Stars announced for Other Palace musical theatre festival
West End stars have been announced for a festival of musical theatre at The Other Palace in London, headlined by the premiere of a new show co-written by Burt Bacharach.
Month: July 2017
Josie Lawrence to star in Mother Courage and her Children
Multi award-winning actress Josie Lawrence is to star in a new production of Mother Courage and her Children at Southwark Playhouse from November 2 – December 9, 2017. Bertolt Brecht’s classic play is translated by Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright whose epic play Angels In America is currently playing at the National Theatre. Josie said: “I first read Mother Courage when I was an 18-year-old drama student and immediately fell in love with the play. Now I feel ready to play her. It’s a major tick on my theatrical bucket list.” In a land ravaged by war, Mother Courage pulls her cart with her three children in the wake of the army, trading with soldiers and attempting to make profit from the war. Widely considered to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, Mother Courage And Her Children has been described as the greatest anti-war … Read more
REVIEW: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Apollo Theatre ✭✭✭
If the first half problems could be sorted out, this could be one of the best productions on the West End. As it is, it is saved from the jaws of disaster by a mighty Big Daddy.
Rehearsals begin for War Horse UK Tour 2017-19
Rehearsals began this week for the War Horse UK Tour. The National Theatre’s critically acclaimed production opens on the 15 September 2017 at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury and will tour until 2019. So large is the company of War Horse that a special 470 square metre rehearsal space has been custom built to accomodate the 34 cast and enormouse crew of the show. Making up the cast of War Horse are Thomas Dennis who is fresh from playing Christopher Boone in the National Theatre’s West End production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in the central role of Albert Narracott with fellow Curious cast member Jo Castleton as his mother Rose Narracott. Celebrated folk musician, Bob Fox, returns as Song Man. They are joined by: Marcus Adolphy (Carter), Adam Barlow (Greig/Schweyk/Sergeant Fine), Peter Becker (Friedrich), Joelle Brabban (Emilie), Lucas Button (Joey Hind), Jasper William Cartwright … Read more
Of Mice And Men UK Tour
Selladoor Productions in association with The Marlowe Theatre Canterbury will present a 10 week tour of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men from the 22 January 2018. Written by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck and based on his own experiences in the twenties, Of Mice and Men tells the story of George and Lennie, two migrant ranch workers who dream of owning their own ranch. With nothing but the clothes on their back and a dream, the wily and bright George aspires to independence, to be his own boss and most importantly to be ‘somebody’. Gentle Giant Lennie aspires to be with George and join him in his Eden, but as the saying goes – the best laid schemes of mice and men, often go awry Set in the trying times of the Great Depression, when millions were forced to travel in search of a job and their dreams, Of … Read more
REVIEW: I Loved Lucy, Arts Theatre ✭✭
Dickinson is superb in I Loved Lucy. She gives a masterclass in how to fascinate and compel an audience’s avid attention.
REVIEW: Gloria, Hampstead Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭
Gloria is a gripping and darkly funny drama, confirming Branden Jacobs-Jenkins as one of America’s best and freshest writers in theatre.
REVIEW: Mosquitoes, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭
Slickly directed by Rufus Norris, Mosquitoes entertains and enlightens although, if I may use one of its metaphors, it lacks bite.
