Month: June 2009

The National Theatre today announced a previously unscheduled addition to its autumn season: the world premiere of a new play by David Hare written as an “urgent and immediate” response to the current worldwide recession. […]

It may be relatively unheard of on this side of the pond, but rumour has it the record-breaking show The Fantasticks will be returning to the West End this October. Les Miserables may be the […]

The Royal Albert Hall’s blockbuster staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1951 Broadway classic The King and I opened on Saturday (13 June 2009, preview 12 June), featuring a 75-strong company led by Maria Friedman and […]

Les Miserables will mark its 25th birthday in 2010 by launching a major international tour of a brand-new touring production, which starts at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, where it runs 11 December 2009 to […]

It has been somewhat disturbing to see two fairly early Alan Ayckbourn plays on successive nights. Both How the Other Loves::E8831244721685 at Scarborough and the West Yorkshire Playhouse's Bedroom Farce are entertaining and demonstrate Ayckbou… […]

Perfect Pitch, the showcase for homegrown musicals which has been supported for the past two years by Whatsonstage.com (See News::E8821223302046, 7 Oct 2008), has been awarded £188,860 by the Arts Council England (ACE) to continue […]

Former pop star Boy George nipped backstage to meet new Mamma Mia! cast members Sally Ann Triplett and Niamh Perry yesterday (15 June 2009), following the new company’s final dress rehearsal at the Prince of […]

Amongst the major London openings – in the West End and further afield – this week are: OPENING TUESDAY, 16 June 2009, following its Afghanistan season The Great Game, north London's Tricycle Theatre turns its […]

Perhaps it’s because many saw the election of Barack Obama as the symbolic fulfilment of Martin Luther King’s “dream”, or perhaps it’s because we’ve all just had a sharp reminder of the existence of racist […]