Thursday, 22 June, 2017
When I originally reviewed the thrilling stage version of The Kite Runner on its first appearance in the West End back in January, I wrote in my five-star review: "There are no star names; just a... Read more
London Musicals, Plays, Drama and Fringe Theatre
West End News & Features
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Wednesday, 21 June, 2017Full casting has been announced for the London revival of Clarke Peter’s Olivier Award-winning musical Five Guys Named Moe. Directed by Clarke himself, the production will open on 14th September 2017... Read more -
Wednesday, 21 June, 2017The Sheffield Crucible’s sold-out success Everybody’s Talking About Jamie has found a West End home! Opening on 22nd November 2017, following previews from 6th November, the new musical by Dan... Read more -
Tuesday, 20 June, 2017After Audra McDonald's unexpected pregnancy last year, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill will be making its long awaited West End debut from Saturday 17 June. In anticipation of the launch,... Read more
Fringe and Off West End News & Features
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Thursday, 22 June, 2017Production photos have been released for the new production of Tim Rice's Blondel which opens at the Unton Theatre tomorrrow 23rd June and runs to 15 July. Tim Rice said: “I’m delighted Blondel... Read more -
Thursday, 22 June, 2017Set in a Broadway theatre during auditions for a musical, A Chorus Line focuses on the performers hoping to make the cut. Based on true stories, A Chorus Line revolutionised Broadway, becoming the... Read more -
Thursday, 15 June, 2017Casting has now been announced for the Trevor Nunn-helmed world premiere of Dessert, a new play by Olivier Cotton, which will run at the Southwark Playhouse from 12 July to 5 August 2017, with an... Read more -
Tuesday, 13 June, 2017"Everybody needs somebody to love..." and if you love Jake and Elwood, then rejoice because The Blues Brothers are returning to London for a special summer engagement! Hartshorn – Hook Productions... Read more
Latest Theatre Reviews
The grand old London Coliseum on St Martin's Lane -- usually the home of London's second opera company, the English National Opera -- is undergoing a management crisis and severe cuts in funding. It... Read more
Once again, Hamlet is going to be the talk of the theatrical summer. Two years ago, Benedict Cumberbatch galvanised the town with a brooding, thoughtful prince at the Barbican in a slightly over-... Read more
Working is an impressionistic hybrid of a musical: a bit like a verbatim documentary crossed with a musical revue, in which monologues and scenes are patched together to tell multiple stories about... Read more
"The sun will come out tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow
There'll be sun"
That hymn to sunny optimism in the face of depression-era New York, where homeless people huddle in self-made... Read more
