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Neil Frost Brings THE DOOR to Adelaide in February
by Stephi Wild - Jan 8, 2024

Award-winning silly man Neil Frost, one half of the acclaimed British double act The Establishment and winners of Best Comedy Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award 2019, is bringing his Nan’s old kitchen door all the way from UK to Australia for his first Adelaide Fringe solo show.

PRIDE & PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF) Extends For One More Week At The CAA Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 20, 2023

Toronto Has Fallen In Love With 'Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of)' - One More Week Added! Now On Stage Until January 21, 2024. Due to popular demand, the show is being extended for a second time. Catch it at CAA Theatre, 651 Yonge (South of Bloor). Get your tickets at Mirvish.com or call 1-800-461-3333.

VIDEO: Watch a Teaser Trailer for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF), Beginning This Month at CAA Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 3, 2023

Watch a teaser trailer for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (SORT OF) at CAA Theatre in Toronto running from December 14 through January 14 2024 below!

RSC Releases New Artwork for AS YOU LIKE IT
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 26, 2023

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has released new artwork for its forthcoming production of As You Like It, directed by Omar Elerian, which runs in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon between 17 June – 5 August 2023. 

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (SORT OF) Comes To The Belgrade In February
by Stephi Wild - Jan 19, 2023

The multi-award-winning Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) by Isobel McArthur after Jane Austen will play at The Belgrade as part of the 2023 UK tour from Tuesday 7 – Saturday 11 February, with a press performance on Tuesday 7 February.

Cast Announced for PRIDE & PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF) 2023 Tour
by Stephi Wild - Jan 6, 2023

The multi-award-winning PRIDE & PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF) by Isobel McArthur after Jane Austen has announced casting for its 2023 world tour, opening at The Lowry, Salford on 19 January 2023.

Photos: Sheridan Smith Attends Opening Night of PRIDE & PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF)
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 4, 2021

Sheridan Smith attended opening night of PRIDE & PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF) which took place at the Criterion Theatre on Wednesday 3 November.

Photos: PRIDE & PREJUDICE (*SORT OF) Extends Booking in the West End; New Photos Released!
by Stephi Wild - Nov 4, 2021

The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Blood of the Young’s production of PRIDE & PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF) by Isobel McArthur after Jane Austen, has extended its booking period to Sunday 17 April 2022 at the Criterion Theatre. Tickets go on sale today at 2:30pm.

VIDEO: PRIDE AND PREDJUDICE* (*SORT OF) Celebrates Opening Night with a Crosswalk Musical (Sort Of)
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 2, 2021

PRIDE AND PREDJUDICE (SORT OF) opens tonight at the Criterion Theatre in London’s West End.  The cast of Isobel McArthur’s unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s classic love story created a special video to celebrate opening night.

VIDEO: Sneak Peek at 'Everyday I Write The Book' From PRIDE AND PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF)
by Stephi Wild - Oct 28, 2021

Isobel McArthur’s unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s classic love story was critically acclaimed when it played at Glasgow’s Tron Theatre. Men, money and microphones are fought over in this irreverent but affectionate adaptation, which includes pop classics such as Every Day I Write the Book, Young Hearts Run Free, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, I Got You Babe and You’re So Vain.

PRIDE & PREJUDICE* (*SORT OF) Comes to the West End This Fall
by Stephi Wild - Sep 8, 2021

Olivier and Tony Award-winning producer David Pugh has announced that he will be presenting the Tron Theatre Glasgow, the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Blood of the Young's production of Pride & Prejudice* (*sort of) by Isobel McArthur after Jane Austen at the Criterion Theatre for an open-ended run.

BWW Review: CHARLIE AND STAN, Theatre Royal Bath
by Cheryl Markosky - Jul 21, 2021

At a time when we're getting too many words, words, words from a bumbling Prime Minister and his cronies, what a relief to discover a charming, kind and life-affirming silent movie-style production that harks back to simpler times. The enticing live piano score by composer Zoe Rahman, is the dialogue, aided by the odd ditty (song arrangements by Sophie Cotton) and clever projected captions taking you back to the heydays of Victorian music hall and Hollywood silent pictures.

Casting and Extra Tour Dates Announced For CHARLIE & STAN
by Stephi Wild - Jun 29, 2021

Charlie Chaplin will now be played by Danielle Bird, joining Jerone Marsh-Reid as Stan Laurel, Nick Haverson as Fred Karno and Sara Alexander playing all the other parts, including Chaplin's mother, and the piano! 

CHARLIE & STAN Comes to Bath and Cornwall
by Stephi Wild - Apr 9, 2021

David Pugh, the renowned theatre company Told by an Idiot and Theatre Royal Bath Productions present Charlie & Stan created by Told by an Idiot, written and directed by Paul Hunter.  It will open in Bath on 14 July and then play the Minack Theatre, Cornwall from 1 August.  Further dates prior to the West End are to be announced.

London International Mime Festival 2021 Adjusted For Covid Constraints
by Stephi Wild - Nov 18, 2020

Adjusted for Covid constraints, next year's festival will concentrate on live and online workshops led by top industry professionals, a series of specially commissioned short films to be shown online, a collection of rarely shown physical comedy and slapstick movies at Barbican Cinema 1, plus Zoom talks by various distinguished mime festival participants from recent years.

CALENDAR GIRLS Heads To Storyhouse Next Week
by Julie Musbach - Oct 18, 2019

Calendar Girls The Musical comes to Storyhouse in Chester next week for its final tour dates in the North of England.

THE STRANGE TALE OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND STAN LAUREL Premieres At LIMF 2020
by Stephi Wild - Oct 7, 2019

Performed in Told by an Idiot's trademark visual style, The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel looks at an unknown period in comic history when two maverick imaginations collided for a brief time. Playing fast and loose with the facts, the show is no nostalgic bio-drama, but an hilarious and deeply moving homage to two English men who changed the world of comedy forever. The show includes an original piano score played live each night, composed by MOBO Award-winner Zoe Rahman.

Ruth Madoc Returns To CALENDAR GIRLS Tour
by Stephi Wild - Sep 10, 2019

Gary Barlow and Tim Firth will welcome back Ruth Madoc, who returns to play the role of Jessie in the autumn tour of CALENDAR GIRLS The Musical. Ruth has made a full recovery following an injury earlier this year: a?oeI'm a fighter and I'm back in this wonderful show and I can't think of anywhere else I'd rather be.a??

CALENDAR GIRLS Comes to Storyhouse
by Stephi Wild - Sep 6, 2019

Calendar Girls The Musical is heading Storyhouse in Chester this Autumn when Gary Barlow and Tim Firth take this heartwarming story from screen to stage.

The Establishment Bring New Comedy Show To The Edinburgh Fringe
by Julie Musbach - Jul 2, 2019

Conjuring categorically stupid nonsense is harder than it looks. Dan and Neil however, make it look easy. Leave your refined, sophisticated tastes at the door (you are fooling NO ONE anyway) and get down with some of the silliest sods in this here town of scallywags.