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Published: 12 December 2011
As Michael Grandage steps down from the Donmar Warehouse after a decade in charge, Caroline Bishop looks back at his career. When Richard II opened at the Donmar Warehouse on… Read More
It was the talk of the Edinburgh Festival, dividing opinions and prompting shocked people to walk out mid-show. Now in London, Charlotte Marshall attended the press night of Audience to… Read More
This Christmas, ROH2, the contemporary arm of the Royal Opera House, offers a new dance piece hoping to join The Nutcracker and The Snowman as a festive family favourite. An… Read More
Published: 9 December 2011
Kate Fleetwood and Denise Gough are to star in Nancy Harris’s Our New Girl at the Bush theatre from 12 January. Described as a ‘startling psychological drama about the darker… Read More
In this furious, fast-paced, technology-heavy modern world, are we in danger of losing all sense of ourselves and our place in society? That’s what seems to have happened to Douglas… Read More
A new musical adaptation of The Wind In The Willows will premiere in London, reuniting the creative team behind the Olivier Award-winning Mary Poppins, Julian Fellowes, George Stiles and Anthony… Read More
Former EastEnders star and winner of Strictly Come Dancing Kara Tointon is to star in a new production of Alan Ayckbourn’s Absent Friends in the new year.The comedy of manners,… Read More
Published: 8 December 2011
Olivier Award-winning actress Eve Best is to return to the London stage in 2012, leading the cast of The Duchess Of Malfi at the Old Vic.The British star of stage… Read More
Transferring a classic film to the stage has more potential pitfalls than planning an armed robbery in the home of an exasperating old lady, but that didn’t put off the… Read More
Published: 7 December 2011
Projection designer Timothy Bird staged a coup de théâtre for Sunday In The Park With George at the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2005. Now he’s back at the venue to… Read More
Caroline Bishop chats to the latest actor to jump aboard The Railway Children, Mark Benton, and finds a man quite happy to point the signals away from himself. As commutes… Read More
Incense hangs in the air at the Donmar Warehouse, a constant reminder of religion in Michael Grandage’s farewell production Richard II.Eddie Redmayne, as the eponymous monarch, sits as still as… Read More
Published: 6 December 2011
Katie Leung, who fulfilled many a young girl’s fantasy by playing Harry Potter’s girlfriend Cho Chang on film, will star in the stage adaptation of multi-million selling book Wild Swans.The… Read More
Booking for annual discount ticket promotion Get Into London Theatre is now open. Now in its 11th year, Get Into London Theatre offers tantalising ticket deals to more than 50… Read More
Published: 5 December 2011
As her new show opens at the Royal Opera House, renowned choreographer Aletta Collins tells Caroline Bishop that she could have had an entirely different career, if only her mum… Read More
When a grown man dressed as a blue monkey who is the adopted son of a man dressed as a woman is telling you everything is “amazeplums”, you know it’s… Read More
Published: 2 December 2011
For those looking to start 2012 with a difference, the London International Mime Festival has announced its line-up with cutting edge circus, magic and mime productions playing across London from… Read More
The Southbank Centre’s annual Winter Festival is now in full swing with children’s show White and dance show Murmurs joining the previously announced Slava’s Snowshow. Theatre Company Catherine Wheels’ White… Read More
New musicals Matilda The Musical and Ghost The Musical lead the voting as they go toe to toe with nine nominations each in this year’s Whatsonstage.com Awards. The two titanic… Read More
The former Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe, Mark Rylance, is to return to the venue for two productions in its new season next summer. Rylance, who oversaw the opening of… Read More
Published: 1 December 2011
The Tony Award-winning musical American Idiot will play London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo next December following a UK tour.American Idiot features music by Grammy Award-winning rock band Green Day, with lyrics… Read More
Rising stars Freddie Fox and Phoebe Waller-Bridge are to appear alongside Lindsay Duncan and Jeremy Northam in Howard Davies’s production of Hay Fever at the Noël Coward theatre from February.… Read More
When Jane Juska found herself alone, living for her daily glass of wine and with nothing to lose at the age of 66, she found a hobby. Dating. And lots… Read More
Published: 30 November 2011
Matthew Amer talks to the TV star, currently appearing in The Ladykillers, about unicycling, electrons and playing nasty. “This is a nightmare! I’d never have signed up for this if… Read More
Stephen Schwartz’s Bible-inspired musical is to receive a West End revival for one night only to raise money for Crohn’s and Colitis UK.The gala performance, which will be held at… Read More
