Year: 2009

More casting rumours about who will be joining Sheridan Smith, Duncan James and Alex Gaumond in the West End premiere of Broadway screen-to-stage musical Legally Blonde, which starts previews at the Savoy Theatre in December […]

Actor and writer Nigel Planer, who rose to fame playing hippie Neil in 80s sitcom The Young Ones, has since carved a successful career in musical theatre (he is currently appearing as Wilbur in Hairspray […]

Amongst the major London openings – in the West End and further afield – this week are: OPENING MONDAY, 6 July 2009, the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe First-winning hit Eight, a series of eight state-of-the-nation monologues […]

Congratulations and good luck to Lara Pulver. The British actress has been invited across the pond to reprise her role as Lucille Frank, the dedicated wife of convicted murderer Leo Frank, in the Los Angeles […]

Maggie Smith is being lured back to the West End stage, though the project is unlikely to come to fruition until late 2010 or early 2011. According to the Daily Mail, Smith will star in […]

The private theatre memorabilia of the late critic Sheridan Morley will be revealed to the public tomorrow (7 July 2009) at Kingston University. The Sheridan Morley Theatre Collection, a collection of books, personal letters and […]

Sister Act started on screen of course – in the 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg – and after the success of the new stage musical version starring Patina Miller, it may be returning to cinemas, […]