Twice a year the British monarch offers recognition to the great and good of British society in a series of Honors that are presented, from Knighthoods to OBE's: In January, they are cal…
We can only ever live in the present, not the past nor the future. That’s true of theatre, too: it only exists
Some people want to be stars " others just like to work. Mazz Murray has carved out a distinctive West End niche
There’s no question that we are living in an era of massive change where the lines between what old-fashioned traditional critics do
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Kevin Spacey has been awarded an Honorary Knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours, announced June 13 by Buckingham Palace.
The 2014 Chichester Festival Theatre production of Guys and Dolls, staged by American director Gordon Greenberg, is to transfer to the West End, beginning performances Dec. 10 prior to an of…
The 2014 Chichester Festival Theatre production of Guys and Dolls, staged by American director Gordon Greenberg, is to transfer to the West End, beginning performances Dec. 10 prior to an of…
The West End and Broadway are (sometimes literally) littered with stage musicals made out of film titles " the West End’s latest,
Veteran Shakespearean director Trevor Nunn — who is also a two-time Tony winner for his musical work on Cats and Les Miserables — is to direct The War of the Roses, J…
Last Sunday saw the presentation of the Tony Awards in New York, and of course British plays, players and other creative personnel
After the superb showing of British plays, players, directors and designers at this year's Tony Awards, including Best Play, Director and Leading Actor wins for The Curious Incident of t…
A Damsel in Distress, a stage version of the 1937 film of the same name with songs by Ira and George Gershwin at Chichester Festival Theatre, opens June 10, following previews that began May…
It has become routine to bemoan the cost of going anywhere near a West End theatre, and the numbers are indeed eye-watering.
The Tony Awards are, above all, about money, and big money at that. They can make the difference between a $15 million
It was in London that Rob Ashford, a Broadway dancer turned choreographer, first got the opportunity to direct when Michael Grandage invited
There's always been a lot of noise and offstage chatter in the theatre world, possibly more than ever now in the internet
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James Fox is to return to the West End stage with his actor son Jack Fox to play father and son in Dear Lupin, a stage version of the correspondence that passed between journalist and writer…
Nikolai Foster, the incoming new artistic director of Leicester's Curve Theatre, has announced his first season at the helm, which will see him directing new productions of Tennessee Wil…
Casting has been announced for the opening productions of the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company's season at the West End's Garrick Theatre: Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale and …
Beverley Knight, the popular U.K. soul singer who is currently to be seen in the West End playing Felicia in the London premiere of Memphis at the Shaftesbury Theatre, is to star as Grizabel…
The Smallest Show on Earth, a new musical based on the 1957 film of the same name that is known as "Big Time Operators" in the U.S. (starring Peter Sellers, Margaret Rutherford, Bi…
Some directors seem born to run companies. Peter Hall, for instance, founded the Royal Shakespeare Company, then was the National’s second director,
Jonathan Church, who as previously announced is to step down from the artistic directorship of Chichester Festival Theatre at the end of the 2016 season which he has helmed since 2005, is to…