London Theatre News and Reviews

The RSC’s flagship project engaging with amateur theatre – Open Stages – is holding its first Skills Exchange event this holiday weekend (Saturday 30th April to Monday 2nd May).  It is being hosted by The Questors Theatre in London, one of the regional partners in the project.  There are almost 300 amateur companies, groups, and societies from all over [...]

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Terry Gilliam is directing Berlioz’s ‘The Damnation of Faust’ with the English National Opera.  It will be his first opera ever!

And they’ve got some real goodies to share.  You can get a daily photo and quote from the great man himself, see a daily picture from production rehearsals, and see exclusive video content which will be coming out on [...]

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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an annual series of Military tattoos performed by British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and International military bands and display teams in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. The event takes place annually throughout August, as part of the wider Edinburgh Festival (a collective name for many independent festivals and events in Edinburgh in August).

The word “Tattoo” [...]

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Kung-Fu stars from the Shaolin Warriors tour, which high kicks into Dartford on the Wed 4 May have painted their faces blue to raise awareness of prostate cancer.

Shaolin Warriors and production company Theatre Productions International have joined forces with The Prostate Cancer Charity in order to fundraise and highlight the importance of prostate cancer awareness. The stunt by the [...]

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Royal Mail is introducing a special range of stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Royal Shakespeare Company.  The collection includes six 1st Class stamps displaying fantastic scenes from some of Shakespeare’s most famous plays such as The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet to name a few.  Along with the picture, each stamp will include a well-known quote [...]

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Samantha Zoe Womack, who is currently known for playing the role of Ronnie Mitchell in EastEnders is to star in Lincoln Center Theater Production South Pacific. Samantha Womack will play Nellie opposite Paulo Szot in South Pacific, which will run at the Barbican theatre from 12 August 2011.

The breathtaking Lincoln Center Theater production which reinvented this classic musical, won 7 Tony Awards, [...]

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Regan De Wynter revive the legendary pop musical Godspell at The Union Theatre to celebrate the show’s 40th anniversary. The show reunites Michael Strassen (Director) and Michael Bradley (Musical Director) whose previous production at The Union, Assassins, recently won Best Production at the Off-West End Awards.

Godspell, based upon the gospel according to St Matthew, includes the numbers Day By [...]

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Batman fans were able to get a glimpse at the sheer magnitude and scale of the BATMAN LIVE world arena tour today, as Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP), DC Entertainment and Nick Grace of Water Lane Productions Ltd (WLP) unveiled key characters in a spectacular theatrical event in central London.

The Joker introduced his Arkham Asylum super-villains The Penguin, The [...]

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A Boxed Cat production’s Mojo Mickybo by Owen McCafferty, which is directed by Emily Jenkins will run at The Old Red Lion Theatre from May 17 2011 until June 4 2011.

Boxed Cat productions revisits Owen McCafferty’s celebrated tale of two young boys growing up amidst the violence and turmoil that surrounded Belfast at the onset of The Troubles. With [...]

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Fresh from her glittering performance as Amanda Prynne in Private Lives at Manchester Royal Exchange, Imogen Stubbs is to star opposite Doreen Mantle and Jonathan Cullen in Henrik Ibsen’s 1894 masterpiece Little Eyolf at Jermyn Street Theatre this May.  Joining them in the cast are Nadine Lewington, Robin Pearce Finn Bennett and Lino Faciol.

The production comes hot on the [...]

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