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Full Cast Announced for The Jamie Lloyd Company's THE SEAGULL, Starring Emilia Clarke Photo Full Cast Announced for The Jamie Lloyd Company's THE SEAGULL, Starring Emilia Clarke
by Stephi Wild - April 14, 2022

With Cyrano de Bergerac opening tonight at Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, The Jamie Lloyd Company today announce full cast for its production of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, in a version by Anya Reiss directed by Jamie Lloyd....


Review: HORRIBLE HISTORIES - TERRIBLE TUDORS, Garrick Theatre Photo Review: HORRIBLE HISTORIES - TERRIBLE TUDORS, Garrick Theatre
by Debbie Gilpin - August 02, 2022

If you grow up and go to school in England, you will definitely know about the Tudors – and yet we seem to have a completely insatiable appetite for this set of monarchs that merely spanned three generations....


David Walliams' AWFUL AUNTIE Will Embark on Tour in 2024 Photo David Walliams' AWFUL AUNTIE Will Embark on Tour in 2024
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2023

The bestselling children's author David Walliams and the award-winning Birmingham Stage Company are teaming up once again for a brand-new production of Awful Auntie. This is their latest collaboration following Demon Dentist, Gangsta Granny and Billionaire Boy - and the latter two both received Oliv...


Mathew Baynton to Play Bottom in the RSC's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Photo Mathew Baynton to Play Bottom in the RSC's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Blair Ingenthron - October 29, 2023

Mathew Baynton, co-creator of Ghosts, is set to play Bottom in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream....


HOME, I'M DARLING Will Embark on UK Tour Next Year Photo HOME, I'M DARLING Will Embark on UK Tour Next Year
by Stephi Wild - November 17, 2022

This new production of Home, I'm Darling opens at the Theatre Royal Windsor on 25 January 2023, prior to the play's first extensive national tour. Leading the cast are BAFTA award winner Jessica Ransom (Doc Martin, Armstrong and Miller, Horrible Histories) as Judy, Diane Keen (Doctors, The Cuckoo Wa...


BBC PROMS To Include Works From Rufus Wainwright, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Self Esteem Photo BBC PROMS To Include Works From Rufus Wainwright, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Self Esteem
by A.A. Cristi - April 19, 2023

The BBC Proms 2023 launches with a programme bursting with opera, oratorio and large-scale choral work and the first ever weekend-long Proms festival rooted in the North-East at Sage Gateshead....


Photos: First Look at Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodge in PRIVATE LIVES in the West En Photo Photos: First Look at Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodge in PRIVATE LIVES in the West End
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 13, 2023

Get a first look at Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodge in Private Lives in the West End....


BBC PROMS To Include Works From Rufus Wainwright, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Self Esteem Photo BBC PROMS To Include Works From Rufus Wainwright, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Self Esteem
by A.A. Cristi - April 19, 2023

The BBC Proms 2023 launches with a programme bursting with opera, oratorio and large-scale choral work and the first ever weekend-long Proms festival rooted in the North-East at Sage Gateshead....


Review: HORRIBLE HISTORIES: TERRIBLE THAMES, Tower Bridge Quay Photo Review: HORRIBLE HISTORIES: TERRIBLE THAMES, Tower Bridge Quay
by Kat Mokrynski - April 15, 2023

Are you a fan of gory history facts? Do you love theatre? Do you enjoy a nice boat ride down the River Thames? If you answered yes to these questions, Terrible Thames may be the tour for you....


Review: RUBBISH ROMEO AND JULIET, Liverpool Theatre Festival Photo Review: RUBBISH ROMEO AND JULIET, Liverpool Theatre Festival
by Sarah O'Hara - July 31, 2023

Ahead of its run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Rubbish Romeo and Juliet took to the stage at the Liverpool Theatre Festival for one hour of hilarious fun, which had both adults and children alike cheering for more....


Kids Week Sells Over 113,000 Tickets In First 24 Hours For Nearly 50 West End Shows Photo Kids Week Sells Over 113,000 Tickets In First 24 Hours For Nearly 50 West End Shows
by Stephi Wild - June 15, 2022

Tickets are now on sale for Kids Week, the fantastic annual initiative allowing kids to go free to a variety of top West End shows throughout August, when accompanied by a full paying adult. ...


Ian McKellen, John Bishop and Mel Giedroyc to Star in MOTHER GOOSE in the West End Photo Ian McKellen, John Bishop and Mel Giedroyc to Star in MOTHER GOOSE in the West End
by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 03, 2022

Ambassador Theatre Group Productions has announced a UK and Ireland Tour of the pantomime MOTHER GOOSE, starring Ian McKellen as Mother Goose, John Bishop as Vic Goose and Mel Giedroyc as the Goose....


Keala Settle Comes to Northampton's Royal & Derngate in JACK AND THE BEANSTALK This C Photo Keala Settle Comes to Northampton's Royal & Derngate in JACK AND THE BEANSTALK This Christmas
by Stephi Wild - June 17, 2022

Northampton's Royal & Derngate has announced that Tony Award-nominated star Keala Settle, from The Greatest Showman, will be heading up the cast in this year's spectacular Christmas pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk....


