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‘I hope Hamilton will influence Opera around the world’: Alison Buchanan on Pegasus Opera and their new production Shaw Goes Wilde
20th March 2019As Pegasus Opera prepares to stage it's latest production, Shaw Goes Wilde, at the Royal Academy of Music, Artistic Director Alison Buchanan tells us about playing a character with dominatrix tendencies and how the opera world can learn from the… .. Read more
NEWS: Jac Yarrow makes his stage debut as Joseph in the new West End production
20th March 2019Jac Yarrow will take the lead role in the new production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium. The show plays a strictly limited 11-week season from 27 June to 8 September 2019 (press night is 11 July).… .. Read more
NEWS: Curve’s production of White Christmas transfers to the West End for short festive season
19th March 2019Made at Curve production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas will transfer to London’s Dominion Theatre from 15 November 2019 to 4 January 2020, with a press night on 25 November. The family musical will star Danny Mac as Bob Wallace and Dan… .. Read more
NEWS: Broadway musical Frozen will reopen the refurbed Theatre Royal Drury Lane in autumn 2020
19th March 2019As musical Frozen celebrates its first year on Broadway, Disney Theatrical Productions has announced the opening of a new West End production in autumn 2020. With music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and book by Jennifer Lee, Michael… .. Read more
FEATURED SHOW: Check out the ★★★★ reviews for Headlong’s ‘heart-stopping’ Richard III at Alexandra Palace
18th March 2019"Thrilling", "illuminating" & "excellent" - Headlong's new production of Richard III has impressed critics in both Bristol, where it opened earlier this month, and at Alexandra Palace, where it continues until 31 March. Take a look at the fantastic reviews… .. Read more
Launch Q&A video: What’s different about the Lion & Unicorn Theatre under its new Proforca management?
16th March 2019How can a 60-seat black box studio above a pub stand out amongst nearly 100 Off-West End and fringe theatres in London? THIS is how. There was palpable excitement in the room on last night at Proforca Theatre Company’s industry relaunch… .. Read more
Other recent articles
‘A theatrical experience like little else’: TRAINSPOTTING LIVE – Touring ★★★★
20th March 2019Touring – reviewed at Loco Club, Bristol Some seven years, 900 performances and multiple tours that have gone as far afield as Australia and New York, Trainspotting Live is an undoubted theatrical phenomenon. It’s not difficult to understand why, there… .. Read more
‘I hope Hamilton will influence Opera around the world’: Alison Buchanan on Pegasus Opera and their new production Shaw Goes Wilde
20th March 2019As Pegasus Opera prepares to stage it's latest production, Shaw Goes Wilde, at the Royal Academy of Music, Artistic Director Alison Buchanan tells us about playing a character with dominatrix tendencies and how the opera world can learn from the… .. Read more
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‘A night to remember’: DIRTY DANCING – Touring ★★★★★
20th March 2019Touring – reviewed at New Victoria Theatre, Woking ★★★★★ Dirty Dancing is not just a show about a love affair against the odds, or an early 60s period piece. Its continued popularity over the past 31 years is just as… .. Read more
‘The play’s eye is pitilessly sharp’: ALYS, ALWAYS – Bridge Theatre ★★★★
20th March 2019Bridge Theatre, London – until 30 March 2019 Late to the party, due to holiday, but couldn’t miss Nicholas Hytner’s bit of mischief: after his years of being being alternately feted and rubbished in print, he displays directorial glee in… .. Read more
NEWS: Jac Yarrow makes his stage debut as Joseph in the new West End production
20th March 2019Jac Yarrow will take the lead role in the new production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium. The show plays a strictly limited 11-week season from 27 June to 8 September 2019 (press night is 11 July).… .. Read more
REVIEW ROUND-UP: Betrayal at Harold Pinter Theatre
20th March 2019Tom Hiddleston stars in Jamie Lloyd’s revival of Harold Pinter’s play. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews… Culture Whisper: ★★★★★ “The clarity and quality of Jamie Lloyd’s production make it feel as relevant as ever.” City Am: “Pinter’s dissection… .. Read more
‘Sure to delight fans of both dance & circus’: SIGMA – Touring in Canada
19th March 2019Touring – reviewed at Jane Mallet Theatre, Toronto Sigma means the sum of small parts. This theme of many small parts making up a whole, while not a narrative in the traditional sense, is scattered throughout the show, and also… .. Read more
Open air theatre: mad but delightful
19th March 2019The open air season will soon be upon us. “If winter comes, can spring be far behind? as Shelley puts it. And no one does open air theatre with more hopeful enthusiasm than the lovably daft British. More often than… .. Read more
Madrid is a Female Name: Cervantes Theatre’s monologue cycle concludes with Virginia Woolf
19th March 2019This month, the Cervantes Theatre, London's home of Spanish drama, has been celebrating Madrid with Madrid is a Female Name, its mini-season of monologues imported from the Spanish capital. The programme concludes this Saturday 23 March 2019 with Una Habitacion Propia. Adapted from Virginia… .. Read more
NEWS: Curve’s production of White Christmas transfers to the West End for short festive season
19th March 2019Made at Curve production of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas will transfer to London’s Dominion Theatre from 15 November 2019 to 4 January 2020, with a press night on 25 November. The family musical will star Danny Mac as Bob Wallace and Dan… .. Read more