Whats On Stage

Lloyd Newson is founder and artistic director of DV8, the physical theatre company formed in 1986. DV8 has produced 15 acclaimed stage works that have toured internationally and five award-winning television films, most notably, Channel […]

With mostly the same cast (two minor changes) around her, Elena Roger storms the West End as the self-immolating firebird of the Paris gutters to prove that Judy Garland and Amy Winehouse have not lived […]

Maria Friedman (pictured) will return to the West End for one night only to headline this year's instalment of Christmas in New York, the third annual celebration of classic carols and seasonal show-stoppers, at the […]

Tall Stories' popular children's show, The Gruffalo, returns to the West End this Christmas for a third year, running for the first time at the Duchess Theatre, home of Buddy Holly tribute musical Buddy::E8821186564101. The […]

Amongst the major openings in London this week are: OPENING TUESDAY, 21 October 2008 (previews from 16 October), Jamie Lloyd's acclaimed Donmar Warehouse production of Pam Gems' Piaf starring Elena Roger (pictured) transfers to the […]

La Cage aux Folles, the 1993 Broadway musical comedy, has music and lyrics by Jerry Herman and a book by Harvey Fierstein. It's the only show the two men collaborated on, though individually their many […]

Ken Stott (pictured) will star in a major new revival of Arthur Miller's 20th-century classic A View from the Bridge, which will open at the West End's Duke of York's theatre on 5 February 2009 […]

After opening to a star-studded audience and mixed reviews last month (See Review Round-up::E8821221838814, 19 Sep 2008), the European premiere production of Andrew Upton's Australian play Riflemind, directed by Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour… Full published […]

Broadway import Avenue Q::E8821151566720 has posted closing notices at the West End's Noel Coward Theatre. The award-winning “puppet” musical opened in London on 28 June 2006 (previews from 1 June) and, after numerous extensions, had […]

As previously reported (See News::E8821217967549, 6 Aug 2008), the stage version of the award-winning Miramax film Calendar Girls, which received its world premiere at Chichester Festival Theatre last month (See News::E8821203590944, 21 Feb 2008), … […]