3,863 stories by "Matthew Hemley"
An archive of Stephen Sondheim memorabilia that includes a billboard for the 1958 London production of West Side Story and photos of Maria Friedman in the 1992 staging of Merrily We Roll Alo…
Lenny Henry is to star in a BBC radio drama that he has also written called Miss You Still. Described as an "enthralling ghost story", the BBC Radio 4 production sees Henry cast as a...
Lesley Sharp talks to Matthew Hemley about her her continuing presence on the nation's screens in ITV's Scott and Bailey and now Sky1's Starlings
Fog, a play by Tash Fairbanks and Toby Wharton that was originally staged at the Finborough Theatre in London last year, is to tour the UK. The play will star Wharton, who appeared in it...
The producer of the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail has won a legal claim for royalties from the spin-off West End production Spamalot. Mark Forstater claimed he was entitled to money t…
Jamie Lloyd is to direct Hayley Atwell and Mathew Horne in Alexi Kaye Campbell's The Pride, which will be the third production in the Trafalgar Transformed season. Lloyd originally directed …
Performer Bernie Nolan has died at the age of 52. Nolan, who appeared in TV series such as Brookside and on stage in productions including Blood Brothers, died following a long battle with b…
Gary Wilmot is to star in the London premiere of musical comedy Molly Wobbly's Tit Factory. Originally staged at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast and then in Edinburgh last year, the musical wil…
Sam Walters, co-founder of the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, is to step down as artistic director of the venue after 42 years. Walters will leave the post at the end of June, 2014, when...
Channel 4 is to take over sponsorship of the Pearson Playwrights' Scheme, which has supported talent such as Lucy Prebble, Richard Bean and Catherine Johnson. The scheme, in its 40th year, h…
Michael Palin, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Emilia Fox are to star in a BBC2 drama called The Wipers Times, written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. The 90-minute historical drama is based on the tru…
Claire Sweeney is to star in a tour of John Godber's play, September in the Rain. The two-hander also stars John Thomson and is being directed by Godber. It is produced by Paul Tyrer and...
Four touring theatre companies from the north-east have formed a consortium aimed at boosting their fundraising capability and "securing their long-term futures". Called Twine, the consortiu…
A BBC awards scheme that launched the careers of actors such as Stephen Tompkinson and Richard Griffiths has named this year's winners, with all the recipients being cast in a major seven-pa…
The Landor Theatre and production company Aria Entertainment have announced plans for their second musical theatre showcase, which will include new works from both the UK and the US that wil…
P&O Cruises has opened its own dedicated rehearsal studios in Southampton, where every performer hired to appear on its ships will spend nine weeks preparing for its on-board productions…
Terry Johnson is to direct his own play Hysteria at the Hampstead Theatre, with Antony Sher playing the role of Sigmund Freud. The play forms part of Hampstead's autumn season, which will al…
A memorial service to celebrate the life of Sophiya Haque will take place at the Actor's Church, St Paul's, in Covent Garden on July 19. The service will take place at 2pm and has been...
Iain Gillie, currently executive producer at Leicester's Curve, is to join West End producer PW Productions as managing director. He will take up the role in September this year, and will be…
Theatre by the Lake in Keswick has appointed Mary Papadima as associate director. Papadima, a graduate of the University of Athens, studied directing at Birkbeck in London. While there, she …
Darius Campbell, best known for finding fame on the TV talent shows Popstars and Pop Idol, has been cast in Tim Rice's new musical From Here to Eternity. Campbell, who has appeared in the We…
Owain Arthur is to reprise the role of Francis Henshall in the West End production of One Man, Two Guvnors. He will return to the production on September 23, when Angela Griffin, best known …
Keith Chegwin is to star in The Nutcracker on Ice at the London Palladium this October. Chegwin will appear alongside Olga Sharutenko, with whom he appeared on ITV's Dancing on Ice, and the …
Comedian Alexander Armstrong and US singer Michael Feinstein are among the performers lined up to appear as part of the first London Festival of Cabaret. The festival will run from October 2…
Maggie Gyllenhaal is to star in BBC2 thriller The Honourable Woman, written by Hugo Blick. The drama is described as a "fast-paced, labyrinthine thriller set against an international politic…
