Month: November 2015

Hand To God Comes To Vaudeville Theatre – Tickets Now On Sale

News, West End
Steven Boyer and Sarah Stiles In Hand To God.

Following a critically acclaimed run on and off Broadway, Hand To God will open at London’s Vaudeville Theatre in early 2016. Hand To God will feature an all-star cast including Janie Dee, Neil Pearson, Harry Melling, Jemima Rooper and Kevin Mains. This new play is directed by Tony Award nominated Moritz von Stuelpnagel. Tony Award nominated Playwright Robert Askins goes for the jugular in this hilarious and provocative semi-autobiographical story with:- One dead father, One messed up family, One girl who just wants to help, One school bully who always gets his own way, One man of the church offering comfort. And one Hand puppet called Tyrone who is completely out of control – Tyrone’s shocking, dangerous and taking no prisoners. Hand to God explores the startlingly fragile nature of faith, morality, and the ties that bind us. Beneath Tyrone’s crude jokes and vulgarity, however, do we hear an element … Read more

REVIEW: Echoes, Arcola Theatre ✭✭✭✭

Off West End, Reviews
Echoes by Paul Naylor at Arcola Theatre

Echoes is a success for many reasons but fundamentally it’s because there is such strength in the story telling. In fact there are 2 stories running concurrently and though the time periods in the stories are 175 years apart and told by 2 actors independently, there is such deep and meaningful symbiosis between them so that what can be a fragmented experience is a beautiful whole.

3 Guys Naked From The Waist Down Comes To Finborough Theatre

News, Off West End
3 Guys Naked From The Waste Down at Finborough Theatre

It’s the 1980s, and three guys – three very silly guys – aren’t nearly as famous as they think they ought to be. Comedy fame just isn’t happening quickly enough for charming Ted, rage-filled Phil and otherworldly Zen Catholic Kenny, until the three of them decide to form a team. Once united, the dizzying heights of late night chat shows, smash-hit TV sitcoms and international tours awaits. But, as it always does, fame comes with a price. It’s not easy living life naked from the waist down. 3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down is a 1980s comedy musical about 1980s musical comics. This funny, vulgar and quintessentially 1980s show traces through stand-up, sketch and song the rise of three young stand-up comedians chasing the American Dream in a world where there are no heroes left. The cast includes Simon Haines as Ted, Benedict Hastings as Phil, and Guy Woolf … Read more

REVIEW: The Miniaturists, Arcola Theatre ✭✭

Off West End, Reviews
Miniaturists at Arcola Theatre

With the death of provincial repertory theatre, the connections between the theatre world of London and ‘the provinces’ have atrophied, and where The Miniaturists could make a real difference is in taking their project of fully-staged short plays into other parts of the country and gathering in work from local authors.

Hapgoood at Hampstead Theatre – Rehearsal Images Released

Gallery, News, Off West End
Hapgood by Tom Stoppard at Hampstead Theatre. Tickets now on sale.

BritishTheatre.com are pleased to bring you a series of photographs from the rehearsals rooms of the Hamsptead Theatre where Hapgood by Tom Stoppard is currently rehearsing. London 1988. The Cold War is approaching its endgame and somebody in spymaster Elizabeth Hapgood’s (Lisa Dillon) network is leaking secrets. Is her star Double Agent a Triple? The trap she sets becomes a hall of mirrors in which betrayal is personal and treachery a trick of the light. The production, directed by Howard Davies (55 Days at Hampstead Theatre, Temple at Donmar), is written by acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard, whose many plays include The Coast of Utopia, The Real Thing and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. His screenplays also include Shakespeare in Love and Anna Karenina. The revival of this classic espionage drama is an exciting chance to see the Tom Stoppard play you’ve never seen. BOOK TICKETS FOR HAPGOOD AT HAMPSTEAD THEATRE

The Nutcracker On Ice Comes To The Royal Albert Hall

Events, News, West End
The Nutcracker on Ice at the Royal Albert Hall

The Christmas, The Imperial Ice Stars return for their third triumphant season at the Royal Albert Hall performing the Nutcracker on Ice for 12 performances only from 28th December 2015. As midnight strikes on a magical Christmas Eve, a toy Nutcracker comes to life, sweeping young Marie to a world of enchantment where she meets the Mouse King, the Nutcracker Prince and, of course, the Sugar Plum Fairy. Set against a backdrop of colourful projections, opulent costumes, magic tricks and special effects, the cast of World, European and National Championship skaters dance to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score performed by a live orchestra. 4000 square feet of ice will be laid in the Royal Albert Hall for this special family event. Don’t miss out. BritishTheatre.com has a special offer on tickets for the Nutcracker On Ice. Save 33% across major price categories. BOOK NOW FOR THE NUTCRACKER ON ICE

Chicago 2016 Tour Tickets

News, Touring
Chicago UK Tour

Chicago the musical returns to the UK in 2015. The acclaimed musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse and holds several accolades as Broadway’s longest -running musical revival, the longest-running American musical in Broadway History, the second longest-running show in Broadway history and the longest-running American musical in West End history as well as winning the 202 Academy Award for Best Film. Set in prohibition-era Chicago, Chicago is a satire on the corruption of the criminal justice system and manipulation of the media. The 2016 UK Tour of Chicago will star John Partridge (Eastenders, A Chorus Line, Cats) as Billy Flynn, Hayley Tamaddon (Coronation Street, Emmerdale) as Roxie Hart and Sam Bailey (X Factor) as Mama Morton. Further casting is to be announced. Chicago, which is based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, has a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and … Read more

REVIEW: Four Minutes Twelve Seconds, Trafalgar Studios 2 ✭✭✭✭

Off West End, Reviews
Four minutes twelve seconds at Trafalgar Studios 2

By the end of the play there is a horrifying awareness that a variation of this story is currently being enacted for real somewhere in the near vicinity: in immediate families, next door, down the road, but certainly not further away than the next suburb. This is a situation, indeed a problem that concerns everyone and there is no doubt that it should be put in front of the eyes and ears of the young people who need to hear.