Another week has passed and somehow I still haven't been to the theatre (damn that day job!), but that doesn't mean there hasn't been a whole heap of theatre news to excite us all. Here are …
The festive season is long gone, pantomimes have finished and hundreds of actors are putting away their Dame costumes for another year, the presents have been put away (or exchanged) and aft…
For some Christmas begins when they leave the office for the last time before the holidays. For others it's the moment the Coca-Cola advert starts running on the TV. For me Christmas begins …
It's that time of year again, when critics, theatre writers and bloggers all put together their lists of the shows that have most impressed them this year, so after a great deal of thought h…
The BFG is perhaps the most beloved of Roald Dahl's brilliantly twisted stories for children (though theatre fans may have fallen for Matilda in recent years). It's certainly one that people…
being laid up on the sofa has allowed me to keep my head above water with the volume of theatre news emerging lately, so I thought this would be a good time to start my new weekly round-up o…
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was last year's must-see musical in the West End, with audiences and critics lapping up the jokes and raving about Robert Lindsay's performance. Predictably I didn't …
Shakespeare has loomed large over London's theatre scene in 2015, from the fevered anticipation to Benedict Cumberbatch's performances in (the underwhelming) Hamlet to Kenneth Branagh formin…
As the Royal Shakespeare Company King and Country cycle hits London's Barbican Centre, Matt Merritt is catching up on this insightful interview with the company's industrious composer, Paul …
Romeo and Juliet is, of course, one of (probably the) most famous love stories ever told. It seems then a fitting subject for a ballet and I was excited to see how English National Ballet wo…
With Sweeney Todd being my favourite musicals, I had been looking forward to the Welsh National Opera's staging for quite some time. There is something about the tragedy coupled with Sondhei…
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) returns to the Barbican in November with Henry V, followed by a major theatrical event in January 2016 to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’…
How do you approach a play when the film based on it is steeped in generations of lavish praise and is a regular on “favourite” and “best” lists? Well, if HumdrumR…
I was hugely impressed by the Regent’s Park Theatre production of To Kill A Mockingbird when it toured earlier this year, so I was eager to see how they’d approach another modern…
I’ve long been a Miss Saigon fan and adored the new production when it opened in London last year, so when I was offered the chance to head back to the gorgeous Prince Edward Theatre a…
I’m often asked by friends and workmates why I’m so passionate about theatre and what got me hooked on going to see shows. I normally just turn the question back on them with wha…
Rehearsals are now underway for the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s Plays at the Garrick season. The Winter’s Tale will play in repertory alongside the Rattigan double-bill of …
Check out the teaser trailer for the forthcoming play starring Nicole Kidman and directed by Michael Grandage. It opens September 5th at the Noel Coward TheatreFor more information head…
Final casting has been announced for the World Première of Pure Imagination, which celebrates the songs of Leslie Bricusse, one of the most prolific and well loved film and musical thea…
Born in the heart of London, Genesis Ballet is a newly formed dance company that fuses classical, contemporary with other contributing styles. A brainchild of artistic experimentation, Genes…
Okay, so I’m a little late to the party, you’ve probably already read a number of reviews of Grand Hotel all raving about it. I can honestly tell you though that they’re al…
Meet Chowsie. She’s a bit of a diva, but when you’re dazzling West End audiences like she is who can blame her? Chowsie takes us on a tour Backstage at the Savoy Theatre wh…
It’s fitting that in a Chichester Festival Theatre season that ends with three of Chekhov’s early works they also feature a play so indebted to his introspective, often melanchol…
The wonderful Willemijn Verkaik has announced a solo concert next month and we’re very excited! Read on for more details…Dutch vocal powerhouse Willemijn Verkaik will play …
Full casting is announced for the Swan Theatre production of Marina Carr’s new play based on the epic tale of Hecuba, directed by RSC Deputy Artistic Director Erica Whyman with Derbhle…