Musical Backbeat, which charts the early days of the Beatles, is to end its run at the Duke of York’s theatre earlier than expected, on 18 February.The stage adaptation of… Read More
From the opening scene, in which Egeon’s story is enacted on stage, complete with search and rescue helicopter crew, it is clear that this is to be a distinct and… Read More
Published: 29 November 2011
Ghost The Musical has announced Siobhan Dillon and Mark Evans will lead the cast of the Piccadilly theatre production from 13 January.Dillon and Evans will play Molly and Sam in… Read More
American actor Zach Braff, known for his role in sitcom Scrubs, is to make his UK stage debut in his own play, All New People, which comes to London’s Duke… Read More
The London underground network will remain open until 01:30 during the Olympic Games next summer, making it even easier for people to visit Theatreland. The information on running times forms… Read More
Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning US comedian Jackie Mason is to bring his latest show Fearless to the London stage next spring.The native New Yorker will perform at the Wyndham’s… Read More
La Soirée is back at the Roundhouse for its third London run in as many years. After Official London Theatre’s Matthew Amer attempted to learn the tricks of the trade… Read More
Published: 28 November 2011
Matthew Amer gets some expert cabaret tuition from the cast of La Soirée and videos his stunning juggling and hula hooping debut for your viewing pleasure. The sight of a… Read More
Published: 25 November 2011
The Mousetrap is to celebrate its diamond jubilee year with a series of 60-themed plans including its first ever UK tour starting in September 2012. Running in the West End… Read More
Tobias Menzies is to lead the cast of Josie Rourke’s first production as Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, The Recruiting Officer. The stellar cast for George Farquhar’s restoration farce… Read More
Published: 24 November 2011
I know we shouldn’t be surprised when a cast of children is impressive, but by golly, the kids in Matilda The Musical have a tough job to do but they… Read More
With the news getting ever more depressing by the day and a winter chill finally edging its way into London, the Bush theatre’s latest play should thaw out and warm… Read More
Published: 23 November 2011
Former Cagney And Lacey star Sharon Gless has proved that dreams really can come true by bringing her own racy project to the West End, finds Matthew Amer.It’s awkward discussing… Read More
Louise Gold and Caroline Quentin are among several actresses cast to play Berthe in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s forthcoming production of Pippin over the course of its three month run.… Read More
For four days in August, Britain suffered riots and looting the likes of which were unseen since the 80s. In two hours, the Tricycle explores the memorable events.The Tricycle theatre… Read More
John Hodge’s new play Collaborators, starring Alex Jennings and Simon Russell Beale, is to transfer from the National’s Cottesloe theatre to its larger Olivier theatre on 30 April to open… Read More
Published: 22 November 2011
The Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Much Ado About Nothing, starring Meera Syal, and Julius Caesar will transfer to London’s Noël Coward theatre next summer as part of the World… Read More
Published: 21 November 2011
Actor John Neville, a regular performer as part of the Old Vic theatre company of the 1950s, has died aged 86.The RADA graduate, who, at his peak, shared the roles… Read More
As Sonya Cassidy takes to the Theatre Royal Haymarket stage alongside Joanna Lumley and Robert Lindsay, the young actress tells Charlotte Marshall about her career so far which has already… Read More
It was a night of doubles at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards on Sunday as Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller jointly won the Best Actor prize for their shared… Read More
Published: 18 November 2011
British Golden Globe-winner Sally Hawkins will star alongside Rafe Spall in Nick Payne’s new drama Constellations at the Royal Court next year.The actress, who was thrust into the limelight following… Read More
If you have a budding young dancer at home, RAD (Royal Academy of Dance) has announced four new workshops for 4 to 18 year olds which offer an introduction or… Read More
Ian McNeice, Joss Ackland and Emma Fielding are to join the cast of The King’s Speech, which comes to Richmond theatre in March as part of a UK tour. The… Read More
New playwrights Mediah Ahmed and Neil Daley have been announced as the winners of the Bush theatre’s playwriting initiative ANGLE, with the newcomers’ plays to be staged at the West… Read More
Theatregoers of a nervous disposition beware; if you are offended by choice language and find yourself tutting at vulgar vocab in TV dramas, the first scene of Reasons To Be… Read More
Published: 17 November 2011
