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Review: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, Marylebone Theatre
by Mica Blackwell - May 9, 2024

Nikolai Gogol's 1836 satire The Government Inspector caused a stir for calling out the Russian government's corruption. It's easy to see why Peter Myers wanted to bring its relevant story to the stage two centuries later, but the biting commentary under the silliness is lost in translation in this chaotic production in spite of the talent onstage.

Photos: First Look at THE LONDON 50-HOUR IMPROVATHON: THE WEDDING PARTY
by Blair Ingenthron - Mar 9, 2024

Check out photos from The London 50-Hour Improvathon: The Wedding Party here!

Playwright Mark Ravenhill to Join The London 50-Hour Improvathon: The Wedding Party
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 26, 2024

Playwright Mark Ravenhill joins the cast of The London 50-Hour Improvathon: The Wedding Party, featuring top improvisers.

Full Cast Announced For HABEAS CORPUS at the Menier Chocolate Factory
by Stephi Wild - Nov 1, 2021

Joining the previously announced Kirsty Besterman (Constance Wicksteed), Jasper Britton (Arthur Wicksteed), Matthew Cottle (Canon Throbbing), Ria Jones (Mrs Swabb), Thomas Josling (Dennis Wicksteed), Caroline Langrishe (Lady Rumpers), Catherine Russell (Muriel Wicksteed) and Abdul Salis (Mr Shanks), are Katie Bernstein (Felicity Rumpers), Kelvin O'Mard (Mr Purdue) and Dan Starkey (Sir Percy).

VAULT Festival 2019 Presents HOW TO DATE A MAGICAL CREATURE
by BWW News Desk - Feb 23, 2019

In this highly interactive improv comedy show, hosted by the witless 'Toby Vanilla' and set in a chaotic TV studio, the audience get to choose which magical creatures go under the journalistic microscope.

Photo Flash: First Look at the 12th Annual London 50-Hour Improvathon, THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE FIFTY
by Stephi Wild - Feb 17, 2019

Get a first look at the 12th Annual London 50-Hour Improvathon, THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE FIFTY.

VAULT Festival 2019 Presents HOW TO DATE A MAGICAL CREATURE
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 15, 2019

In this highly interactive improv comedy show, hosted by the witless 'Toby Vanilla' and set in a chaotic TV studio, the audience get to choose which magical creatures go under the journalistic microscope.

BWW Review: THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, Southwark Playhouse
by Charlie Wilks - Dec 1, 2018

Snow isn't yet falling all around us. And I haven't seen the Coca Cola truck stopping by. But John Lewis has released their advert, so I suppose it's beginning to look a little like Christmas. Full of it's own individual kind of holiday cheer, Anthony Neilson's winter tale is revived at Southwark Playhouse.

12th Annual London 50-Hour Improvathon, THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE FIFTY, Is Set In The Wild West
by Stephi Wild - Oct 15, 2018

The 50-Hour Improvathon, an epic improvised comedy soap opera in 25 hilarious episodes staged over a single weekend and starring many of the world's leading improvisers, is one of London's must-see-to-be-believed annual comedy highlights.

THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Comes To Southwark Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Oct 1, 2018

Have you heard the one about the coked-up Christmas Scrooge, his grumpy best mate, a prostitute and an unruly Elf?

BWW Review: FROST/NIXON, Crucible, Sheffield
by Ruth Deller - Feb 27, 2018

A timely revival of Peter Morgan's play about David Frost's interviews with Richard Nixon is beautifully staged and powerfully acted.

Photo Flash: First Look at FROST/NIXON at Sheffield Theaters
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 27, 2018

'To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. I have never been a quitter.'

Casting Announced for CHICKEN SOUP and FROST/NIXON at Sheffield Theatres
by Stephi Wild - Jan 5, 2018

Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres Robert Hastie today announces full casting for the world premiere of Chicken Soup. by Ray Castleton and Kieran Knowles the latter of whom returns to Sheffield Theatres after the success of Operation Crucible; and the regional premi re of Peter Morgan's smash hit play Frost/Nixon.

Improvised Stage Version of TWIN PEAKS to Be Presented on London Stage
by Caryn Robbins - Sep 22, 2017

London's Nursery Theatre will bring audiences back to the eerie and claustrophobic world of TWIN PEAKS. The new production, titled 'The Owls Are Not What They Seem' will revisit the strangest town in Washington State, along with new inhabitants you didn't know to be afraid of.

Photo Flash: First Look at the European Debut of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
by BWW News Desk - Dec 2, 2016

Audiences will take an unforgettable journey through the Neverland they never knew this Christmas, as Northampton's Royal stage is transformed for the much-anticipated European Premiere of Peter and the Starcatcher, now through 31 December. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Casting Announced For Royal And Derngate's PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
by BWW News Desk - Oct 28, 2016

Casting has been announced for the much-anticipated European Premiere of Peter and the Starcatcher, being staged by Northampton's Royal & Derngate this Christmas.

Michael Shea to Star in Royal & Derngate Production of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 28, 2016

Baz Bamigboye of the Daily Mail has reported that Michael Shea, will play take on the title role, among several others, in a West End production of Peter And The Starcatcher.

Photo Flash: First Look at ORIENT EXPRESS at 9th Annual London Improvathon
by Louisa Brady - Apr 30, 2016

London's celebrated annual 50-Hour Improvathon (The Stage Top 5 Fringe Theatre Events of 2015), a massive improvised comedy soap opera starring many of the world's leading improvisers, is back for a ninth year!

The Pajama Men & THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Cast Join 50-Hour Improvathon Lineup
by Tyler Peterson - May 26, 2015

Acclaimed American improv stars The Pajama Men are the latest big name signings to be anounced for the eighth annual 50-Hour Improvathon, this coming weekend in London.

Cal McCrystal Directs the Fitzrovia Radio Hour in Bram Stoker's Classic DRACULA
by Anna Bencivengo - Oct 3, 2014

West End and Edinburgh Fringe sensations The Fitzrovia Radio Hour will return to the Mercury Theatre Colchester this October in a co-production of Dracula - as you've never heard it before! Directed by Cal McCrystal, the man responsible for the hilarious physical comedy of James Corden in the National Theatre's hit One Man, Two Guvnors, and Physical Comedy Consultant on the Columbia Pictures movie The Amazing Spiderman 2, this is Dracula with a bite