Ian McKellen: 'Touring is not just important, it's rewarding and energising' by Mark Shenton

This weekend, Ian McKellen will receive the UK Theatre award for outstanding contribution to British theatre at a ceremony on October 8

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:00am on October 6, 2016☆⚑

Mark Shenton: Isn't it time we stopped building new theatres in London? by Mark Shenton

Not a week, it seems, goes by without the announcement of yet another new theatre opening in London. Last week came news

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on October 6, 2016☆⚑

Mark Shenton: Musical theatre creators need a place to develop by Mark Shenton

Lots of people write musicals, just as lots of people write books and plays. Anyone who wants to write " or act,

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on October 5, 2016☆⚑

Mark Shenton: Stephen Ward returns to the London stage, albeit briefly by Mark Shenton

We’re used to seeing revivals of successful musicals, as producers try to get a second (or even third) slice of a previously

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on October 3, 2016☆⚑

What's Hot in London: September 24-30 by Mark Shenton

Jersey Boys will say farewell, Follies will take the National, and Seth Rudetsky is to reprise Disaster! in London.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on October 1, 2016☆⚑

Matthew Warchus to Direct London Revival of Art Starring Rufus Sewell by Mark Shenton

Also in the cast are Tim Key and Paul Ritter.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29am on September 30, 2016☆⚑

One Love: The Bob Marley Musical to Receive U.K. Debut by Mark Shenton

Kwame Kwei-Armah has written the book and directs.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:40am on September 30, 2016☆⚑

Disaster! To Receive Two Concert Charity Performances in London by Mark Shenton

Seth Rudetsky will appear in the concerts November 20.

SOURCE: Playbill at 6:34am on September 30, 2016☆⚑

Mark Shenton's top venues: Wilton's Music Hall, London by Mark Shenton

There’s no venue more singularly evocative of its own history than Wilton’s Music Hall, tucked behind a tenement row of houses down

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on September 30, 2016☆⚑

Jersey Boys to Shutter in West End After Nine-Year Run by Mark Shenton

A second U.K. national tour will launch in December 2017.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18am on September 29, 2016☆⚑

Mark Gatiss: 'There's nothing quite like the sheer bloody terror of theatre' by Mark Shenton

By a strange sort of coincidence, October sees Mark Gatiss, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton all appearing on the London stage. No sooner

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:00am on September 29, 2016☆⚑

Mark Shenton: Here's why the bewitching Wicked continues to fly by Mark Shenton

This week, the West End production of Wicked formally celebrated its 10th anniversary at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. It is currently also

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on September 29, 2016☆⚑

Mark Shenton: We must not overlook the importance of the play text by Mark Shenton

This week, Oberon Books celebrated its 30th anniversary as an independent publisher of plays and other performance-based texts, including biographies and textbooks.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on September 28, 2016☆⚑

West End's Phantom of the Opera to Mark 30th Anniversary with Special Performance by Mark Shenton

The performance on October 10 will feature current and original cast members.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:38am on September 27, 2016☆⚑

Wicked Celebrates 10th Anniversary in the West End by Mark Shenton

New U.K. tour will launch in 2018.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:35am on September 27, 2016☆⚑

Vanessa Redgrave to Receive Gielgud Award at U.K. Theatre Awards by Mark Shenton

Past recipients include Sir Kenneth Branagh, Dame Judi Dench, Sir Derek Jacobi, Dame Eileen Atkins and Kevin Kline.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:21am on September 27, 2016☆⚑

Simon McBurney Wants The Encounter Experience to Be "Physically Palpable" by Mark Shenton

The creator and star explains more behind the one-man show, a unique theatrical experience for all.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on September 27, 2016☆⚑

Mark Shenton's week: getting papped with Ian McKellen by Mark Shenton

The price of celebrity Last week, I went to the Wyndham’s Theatre to meet and interview Ian McKellen. It was the day

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on September 26, 2016☆⚑

What's Hot in London: September 17-23 by Mark Shenton

Imelda Staunton cast in Albee's Virginia Woolf?, Sheridan Smith will take Funny Girl on the road, plus reviews for No Man's Land, the London premiere of Father Comes Home From the War and Jo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on September 24, 2016☆⚑

Imelda Staunton and Conleth Hill to Star in West End Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Mark Shenton

James Macdonald will direct the play at the Harold Pinter Theatre, opening in February 2017.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:41am on September 23, 2016☆⚑

Stepping Out Announces West End Transfer Following U.K. Tour by Mark Shenton

The production, which is helmed by Maria Friedman, will transfer to the Vaudeville Theatre beginning March 1.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:35am on September 23, 2016☆⚑

War Horse Film Star Jeremy Irvine Joins West End Cast of Sam Shepard's Buried Child by Mark Shenton

He joins the previously announced Ed Harris and Amy Madigan.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:31am on September 23, 2016☆⚑

Rent Star Anthony Rapp to Play London Season at St. James Theatre Studio by Mark Shenton

It coincides with a 20th anniversary revival of Rent playing in the St. James Theatre upstairs.

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:25am on September 23, 2016☆⚑

Mark Shenton's top venues: Theatre Royal Stratford East by Mark Shenton

Theatre Royal Stratford East dubs itself “a people’s theatre”, but for once, it is not an idle aspiration but a reality: this

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 2:00am on September 23, 2016☆⚑

Casting Announced for Royal Court Premiere of Lucy Kirkwood's The Children by Mark Shenton

The limited engagement begins in November.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44am on September 22, 2016☆⚑