A drama set in a tenement about a family struggling with poverty during the Irish Civil War hardly sounds like a barrel of laughs. But in the hands of Sean… Read More
Published: 16 November 2011
Back at the National Theatre in The Comedy Of Errors, Michelle Terry is one of British theatre’s brightest young talents. But she’d rather hide her light under the proverbial bushel,… Read More
Last year the Soho theatre made opera approachable with the Olivier Award-winning La Bohème. Possibly without even trying, they have managed to do the same with musicals with the premiere… Read More
Indhu Rubasingham is to be the new Artistic Director of Kiburn’s Tricycle theatre, following the departure of Nicolas Kent next year. Rubasingham first worked at the Tricycle in 1998 directing… Read More
Stage and screen actress Dulcie Gray has died at the age of 95. Gray, who found screen fame in the 1980s in drama Howard’s Way, was born in Kuala Lumpur… Read More
Christmas. A time for gathering the family together, playing games, drinking mulled wine and concealing daggers. Okay, maybe the daggers aren’t as synonymous with the festive season as crackers and… Read More
Published: 15 November 2011
Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit, first staged by Chicago’s Steppenwolf theatre company in 2010, is to receive a London premiere at the National Theatre in 2012.D’Amour’s drama, the tale of a suburban… Read More
Tim Price’s new play about the horrors of old age makes for a touching but undeniably bleak evening at Trafalgar Studio 2. It is the fear that everyone faces: a… Read More
Published: 14 November 2011
For the third year running, crack panto writing team Joel Horwood and Morgan Lloyd Malcolm have been beavering away at the Lyric Hammersmith to create another family Christmas offering with… Read More
Royal Shakespeare Company regular Jonathan Slinger has been cast alongside emerging actress Emily Taaffe in the ensemble that will perform three plays as part of the World Shakespeare Festival.Slinger and… Read More
American actor James Earl Jones received a stunning surprise in the West End this weekend, when, following his performance in Driving Miss Daisy, he was given an Honorary Academy Award.After… Read More
Published: 11 November 2011
Summer Strallen and Tom Chambers are to dance their way into London next year when musical comedy Top Hat transfers to the Aldywch theatre following a UK tour.Adapted from the… Read More
Published: 10 November 2011
The Barbican theatre’s Christmas programme caters for all ages this year with dance show Mojo for younger children and the return of the Olivier Award-winning theatre collective Duckie for older… Read More
The Chichester Festival Theatre production of Sweeney Todd is to transfer to London’s Adelphi theatre from 10 March (press night 20 March), with leads Imelda Staunton and Michael Ball reprising… Read More
Get ready to shout Izzy Wizzy let’s get Busy! this Christmas as Sooty, Sweep and Soo arrive back in the West End after more than a decade with The Sooty… Read More
The Young Vic has been turned into a secure institution for Ian Rickson’s high concept Hamlet, where staff in scrubs body search visitors and keep a watchful eye on those… Read More
Published: 9 November 2011
Matthew Amer talks pongy paraphernalia with one of this year’s hottest awards tips, Bertie Carvel, as he gets beneath the skin of Matilda The Musical’s Miss Trunchbull.Some might think it… Read More
Mike Bartlett’s latest play Love, Love, Love, which recently won Best Play at the Theatre Awards UK, is to be produced in London by the Royal Court next year. The… Read More
Published: 8 November 2011
Riverside Studios’ critically acclaimed production A Round-Heeled Woman will transfer into the West End later this month, with Sharon Gless in the lead role.Jane Prowse’s production will finish its run… Read More
Nigel Lindsay and Nigel Harman are to leave their roles as Shrek and Lord Farquaad in Shrek The Musical at the end of February, to be replaced by Dean Chisnall… Read More
Annual fundraiser The Night Of 1000 Voices is to return to the Royal Albert Hall on 6 May next year hosted by entertainer and panto star Christopher Biggins. Staged to… Read More
Published: 7 November 2011
The Victoria Palace did not receive a birthday card from the Queen last week, or even a text message from the Duke of Edinburgh, though the celebrated Frank Matcham-designed building… Read More
Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller are to go up against each other in the Best Actor category at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2011. The two actors, who shared… Read More
Amanda Hale and Sarah Solemani are to join Shohreh Aghdashloo in Bijan Sheibani’s Iran-set production of The House Of Bernarda Alba at the Almeida theatre from 19 January (press night… Read More
Published: 4 November 2011
Jessica Hynes and Charlie Cox are the latest high profile actors to join the stellar cast of the Old Vic’s annual 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala.Hynes, who starred in the… Read More