By Oliver Mitford Tuesday, January 20 2015, 09:59
Hay Fever, Noel Coward’s most famous play will arrive in the West End in April of this year, flying into the Duke of York’s Theatre for a limited run of three months.
Felicity Kendal will reprise her staring role in Lindsay Posner’s acclaimed revival that was first seen at the Bath Theatre Royal in July 2014. The production then went on complete a hugely successful Australian tour.
By Oliver Mitford Wednesday, January 14 2015, 09:19
A brand new stage musical adaptation of the 2003 Jack Black film School of Rock will premiere in New York at the end of this year.
The musical is a collaboration between composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyricist Glenn Slater and Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes. The production is scheduled to open at the massive Winter Garden Theatre (about to become the home of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s double bill transfer of Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies) on 6 December 2015.
By Oliver Mitford Monday, January 5 2015, 14:22
This year's New Years Honours sees a whole host of West End star peppering the list of talented and successful individuals.
Actor John Hurt is to be made a Knight and Kristin Scott Thomas will receive the title of Dame. Scott Thomas has just stepped off the stage of the Old Vic Theatre after playing the tile role in Electra to great public and critical acclaim. Now the actress will step into Dame Helen Mirren’s shoes to play the Queen on Broadway in transfer of Peter Morgan’s The Audience.
By Phil Willmott Wednesday, December 24 2014, 09:52
An annually revived stage version of Robert Louis Stevenson's pirate adventure at the now defunct Mermaid Theatre used to be a London Christmas tradition. But, like the Mermaid Theatre itself, it's long gone so it's lovely that the National Theatre are breathing new life into the story in a new version by Bryony Lavery directed by the fashionable and much admired Polly Findlay.
By Daniel Perks Monday, December 15 2014, 11:12
Not as good as the 20 years ago, but a magical evening nevertheless. For those who have seen it before it brings back old memories, for the newcomers looking for star quality, look no further than Nicole Scherzinger.
It was once the longest running musical in West End history, running for 21 years and nearly 9,000 performances. It originally sported a cast that included Bonnie Langford, Brian Blessed, Sarah Brightman, Wayne Sleep and of course Elaine Paige.
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