Lucy Speed

Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS, Theatre Royal Brighton

If you’re looking for a wholesome yet hilarious evening out supporting your local theatre, look no further than the UK Tour of Steel Magnolias, which this week hit the Theatre Royal Brighton for its latest stop on tour.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS Tour to Close Early

The UK tour of Steel Magnolias is to end three months earlier than planned.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS Comes to Brighton This Month

Steel Magnolias, the hilarious and heart-warming play based on a true story, which enjoyed huge global success in the hit 1989 film adaptation starring Dolly Parton and Julia Roberts, is coming to Theatre Royal Brighton from Tuesday 28 February to Saturday 4 March 2023 as part of an extensive UK and Ireland tour. 

Review: STEEL MAGNOLIAS, Richmond Theatre

As with so many famous films, there was first a play. Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias remains best known for being the 1989 weepie with a stellar cast featuring Dolly Parton, Sally Fields and Julia Roberts, but began life Off-Broadway over thirty years ago.

Harriet Thorpe and More Will Lead UK Tour of STEEL MAGNOLIAS

Steel Magnolias, the hilarious and heart-warming play based on a true story, which enjoyed huge  global success in the hit 1989 film adaptation starring Dolly Parton and Julia Roberts, is embarking on  an extensive UK and Ireland tour in 2023.  Learn more about the cast and how to see the show at a theatre near you!

Theatre Royal Brighton's New Season Guide Is Out Now

Theatre Royal Brighton's brand new What's On Guide is out now! Packed with top quality entertainment, there's a fabulous choice of shows this season from Mother Goose starring Ian McKellen and John Bishop this December, to Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons starring Aidan Turner and Jenna Coleman next March.

Cast Announced For the UK and Ireland Tour of STEEL MAGNOLIAS

The star-studded ensemble cast will feature Laura Main (best known as Sister Bernadette in BBC One’s Call the Midwife), Diana Vickers (The X Factor star who has gone on to lead roles in many theatre productions including Dial M For Murder and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice) and Lucy Speed (known for her television roles on EastEnders and The Bill, and as a new cast member on BBC Radio 4’s The Archers).

TV Star Lucy Speed To Direct Her First Play At Kings Head Theatre

Actress Lucy Speed is set to make her directorial debut with a new play about first time motherhood at Mark Ravenhill's Kings Head Theatre in Islington.

Photos: Go Inside Rehearsals for BLACKMAIL

Mark Ravenhill’s Blackmail, a new version of the classic thriller originally written by Charles Bennett, opens at Mercury Theatre on 9 March, with previews from 4 March, and runs until 19 March.

Mercury Theatre Announces Full Cast For Mark Ravenhill's BLACKMAIL

Mercury Theatre today announces full cast for Mark Ravenhill's Blackmail, a new version of the classic thriller originally written by Charles Bennett. Anthony Banks directs Gabriel Akuwudike (Harold Webber), Jessie Hills (Alice Jarvis), Patrick Walshe McBride (Ian Tracy), and Lucy Speed (Ada Jarvis).

Documental Theatre Will Air PROPS on Radio Stations This July

South West company, Documental Theatre has interviewed sixteen participants. These include, among others, a prisoner’s spouse, a support worker in a children’s home, the parent of a recovering alcoholic, a domestic worker sending money to her family overseas, a mother of an autistic adult, a Navy wife and a resettled Syrian who spent years trying to bring his mother to safety.

BWW Review: ALL OUR CHILDREN, Jermyn Street Theatre

Set in a Nazi-dominated Germany in 1941, Stephen Unwin's debut play is an affecting examination of humanity, hypocrisy, and morality.

Full Cast Announced for Unwin's ALL OUR CHILDREN

Full casting is announced for Stephen Unwin's, All Our Children, his gripping new play which probes one of the darkest episodes in recent history.

Amanda Whittington's AMATEUR GIRL to Play Marlowe Studio, 27-28 Feb

Starring Lucy Speed (EastEnders and The Bill) and presented by Fifth World, Amateur Girl is inspired by real-life stories. It is a hard-hitting, poignant and wryly amusing play about the reality behind the fantasy business and what some people have to do to subsidise a life during the current "cost of living crisis".

BLOODSHOT, UNMYTHABLE, AMATEUR GIRL and More Set for St. James Studio This Winter

The theatre in the St. James Studio has announced its Winter 2013-14 events. Details below!

GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL Comes To The Temple Theater 4/7/2010

In contrast to last season's play GIRLS ONLY, the new musical GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSCIAL will have every audience member dancing in their chairs! GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL brings together five women who reminisce about their younger days, celebrate their current lives and look to the future, all the while belting out an array of classic anthems.

GILRS NIGHT: The Musical Comes To Boston's Club Cafe 10/13-11/22

Girls Night: The Musical, the off-Broadway hit, comes to Boston's Club Café for a limited engagement, beginning Tuesday, October 13 and running through Sunday, November 22.

GILRS NIGHT: The Musical Comes To Boston's Club Cafe 10/13-11/22

Girls Night: The Musical, the off-Broadway hit, comes to Boston's Club Café for a limited engagement, beginning Tuesday, October 13 and running through Sunday, November 22.

GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL Comes To The Temple Theater 4/7/2010

In contrast to last season's play GIRLS ONLY, the new musical GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSCIAL will have every audience member dancing in their chairs! GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL brings together five women who reminisce about their younger days, celebrate their current lives and look to the future, all the while belting out an array of classic anthems.

GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL Extends At Downstairs Cabaret Theatre Through 10/4

Entertainment Event Productions today announced that the Off-Broadway premiere of the smash UK hit GIRLS NIGHT: THE MUSICAL, written by Louise Roche and directed by Jack Randle, will continue through October 4th. Performances began June 2nd, and was scheduled for a limited engagement runs through July 26th at the Downstairs Cabaret Theatre at Sofia's (227 West 46th Street, next to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre).