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Photos: First Look at ROBIN HOOD: THE LEGEND. RE-WRITTEN. at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has released production photos for their production of Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written. by former Kneehigh Co-Artistic Director Carl Grose (The Grinning Man, Dead Dog in a Suitcase). The production runs until 22 July.
Full Cast and Creative Team Set for ROBIN HOOD THE LEGEND. RE-WRITTEN. at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre has announced full cast and creative team for their forthcoming production of Robin Hood: The Legend. Re-written. 
Menier Chocolate Factory Announces Spring Season For 2020

With the critically acclaimed production of The Boy Friend currently running at the theatre, the Menier Chocolate Factory today announce the forthcoming two productions a?" the European première of Paula Vogel's Tony Award-winning play Indecent, directed by Rebecca Taichman; and Alan Bennett's Habeas Corpus directed by Patrick Marber, who returns to the Menier following his smash-hit production of Tom Stoppard's Travesties.
BWW Review: RAVENS: SPASSKY VS FISCHER, Hampstead Theatre

Ravens: Spassky vs Fischer takes us to Iceland in 1974 for the World Chess Championship, a clash between two very different men and two very different systems but with much that is not so different to the politics of today.
BWW Review: THE WATSONS, Menier Chocolate Factory

Laura Wade isn't the first to tackle Jane Austen's unfinished novel, abandoned in 1805, but she is the only one so far to write herself, the struggling adaptor, into the text. This witty, ingenious and surprisingly philosophical play, which premiered at Chichester last year, merges Austen with Pirandello, and satire with big existential questions.
BWW Review: STONES IN HIS POCKETS, Theatre Royal Brighton

There's always a buzz of excitement when a film crew come to your home town but is it always a positive impact on the community? Marie Jones' multi-award winning comedy, Stones in His Pockets, is currently touring the UK and is making its stop in Brighton's Theatre Royal this week.
Stuart Waters ROCKBOTTOM Comes to Edge Hill Arts Centre

Rockbottom is a powerful, topical new dance theatre solo from Stuart Waters which starts its spring 2019 tour at Edge Hill Arts Centre in Lancashire on February 12th.  Combining bold story-telling with highly physical choreography, Rockbottom is a deeply moving portrait of one man's journey through depression and addiction. 
Casting Announced For Laura Wade's THE WATSONS At Chichester Festival Theatre

The full company has been announced for Laura Wade's new play THE WATSONS, adapted from Jane Austen's unfinished novel, which receives its world premiere at the Minerva Theatre from 3 November - 1 December, with a press night on 8 November. Directed by Samuel West, the cast is: Sam Alexander, Sally Bankes, Joe Bannister, Jane Booker, Elaine Claxton, Tim Delap, Leonardo Dickens, Sophie Duval, Archie Elliot, Louise Ford, John Wilson Goddard, Grace Molony, Elander Moore, Katherine Rose Morley, Paksie Vernon, Cat White and Laurence Ubong Williams.
Cast And Creative Team Announced For The World Premiere Of THE LOVELY BONES at Royal & Derngate

The full cast and creative team have been confirmed for the world premiere of The Lovely Bones, one of the best-selling novels of the 21st century. Adapted for the stage by Bryony Lavery from Alice Sebold's story and directed by Melly Still, it will open at Royal & Derngate, Northampton on 1 September 2018 before transferring to partner theatres Everyman Liverpool, Northern Stage, Newcastle and Birmingham Repertory Theatre. The show will also tour to The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich.
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with SHAKESPEARE'S ROSE THEATRE

Get a first look at rehearsals for Europe's first pop-up Elizabethan theatre - Shakespeare's Rose Theatre set to open later this month in York.
Full Details And Cast And Creative Team Announced For Shakespeare's Rose Theatre in York

Today, on the birthday of William Shakespeare, full details have been announced for Europe's first ever pop-up Shakespearean Theatre - SHAKESPEARE'S ROSE THEATRE - which makes its debut in the historic city of York in June. Preparations are well underway for a ground-breaking 'Summer of Shakespeare'.
2018: Los musicales que vienen

Diciembre est llegando a su fin, y pronto dar comienzo 2018. Hemos tenido 12 meses llenos de estrenos, musicales y novedades, y parece que el pr ximo a o no va a quedarse atr s. Hagamos un repaso de lo que est por venir y marqu monos a fuego en las agendas nuestras citas teatrales.
PHOTO FLASH: Nuevas imagenes de EL MEDICO en concierto

La version sinfonica de este musical, que llegara a Madrid en mayo de 2018, tiene ya nueva imagen encabezada por sus protagonistas - Adrian Salzedo, Talia del Val, Jose Antonio Moreno, Alain Damas y Victoria Galan.
BWW Interview: Hablamos con el equipo de 'El Médico'

BroadwayWorld Spain os ofrece un video con entrevistas al director musical Ivan Macias, y a los actores Talia del Val y Adrian Salzedo, protagonistas de EL MEDICO.
Audiciones para un nuevo musical basado en la novela 'El Médico' de Noah Gordon

Versus Creative y Grupo Smedia convocan audiciones para un nuevo musical basado en la exitosa novela EL MEDICO de Noah Gordon. Se busca a los protagonistas para su gira de presentación en versión sinfónica de concierto.
Sorteos BWW: Te invitamos al estreno de GERMINAL

BroadwayWorld Spain te invita al estreno de GERMINAL, el musical el proximo miercoles 17 de agosto a las 20.30 horas en el Teatro Philips de la Luz Gran Via (Gran Via 66)
Un agosto muy musical en el Teatro de la Luz Philips

El Teatro de la Luz Philips Gran Vía (Gran Via, 66) acogerá del 17 al 20 de agosto el regreso a Madrid de los musicales GERMINAL y EL FANTASMA DE LA ÓPERA en versión sinfónica, ambos producidos por el Liceo de Moguer.
Ganadores del sorteo de cinco entradas dobles para GERMINAL, EL MUSICAL

BroadwayWorld y El Liceo de Moguel te invitan al estreno en Madrid de GERMINAL, EL MUSICAL. Sorteamos entre los lectores cinco entradas dobles para la funcion de este viernes a las 20 horas en el Teatro de La Luz Philips Gran Via
El Teatro Compac Gran Vía acogerá el estreno del musical GERMINAL

El proximo 29 de enero de 2016 tendra lugar en el Teatro Compac Gran Via (Gran Via, 66) el estreno, en version sinfonica, del musical GERMINAL.  Basado en la novela de Emile Zola, esta obra retrata con dramatismo un importante episodio de la historia: el nacimiento de los primeros sindicatos y  la lucha por la supervivencia de una familia abocada a la miseria en la Francia de 1860.  Un relato de esperanza, donde el amor y el drama se entremezclan en una de las historias clasicas de la literatura francesa.
TV Exclusive: Watch a Scene from RSC's HENRY V; In US Theatres Starting 11/18!

Beginning November 18, the Royal Shakespeare Company's acclaimed production of Shakespeare's Henry V will play in select movie houses across North America. The production, which opened to rave reviews at the RSC's home in Stratford-upon-Avon, was filmed for 'Live from Stratford-upon-Avon,' the RSC program that screens the world's greatest classical theatre company from Shakespeare's home town around the world through a continued partnership with Picturehouse Entertainment. Below, BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you an exclusive clip of the St. Crispin's Day speech- Act 4, Scene 3.

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