The satirical musical “Oh What a Lovely War” opens tomorrow night at the Newcastle. After leaving London, it will be on tour. The play marks the entertaining ride through the ironies and tragedies of the First World War. A madcap orchestra of musicians, dancers, singers and clowns will come ar[...]
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January 18th, 2010 - 9:04 pm § in Coming Soon
This week’s London Theatre Show Openings
The major openings in London, in the West End and further afield, this week are: OPENING TONIGHT, Monday 18 January 2010, the Liverpool Everyman revival of Harold Pinter’s modern classic The Caretaker, starring Jonathan Pryce as the tramp Davies, transfers to Trafalgar Studios 1 to coincide wit[...]
January 14th, 2010 - 7:00 am § in Coming Soon
West Ends new splatter cannibal musical
The West End will soon feature a new type of play, one that comes with the need for a splatter zone. The new musical called Cannibal! Is the creation of South Park mastermind Trey Parker and includes a scene in which the front row gets hit with fake blood. The play is set in 1873 and revolves [.[...]
January 5th, 2010 - 6:59 am § in Coming Soon
Globe opts for regal rogues in 2010
The Globe theatre is getting ready to kick off its 2010 season with a large billing Shakespeare plays. The 2010 season will focus primarily on the regal rogues that were highlighted in his plays taking a close look at all virtues of royal kinds from wildness to paranoia to greed to warmth. Includ[...]
December 14th, 2009 - 4:15 am § in Coming Soon
Megan Mullally moves her show to West end
Leading lady on Broadway Megan Mullally who also has two Emmys under her belt is set to step onto the West End stage for the first time in February of 2010. Mullally will appear on stage with her musical act, Supreme Music Program, at the Vaudeville Theatre for an eight week engagement. The show [...]
December 11th, 2009 - 7:06 am § in Coming Soon
Felicity Kendal heading back to the West End
2010 may bring the return of Felicity Kendal to the West End with news that her current play, the George Bernard Shaw adaptation of Mrs. Warrens Profession may soon come to a rest for three months at the London Comedy Theatre. The play which is the Theatre Royal Bath revival of the 1894 classic i[...]
December 10th, 2009 - 2:39 am § in Coming Soon
David Essex to return to the West End
In a blast from the past the 70s icon David Essex is set to make his debut on the West End in April of next year at the Garrick theatre, when his musical All the Fun of the Fair hits the stage. The musical takes its name from his 1975 hit album that has most of [...][...]
December 4th, 2009 - 7:56 am § in Coming Soon
Ruthie Henshall returns as Roxie Hart
Ruthie Henshall will once again play Roxie Hart in Chicago 12 years after she first took on the role in 1997 in the West End. Her previous performance earned her an Olivier Award nomination. The play will open Dec. 14th at the Cambridge Theatre and will run until February 28, 2010 outside of the [...]
December 3rd, 2009 - 7:28 am § in Coming Soon
Carl Barat tries his hand on stage
Former Libertines band member Carl Barat is all set to make his first debut on the London stage in a different format than he may be used to in Hammersmith next year. Barat will take on the West End alongside Sadie Frost in the Sam Shepard play Fool for Love which is playing at Riverside Studios[...]
October 27th, 2009 - 6:43 am § in Coming Soon
Sexy Kim Catrall back in the city
Kim Catrall, best known for her role as Samantha in Sex & the City will be once again making a splash on the West End stage, in the comedy Private Lives by Noel Coward. Catrall will star opposite Matthew MacFayden who is best known from the TV series Spooks. She will be directed by Richard [[...]
October 8th, 2009 - 1:06 am § in Coming Soon
Phantom sequel West End tickets
Tickets to Love Never Dies, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that is the sequel to the renowned Phantom of the Opera will go on sale this coming Thursday. The play opens in March of 2010 at the Adelphi Theatre, and will be the first musical sequel to be debuted on the West End Stage. For [...][...]
September 29th, 2009 - 8:19 am § in Coming Soon
Gemma Arterton and Rupert Friend West End debuts
From January 8, 2009, the Garrick Theatre is going to stage West End?s new production ?The Little Dog Laughed?. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, this award winning play will feature some famous actors like Rupert Friend, Gemma Arterton, Harry Lloyd and Tamsin Greig. The lead character, a Hollywood superst[...]
September 23rd, 2009 - 9:08 am § in Coming Soon
The Gruffalo will spend Christmas at the Apollo
This Christmas will usher in The Gruffalo Tall Stories children?s show for the fourth time at the West End?s Apollo Theatre. It will run during the day time with performances scheduled for 11am, 1:30pm, and 3:30pm from November 25, 2009 through January 10, 2010. The basic plotline of the The Gruf[...]
September 22nd, 2009 - 8:20 am § in Coming Soon
Noel Coward Theatre to play host to Enron
Produced by Rupert Goold, the artistic director of Headlong, Lucy Prebble?s play Enron is going to be transferred to the Noel Coward Theatre in the West End in the very beginning of 2010. The play is built around the famous ?Enron scandal? involving the American giant energy company Enron Corp, wh[...]
September 21st, 2009 - 9:43 am § in Coming Soon
Anne Friel nude .. that should make you read this
Samuel Parson?s newest stab at Breakfast At Tiffany?s based on the novella by Truman Capote of the same name just opened at the Mathias? Theatre starring Joseph Cross in the role of ?Fred Parsons? and Anne Friel as ?Holly Golightly.? The production will run until January 9th, 2010 and is directed[...]
September 19th, 2009 - 5:02 am § in Coming Soon
Griff Rhys Jones to take on Fagin
Oliver! Is set to take on the West End once again with Griff Rhys Jones, the comedian, taking on the part of Fagin. In the past Fagin has been portrayed by Omid Djalili and Rowan Atkinson. The play will debut at the Theatre Drury lane on Monday December 14th and will continue through June of [...[...]
September 12th, 2009 - 2:57 am § in Coming Soon
Mel C in the West End
Most people know that Melanie Chisholm of the Spice Girls knows what she wants and has no problem getting it, which now is apparently a shot to shine on the West End stage. Next month Mel C will play Mrs. Johnstone on the stage in Blood Brothers making her the second Spice Girl to [...][...]
September 8th, 2009 - 6:39 am § in Coming Soon
Phil Jupitus and Belinda Carlisle pit on a little Hairspray
The stars of the West End musical Hairspray were announced today, with TV comic Phil Jupitus and pop singer Belinda Carlisle playing the title roles. This will be the third year for Hairspray at the London Shaftsbury Theatre where it has been successful in the past. Juptius, best known for the BBC[...]
September 4th, 2009 - 9:29 am § in Coming Soon
Victor Meldrew in RSC Twelfth Night debut
Richard Wilson will make his RSC debut in the West End this autumn in the Twelfth Night which is set to premiere at the Stratford?s Courtyard Theatre on October 21st. The show will run up until November 21st at which point it will move to the Duke of York?s Theatre in London from December 22nd tho[...]
September 3rd, 2009 - 3:09 am § in Coming Soon
Ben Hur Live spectacular at the O2 Arena
Ben Hur Live is the newest arena show to hit the stage at the O2 Arena in London. Performances will open on September 17th and continue through September 20th at which point the production has a long list of cities to hit on its tour including Lisbon, Vienna, Paris, Barcelona, Munich, Hamburg, Bu[...]
