Month: May 2010

This stupendous production of Billy Budd, brilliantly cast, evocatively staged and deeply satisfying, reflects Michael Grandage’s vast experience of theatre and his desire to explore what he has described as ‘the extraordinary depth of ch… […]

Friends star David Schwimmer, no stranger to the London stage, made a guest appearance at the Arcola Theatre last night (27 May 2010) to attend a gala performance of its current main house show Pandora. […]

Far Away only has three scenes, three characters and is 50 minutes long, and although it might not leave you yearning for more angst, it does, purposefully, leave you with a few missing links. Written […]

Howard Davies’ new revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons opened at the West End’s Apollo Theatre last night (27 May 2010, previews from 19 May), with a cast led by David Suchet,Zoe Wanamaker, Stephen […]

The Menier Chocolate Factory, riding high from its recent 15 Tony nominations, presented its latest musical offering this week, Paradise Found, brought to the stage by dream-team Hal Prince and Susan Stroman with a book […]

Looks like the Menier Chocolate Factory will also be getting in on this year's 80th birthday celebrations for Stephen Sondheim – and quite right for a venue that's had such success in recent years with […]

Nick Jonas, a member of American boy band the Jonas Brothers, will play Marius in the West End production of Les Miserables at the Queen’s Theatre for three weeks from 21 June.The 17-year-old broke off […]

Paradise Found, based on the novel The Tale of the 1002nd Night, premiered at the Menier Chocolate Factory this week (26 May 2010), with Broadway legends Hal Prince and Susan Stroman directing an all-American cast […]

Howard Davies’ National Theatre revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons ten years ago was pretty good, but he goes one better at the Apollo, where David Suchet and Zoe Wanamaker are the perfect pairing […]