Whats On Stage

The £70 million NT Future project to redevelop the National Theatre was awarded planning permission last week in fittingly dramatic circumstances. As previously reported, the plans include the refurbishment and expansion of the Cottesloe the… […]

Caryl Churchill was among the guests at the Menier Chocolate Factory last night (4 October 2010, previews from 29 September) to see the first major London revival of her 2002 play about cloning, A Number. […]

Originally written and performed by members of Toronto’s Second City as a wedding present for two of their group in 1997, The Drowsy Chaperone has since enjoyed fortunes as mixed as any marriage. A hit […]

Vesturport’s Faust is a continuous display of theatrical bangs and whistles. With Andy Warhol as the devil, a synchronised wheelchair number and acrobats that explode onto the stage from all sides (including the ceiling), this […]

Les Miserables is possibly the musical that got me interested in musicals. Having seen the perma-touring production in Edinburgh’s Playhouse as a child, being weaned on a strict diet of the 10th Anniversary Concert from […]

Les Miserables impresario Cameron Mackintosh had to do something to build on the success of the 10th Anniversary Concert performance, held at the Royal Albert Hall, where 17 Jean Valjeans from productions around the globe […]

Les Miserables impresario Cameron Mackintosh had to do something to build on the success of the 10th Anniversary Concert performance, held at the Royal Albert Hall, where 17 Jean Valjeans from productions around the globe […]

Tube strike and travel disruptions notwithstanding, impresario Cameron Mackintosh succeeded yesterday (3 October 2010) in putting on a spectacular finale to the 25th anniversary celebrations of Les Miserables: an epic birthday concert performed by a […]

Performance of Stephen Sondheim’s Passion at the Donmar Warehouse have been cancelled after actor David Birrell was accidentally shot in an on-stage duel during Saturday’s matinee performance (2 October 2010). A faulty firearm is thought […]

Les Miserables impresario Cameron Mackintosh had to do something to build on the success of the 10th Anniversary Concert performance, held at the Royal Albert Hall, where 17 Jean Valjeans from productions around the globe […]