The big question in London theatre today is: Will “Love Never Dies,” the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” revive the composer’s faltering career? “Phantom” was in fact his last big hit and you have to wonder if a sequel will make the grade. “Love Never D[...]
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March 5th, 2010 - 1:46 pm § in Features
A Good Night Out in the Valleys
“A Good Night Out in the Valleys” opens tonight at the Brentwood Miner’s Institute in Gwent tonight. It is based on real Valleys stories with plenty of laughs and will feature live music performed by bands from each institute’s local area. In the day, the coal mines had thriving communitie[...]
March 1st, 2010 - 7:22 pm § in Features
An Inspector Calls
A Inspector Calls, a Stephen Daldry production, is a classic thriller by JB Priestey and continues to wow audiences at Wyndham’s Theatre until March 13th. Nicholas Woodeson plays Inspector Goole. He also played the role on Broadway in 1994. His recent London stage credits include Moonlight And M[...]
February 26th, 2010 - 7:23 am § in Features
The Cat in the Hat
The production of The Cat in the Hat is a wonderful and engaging first theatre experience for 3 to 6 year olds and will be showing at the Young Vic until March 13th. Based on the much-loved Dr. Seuss book, this legendary story was adapted for the stage by Katie Mitchell. With his red and white [.[...]
February 11th, 2010 - 8:57 pm § in Features
11 and 12
The influential British director Peter Brook returns to London with 11 And 12, a work five years in the making, that brings together a multinational cast in a meditation on faith, race and tolerance. Based on a book by West African writer Amadou Hampaté Bâ, 11 And 12 recounts the author’s rela[...]
January 18th, 2010 - 9:06 pm § in Features
WOS Awards is breaking records
The only major theatre awards voted for by the paying public, the tenth Whatsonstage.com Awards, has already broken records, with a fortnight left to go. As of 10am today, 18 January 2010, more than 36,000 people have voted in the 2010 Whatsonstage.com Awards, which tops the record of 35,000 set l[...]
June 17th, 2009 - 5:28 am § in Features
Women Starting To Take The Lead As Playwrites
It is only appropriate that a play about suffragettes should be the first play written by a living woman to be presented in the National Theatre in London. Her Naked Skin, written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, appeared there last year in the Olivier auditorium to high acclaim from both critics and the the[...]
May 29th, 2009 - 10:32 am § in Features, theatrenews
Berkoff To Direct London Aloft RSC Production?
The opening season of the Off-West End venue, Westminster Theatre will feature a production that may include the Royal Shakespeare Company and will feature direction by Steven Berkoff a patron of the London Aloft team.[...]
