An old play by Caryl Churchill which has not been seen since the 80?s will be new to most audiences who venture out to see it at the Lyttleton Theatre. The play reeks of minimalism, all of the way from the simple set design to the limited ten performances that it will run. The set is simply [...][...]
Archive for August, 2009
August 26th, 2009 - 7:57 am § in theatrenews
Special 40s fashion performance of Carrie?s War
Carrie?s War, a stage adaptation of the wartime drama by Nina Bawden, is set to hold a special showing at the Apollo Theatre on Sept. 3rd to mark the anniversary of the beginning of World War II. Tickets for the production will only cost five pence (a shilling) on that date for the show that begin[...]
August 26th, 2009 - 3:48 am § in Coming Soon
X Factor contestant for West End stardom
Diana Vickers, a former contestant on X Factor, will star in the West End Production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice which is set to debut this autumn. The story of the musical includes a little girl who is played by Vickers that is named Little Voice who grows up with an overbearing mother [[...]
August 25th, 2009 - 4:46 am § in Coming Soon
West end return for Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen is set to take the West End stage again in 2010 with his starring role as William Maitland in the upcoming production of Inadmissible Evidence. Sheen will play the role of a middle aged man who is a solicitor that has come to despise his life and job. The last time Sheen was [...][...]
August 21st, 2009 - 7:21 am § in Coming Soon
Rylance will replace Briers in Endgame
Mark Rylance will soon take on the role of Hamm in Endgame replacing Richard Briers who pulled out of the original cast. Rylance is not a stranger to the theatre, as he has several awards to his name including a Tony and an Olivier. Director of Endgame, Simon McBurney, is also stepping up to the [...]
August 20th, 2009 - 7:19 am § in theatrenews
Redundancies at ROH
The Royal Opera House of Covent Garden was forced to make three senior technical staffing members redundant as it continues to reorganize and restructure its management to cut costs and streamline operations. All of the three redundancies were from the costume department and included two technical[...]
August 19th, 2009 - 8:26 am § in theatrenews
Musicals keep on running in West End
London?s two largest musicals: Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical and Sister Act both have extended their run dates after meeting rave reviews and sold out audiences this year. Priscilla will continue to run eight months past its initially scheduled run at the Palace Theatre ending in May [...]
August 18th, 2009 - 9:07 am § in Reviews
Hello Dolly back in the West End
Open Air Theatre?s Hello Dolly! Previewed to critics this week which is the first time that Hello Dolly! Has been performed on stage since 1982 when it ran at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The title role of match maker is played by Samantha Spiro who also played in Funny Girl earlier this year and[...]
August 17th, 2009 - 9:08 am § in Coming Soon
Judi Dench to return to West End
50 years after Judi Dench first played Titania in A Midsummer?s Night Dream with the Royal Shakespeare Company, she will return to the stage to reprise her role at the Rose Theatre in Kingston. The show will begin on February 15th of next year and continue to March 20th. To address the age differ[...]
August 17th, 2009 - 7:15 am § in theatrenews
Performers monument to be restored
Streatham Park Cemeterys monument will soon be refurbished and restored due to a generous grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The 50,000 pound grant will go towards restoring the monument where many of the best comedians, actors, acrobats, singers, and dancers are buried including Arthur Albert,[...]
August 15th, 2009 - 4:21 am § in Coming Soon
Catwalk Confidential coming to Arts Theatre
Robyn Peterson, a well known performer and writer on the West End stage, will premiere her latest play on the West End?s Arts Theatre from Sept. 4th ? Oct. 3rd. The play is titled Catwalk Confidential and will be directed by Tony Abatemarco. The show features a timeline of Peterson?s voyage to th[...]
August 13th, 2009 - 7:42 am § in Coming Soon
A Christmas Carol returns to West End
A new musical adaptation of the Classic Christmas story by Dickens, A Christmas Carol, is set to open at the Arts Theatre November 25th of 2009 with music set by Steve Edis and directed by Susie McKenna. Previews will be open to the public beginning on November 11th and the show will run [...][...]
August 11th, 2009 - 8:30 am § in theatrenews
Royal Opera House is all of a Twitter
That bastion of everything traditional in the West End the Royal Opera has made a move very firmly into the 21st century with an innovative collaboration with its potential audience by making use of the incredible success of the online gossip site Twitter. The Opera house will ask the public to ge[...]
August 7th, 2009 - 8:44 am § in Coming Soon
Michael Bruce one night stand in West End
Michael Bruce, a new musical composer to the theatre community will have the once in a lifetime opportunity to see his work displayed in full West End glory in a one off performance on Nov.1st at the Apollo theatre. The production will be his own creation, Michael Bruce: A Little Less Ordinary and[...]
August 7th, 2009 - 6:43 am § in theatrenews
Wicked the book, the movie, the West End sensation
The Apollo Victoria Theatre is currently home to Wicked, a tale of two witches that is the only musical to break the box office records set by Phantom of the Opera and Les Mis. About two million London theatre buffs have now seen the show which started its run back in 2003 with an opening [...][...]
August 5th, 2009 - 6:45 am § in theatrenews
West End Lager-Lout Element
West End Theatre is getting a bit brutal, literally as West End producers are starting to hire security staff to deal with poor audience behaviour and escorting the worst offenders out of the theatres. The audiences are thought to have become more rowdy due to the lowered ticket prices that someti[...]
August 4th, 2009 - 8:44 am § in theatrenews
Nothing can keep audiences away from the West End
Even though the recession was expected to reduce the amount of attendance at West End theatres, new figures from July show that theatre attendance has hit record highs. Box office takings were reportedly up by 3.5% in the past year ending on July 18th and audiences increased by about 2.5% in the o[...]
