BWW Review: THE MAGICIAN'S ELEPHANT, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Whilst the RSC are renowned for their world-class Shakespeare productions, they have also turned their hand to many successful musical adaptations over the years - most recently the global phenomenon Matilda the Musical, but Les Miserables, Carrie the Musical and many others also originated with the Stratford-upon-Avon-based theatre company. Enter The Magician's Elephant: a brand new family musical, based on Kate DiCamillo's award-winning 2009 novel.
Royal Shakespeare Company Announces 2020 Winter Season
On announcing the RSC's Winter 2020 season Gregory Doran, RSC Artistic Director, said: a?oeWhen I became Artistic Director, I wanted to stage every Shakespeare play in the canon once. We are more than two thirds of the way through that journey, which will conclude at the end of 2021.
Royal & Derngate Unveils 2015 MADE IN NORTHAMPTON Season
Building on the successes of Made in Northampton 2014, Royal & Derngate's Artistic Director James Dacre today announced details of his second season: Made in Northampton 2015.
Introducing the season, Dacre said: "Our Made in Northampton 2015 season aims to reflect the energy and range synonymous with Royal & Derngate, staging classic stories in imaginative new ways and premiering stories that need to be told today. This new season of epic plays looks back to the 12th Century Northampton of King John and forward to Aldous Huxley's Brave New World of 2540. In the company of some of our largest ever casts, audiences will enter the Elizabethan garden of Peter Whelan's The Herbal Bed, the Brooklyn waterfront of Arthur Miller's The Hook, the terrifying Victorian world of Patrick Hamilton's Gaslight, the frozen land of Georgia Pritchett's The Snow Queen and the Parisian streets of Cyrano De Bergerac. But wherever and whenever these plays are set, they have been chosen or commissioned because I believe that each reflects and considers an experience of life in Britain today."
Southampton's Nuffield Announces Complete Cast of THE SNOW QUEEN
This Christmas Southampton's Nuffield is producing an enchanting new version of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale The Snow Queen, featuring new songs, magical staging and a delightfully humorous retelling of this timeless story that will melt your heart. The adaptation is written by acclaimed TV comedy writer, Georgia Pritchett (The Thick of It, Veep, Miranda), with music composed by Dougal Irvine. Sarah Tipple (Dirty Dancing: The Musical, West End and UK Tour), directs the production.
DIRTY DANCING: Bringing Kellerman's Back To London
Why, hello there, BWW:UK! As a keen reader of theatre blogs myself, I'm honoured to be guest writing here in the lead up to the West End return of Dirty Dancing. I play Frances 'Baby' Houseman in the production, and yes, I get to carry watermelons, sit in the corner, and have the time of my life eight shows per week!
BWW Reviews: DIRTY DANCING, Birmingham Hippodrome, July 10 2012
"Nobody puts Baby in the corner" and "I carried a watermelon" are probably two of the most iconic phrases in the history of film, and are ones that were welcomed with a rapturous response at the press night of Dirty Dancing at the Birmingham Hippodrome last night.
The Clare Presents Work In Progress BAY At Young Vic 4/1-4/4
Bay: Work-in-progress devised by the company The Clare
Directed by Sarah Tipple Runs 1 - 4 April
Within the lines of a motorcycle parking bay, the lives of three very different people overlap. All they have in common are their scooters. But sometimes the smallest connection is enough. Bay explores how we manage our identities in this crowded community - and how much it costs us.