hill, has announced commission of six-part drama, A Confession, from acclaimed screenwriter, Jeff Pope, starring Martin Freeman and Imelda Staunton to be co-produced by ITV Studios and Urban Myth Films....
PBS Names Multifaceted Television Executive Perry Simon as New Programming Chief
by Tori Hartshorn - July 31, 2018 PBS Names Multifaceted Television Executive Perry Simon as New Programming Chief...
Stephen Sondheim at Work on 'Many' Lyric Changes for Marianne Elliott COMPANY
by A.A. Cristi - July 26, 2018 According to Baz Bamigboye's latest column, work is well underway for the upcoming gender-bent production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's musical Company, and the composer is making considerable alterations to his beloved musical....
THE WOMAN IN BLACK Celebrates 12,000 Performances
by Stephi Wild - September 20, 2018 PW Productions are delighted to celebrate 12,000 performances of Susan Hill's THE WOMAN IN BLACK on Saturday 22 September 2018 at The Fortune Theatre, London. THE WOMAN IN BLACK currently stars Richard Hope as 'Arthur Kipps' and Mark Hawkins as 'The Actor'....
Traverse Theatre Announces Further Additions To Festival 2018
by Stephi Wild - May 16, 2018 The Traverse Theatre is excited to announce the final additions to the Traverse Festival 2018 programme - including, in what is Scotland's Year of Young People 2018, Festival favourite Breakfast Plays: Youthquake, pairing three young Scottish playwrights from our Traverse Young Writers' group with t...
Experience Olafur Arnalds QPAC Debut this November
by Rebecca Russo - July 29, 2018 Get set for a very special music concert event as award-winning Icelandic musician, composer, and producer Ólafur Arnalds performs for the first time at Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) on Tuesday 27 November 2018....
RED, Starring Alfred Molina and Alfred Enoch, Will Be Screened In Cinemas This Fall
by A.A. Cristi - July 24, 2018 It was announced today that the critically acclaimed production of John Logan's Red with Alfred Molina and Alfred Enoch in selected cinemas across the UK and North America on November 7 2018. Tickets will go on sale from August 15....
Anna Madeley, Amanda Drew and Lucy Cohu Join THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM
by Stephi Wild - June 13, 2018 Multi award-winning star of screen and stage Jonathan Pryce will star as 'Andrei', and three-time Olivier award-winning Dame Eileen Atkins will star as 'Madeleine' in The Height of the Storm, in the UK premiere of a new compelling family drama by Florian Zeller, the internationally acclaimed writer ...
BWW Interview: Actor Brendan Murphy Talks POTTED POTTER
by Katricia Lang - December 12, 2018 POTTED POTTER, a Harry Potter parody play by Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner, returns to Houston, this time starring Brendan Murphy and Scott Hoatson....
EDINBURGH 2018: Pick Of The Programme - Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 07, 2018 BWW Reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks from the Theatre section of the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme....
VIDEO: First Look and Listen! West End COMPANY Reveals Set Design and Title Song!
by A.A. Cristi - September 18, 2018 Marianne Elliott's highly anticipated new production of George Furth and Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY opens at the Gielgud Theatre from 26 September 2018. Check out time lapse video of their set going up and the cast of the show singing the title song for the first time below!...
Tamara Lawrance, Haley Atwell, & More to Star in BBC One's THE LONG SONG
by Macon Prickett - July 13, 2018 Tamara Lawrance (Kings Charles III, Undercover) leads the cast as protagonist July in The Long Song, a three-part adaptation of Andrea Levy's award-winning, best-selling novel for BBC One, which will also star Hayley Atwell (Howards End, Avengers), Jack Lowden (War & Peace, Dunkirk) and Sir Lenny He...
SundanceTV and BBC One Greenlight Second Season of Drama Series THE SPLIT
by Tori Hartshorn - May 31, 2018 SundanceTV and BBC One announced today that Abi Morgan's original drama 'The Split,' produced by Sister Pictures, will return for a second season. Season one premiered on SundanceTV on May 23rd to critical acclaim, having been called a 'powerful drama' by The Wall Street Journal and 'an addictive gu...
Comedian Williams Andrews Makes His Joyful Return To Comedy At The Edinburgh Fringe
by Julie Musbach - July 19, 2018 Have you ever had a day where you speak to no-one, until you are not even sure how to talk? Well it's like that for Willy, but instead of a day, it's been nine years....
Comedian Williams Andrews Makes His Joyful Return To Comedy At The Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - August 04, 2018 Have you ever had a day where you speak to no-one, until you are not even sure how to talk? Well it's like that for Willy, but instead of a day, it's been nine years....
James Norton Returns in 4th Season of GRANTCHESTER
by Tori Hartshorn - April 12, 2018 Good news for Grantchester fans: MASTERPIECE on PBS and ITV have announced a fourth season of the popular mystery series starring James Norton and Robson Green as the unlikely clergyman/cop duo fighting crime in the English hamlet of Grantchester in the 1950s....
EDINBURGH 2018: Pick Of The Programme - Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 07, 2018 BWW Reviewer Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks from the Theatre section of the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme....
The Global Premiere of DOCTOR WHO Goes Coast to Coast
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 05, 2018 The highly-anticipated global premiere of BBC AMERICA's Doctor Who on Sunday, October 7th, will now be simulcasting coast-to-coast at 1:45pm ET/10:45am PT on the network. That evening, BBC AMERICA will air a special encore at 8pm ET/PT with bonus interviews with Jodie Whittaker and footage from New ...
VIDEO: Watch the Official Trailer for DOCTOR WHO Season 11 Starring Jodie Whittaker
by Macon Prickett - July 19, 2018 The official trailer for BBC's DOCTOR WHO season 11 starring Jodie Whittaker has arrived. Watch the new trailer below!...
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for MEDICI: THE MAGNIFICENT
by Kaitlin Milligan - December 20, 2018 Netflix has released the trailer for Medici: The Magnificent starring Game of Thrones' Sean Bean and Teen Wolf's Daniel Sharman. The show is the follow-up to Medici: Masters of Florence, which starred Richard Madden and Dustin Hoffman....
BWW Review: FROZEN, Theatre Royal Haymarket
by Marianka Swain - February 21, 2018 No, it's not that Frozen - although the immortal words 'Let it go' do appear in the second half. Otherwise this is a far cry from the Disney juggernaut. Bryony Lavery's 1998 play deals with the abduction of a child, and asks whether evil can be easily defined - or forgiven....
Complete Casting Announced for West End COMPANY Starring Patti LuPone
by A.A. Cristi - July 12, 2018 The complete cast was announced today for Marianne Elliott's highly anticipated new production of George Furth and Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY which opens at the Gielgud Theatre from 26 September 2018....
Pleasance Announces 126 More Shows For Fringe Programme
by Stephi Wild - April 19, 2018 Today, 126 shows go on sale to join the phenomenal Pleasance programme. With a roster this diverse and exciting, you'll want to spend the whole of August in Edinburgh!... |