Month: September 2010

David Mamet’s 1987 movie House of Games is one of the modern cinema’s psychological thriller greats. It’s also mysterious and sometimes impenetrable. Richard Bean’s new stage adaptation is true but different, gripping but tran… Full […]

In their latest theatrical venture, Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe are apparently writing songs for Skellig author David Almond’s new stage show My Dad’s a Birdman, which premieres at the Young Vic […]

It’s been confirmed that, as previously rumoured, the new musical version of Ghost will be the next resident of the Piccadilly Theatre following the closure of Grease on 30 April 2011. According to the Daily […]

Richard Bean's stage adaptation of David Mamet's 1987 film House of Games opened at the Almeida Theatre last night (15 September 2010, previews from 9 September), with a cast led by Nancy Carroll. Carroll plays […]

Grease has posted closing notices at the West End's Piccadilly Theatre, where it will now finish on 30 April 2011 before embarking on an immediate UK tour next spring. Grease's closure leaves the door open […]

Given the recent furore over translations of foreign plays tacking on strange endings, I was half expecting this new version by David Edgar to conclude with master builder Solness standing triumphantly atop his tower. But […]

I's are being dotted and T's are being crossed on a spectacular seasonal celebration at the London Coliseum, a one-off festive concert with Lee Mead in December. We can't think of anything better to get […]

Noël Coward’s ménage à trois comedy Design for Living has received its first London outing in over 15 years at the Old Vic, where it opened last night (15 September 2010, previews from 3 September). […]

The Old Vic’s production of Noël Coward’s provocative romantic comedy Design for Living opened last night (15 September 2010, previews from 3 September), marking the play’s first appearance on a London stage in over 15 […]

Noel Coward’s 1933 ménage à trois, or “disgusting three-sided erotic hotchpotch,” is as good as any of his better-known plays and comes up fresh as paint in Anthony Page’s Old Vic revival. Gilda is an […]