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a christmas carol a ghost story alexandra palace 2025
16 Dec
News
Emmie Newitt

Mark Gatiss' adaptation of A Christmas Carol returns to London for Christmas 2025

The acclaimed retelling of Charles Dickens's beloved tale is currently playing at the Birmingham Rep this festive season, starring Matthew Cottle as Scrooge.

a christmas carol a ghost story alexandra palace 2025A Christmas Carol (2021 company). Photo by Manuel Harlan

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The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary at Southwark Playhouse. Photo Tanya Pabaru
16 Dec
Reviews
Shehrazade Zafar-Arif

Review: THE MASSIVE TRAGEDY OF MADAME BOVARY at Southwark Playhouse

Gustave Flaubert’s 19th century novel, Madame Bovary, follows the titular Emma Bovary, who desperately seeks romance and adventure while stuck in a humdrum provincial life and dull marriage with the faithful but boring Charles.

The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary at Southwark Playhouse. Photo Tanya PabaruThe Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary at Southwark Playhouse. Photo Tanya Pabaru.

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The cast of The Little Foxes at the Young Vic. Photography by Johan Persson.
15 Dec
Reviews
Stuart King

Review: THE LITTLE FOXES at Young Vic

The Young Vic’s somewhat surprising Christmas offering is Lillian Hellman’s 1939 Southern States family drama THE LITTLE FOXES (a title suggested to her by Dorothy Parker purportedly taken from the biblical Song of Solomon). The play first appeared on Broadway with Tallulah Bankhead and later as a film starring Bette Davis.

The cast of The Little Foxes at the Young Vic. Photography by Johan Persson.The cast of The Little Foxes at the Young Vic. Photography by Johan Persson.

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natasha pierre and the great comet of 1812 uk premiere
13 Dec
News
Emmie Newitt

Production images released for NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at Donmar Warehouse

The UK premiere of Dave Malloy's musical marks new Artistic Director Tim Sheader's directorial debut at the venue.

natasha pierre and the great comet of 1812 uk premiereCedric Neal and the company in Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. Photo by Johan Persson.

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here we are national theatre lead cast
13 Dec
Casts
Emmie Newitt

Principal cast announced for HERE WE ARE at National Theatre

Sondheim's final musical will premiere in the UK in 2025 after receiving its world premiere and a sold-out run in New York in 2023.

here we are national theatre lead castChumisa Dornford-May, Jesse Tyle Ferguson, Jane Krakoski and Richard Fleeshman.

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