Month: June 2009

Amongst the major London openings – in the West End and further afield – this week are: OPENING TONIGHT, Monday 1 June 2009 (previews from 25 May), Regent’s Park’s Open Air Theatre begins its summer […]

For years, Schiller has been box office poison in the UK.  It’s hard to see why, as he’s a superb dramatist whose plays mix big political themes with personal dramas – even if the verse […]

So what’s it about then? Umm… Put it this way: the title isn’t exactly cryptic. It’s not wholly accurate either – at least not until the home straight, when the much-heralded dévoilement finally occurs. Up […]

Following in the footsteps of Whoopi Goldberg, 24-year-old American Patina Miller stars as Deloris in the musical stage adaptation of Sister Act, which opens this week at the London Palladium (2 June 2009, previews from […]

Comedian Danny La Rue – who achieved legendary status as a female impersonator and pantomime dame – passed away last night (31 May 2009) at his home in Kent. Aged 81, La Rue had been […]

Oliver! leading lady Jodie Prenger is reportedly joining the presenters’ table on the popular lunchtime TV show Loose Women. According to OK magazine, Prenger will appear on the ITV programme for two days a week […]

Oliver! leading lady Jodie Prenger is reportedly joining the presenters’ table on the popular lunchtime TV show Loose Women. According to OK magazine, Prenger will appear on the ITV programme for two days a week […]

Overture! Curtain up! To mark the premiere of this new monthly Whatsonstage.com feature, here’s an inaugural selection of recent theatre-related CDs. Every month a CD/DVD will be in the spotlight, with a full review, followed […]

Sean Mathias’ stellar revival of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot has extended its booking period at the Theatre Royal Haymarket by two weeks, until 9 AUGUST 2009. The production, which stars Ian McKellen and Patrick […]