Callum Scott Howells and Janet McTeer to Star in Upcoming National Theatre Production Photo Callum Scott Howells and Janet McTeer to Star in Upcoming National Theatre Productions
by Aliya Al-Hassan - October 04, 2022

The National Theatre has announced upcoming programming, starring Callum Scott Howells, Janet McTeer and Fay Ripley, including three new productions, Shakespeare In Schools and a US tour....


Cast & Voice Over Artists Revealed For SPITTING IMAGE THE MUSICAL Photo Cast & Voice Over Artists Revealed For SPITTING IMAGE THE MUSICAL
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2023

As Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical  written by a tour de force comedy team made up of  Al Murray (The Pub Landlord) Matt Forde (The Political Party) and double Olivier award winner  Sean Foley (The Upstart Crow, The Play What I Wrote) heads towards its  West End Premiere at the Phoenix T...


Mercury Theatre Announces Full Cast For Summer Production of ALICE IN WONDERLAND Photo Mercury Theatre Announces Full Cast For Summer Production of ALICE IN WONDERLAND
by Stephi Wild - June 22, 2022

Mercury Theatre today announces the full cast for their summer production of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, reimagined by Olivier award-winning playwright Mike Kenny with music by Ivan Stott....


Guest Blog: Neal Foster: The Director of HORRIBLE HISTORIES - TERRIBLE TUDORS Talks A Photo Guest Blog: Neal Foster: The Director of HORRIBLE HISTORIES - TERRIBLE TUDORS Talks About Bringing the Grizzly Past to the Stage
by Guest Blog: Neal Foster - August 10, 2022

2022 marks our tenth anniversary of Horrible Histories in the West End, so we decided to celebrate it with Terrible Tudors, which was the first HH production we produced back in 2005....


Giles Terera Will Return to the West End Production Of HAMILTON From 17 December Photo Giles Terera Will Return to the West End Production Of HAMILTON From 17 December
by Stephi Wild - December 07, 2021

Giles Terera will return to the West End production of Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre from 17 December 2021 – 30 January 2022 to play Aaron Burr, the Olivier award-winning performance he created in the original London cast as Best Actor in a Musical....


Flo & Joan's Tour SWEET RELEASE Extends Through Autumn 2022, Including Date At London Photo Flo & Joan's Tour SWEET RELEASE Extends Through Autumn 2022, Including Date At London's Shepherd's Bush Empire
by Blair Ingenthron - October 05, 2022

As part of their current sell-out, 140-date international tour, multi-award-winning musical comedy duo Flo & Joan are set to extend their Sweet Release UK tour by 30 dates in Autumn 2022, following on from their second consecutive critically acclaimed run at Melbourne International Comedy Festival e...


Birmingham Stage Company Announce West End Première Of HORRIBLE HISTORIES - TERRIBLE Photo Birmingham Stage Company Announce West End Première Of HORRIBLE HISTORIES - TERRIBLE TUDORS
by Stephi Wild - March 15, 2022

Birmingham Stage Company today announces Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors will make its West End première at the Garrick Theatre this summer. The show opens on 2 August, with previews from 28 July and runs until 2 September....


EVERYDAY Will Be Part Of Deafinitely Theatre's 20th Anniversary Season Photo EVERYDAY Will Be Part Of Deafinitely Theatre's 20th Anniversary Season
by Stephi Wild - November 26, 2021

Artistic Director Paula Garfield today announces the world première of Everyday as part of Deafinitely Theatre's 20th anniversary season – a new play written and directed by Garfield based on interviews conducted with deaf women who have survived domestic abuse....


Cast Announced For Birmingham Stage Company's West End Premiere of HORRIBLE HISTORIES Photo Cast Announced For Birmingham Stage Company's West End Premiere of HORRIBLE HISTORIES - TERRIBLE TUDORS
by Stephi Wild - May 24, 2022

Birmingham Stage Company today announces the cast for Horrible Histories - Terrible Tudors which make its West End premiere at the Garrick Theatre this summer as part of the company's 30th anniversary programme. Birmingham Stage Company's Neal Foster directs Benedict Martin and Emma Swan....


Cast Set for UK Tour of CAN BEARS SKI? Photo Cast Set for UK Tour of CAN BEARS SKI?
by Stephi Wild - November 03, 2023

The Pied Piper Theatre Company and Deafinitely Theatre have announced the full cast of the Can Bears Ski? bythe award-winning poet Raymond Antrobus in a new adaptation for the stage by Tina Williams....


Soprano Rainelle Krause to Make Debut at the BBC Proms Photo Soprano Rainelle Krause to Make Debut at the BBC Proms
by A.A. Cristi - July 07, 2023

 The prestigious BBC Proms announces the highly anticipated debut of soprano Rainelle Krause at this year's 'Horrible Histories - 'Orrible Opera' performance. Set to take place on July 22, 2023, at the iconic Royal Albert Hall, this unique event offers an entertaining exploration of opera's history ...


Cast Announced For Birmingham Stage Company's Tour of TERRIBLE THAMES Photo Cast Announced For Birmingham Stage Company's Tour of TERRIBLE THAMES
by Stephi Wild - March 02, 2023

Birmingham Stage Company has announced the cast coming aboard the Terrible Thames. This is a unique immersive theatrical tour taking in prime historical locations such as The Tower of London, Parliament, Shakespeare's Globe, and the Golden Hinde....






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