Month: August 2010

In her night off from La Bete at the Comedy Theatre, Joanna Lumley paid a visit to the Palace to catch the resident queens and her friend John Bowe in the Whatsonstage.com Award-winning Priscilla Queen […]

Writer and broadcaster Stephen Fry is set to star in a show about his experiences using Twitter in a one night event the Royal Albert Hall. The show, which will take place on 20 September […]

Kerry Ellis amassed a legion of adoring fans when she went "green" playing Elphaba in Stephen Schwartz’ smash-hit musical Wicked, both in London and on Broadway. But her preeminence as a musical-theatre-diva-cum-rock-chick was secured earlier […]

As with last week, London openings are quite quiet with the majority of the excitement reserved for goings on in Edinburgh. The Edinburgh International Festival opened on Friday (13 August 2010) and Friday saw the […]

How goes the old guard American theatrical avant-garde? The international festival asks this question with visits from Elevator Repair Service, the Wooster Group and Lee Breuer. First up, the ERS has been presenting its impeccable, […]

This is a massive, messy, modern production of the Gershwins’ great 1935 bluesy opera that hasn’t been heard in this full a form since Trevor Nunn’s Glyndebourne production. There is video film, black and white […]

This is a massive, messy, modern production of the Gershwins' great 1935 bluesy opera that hasn't been heard in this full a form since Trevor Nunn's Glyndebourne production. There is video film, black and white […]

The 20th-anniversary revival of Clarke Peters' joyous cabaret show is graced once again by Peters himself, taking a break from his own worldwide fame generated by The Wire on television. Peters plays sad old Nomax, […]

Deathtrap, Ira Levin’s comedy thriller which is being revived on the West End from 7 September 2010 (previews from 21 August), has caused a stir with its star studded feature trailer. The video, which does […]

The first winners of this year’s prestigious Fringe First Awards, celebrating high-quality new drama at the Edinburgh Festival, have been announced by The Scotsman newspaper today (13 August 2010).Among the winners is Beautiful Burnout, Bryony […]