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The second production to be performed as part of the Mischief Theatre's year-long residency at the Vaudeville Theatre has been announced.Magic Goes Wrong will see the original Mischief Theatre company play a group of magicians, who are demonstrating their latest tricks at a charity event, with their fundraising target growing larger with each magical mishap.The upcoming play marks the first time Mischief Theatre has worked in conjunction with other writers, with legendary magicians Penn &...
Images have been released for Betrayal starring Tom Hiddleston, currently playing at the Harold Pinter Theatre.Betrayal follows Emma and Jerry during their seven-year extramarital affair, with the play told in reverse chronology. Told over nine scenes, audiences meet the pair as well as their marital partners in a play covering love, relationships and commitment.Hiddleston plays Robert in Betrayal, joined by Zawe Ashton as Emma and Charlie Cox as Jerry.Written by Harold Pinter, Betrayal was...
Company, Come From Away and The Inheritance lead the nominations of this year's Olivier Awards, as the industry gears up to celebrate the best of London theatre over the past 12 months. Company, which currently runs at the Gielgud Theatre, picked up nine nominations. Marianne Elliott's inventive production gender-swapped the lead character in Stephen Sondheim's musical, and Rosalie Craig has been nominated for best actress in a musical for her portrayal of Bobbie. The musical also picked up...
The full list of Olivier Award nominations for 2019 has been announced ahead of the ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in April. Company and Come From Away lead the nominations with 9 nods each, while The Inheritance is the most nominated play with 8 nominations.The winners of the 2019 Olivier Awards will be announced at a ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Sunday 7th April 2019. Full list of 2019 Olivier Award nominationsBEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICALJonathan Bailey for...
Matthew Bourne's Olivier Award-winning production The Red Shoes is set to return to London this Christmas as part of a national tour.Having first premiered at Sadler's Wells in 2016, the production is an adaptation of the 1948 film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, which tells the story of a ballerina called Victoria Page who joins an established ballet company. The film is in turn based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale.Directed and choreographed by Bourne and set to the music...
Initial casting has been announced for the return of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium.Two-time Olivier Award-winning actress Sheridan Smith joins the cast as the Narrator. Winning the awards for her performances in Legally Blonde and Flare Path, Smith last performed in the West End in 2016 as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre. Outside of theatre, Smith is also known for her work on the TV series The 7.39, Cilla,...
Ever since May 2016 the Prince Edward Theatre has been welcoming guests from London, from the UK and from lands afar to experience "A Whole New World" of colourful theatricality, courtesy of the West End premiere of Disney's Aladdin. These opulent "Arabian Nights" are set to continue until the end of August of this year, before making way for a certain magical British nanny (who's practically perfect in every way) to make a long-awaited return to the West End. Yes, we're talking about Cameron...
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the first Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical to be produced, is set to return to the London Palladium in the West End in 2021. The two-time Olivier Award-nominated production follows its predecessor; a show with a huge legacy, having spring-boarded Rice and Webber who gained a reputation as one of the best musical writing teams there has ever been.As the musical returns to London, what can we expect from the new London Palladium production?...
We’re taking a look back at actors that have donned the coat of many colours as Joseph in Joseph in the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in London and beyond.
The complete casting for the Fiddler on the Roof at the Playhouse Theatre has been announced, transferring from the Menier Chocolate Factory to the West End. Andy Nyman will reprise his performance as Tevye, with previous stage credits including Assassins and Abigail's Party, as well as co-writing Ghost Stories, which will soon be performed at Lyric Hammersmith.The award-winning Judy Kuhn will also reprise her performance as Golde, with recent credits including Funny Girl, Sunset Boulevard and...