By Oliver Mitford Sunday, January 3 2016, 18:01
The new musical School of Rock that opened on Broadway in December has broken the current box office record at the Winter Garden Theatre. The show has taken more than $1.5 million dollars since opening.
The West End transfer of School of Rock as also been announced and the adaption by Andrew Lloyd Webber is due to open at the London Palladium in the Autumn of 2016, so the news of massive box office success stateside bodes well for the London production
By Phil Willmott Monday, December 28 2015, 10:34
Andrew Scott is undoubtedly one of the most watchable and clever actors in the UK.
I first noticed him in two scorching performances at the National Theatre including as the lead in Ibsen’s vast rambling epic, EMPEROR AND GALILEAN in which he brilliantly played a charismatic leader from youthful idealism to self-doubt and introspection; holding his own amidst a huge cast and towering set which could easily have engulfed an actor of his age. In the last few years he’s attained celebrity status as Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ arch enemy in the Benedict Cumberbatch re-boot of the detective’s adventures on TV.
By Hugh Wooldridge Friday, December 18 2015, 08:46
I have seen three Mike Bartlett plays this year - the career-defining performance of Tim Piggott Smith as King Charles lII in New York; Love, Love, Love, probably the best production of a play I've seen at a drama school - brilliantly directed by Sarah Esdaile at LAMDA; and, tonight, Bull at the Young Vic. Mike Bartlett is one of the finest writers of the day; to say I am a fan is a gross understatement.
By Oliver Mitford Thursday, December 17 2015, 20:55
Billy Elliot - The Musical has announced that it will close in London’s West End next year. The hit musical will play its final performance at the Victoria Palace Theatre on 9 April 2016.
Now well into its eleventh year in the West End, Billy Elliot has played over 4,600 performances at the Victoria Palace Theatre, but now the award winning production must vacate the listed theatre due to refurbishment works.
By Phil Willmott Thursday, December 17 2015, 16:14
I’m nuts about the HBO TV series GAME OF THRONES so I was very excited to discover this comedy sketch show, promising to parody it. I caught up with it two nights after press night and have been intrigued since to notice a couple of rave reviews on the internet.
The premise is that a bloke called Graeme has decided to stage a tribute to his favourite show and roped in Paul, his best friend from school and Bryony, the girl they both had a crush on, who now fancies herself as a serious performance artists. Graeme has got wind that Cameron Macintosh might be in the audience, increasing the pressure to succeed and persuade him to produce the show.
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