Plays about old age are often also plays about death. This is certainly true of American novelist Don DeLillo’s evocatively titled 2005 play, Love-Lies-Bleeding.
NEWS: First UK production of Don DeLillo’s Love-Lies-Bleeding will star Josie Lawrence & Joe McGann
Josie Lawrence and Joe McGann will lead the cast in the first UK production of American literary icon Don DeLillo’s Love-Lies-Bleeding at The Print Room at the Coronet from 9 November to 8 December 2018 (press night is 13 November).
‘Remains oddly uninvolving’: THE LAST SHIP – Touring ★★★
There are plenty of memorable tunes to match the high production values of Northern Stage’s The Last Ship. However, despite having its heart firmly affixed to its sleeve, the production never quite achieves the emotional resonance it so clearly seeks.
‘Full of humanity & defiance’: THE LAST SHIP – Touring ★★★★
Packed full of humanity and defiance, if a trifle long, The Last Ship is an impressive first show from pop legend Sting.
‘A thing of beauty’: THE LAST SHIP – Touring ★★★★
For the most part, Sting’s The Last Ship is a thing of beauty. The Geordie songwriter/pop megastar has penned a well-crafted salute to the shipbuilders of his native Newcastle Upon Tyne and their industry that has long vanished.
NEWS: Joe McGann replaces Jimmy Nail in Sting’s The Last Ship musical
Joe McGann will replace Jimmy Nail as Jackie White when Sting’s Broadway musical The Last Ship receives its UK premiere this spring. Further principal casting has also been announced today for the new production, which opens at Northern Stage on 12 March 2018 for four weeks ahead of a major UK and Ireland tour.
FOOL FOR LOVE – Found111
“They fuck you up, your mum and dad” wrote Philip Larkin and it is precisely that sentiment that sits squarely at the heart of Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love currently playing at Found 111.
FOOL FOR LOVE – Found111
“They fuck you up, your mum and dad” wrote Philip Larkin and it is precisely that sentiment that sits squarely at the heart of Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love currently playing at Found 111.
FOOL FOR LOVE – Found111
From within the darkness you can see someone sat in a chair, a Stetson lowered over the old man’s (Joe McGann) face. The lights go out completely and when they come up Rothenburg and Wilson are engaged in a highly animated conversation, so we begin.
FOOL FOR LOVE – Found111
As ever with this quirky venue,this show focuses on the rawness of human emotions and memory that reveals dark secrets. Simon Evans delivers an electrifying and yet at times disturbing production of Sam Shepard’s examination of the contrary nature of love through one couple’s eyes.
FOOL FOR LOVE – Found111
Simon Evans’ production makes the most of the physicality of their interactions, whether slamming bodies into bedframes or doors into the shaky walls of the motel, their torment inescapable.
NEWS: Ripper Street’s Adam Rothenberg & Lydia Wilson star in Shepard’s Fool for Love, Last show at Found111
Following the critically acclaimed smash hit productions of The Dazzle, Bug and Unfaithful, Emily Dobbs Productions presents Fool for Love, the final show at pop-up venue Found111. The production runs for eight weeks only from 26 October to 17 December 2016, with a press night on 31 October.
NEWS: Ripper Street’s Adam Rothenberg & Lydia Wilson star in Shepard’s Fool for Love, Last show at Found111
Following the critically acclaimed smash hit productions of The Dazzle, Bug and Unfaithful, Emily Dobbs Productions presents Fool for Love, the final show at pop-up venue Found111. The production runs for eight weeks only from 26 October to 17 December 2016, with a press night on 31 October.
ELF – West End
Twelve years after the movie scored itself into the global psyche as a modern day Christmas classic, the musical version of Elf makes its London premiere at the Dominion Theatre.
ELF – West End
Twelve years after the movie scored itself into the global psyche as a modern day Christmas classic, the musical version of Elf makes its London premiere at the Dominion Theatre.
Press pass: Reviews and everything else you need to know about Elf the Musical
Maybe I’m just an old softie. Okay, yes, let’s admit it, I am. I’m also a lifelong believer in the restorative power of Christmas music which, like Katrina and the Waves’ “Walkin’ on Sunshine”, is my go-to Spotify choice if I’m feeling down – never mind if it’s a July heatwave, sleigh bells have been […]
ELF – West End
Play critic-cliché bingo once they’re out! One point each for “Elf ’n Safety”, “National Elf” , kids with phones outside taking Elfies, pixie-lated publicity, gnome runs, and anyone saying “this’ll sleigh them”. The one about feeling good “from head to mistle-toe” is actually in the lyrics, so that doesn’t count.
ELF – West End
Play critic-cliché bingo once they’re out! One point each for “Elf ’n Safety”, “National Elf” , kids with phones outside taking Elfies, pixie-lated publicity, gnome runs, and anyone saying “this’ll sleigh them”. The one about feeling good “from head to mistle-toe” is actually in the lyrics, so that doesn’t count.
NEWS: Full cast announced for Elf’s West End Christmas
The full cast for the London premiere of the smash hit musical Elf has been announced. The company is led by Ben Forster as Buddy, Kimberley Walsh as Jovie, Joe McGann as Walter Hobbs and Jessica Martin as Emily Hobbs, with Jennie Dale as Deb, Mark McKerracher as Santa and Graham Lappin as Store Manager. Also in the cast are Katie …