Month: April 2016

Saucy Jack Hits The King’s Head in April

News, Off West End
Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens at the Kings Head Theatre

Award-winning cult musical Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens celebrates the show’s 20th Anniversary with a season at London’s King’s Head Theatre under the direction of original writer/curator Mike Fidler. In a seedy cabaret bar on the dark side of a distant planet, artistes are being picked off by a serial killer with a penchant for sequins… Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens is a truly immersive theatrical experience. The audience are the patrons of Saucy Jack’s bar, relaxing at tables, drinking and dancing while the show explodes around them. Saucy Jack was originally born at the Edinburgh Fringe as an alternative comedy musical in 1995, the show has since received acclaim world-wide including three West End seasons. Dust off your glitterboots, set your disco beams to stunning and join in with this all singing, all dancing, disco spectacular. Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens runs at the King’s Head … Read more

Maggie Smith Receives Critics’ Circle Award

News
Dame Maggie Smith wins the Critics' Circle Award 2015 for Services To The Arts

Maggie Smith was presented with the Critics’ Circle Award for Services To The Arts at a special event yesterday. The award, an engraved crystal rose bowl was made at the National Liveral Club in London. In her acceptance speech, Dame Maggie commented, “I feel very, very honoured. I know people say and I’ve certainly said I don’t read the critics, which a lot of actors say very airily, but believe me, you get to know what’s there. But I did learn a lesson once— I was sitting in a hotel with Frank Finlay who was a wonderful actor, we were filming Othello, but there was a newspaper there and I read it; there was a review in there and it was absolutely lethal and truly frightening. It was for The Master Builder at the National, and I remember bursting into tears. Frank gave me a great big hug and said, … Read more

FIRST LOOK: Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard

Features, Gallery, News, West End
Tickets for Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard are available through Britishtheatre.com

Performances begin today for Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard at the London Coliseum. Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton’s musical based on Billy Wilder’s iconic film of the same name is being presented for 43 performances only. Co-starring Michael Xavier, Sionhan Dillon and Fred Johanson, Sunset Boulevard looks set to be the theatrical event of 2016. Read our review of Sunset Boulevard BOOK NOW FOR SUNSET BOULEVARD Photos: Richard Hubert Smith