Sheridan Morley

Anne Reid and Caroline Quentin Will Lead World Premiere Of Daisy Goodwin's BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT
by Stephi Wild - Jan 10, 2025

Daniel Schumann and Lee Dean have announced the world première of By Royal Appointment – the debut play of Daisy Goodwin, creator of hit ITV historical drama Victoria – directed by Dominic Dromgoole.

Giles Terera and Michael Benz Complete the Cast of POWER OF SAIL at Menier Chocolate Factory
by Stephi Wild - Feb 26, 2024

The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced that Giles Terera and Michael Benz join the cast of the European première of Paul Grellong's Power of Sail, directed by Dominic Dromgoole. Performances run 20 March – 12 May.

Cast Set For POWER OF SAIL at the Menier Chocolate Factory
by Stephi Wild - Feb 12, 2024

The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced casting the European première of Paul Grellong’s Power of Sail. Performances run 20 March – 12 May.

European Premere of POWER OF SAIL Comes to the Menier Chocolate Factory Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Feb 5, 2024

With its critically acclaimed production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Pacific Overtures running at the venue, the Menier Chocolate Factory has announced the European première of Paul Grellong’s Power of Sail. Dominic Dromgoole returns to the company, after the success of last year’s Marjorie Prime, to direct.

Full Cast Announced For the UK Première of MARJORIE PRIME
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2023

As public booking opens, the Menier Chocolate Factory has announced the full casting for the UK première of Jordan Harrison's Marjorie Prime.

Full Cast And Creative Team Announced For CLYDE'S at George Street Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Jan 9, 2023

George Street Playhouse has announced the full cast and creative team as rehearsals kick-off for Clyde's the lightning- charged comedy by two-time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Lynn Nottage. 

Menier Chocolate Factory Announces Reopening with New Season For 2022/2023
by Stephi Wild - Sep 26, 2022

The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced programming for its Autumn 2022/Spring 2023 season. Learn more about the full season here!

Cinemalive Presents Charles Dickens' Classic Festive Tale A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Stephi Wild - Oct 4, 2018

Following three critically-acclaimed, sold-out seasons on stage in London's West End, Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love) brings Charles Dickens' beloved classic A Christmas Carol to the big screen in December 2018. On Tuesday 11 December the stage-to-film adaptation, reimagined especially for cinema, will be released in 444 cinemas across the UK and Ireland by leading event cinema distributors CinemaLive.

Simon Callow Will Star In His Critically Acclaimed One-Man Show A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Stephi Wild - Sep 14, 2018

The traditional Christmas staple of Charles Dickens' much loved A Christmas Carol, returns this festive season to the West End stage starring Simon Callow, running at the Arts Theatre for a strictly limited season from 8 December to 12 January.

Love Story Set To Be Sell Out Success In Swindon
by BWW News Desk - Mar 1, 2017

Tickets are selling fast for a musical comedy based on one of the most fascinating relationships in theatre history.

Stephen Joseph Theatre Announces a Sparkling Spring and Early Summer Season
by BWW News Desk - Feb 22, 2017

A sparkling spring and early summer season of events has been announced by Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre.

Real Life Love Story Set To Dazzle Audiences In Swindon
by BWW News Desk - Feb 8, 2017

A MUSICAL comedy based on the "real life love story" of playwright and songwriter Noel Coward and actress Gertrude Lawrence is set to wow audiences at the Swindon Arts Centre.

Simon Callow Returns to the Arts Theatre for A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Ashlee Latimer - Oct 21, 2016

The hugely popular re-imagining of Charles Dickens' festive staple A Christmas Carol, starring Simon Callow and directed by Tom Cairns, will return to the Arts Theatre in London for a strictly limited season from 8 December to 7 January.  

James Shapiro Wins 9th Annual Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 2, 2016

At a ceremony at the Garrick Club today, James Shapiro was awarded the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography for 1606 William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear.

Shortlist Announced for The Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography 2015
by Marianka Swain - Feb 24, 2016

The Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography 2015 shortlist has been revealed. The contenders are Peter Whitebrook for John Osborne Anger is not about..., James Shapiro for 1606 William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear, David Hare for The Blue Touch Paper, Qais Akbar Omar and Stephen Landrigan for A Night in the Emperor's Garden and Michael Pennington for Let Me Play The Lion/How to Be an Actor.

Biopic on Legendary Playwright Tennessee Williams Coming to the Big Screen
by Caryn Robbins - Nov 12, 2015

Deadline reports exclusively that Broad Green Pictures will base an upcoming film biopic on John Lahr's award-winning biography 'Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage Of The Flesh.'

James & Jack Fox to Lead West End Transfer of DEAR LUPIN
by Tyler Peterson - Jun 5, 2015

Father and son James Fox and Jack Fox star in this brand new stage adaptation of the best-selling Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year Dear Lupin, Letters to a Wayward Son in which renowned journalist and author Roger Mortimer's brilliantly hilarious, often touching and always generous letters to his unruly son Charlie are now vividly brought to life. The production transfers to the Apollo Theatre following a successful UK tour, opening on 3 August, with previews from 30 July, and runs for a strictly limited season until 19 September.

John Lahr Wins 8th Annual Sheridan Morley Prize for TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: MAD PILGRIMAGE OF THE FLESH Biography
by BWW News Desk - Mar 19, 2015

At a ceremony at the Garrick Club today, John Lahr was awarded the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography for Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh.

John Lahr, Kika Markham & More Make Shortlist for 2015 Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 4, 2015

The shortlist is announced today for the eighth annual Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre Biography - the nominees are Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh by John Lahr, Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave by Kika Markham, What do I Know?: People, Politics and the Arts by Richard Eyre, Covering Shakespeare by David Weston and I Know Nothing: The Autobiography by Andrew Sachs.

BWW Preview: The World Goes 'Round at Scarborough Musical Theatre
by Dennis Kucherawy - Feb 7, 2015

In the musical theatre today, it seems the world goes 'round the shows of composer John Kander & lyricist, the late Fred Ebb. On Broadway, one of their final musicals 'The Visit,' starring Chita Rivera with a book by Terrence McNally, begins previews next Month and opens in April.