By Phil Willmott Friday, March 25 2016, 11:53
At London’s Coliseum theatre the beleaguered, cash strapped English National Opera are mounting a staged concert of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s SUNSET BOULEVARD, a sure fire box office hit.
We’ve known for some time that it will star Hollywood’s Glenn Close reprising the role she played in the US. Full casting has now been announced along with the release of extra tickets.
By Preece Killick Friday, March 25 2016, 11:19
From the moment you step through the doors of the N16’s rather wonderful theatre (now, perhaps confusingly, in SW12) you might be forgiven for assuming you are about to be treated, or patronised even, with a show more suited to those citizens under the age of ten but once the lights dim, with a plastic cup of punch, a packet of love-hearts in your hand, and surrounded by a multitude of combusting balloons, things begin to change.
By Davor Golub Friday, March 25 2016, 10:27
Word on the street is that the show will be coming to London sometime in 2017.
Over the past 15 years there has been a plethora of adaptations of Hollywood movies into stage musicals. The success of these ventures from film to the stage depends on whether or not the theatrical team behind the transfer is able to create a piece that is not just a lazy copy but rather one that has a unique theatrical language and reason for being on the stage.
By Phil Willmott Thursday, March 24 2016, 22:55
The National Theatre is one of a number of theatre’s marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death next month.
As befitting the London’s most prestigious venue there offering is particularly interesting, coordinated for the Shakespeare400 Partnership, by King's College London.
By Nastazja Domaradzka Monday, March 21 2016, 10:29
Thomas Middleton’s THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY, like most Jacobean plays, puts men centre stage, leaving very little space for women. With the current demand for strong female roles more directors could take the example of Peter Darney. In his version of THE REVENGER’S TRAGEDY at The Rose Playhouse he not only swaps character genders, empowering the female cast but also re-imagines Middleton’s world in a contextually and visually vivid production.
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