The Tiger Who Came To Tea – West End Summer season cast announced
The Tiger Who Came To Tea announces casting for its West End Summer Season at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
David Wood
The Tiger Who Came To Tea returns to Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2022
The nation’s favourite tea-guzzling tiger returns to Theatre Royal Market. David Wood directs his adaptation of Judith Kerr’s famous book.
REVIEW: Babe The Sheep Pig, Mercury Theatre Colchester ✭✭✭✭✭
Paul T Davies reviews David Wood’s adaptation of Dick King-Smith’s Babe The Sheep Pig which is now playing at the Mercury Theatre Colchester.
The Tiger Who Came To Tea UK Tour
Based on the book by Judith Kerr, The Tiger Who Came To Tea is adapted and directed by David Wood. The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door is a big, stripy tiger! Following a smash-hit West End season, the tea-guzzling tiger is back on the road in this delightful family show; packed with oodles of magic, sing-a-long songs and clumsy chaos! A stunning stage adaptation of the classic tale of teatime mayhem…,expect to be surprised! David Wood OBE is undisputedly the country’s leading writer and director of plays and musicals for children. His many successes include The Gingerbread Man, BFG, The Witches, Meg and Mog, Spot and Babe the Sheep Pig. THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA UK TOUR 12 – 13 April 2017 De La Warr Pavillion … Read more
Babe The Sheep Pig UK Tour
Babe, The Sheep Pig returns this Christmas to the Polka Theatre, before undertaking a major UK Tour starting at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in February 2017. Adapted from Dick King-Smith’s beloved children’s novel which inspired the Oscar-winning 1995 film, Babe is a heart-warming tale of friendship, bravery and adventure. When Babe arrives at Hogget’s Farm he is taken in by the trusty sheepdog Fly, and soon discovers a talent for herding. With the help of his adopted Mum, the polite piglet soon wins over the most suspicious of sheep. But can a small pig make it in a dog’s world, and when his farmyard friends are in trouble can Babe save the day? Olivier Award-winning playwright David Wood OBE has adapted Babe, The Sheep-Pig for the stage. David’s adaptations of Goodnight Mister Tom, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG and The Tiger Who Came To Tea, have delighted families … Read more
REVIEW: The Go-Between, Apollo Theatre ✭✭
Apparently The Go-Between started life as a play, and for once the book here, written by David Wood, is not the problem here. The Go Between fails because of its score, which fails at every hurdle. If you are going to The Go-Between to hear Michael Crawford perform Phantom(ish) songs you will be sorely disappointed.
Casting Announced For The Go-Between
Full casting has been announced for upcoming musical The Go-Between. Based on the classic novel by L. P. Hartley and adapted by David Wood, The Go-Between is a new musical with a score written by Richard Taylor. Michael Crawford returns to the West End to play Leo Colston. He will be joined by Issy Van Randwyck (Fascinating Aida) in the role of Mrs Maudsley. The iconic roles of Ted and Marian, the lovers who embark on a forbidden affair and for whom Leo acts as the go-between, will be taken by Stuart Ward, who played the lead ‘Guy’ in Once in both the UK and USA, and Gemma Sutton, who most recently starred in the hugely-acclaimed production of Gypsy in the West End. Other cast members include Julian Forsyth, Stephen Carlile, Silas Wyatt-Barke, Jenni Bowden, John Addison, Luka Green, William Thompson, Johnny Evans Hutchinson, Archie Stevens, Matty Norgren, Samuel Menhinick, … Read more
Michael Crawford Returns To The West End In The Go-Between – On Sale Now
Award-wining star Michael Crawford, remown for originating the role of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera and beloved around the world for his role as Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do Have Them, will return to the West End in a new production of The Go-Between this summer. Michael Crawford plays Leo Colston, a man who can no longer hide from the memories of his past. Memories of the gloriously hot summer of 1900 and of his days spent in Norfolk come flooding back. Spending the holidays with the family of his school friend Marcus in their luxurious country home, the young Leo finds himself acting as the go-between for the beautiful upper-class Marian and tenant-farmer Ted who are embroiled in a forbidden secret love affair. The innocent Leo gets caught up in the adult atmosphere of deceit and manipulation as he risks everything in … Read more
