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By Oliver Mitford Wednesday, October 7 2015, 18:15
Ian Kelly’s stage adaptation of his own book Mr Foote’s Other Leg has announced its transfer to the West End after a critically acclaimed run at the Hampstead Theatre.
The production directed by Richard Eyre and starting Simon Russell Beale opened at the Hampstead Theatre on 27 September 2015 to rave reviews and standing ovations.
By Oliver Mitford Monday, October 5 2015, 13:48
Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellows and musical theatre legends George Stiles and Anthony Drewe have been hard at work over the past year on a new musical adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s much-loved classic tale of The Wind in the Willows.
The musical is due to open at Plymouth Theatre Royal in October 2016 and rumour has it that it will make its way into London’s West End soon after.
By Oliver Mitford Monday, October 5 2015, 13:28
The world premiere of Hangmen, Martin McDonagh’s new play is currently playing to sell-out houses at London’s Royal Court Theatre in Sloane Square, and now the critically acclaimed production will transfer to the West End in December 2015.
By Phil Willmott Tuesday, September 22 2015, 22:32
If there’s one thing better than enjoying the score of a classic musical it’s hearing it played live by a big orchestra. Throw a major star into the mix and the combination is irresistible.
That’s what happened last year when Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel dazzled London in a semi-staged production of Sondheim’s SWEENEY TODD for English National Opera (ENO) at the London Coliseum on St Martin’s Lane.
By Oliver Mitford Tuesday, September 22 2015, 14:44
A stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning film Brokeback Mountain has been given to go ahead by Annie Proulx, the writer of the original 1997 short story, and it looks as though we might be seeing the heart-breaking love story in the West End as early as next year.
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