Month: September 2010

Speaking to theatregoers at last night’s Whatsonstage.com Outing to Educating Rita, Tim Pigott-Smith revealed that producers have asked the cast to extend the run of the Willy Russell season at Trafalgar Studios. The season, which […]

Comedy legend Jennifer Saunders, best known for her collaborations with long-term comedy partner Dawn French, has been signed up by Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer to write the book for the Spice Girls musical Viva […]

The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will receive its UK premiere at the Donmar Warehouse in February. The musical will be the first production in the Donmar's newly announced […]

Comedy legend Jennifer Saunders, best known for her collaborations with comedy partner Dawn French, has apparently been signed up by Mamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer to work on the new Spice Girls musical. According to […]

Jemima Rooper will star opposite Daniel Crossley in Anna Mackmin’s forthcoming revival of classic musical Me and My Girl at the Sheffield Crucible.According to the Daily Mail, Rooper, who is currently in the acclaimed West […]

Nigel Lindsay has been confirmed to star in the title role of the forthcoming West End transfer of Shrek the Musical. According to the Daily Mail’s Baz Bamigboye, Nigel Harman, who starred opposite Lindsay in […]

Martin Freeman, best known for TV roles in The Office and more recently Sherlock, celebrated his return to the Royal Court last night (2 September 2010, previews from 26 August) in Bruce Norris’ satirical new […]

The Broadway cast of Billy Elliot will find themselves dancing to a different tune on 7 September as they perform at the White House at the invitation of First Lady Michelle Obama. The performance, which […]

London theatregoers will have a chance to see Ovid’s Metamorphoses::E8831281387949, one of the most talked-about shows at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, as it makes a direct transfer to Croydon Warehouse, where it will run for […]

Further to its building and programme plans in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Royal Shakespeare Company also announced today (1 September 2011) that it will premiere three new plays next spring at London’s Hampstead Theatre, where earlier this […]