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The full cast joining Ivo van Hove's hotly anticipated stage adaptation of All About Eve has been announced.Based on the 1950 film, All About Eve centres on Eve Harrington, a young theatre fan who is infatuated with Broadway star Margo Channing and eventually becomes her assistant. Channing will be played by Gillian Anderson, while Lily James will play the role of Eve, alongside Monica Dolan (Karen), Sheila Reid (Birdie) and Rhashan Stone (Lloyd).Last month, it was announced that Stanley...
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After thousands of votes were cast in our Show of the Decade poll, where we asked you to nominate and vote for your favourite new plays and musicals of the last ten years of theatre, LondonTheatre.co.uk can reveal the winning productions of the vote.Over 4,000 votes were cast when we put ten plays and 11 musicals first performed in London since 2010 to a public vote. The nominated shows were as follows:Plays: The Ferryman, The Lehman Trilogy, Emilia, Chimerica, People, Places and Things, King...
The Queen honours a host of familiar names from the industry in 2019...
The Illusionists will return to London with a brand new magic show set to play at the Shaftesbury Theatre from July 2019, it has been announced.Set to be a magical extravaganza, The Illusionists showcases the talents of world-leading magicians, featuring acts of levitation, mindreading and the biggest illusions.Casting for the upcoming production of The Illusionists is yet to be announced.The Illusionists last performed in the West End in 2015 with The Illusionists - Witness the Impossible. The...
With new productions opening throughout the year, the West End is always an exciting time to check out the hottest shows from home grown talent and further afield. From anniversary productions to West End premieres, we take a look at 10 musicals that we're excited to see in London next year. Come From Away See how the small Canadian town of Gander welcomed in over 6,500 stranded passengers for the immediate days after 9/11 in Come From Away. The compassion of Ganderites welcoming in those who...
As we reflect on one great year of theatre in the West End coming to a close, the tantalising prospect of new productions is on the horizon. With so much on offer across the capital in the next 12 months, we've rounded up some of the biggest and most exciting play openings coming up. The Lehman TrilogyAfter a sell-out premiere in the Lyttelton in the summer, Sam Mendes' epic production of Stefano Massini's epic play telling a comprehensive history of one of the biggest financial institutions...
The week after 9/11 saw some of the bleakest days in modern history as America and the world grasped with the idea of a changed world, but in a bar in the heart of a small Canadian town, the drink is flowing and people are dancing. These are uncertain times for everyone, not least the just under 7,000 stranded passengers here, but you wouldn't know it from the smiles on their faces.Happiness is at the heart of Come From Away, the Broadway musical about to land in the West End based on this...
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After a successful run at the Globe Theatre, Emilia is set to transfer to the West End for a limited season, opening at the Vaudeville Theatre in 2019.Emilia dramatises the life of Emilia Bassano, a sixteenth-century writer, teacher, poet and mother credited as 'The Dark Lady' of Shakespeare and who is considered to be a muse and inspiration for William Shakespeare. Throughout her life, she regularly performed Shakespeare's sonnets and has been heralded as one of literature's first female...