Melly Still is directing and co-designing Mark Ravenhill’s adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s 2008 novel Nation, which opens in the NT Olivier next week (24 November 2009, previews from 11 November).The Olivier is a space Still […]
Sir Andrew Motion is to chair the judges for the prestigious Man Booker Prize next year, it is announced. Full published article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8366217.stm
Following the success of David Leveaux’s production of Arcadia::E8831244191765 at the Duke of York’s Theatre earlier this year (See Review Round-up::E8831244481126, 8 Jun 2009), Tom Stoppard could soon see another of his plays revived the… […]
Billy Elliott the Musical is celebrating five outstanding years in the West End and to mark the occassion, producers are offering schools and youth theatres the chance to stage their own version of the award […]
It is easy to see why Handel’s Semele was such a flop when it premiered in 1744. When audiences were expecting another Samson or Saul, a steamy tale of sex, seduction, betrayal and revenge was […]
Musical theatre fans will get more time to see several shows currently running in London. A quick round up of extensions which have been announced this week. Annie Get Your Gun Young Vic Extended until […]
Auditions will begin in January for the new prime time BBC talent search. Over the Rainbow is looking for a female performer to play Dorothy in a new West End production of The Wizard of […]
Though there's no news yet about the hoped-for West End transfer (See The Goss::E8831256578901, 26 Oct 2009), theatregoers will have an extra week to catch Annie Get Your Gun::E8831255894297 at the Young Vic, where its […]
Married male television newscaster Geoffrey Hammond, vainly cultivating celebrity status, is embroiled in a sex tryst with a 16 year-old boy, and his publicist tries to engineer an escape from trial by media. There’s something […]
Following his West End stint in Three Days of Rain earlier this year, Nigel Harman returned to a (albeit much smaller) London stage last night in the premiere of Sam Peter Jackson’s comedy Public Property […]
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