More2Screen has announced the cinema release of the critically acclaimed stage adaptation of Angela Carter’s Wise Children, which will be screened in more than 250 cinemas across the UK and Ireland from Thursday 3 October 2019. Cinema tickets are on sale now at WiseChildrenCinema.com.
From cabarets to The Woman in Black via biscuits at Holby City: My Stagey Week
From cabarets to The Woman in Black via biscuits at Holby City: That Stagey Blog reflects on his latest Stagey Week.
NEWS: Notflix brings improvised musical movie hilarity to VAULT Festival 2019
Marvellous musical improvisers Notflix are set to create fabulous fun-filled films before audiences eyes as they bring their hit, entirely made-up show to the VAULT Festival from 6 to 10 March 2019.
VIDEO: What inspired British Chinese theatremaker Jennifer Tang to create Ghost Girl // Gwei Mui 鬼妹?
Ghost Girl // Gwei Mui 鬼妹 is a story that’s very personal to director/creator Jennifer Tang. Find out why in their interview below, and discover why the show’s cast is so excited to be part of the play that runs at Camden People’s Theatre until 9 February.
Film Review: Mary Poppins Returns
Fifty-four years is quite the wait for a sequel but the sweetness and charm with which Mary Poppins Returns lands on our screens makes it pretty much worth it.
‘A heavenly symphony of instrument & voice’: ENNIO MORRICONE IN CONCERT – O2 ★★★★★
Ennio Morricone played London for the last time this week, his farewell visit to the capital heralding the gifted composer’s imminent retirement.
‘You gain in a proximity to the action denied even to the front row’: NT Live screening – The Madness of King George III
The revival of Alan Bennett’s 1991 classic The Madness of King George III at Nottingham Playhouse couldn’t then be more relevant, a play that speaks to our interest in the people who govern us as well as concerns about fitness to rule, mental health and its treatment.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: A Star is Born
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper star in this updated version of the tragic love story A Star Is Born. Here’s what the critics have been saying about it…
NEWS: West End The King & I will be screened in cinemas in November
The multiple Tony Award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The King & I – currently enjoying West End success – is to be released in cinemas around the world this autumn by Trafalgar Releasing.
Could Allelujah!’s transfer from stage to screen change our perception of the production?
Screening Alan Bennett’s Allelujah! on the big screen may well alter the viewer’s perspective, placing it within the tradition of television and film drama that lends itself to the cliffhanger-based six-part series that Bennett’s broad and episodic approach calls upon.
Film Review: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
I was lucky enough to see an early screening of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again last week and I thought it was fricking fantastic.
A few of my favourite things…
As an entertainment and lifestyle blogger, I’m always asked about my favourites, especially when I interview performers and creatives, so here goes.
A few of my favourite things…
As an entertainment and lifestyle blogger, I’m always asked about my favourites, especially when I interview performers and creatives, so here goes.
NEWS: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is to be made into a major film
Award-winning musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is to be made into a major film by Sheffield-based production company Warp Films, completing the fairy-tale journey from a 16-year-old approaching a documentary maker to hit West End Show and now the big screen.
‘Who could ask for anything more?’: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS – Cinema Screening – The Hospital Club ❤❤❤❤❤
Following a recent run in the West End at the Dominion Theatre, hit musical An American in Paris arrives on the big screen this week.
‘Never underestimate the power of representation’: Tom Mack on the need for more gay stories like Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Tom Mack, currently studying for an MA in Creative Producing at Mountview, shared this piece with the Mates on why, as a young gay man, it’s so gratifying to see out-and-proud stories like those in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and the recent film Love, Simon onstage and screen. “Yeah…” My answer in response to my brother saying to me “You’re …
Which came first? As book, film(s) & play, Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting is an unstoppable cultural phenomenon
Terri Paddock confronted her own squeamishness about needles to research and write this feature about the phenomenon that is Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting. As Trainspotting Live officially opens tonight (29 March 2018) for a second, extended London season at The Vaults ahead of a New York transfer, gen up on your cultural history – and then get booking!
Andrew Still On following in Jonny Lee Miller’s footsteps as Trainspotting’s Sick Boy
Andrew Still is the new Sick Boy in the 2018 run of Trainspotting Live, including its return to London’s The Vaults from 27 March to 20 May 2018. What does the show, based on Irvine Welsh’s infamous novel and star-studded Brit flick, mean to him, and who would he invite to a dinner party? Caroline Hanks-Farmer asks the questions…
Seen on screen: RIGOLETTO – Royal Opera House
The final performance of Rigoletto for the current season thrilled opera lovers around the nation and the world via cinema relay. Viewed live at the Royal Opera House, the performance had a sterling musicality and a sizzling electricity that made the evening fairly zip by.
NEWS: Penelope Wilton leads cast of Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny & Alexander onstage
Full casting – including Penelope Wilton – is announced today for the new stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s 1982 Swedish drama film Fanny & Alexander, which runs at London’s Old Vic Theatre from 21 February to 14 April 2018.