REVIEW: Lunatic, TheatreN16 ✭
Regretfully, I have to note that I personally didn’t find any work of that quality in this particular offering.
Month: October 2016
REVIEW: The Entertainer, Garrick Theatre ✭✭✭✭
The Entertainer’, a brilliantly performed play paralleling the breakdown of the British Empire and the decline of music hall, which concludes Kenneth Branagh’s season at the Garrick.
The Old Vic 2017 Season will feature Daniel Radcliffe
The Old Vic has announced three productions today which will join their already anounced schedule of shows for 2017. The new shows are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax and Girl From The North Country. The Old Vic celebrates the 50th anniversary of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead which premiered on its stage. This is the play that made Tom Stoppard’s name overnight. Against the backdrop of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, this mind-bending situation comedy sees two hapless minor characters, Rosencrantz (Daniel Radcliffe) and Guildenstern (Joshua McGuire), take centre stage. Increasingly out of their depth, the young double act stumble their way in and out of the action of this iconic drama. In a literary hall of mirrors, Stoppard’s brilliantly funny, existential labyrinth sees us witness the ultimate identity crisis. Season 25 February – 29 April 2017 – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Tickets are now on … Read more
REVIEW: Fiona Jane Weston … And West End Friends, Phoenix Artists Club
In miniature, a marvelous insight into the life and work of artists in musical theatre, with something a little bit different about it, drawing a nice crowd, reminding us of things we cherish, and giving us some brand new stuff, too. Who could ask for anything more?
VIDEO: Dreamgirls in Rehearsals
Like many of you, everyone at BritishTheatre.com is impatient to see Casey Nicolaw’s new production of Dreamgirls which is now in previews at the Savoy Theatre starring Amber Riley. Book your Dreamgirls tickets now. Dreamgirls premiered on Broadway nearly 30 years ago and this new production will be the first UK production ever! The production has released this great video clip taken during rehearsals for Steppin’ To The Bad Side. We hope that enjoy this sneak peek behind the scenes. BUY TICKETS FOR DREAMGIRLS AT THE SAVOY THEATRE
Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein To Open In West End
Mel Brooks has announced that his musical Young Frankenstein is heading to the UK. Based on his 1974 of the same name, Young Frankenstein will open at the Newcastle Theatre Royal for a limited pre-West End engagement from 26 August to 9 September 2017, before opening in London’s West End in Autumn 2017. Following a limited Broadway run, Young Frankenstein is being re-worked. Brooks will work with co-writer Thomas Meehan and collaborate with Broadway director and choreographer Susan Stroman for for this all-singing all-dancing new production. Young Frankenstein, the wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Mary Shelley classic, see’s Frederick Frankenstein, an esteemed New York brain surgeon and professor, inherit a castle and laboratory in Transylvania from his deranged genius grandfather, Victor Von Frankenstein. He now faces a dilemma – does he continue to run from his family’s tortured past or does he stay in Transylvania to carry on his grandfather’s … Read more
REVIEW: Sweeney Todd, Mercury Theatre Colchester ✭✭✭✭✭
Residents of Colchester are lucky to have on their doorsteps a production that punches above its regional theatre weight, and lovers of the musical would do well to travel and see it. I urge you all to attend the tale of this Sweeney Todd!
REVIEW: The Hotel Cerise, Theatre Royal Stratford East ✭✭✭✭
This is a remarkable and magnificent work, rich in detail and meaning, and – as we approach another decisive moment in the US (and therefore also global) history – it could not have been better timed, nor more aptly designed to reflect a complex and often self-contradictory situation.
