Month: June 2010

Actress Cherie Lunghi will return to the stage to star opposite Robert Morgan in a revival of Brian Friel’s 2002 Chekhovian two-hander Afterplay, which will run for 11 nights only in a 50-seat room in […]

Former artistic director Richard Eyre has returned again to the National Theatre (after last year’s The Observer) to direct the premiere of Moira Buffini’s Welcome to Thebes, which opened in the Olivier on Tuesday (22 […]

The entire company of Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical will take a fortnight’s holiday from 6 to 19 September 2010, during which time the West End’s Palace Theatre will be dark. Producers of […]

Anchors aweigh! Fittingly for a project that bridges the Atlantic Ocean (thus the name), the after-party for the London opening yesterday (23 June 2010, previews from 1 June) of Sam Mendes' Bridge Project productions of […]

Alexia Khadime is currently appearing in Moira Buffini’s new play Welcome to Thebes at the NT Olivier, directed by Richard Eyre.In 2008, Khadime became the first black actress to play the green-skinned ‘wicked’ witch of […]

As previously tipped, Ruthie Henshall will premiere a new solo show this autumn, Ruthie Henshall – Sounds of Hollywood, which will initially play six dates at concert halls across the country, including a performance at […]

As You Like It – 5* The Tempest – 3* Sam Mendes has brought his transatlantic collaboration back to the Old Vic for a double helping of Shakespeare. Mendes sees a connection between the two […]

We’re glad to see some theatre companies embracing rather than fighting World Cup fever. Watford Palace Theatre is positively breathing a sigh of relief that England beat Slovenia yesterday (23 June 2010) to keep the […]

Producers of Michael Jackson musical Thriller Live have unveiled a commemorative plaque in the foyer of the Lyric Theatre, ahead of the first anniversary of the singer’s death tomorrow (25 June). Joining them today for […]