By Phil Willmott Monday, May 9 2016, 09:53
The new Artistic Director of the Globe Theatre, Emma Rice, has had a big success with her first production at the helm.
She’s chosen that evergreen favourite A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM to kick things off. Perhaps because its youthful exuberance is a symbol of the fresh life she wants to breathe into the place or simply because it’s one of the few Shakespeare plays she’s read.
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, May 3 2016, 11:28
One of the exciting things about London Theatre is the chance to see big stars in the flesh, and often VERY close up.
That’s certainly been the case at the chic new venue Found111 a new pop-up theatre space at the site of the original Central Saint Martins School of Art on Charing Cross Road which isn't much bigger then most people's living rooms.
By Nastazja Domaradzka Tuesday, May 3 2016, 10:51
1974 London. Paul Hill gets arrested for The Guildford Pub bombing. Hill, Gerry Conlon, Patrick Armstrong and Carole Richardson soon become known as The Guildford Four and are convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. In Martin McNamara’s YOUR EVER LOVING, playing at THEATRE N16, directors Jamie Eastlake and Sarah Chapleo tell Paul Hill’s story, a story of a man who spent 15 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. And they do so in a harrowing and unapologetic way whilst asking questions about Britain’s past and present.
By Nastazja Domaradzka Tuesday, May 3 2016, 10:09
Mischief Theatre, a group of acting graduates who took London’s West End by storm with THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG and PETER PAN GOES WRONG are at it again! But whilst their two previous productions offered something new and exhilarating their newest THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY seems at times too obvious and its slapstick style might suit only those who are after some light entertainment.
By Phil Willmott Monday, May 2 2016, 15:03
The real danger with long running West End shows is that they’ll get tired as the cast grow bored of performing it month after month. The Disney organisation is very good at ensuring things stay fresh by regularly adding new performers to the London production from around the world.
This month it has been announced that New Zealander Nicholas Afoa is to take over the role of Simba in THE LION KING at the Lyceum Theatre.
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