By Phil Willmott Thursday, March 3 2016, 21:29
Who’d have thought that this season’s smash hit musical would be a show that’s nearly half a century old!
GUYS AND DOLLS which many people, including me, consider one of the greatest musicals ever written, has been constantly revived all over the world in major, community and school productions ever since its Broadway première in 1950.
By Phil Willmott Thursday, March 3 2016, 13:27
Satire and sketch comedy was a vital part of West End theatre in the 1960’s but we don’t see a great deal of it these days so I was surprised to hear that veteran director Max Stafford-Clark still regards it as “a pungent corrective to political pomposity and ambition.”
By Phil Willmott Thursday, March 3 2016, 09:47
Like so many people I’m a massive fan of the fantasy TV saga GAME OF THRONES so when it was announced that one of the show’s biggest stars, Kit Harington, who plays the central character Jon Snow, was to appear in the title role of DR FAUSTUS I knew there’d be a stampede at the box office.
By Phil Willmott Wednesday, March 2 2016, 22:31
Actor / Director Kenneth Branagh’s PLAYS AT THE GARRICK season has really revitalised serious play going in the West End with a series of star led productions at the Garrick Theatre.
Audiences have already enjoyed Zoe Wanamaker, Judy Dench and Adrian Lester playing lead roles in great plays and it has now been announced that TV, Theatre and movie star John Hurt will join Kenneth Branagh as the father and son at the heart of John Osborne’s vintage eulogy for the death of Music Hall, THE ENTERTAINER.
By Nastazja Domaradzka Friday, February 26 2016, 09:19
After its premiere at the Dublin Theatre Festival and its highly acclaimed run at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, this theatrical adaptation of Eimear McBride’s debut and gripping novel A GIRL IS A HALF FORMED THING arrives at The Young Vic. It is one of the most important and urgent productions you will see.
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