BWW Interview: Nicholas Hytner Discusses BALANCING ACTS
by Marianka Swain - November 14, 2017 Nicholas Hytner, former Artistic Director of the National Theatre in London, discusses his memoir BALANCING ACTS and new Bridge Theatre...
Full Cast Announced for A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at the Lyric Hammersmith
by BWW News Desk - February 01, 2016 Full casting has been announced for the Lyric Hammersmith and Filter Theatre Production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, co-directed by Sean Holmes and Stef O'Driscoll. Jonathan Broadbent, Ed Gaughan, John Lightbody, Victoria Moseley and Ferdy Roberts return to the cast and they will be joined by Hamme...
Family Musical MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS Launches West End Tour Today
by BWW News Desk - November 26, 2015 The producer of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Hetty Feather and What the Ladybird Heard today announces the world premiere of brand new family musical Mr Popper's Penguins which is making a splash this winter touring around the country now through January 2016. Mr Popper and...
Baroque Theatre Announces New Adaptation of THE THREE MUSKETEERS
by A.A. Cristi - September 06, 2017 Baroque Theatre Company, a leading independent touring company, are delighted to announce a brand new production of THE THREE MUSKETEERS based on the original classic novel by Alexandre Dumas....
Tonic Theatre Honours Women in Theatre with TONIC CELEBRATES
by Marianka Swain - June 07, 2016 Tonic Theatre today announces the inaugural Tonic Celebrates event which is a new initiative for the company celebrating the achievements of inspirational women in theatre. For the first event on 22 June at Ambassadors Theatre, Tonic Theatre's Director Lucy Kerbel will be in conversation with multi ...
Niamh Cusack and Patrick Baladi to Star in CHRISTMAS EVE at Ustinov Studio
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2017 Theatre Royal Bath announces full casting for Christmas Eve, which today begins rehearsals. Niamh Cusack will play philosophy professor Judith and Patrick Baladi will play police officer Thomas. The new thriller is the latest play from multi-award winning writer Daniel Kehlmann and will be directed ...
Philip Pullman Announces New Trilogy, BOOK OF DUST, Set for Publication in October
by Christina Mancuso - February 15, 2017 The first volume of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust will be published on October 19, 2017....
DOWNTON ABBEY's Michelle Dockery Headed to TNT Pilot GOOD BEHAVIOR
by Jessica Showers - July 13, 2015 Variety reports that DOWNTON ABBEY's Michelle Dockery is following up her prim and proper role in the lauded ITV series with a much grittier part in the TNT pilot GOOD BEHAVIOR, created by WAYWARD PINES' Chad Hodge....
Niamh Cusack and Patrick Baladi Star in CHRISTMAS EVE, Opening Tonight at Ustinov Studio
by BWW News Desk - October 25, 2017 Theatre Royal Bath presents Christmas Eve, featuring Niamh Cusack as professor Judith and Patrick Baladi as police officer Thomas. The new thriller is the latest play from multi-award-winning writer Daniel Kehlmann and will be directed by Laurence Boswell, in a translation by Christopher Hampton. Th...
David Walliams' THE FIRST HIPPO ON THE MOON Lands at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2017 3…2…1… Blast Off! Edinburgh Festival Fringe audiences will have the chance to experience an explosively funny space adventure as David Walliams' stage adaptation of The First Hippo on the Moon touches down in Edinburgh this August....
Denise Gough & Russell Tovey Will Join Andrew Garfield in National Theatre's ANGELS IN AMERICA
by Tyler Peterson - April 07, 2016 National Theatre's upcoming production of ANGELS IN AMERICA with Andrew Garfield has doubled-down on its star power....
Hackney Empire Announces Full Cast for SLEEPING BEAUTY
by Liz Cearns - October 04, 2016 Hackney Empire today announced the full cast of its brand new pantomime for 2016, Sleeping Beauty. The West End's leading lady Alexia Khadime (Wicked, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King) will be returning to the site of her stage debut to star as Princess Tahlia (Sleeping Beauty). She will be joined ...
