Whats On Stage

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 […]

Yes, Prime Minister, which is adapted from the classic TV sitcom by original scriptwriters Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn (who also directs), has transferred to the West End’s Gielgud Theatre following its sell-out run at […]

Amongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, this week are: OPENING TONIGHT, Monday 4 October 2010, Ugly Betty’s Michael Uhrie reads Celebrity Autobiography at Leicester Square Theatre, nightly until 9 […]

Final preparations are underway for Les Miserable’s 25th anniversary celebrations, with the final 1,000 tickets released for Sunday night’s concert performance at The O2 arena today (1 October 2010). Producers have also made 200 £10 […]

We love when people are able to send us potential gossip titbits or stories about upcoming shows, but this morning we received something a bit different from one very dedicated theatregoer and fan of Les […]

Country and Western and cloning. Not the most usual combination of topics on which to base a musical I agree, but this is exactly what writer Andy Barrett and the New Perspectives Theatre Company have […]

As previously tipped, Tracie Bennett will reprise her performance as Judy Garland in the West End transfer of Peter Quilter's “play with music” End of the Rainbow. After a run at the Theatre Royal Northampton […]

Following runs at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival and the Summer Play Festival in New York, Dougal Irvine’s musical comedy Departure Lounge opened last night (30 September) at the new Waterloo East Theatre night for a […]

A Month in the Country has been described as Chekhovian, which is true insofar as it’s about a wealthy Russian family in the 19th century. But Turgenev’s melodrama has none of the subtleties of Chekhov, […]

Dougal Irvine’s Departure Lounge has had a long journey to London, making stops in Edinburgh and New York before finally arriving at the brand-new Waterloo East Theatre. This staging brings with it a surprisingly starry cast […]