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Entertainment Has Gone to the Dogz, ‘The Wizard of Dogz’

Thursday, April 8, 2010

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If you’re watching the new show ‘Over the Rainbow’ – the search for Dorothy – you might be interested in ‘Wizard of Dogz’.  Andrew Lloyd Webber is looking for Dorothy’s Toto. To highlight the search for Toto, BBC has created a short Wizard of Oz film where all the good characters are played by dogs [...]

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Morte D’Arthur directed by Gregory Doran

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

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Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte D’Arthur in a new adaptation by Mike Poulton. A new RSC commission directed by Gregory Doran. Thomas Malory’s Morte D’Arthur tells ‘of the matter of England’. Written during the violent years of the Wars of the Roses, it reflects its time. The story of King Arthur’s attempt to unite his country, [...]

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Romeo and Juliet – Stratford Upon Avon at Courtyard Theatre

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

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In the instant of a chance meeting two young people fall in love. Impulsively they marry in secret, but in a divided city their innocent union is threatened by a bloody family feud. Shakespeare vividly captures the beauty, intimacy and ultimate fragility of young love in a hostile world. Rupert Goold returns to the Company [...]

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Theatre Book Prize 2010 – Announcement of the Short List

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

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The Theatre Book Prize was first awarded for 1997 to celebrate the Jubilee of the Society for Theatre Research. It was created to encourage the writing and publication of books on British theatre history and practice, both those which present the theatre of the past and those which record contemporary theatre for the future. It [...]

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Tickets on Sale for As You Like It – Stratford Upon Avon

Monday, April 5, 2010

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Tickets are on sale for As You Like It – Stratford Upon Avon directed by Michael Boyd. When two young people fall in love they are unable to act on their impulse. Uncertain of their standing in court and fearing for their lives, Rosalind and Orlando are forced into exile in the Forest of Arden [...]

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The 39 Steps to Step into 2011

Monday, April 5, 2010

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The 39 Steps will be entertaining us for some time yet.  It has been extended to February 2011.  It is a comic adaptation of Hitchcock’s 1935 classic movie thriller.  This version is performed by four actors playing a minimum of 139 roles covering every single legendary scene from the award-winning movie.  The legendary scenes include [...]

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As You Like It at The Old Vic Theatre by Sam Mendes

Sunday, April 4, 2010

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Sam Mendes returns to direct year two of The Bridge Project, with another stellar transatlantic lineup including Michelle Beck, Christian Camargo, Ron Cephas Jones, Stephen Dillane, Juliet Rylance and Thomas Sadoski in an intriguing pairing of Shakepeare’s pastoral comedy As You Like It and his late masterpiece The Tempest. Opened: 12-Jun-2010 Booking until: 21-Aug-2010 Performance [...]

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Tickets on Sale for Wet Weather Cover at Arts Theatre

Sunday, April 4, 2010

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Rain. Spain. An epic movie on location. Two actors, two egos. One leaking trailer.   Brad (Michael Brandon – Dempsey and Makepeace, Jerry Springer The Opera) and Stuart (Steve Furst – Lenny Beige, Little Britain)  are two actors from very different backgrounds, one American, one English, with seemingly very little in common.   Trapped together in [...]

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War Horse has been extended until 12 Feb 2011

Sunday, April 4, 2010

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War Horse in New London Theatre which is based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo and directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris has been extened until 12 Feb 2011. At the outbreak of World War One, Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. He’s soon caught up in [...]

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Cirque Du Soleil’s Saltimbanco on UK Tour

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

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Saltimbanco -from the Italian “saltare in banco”, which literally means “to jump on a bench”-explores the urban experience in all its myriad forms: the people who live there, their idiosyncrasies and likenesses, families and groups, the hustle and bustle of the street and the towering heights of skyscrapers. Between whirlwind and lull, prowess and poetry, [...]

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