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Review: DROP THE DEAD DONKEY: THE REAWAKENING, Richmond Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jun 19, 2024

Starring original cast members Susannah Doyle, Robert Duncan, Ingrid Lacey, Neil Pearson, Jeff Rawle, Stephen Tompkinson and Victoria Wicks, this new stage version sees the team are thrust back together in the world of 24-hour rolling news, social media and algorithms at a new TV station with the distinctly tongue-in-cheek name, Truth News. 

DROP THE DEAD DONKEY Cast Reunites For Stage Adaptation, Touring in 2024
by Stephi Wild - May 30, 2023

30 years since the launch of the trailblazing, smash-hit TV series, Drop The Dead Donkey, the Globelink News team are back, and now live on stage for the very first time.

Casting Announced For Tim Firth's NOW IS GOOD at Storyhouse
by Stephi Wild - Feb 28, 2022

A funny and poignant new musical by award-winning playwright Tim Firth receives its world premiere at Storyhouse this spring and the full cast has now been revealed. 

New Season Announced At Salisbury Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Jan 14, 2020

Wiltshire Creative is premiering Barney Norris's new adaptation of Lorca's Blood Wedding as part of its spring 2020 season followed by major revivals of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Hay Fever plus star-studded productions of Shirley Valentine and Dial M For Murder.

Jeff Rawle and Teresa Banham to Lead the Cast of BLOOD WEDDING at Salisbury Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 7, 2020

Jeff Rawle (The Durrells, Hollyoaks and Drop the Dead Donkey) and Teresa Banham (Mary Wilson in The Crown, Netflix) lead the cast in Barney Norris's new adaptation of Lorca's Blood Wedding, commissioned and produced by Wiltshire Creative and Up In Arms to run at Salisbury Playhouse from 6-22 February 2020.

Photo Flash: First Look at ALYS, ALWAYS at the Bridge Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Mar 1, 2019

Directed by Nicholas Hytner, Lucinda Coxon's new play Alys, Always based on Harriet Lane's novel of the same name is playing at the Bridge Theatre until Saturday 30 March 2019.

Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For ALYS, ALWAYS at the Bridge Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Feb 5, 2019

Joanne Froggatt (Frances) and Robert Glenister (Lawrence) lead the cast in the world premiere of Lucinda Coxon's Alys, Always and are joined by Danny Ashok (Sid), Joanna David (Charlotte), Leah Gayer (Polly), Simon Manyonda (Oliver),Sylvestra Le Touzel (Mary/Audrey), Jeff Rawle (Robin/Mr Thorpe), Vineeta Rishi (Julia Price), Sue Wallace (Mrs Thorpe) and Sam Woolf (Teddy).

Full Casting Announced For ALYS, ALWAYS at the Bridge Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Dec 12, 2018

Joining the previously announced Joanne Froggatt (Frances) and Robert Glenister (Lawrence) in the premiere of Lucinda Coxon's Alys, Always are Danny Ashok (Sid), Joanna David (Charlotte), Leah Gayer (Polly), Simon Manyonda (Oliver), Sylvestra Le Touzel (Mary/Audrey), Jeff Rawle (Robin/Mr Thorpe), Vineeta Rishi (Julia Price), Sue Wallace (Mrs Thorpe) and Sam Woolf (Teddy).

Alan Bennett's ALLELUJAH! To Be Shown In UK Cinemas This November
by Stephi Wild - Aug 3, 2018

Allelujah! - the new play by Alan Bennett which received its world premiere at the Bridge Theatre last month - will be in cinemas on 1st November with National Theatre Live.

BWW Review: ALLELUJAH!, Bridge Theatre
by Marianka Swain - Jul 20, 2018

This highly anticipated new play from 84-year-old Alan Bennett premieres at the Bridge, continuing his long-standing relationship with Nicholas Hytner. It's an exciting get, and there are wonderful flashes of Bennett wit, wisdom and stirring empathy, but also polemical outbursts and baggy plotting that leads to a ponderous and not entirely justified run time.

Photo Flash: First Look at Alan Bennett's ALLELUJAH! at the Bridge Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Jul 13, 2018

Production images are released for the world premiere of Nicholas Hytner's production of Alan Bennett's Allelujah! at the Bridge Theatre. Check out a first look at the production in the photos below!

Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal for World Premiere of Alan Bennett's ALLELUJAH!
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2018

Rehearsal images have been released today for the world premiere of Nicholas Hytner's production of Alan Bennett's Allelujah! at the Bridge Theatre. Check them out below!

Rehearsals Begin For World Premiere Of Alan Bennett's ALLELUJAH! At The Bridge Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 29, 2018

As rehearsals begin, casting is announced for the world premiere of Nicholas Hytner's production of Alan Bennett's Allelujah! at the Bridge Theatre.

BWW Review: QUARTET, Theatre Royal Brighton
by Fiona Scott - Mar 27, 2018

What happens to musicians when they are old and grey? Where do famous singers retire when their voices are an echo of what they once were? Ronald Harwood's Quartet follows the antics of four elderly former opera stars as they live out their days in a specialist musician's retirement home in an expansive country residence in Kent.

National Theatre Announces Casting for MACBETH, THE GREAT WAVE, JOHN and More
by BWW News Desk - Oct 27, 2017

Dates and casting have announced for new National Theatre season!

BWW Interview: Fenella Woolgar Talks THE SLAVES OF SOLITUDE
by Marianka Swain - Oct 27, 2017

Actress Fenella Woolgar's work ranges from Handbagged and Circle Mirror Transformation to Home Fires and Doctor Who. She's currently starring in the stage adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's The Slaves of Solitude, about a boarding house in 1943 Henley-on-Thames, where Miss Roach, who endures daily torment from a fellow occupant, becomes involved with an American serviceman. The play is now in previews at Hampstead Theatre.

Photo Flash: First Look at John Heffernan and Cast of National Theatre's SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON
by BWW News Desk - Oct 11, 2017

Into the story walks George: wandering knight, freedom fighter, enemy of tyrants the world over.

SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON Starts Tonight at the National Theatre
by BWW News Desk - Oct 4, 2017

Saint George and the Dragon, a new play by Rory Mullarkey, will be directed by Lyndsey Turner. The show runs in previews from tonight 4 October, with press night 11 October, and continues in the repertoire until 2 December 2017 at the National Theatre. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the company in rehearsal below!

Mark Goucher and David Ian Present Cheltenham Everyman Theatre Production of QUARTET
by BWW News Desk - Sep 25, 2017

Following the West End revival last year of The Dresser, Mark Goucher is presenting Quartet. This will be the first production that the producer will mount in his new role as CEO of the Cheltenham Everyman Theatre. This Everyman Theatre production will then be presented on a UK tour by Mark Goucher and David Ian.

VIDEO: Playwright Rory Mullarkey Talks SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON at the National
by BWW News Desk - Sep 18, 2017

Saint George and the Dragon, a new play by Rory Mullarkey, will be directed by Lyndsey Turner for the National Theatre. The show runs in previews from 4 October, with press night 11 October, and continues in the repertoire until 2 December 2017. See what Mullarkey had to say about the show below!