By Oliver Mitford Tuesday, November 10 2015, 08:45
The multi award-winning production of Lolita Chakrabarti's play Red Velvet is to come to the Garrick Theatre next year as part of the Kenneth Branagh season.
The Olivier Award-winning actor Adrian Lester will once again take on the role of one of the first black American actors, Ira Aldridge.
By Oliver Mitford Tuesday, November 10 2015, 07:26
Theatreland is awash with rumours of the possible West End transfer of the Broadway smash-hit revival of The King and I.
The current Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical The King and I picked up four gongs at this years Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical, Best Costume Design of a Musical, Best Leading Actress in a Musical for Kelli O'Hara, and Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Ruthie Ann Miles.
By Oliver Mitford Monday, November 9 2015, 09:27
Full casting has been announced for the West End transfer of Martin McDonagh’s smash-hit new play Hangmen, due to open at Wyndham’s Theatre on the 7 December 2015.
Director and actor Andy Nyman will be replacing Reece Shearsmith in the title role; he will be joined by Tony Hirst as Bill and Craig Parkinson as Inspector Fry.
David Morrissey and Johnny Flynn will reprise their roles as Harry and Mooney, respectively. They will be joined once again by James Dryden, Sally Rogers, Josef Davies, John Hodgkinson, Simon Rouse, Ryan Pope and Bronwyn James.
By Phil Willmott Thursday, November 5 2015, 10:19
The very word GATSBY conjures up a world of 1920’s glamour and sophistication as portrayed in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s celebrated novel THE GREAT GATSBY, about a broken hearted playboy.
It’s recently come out of copyright and there’s been a scrabble to adapt it for the stage. The UK already has one touring production and many Londoners will still remember an extraordinary visiting production from New York, GATZ, in which the cast read every word of the novel in an epic and highly acclaimed theatrical marathon.
By Phil Willmott Thursday, November 5 2015, 08:03
The screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist and political reactionary, Ben Hecht was an extraordinary man.
Credited or unaccredited he contributed to some of the greatest movies of the golden age of Hollywood including GONE WITH THE WIND, THE FRONT PAGE and SCARFACE. I first became aware of him whilst working on a stage adaptation of SCARFACE and I was struck by the artistry and wit with which he turned the tacky original novel into a shimmering screen play.
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