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THE LION KING Sneak Peek

Thursday, April 29, 2010

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Sister Act The Musical to close on 1st Jan and Simon Webbe to join Sister Act!

Thursday, April 29, 2010

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It has been announced that leading international recording artist Simon Webbe is to join the cast of the show on Monday May 31. Simon will play the role of Curtis Shank, the bad-boy lover of the story’s heroine Deloris Van Cartier. Shank’s various job titles include nightclub owner, gangster and love machine! Producers Whoopi Goldberg and [...]

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Change to HAIR performance times effective 31st May onward

Thursday, April 29, 2010

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This is to inform you that the producers of ‘Hair’ have amended the start times for all shows from May 31st 2010. Evenings will now begin at 8pm. The Thursday and Saturday matinees will start at 3pm. Hair the Musical, curly, shaggy, gleaming, streaming, wonderful world of HAIR which is currently playing in Gielgud Theatre until [...]

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Last few weeks for Over The Rainbow!

Thursday, April 29, 2010

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Five weeks in and now with just seven girls in the running, Andrew’s search for a Dorothy to star in his production of The Wizard of Oz is getting tougher every week… This Saturday the wannabe Dorothys performed two Wild-West inspired musical numbers in what host Graham Norton termed the ‘showdown at the hoedown’, while [...]

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Hairspray’s Leanne Jones to Star in Tick, Tick…Boom!

Thursday, April 29, 2010

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Olivier award winner actress ‘Leanne Jones’ who won the best actress in a Musical, Hairspray, will return to the stage in Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick….Boom! presented by The Union Theatre from 19th May to 5th June 2010. A musical look at the courage it takes to follow your dreams with his thirtieth birthday fast approaching, [...]

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THE NEXT CURVE: 2 One Act Plays

Thursday, April 29, 2010

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Following the huge success of Sh*tm*x in 2008, CurvingRoad presents the Next Curve: 2 One Act Plays showcasing J.D.Smith’s DIG and Michael Hart’s NO MORE, SALVATOR.  At The Old Red Lion from 8 – 26 June, press night Thursday 10 June. CurvingRoad’s mission is to find new artists as they make their way along the [...]

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Theatre Book Prize will be announced by Sheila Hancock!

Friday, April 23, 2010

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Well-loved actress Sheila Hancock OBE (herself a successful author) will announce the winner of the Theatre Book Prize and make the presentation at a reception at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on Tuesday 27th April 11.30 am next before an audience drawn from the worlds of theatre, books and academia.  The judges for the prize: actor Matthew [...]

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The Night of 1000 Voices will be celebrating its 10th birthday!

Friday, April 23, 2010

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In 2010, The Night of 1000 Voices will be celebrating its 10th birthday, the 80th birthday of Stephen Sondheim and the 50th Anniversary of this year’s charity, Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research. Performers to be introduced by Aled Jones include London and Broadway’s Kerry Ellis (Oliver!, Wicked, Les Miserables) and Adam Pascal (Rent, Chess in Concert) [...]

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Burn the Floor comes to Shaftesbury Theatre

Monday, April 19, 2010

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The acclaimed dance show Burn the Floor is coming to Shaftesbury Theatre from 21 July to 4 September 2010. Burn The Floor is a breathtaking blend of Latin and Ballroom dance first conceived as a special performance at Sir Elton John’s 50th birthday celebration in 1997. Two years later, the show made its world premiere [...]

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Ghost Stories West End transfer Just Announced!

Sunday, April 18, 2010

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Ghost Stories, which is currently running at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, is going to transfer to Duke of Yorks Theatre from 25 June 2010. A truly terrifying theatrical experience written and directed by The League of Gentlemen’s master of the macabre, Jeremy Dyson, and Andy Nyman, co-creator and director of Derren Brown’s television and stage [...]

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