Gate Theatre Announces Full Casting for World Premiere of ASSATA TAUGHT ME
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2017 ???????Gate Theatre, Notting Hill today announces the full cast for its world premiere production of Assata Taught Me, the debut play by Kalungi Ssebandeke which tells the story of an imagined friendship between Assata Shakur, former Black Panther and the FBI's most wanted woman, and her pupil in Cu...
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Opens Tonight at the Lyric Hammersmith
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2016 The Lyric Hammersmith and Filter Theatre Production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, co-directed by Sean Holmes and Stef O'Driscoll, runs now through 19 March, with press night set for tonight 25 February 2016. ...
Photo Flash: Rehearsals Begin for New West End Cast of HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2017 Rehearsals began this week for the new West End cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child who will start their performances at the Palace Theatre in London's West End on 24 May 2017 following the final performance from the current cast on 21 May 2017. ...
MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS to Make West End Debut at the Criterion Theatre
by Ashlee Latimer - October 13, 2016 Kenny Wax Family Entertainment is delighted to announce the West End debut of new family musical - Mr Popper's Penguins, which will open at the Criterion Theatre for a magical Christmas season from the 15 December to 31 December. Mr & Mrs Popper and their remarkable family of performing penguin pupp...
Full Cast Announced for Touring Production of LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
by Marianka Swain - August 12, 2016 Sheffield Theatres and English Touring Theatre today announce full casting for Phillip Breen's adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's classic novel LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER, which opens at the Crucible on 26 September before a UK tour to Oxford, York, Malvern, Salisbury, Brighton and Cambridge. Breen directs ...
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS to Blow Into Rose Theatre Kingston for the Holidays; Cast Announced!
by BWW News Desk - October 19, 2016 Today Rose Theatre Kingston announces the casting for its Christmas production of Kenneth Grahame's classic story The Wind in the Willows....
M.T. Smith Releases 5-Part Dark Fantasy Book Series
by Tyler Peterson - August 27, 2015 Broadway performer, M.T. Smith (@AuthorMTSmith) is releasing the first book of his 5-part dark fantasy novel series, Cry The Fables. ...
Stage Veteran Russell Tovey Boards ABC's QUANTICO
by Tyler Peterson - June 03, 2016 After Jay Armstrong Johnson boarded the FBI drama at midseason, the show has now enlisted Broadway and West End alum Russell Tovey as a series regular for its second season, according to TVGuide....
Official: Clark, Stubbs & Andoh Join West, McTeer & Dockery In LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES
by Carrie Dunn - September 04, 2015 In addition to the previously announced Michelle Dockery, Janet McTeer and Dominic West, the production will feature Adjoa Andoh, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Morfydd Clark, Edward Holcroft, Jennifer Saayeng and Una Stubbs....
Hackney Empire Announces Full Cast for SLEEPING BEAUTY
by Liz Cearns - October 04, 2016 Hackney Empire today announced the full cast of its brand new pantomime for 2016, Sleeping Beauty. The West End's leading lady Alexia Khadime (Wicked, The Book of Mormon, The Lion King) will be returning to the site of her stage debut to star as Princess Tahlia (Sleeping Beauty). She will be joined ...
BWW Interview: Nicholas Hytner Discusses BALANCING ACTS
by Marianka Swain - November 14, 2017 Nicholas Hytner, former Artistic Director of the National Theatre in London, discusses his memoir BALANCING ACTS and new Bridge Theatre...
BWW Review: SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, National Theatre
by Rona Kelly - October 12, 2017 Saint George and the Dragon is a story you likely heard as a child. 'He's a picture in a storybook,' notes one of the characters, 'But that's not who we are anymore'. Neither is the audience at the National Theatre. Harking back to a golden age of storytelling, Saint George and the Dragon falls on d...
Cast Announced for THE SLAVES OF SOLITUDE at Hampstead Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 14, 2017 Hampstead Theatre presents the world premiere of Nicholas Wright's The Slaves of Solitude directed by Jonathan Kent.... |