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FIRST LOOK: Jesus Christ Superstar Returns To Regent’s Park By Popular Demand

Douglas Mayo17th August 2017 Features, Gallery, West End

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Jesus Christ Superstar returns to Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre by popular demand following a sell out season last year. Jesus Christ Superstar features Tyrone Huntley (who won the Evening Standard Emerging Talent Award for his performance as Judas), Declan Bennett as Jesus, David Thaxton as Pilate and Peter Caulfield as Herod. With direction by Timothy Sheader, design by Tom Scutt, choreography by Drew McOnie, musical direction by Tom Deering, lighting design by Lee Curran and sound design by Nick Lidster for Autograph, the production won the BBC Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical in the Evening Standard Awards and has received 15 nominations in the BroadwayWorld Awards, including Theatrical Event of the Year. Jesus Christ Superstar runs until 16 September 2017 JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR TICKETS

FIRST LOOK: 13 The Musical, Ambassadors Theatre

Douglas Mayo17th August 2017 Features, Gallery, West End

Meet the sensational kids starring in the new West End production of Jason Robert Brown’s 13 the musical now playing at the Ambassadors Theatre. 13 is a unique musical in that its cast and band is almost entirely made of teenagers. 13 The Musical is an hilarious, coming-of-age musical about discovering that “cool” is sometimes where we least expect it. Geek. Poser. Jock. Beauty Queen. Wannabe. These are the labels that can last a lifetime. With an unforgettable rock score, 13 The Musical is a musical about fitting in – and standing out! Evan Goldman is plucked from his fast-paced, preteen New York City life and plopped into a sleepy Indiana town following his parents divorce. Surrounded by an array of simpleminded middle school students, he needs to establish his place in the popularity pecking order. Can he situate himself on a comfortable link of the food chain… or … Read more

Globe brings to life plays before Shakespeare

Mark Ludmon7th August 2017 Features

On a winter’s day in London in 1582, the court of Elizabeth I celebrated Christmas and New Year with a play packed full of bickering gods, magic spells and romantic intrigue. No records remain of further performances of The Rare Triumphs of Love and Fortune for another 435 years until it was revived in a staged reading at Shakespeare’s Globe this year. Despite its framing device of a debate between Venus, representing love, and a personification of fortune, the cast and director John Hopkins reveal this play, by an anonymous author, to be surprisingly entertaining and lively with plenty of opportunities for comedy. It was one of four one-off performances as part of the latest Read Not Dead season running at the Globe’s Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, co-ordinated by James Wallace from The Dolphin’s Back and devised in collaboration with the Before Shakespeare project. This research project focuses on the … Read more

FIRST LOOK: North By Northwest at Theatre Royal Bath

Douglas Mayo31st July 2017 Features, Gallery, Regional

We are pleased to bring you these great first look production photos of Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest at the Theatre Royal Bath. Adapted by Carolyn Burns and directed by Simon Phillips,North by Northwest had its world premiere in Melbourne and will run until 12 August 2017 in Bath. Jonathan Watton stars as Roger O. Thornhill, the role Cary Grant played in the 1959 film. He is joined by Angus Brown, Christopher Chilton, Tom Davey, Olivia Fines, Kieran Gough, Nick Harris, Joanna Van Kampen, Gerald Kyd, Abigail McKern, Roddy Peters and Nick Sampson. NORTH BY NORTHWEST TICKETS

Leading actor to become Globe artistic director

Mark Ludmon24th July 2017 Features, News, West End

Michelle Terry named as Globe Artistic Director

Leading stage actor Michelle Terry has been announced as the new artistic director for Shakespeare’s Globe from next April. The Olivier Award winner has appeared to great acclaim in numerous Shakespeare productions at the Globe and the National Theatre and most recently starred as the eponymous king in Henry V at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. She will take over from Emma Rice who last October announced her resignation only six months after arriving in the role. Michelle will become artistic director designate in October and then take over fully in April next year. Michelle said: “The work of Shakespeare is for me timeless, mythic, mysterious, vital, profoundly human and unapologetically theatrical. There are no other theatres more perfectly suited to house these plays than the pure and uniquely democratic spaces of The Globe and the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. “I am so proud and excited that I will be in the privileged position where … Read more

FIRST LOOK: Trailer for Howard – documentary about lyricist Howard Ashman

Douglas Mayo22nd July 2017 Features, LGBT, News, Video

We are pleased to brings you this first look preview at Don Hahn’s new documentary about the late lyricist Howard Ashman. Ashman and composer Alan Menken worked together on Little Shop Of Horrors, God Bless You Mr Rosewater and helped to revive Disney’s animation division with The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. Ashman, who was openly gay, died of complications from AIDS eight months prior to the theatrical release of Beauty and the Beast in 1991. Documentary and film producer Don Hahn worked as producer on The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast. His previous documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty chronicles the period at Disney where Ashman and Menken helped to reinvigorate Disney animation. No release date for Howard has been announced as yet.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to this year’s West End Bares

Douglas Mayo21st July 2017 Events, Features, Gallery, LGBT, News, West End

We’ll all be following the Yellow Brick Road to the Novello Theatre on the 29th October for this year’s West End Bares. The West End’s hottest fundraiser have announced that their theme this year is West End Bares: Ruby Strippers! This very Ozmopolitan night of fabulous fundraising for The Make A Difference Trust is now in its eighth year andwill see an array of celebrity hosts and over 100 performers from the West End and beyond take to the Novello stage sprinkling burlesque naughtiness with plenty of West End magic. We are proud to bring you these great first-look theme images (below) for the event and this great Behind The Scenes look at the photo shoot. Award winning director and choreographer, Jerry Mitchell, creator of the original concept ‘Broadway Bares’, the inspiration behind West End Bares, said: “Lions and tigers and BARES, oh my! I can’t wait to see the … Read more

FIRST LOOK: Sienna Miller and Jack O’Connell in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

Douglas Mayo20th July 2017 Features, Gallery, West End

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Tickets with Sienna Miller

We are pleased to bring you these great first look production photos by Johan Persson of Tennessee Williams’ Cat On A Hot Tin Roof starring Sienna Miller, Jack O’Connell and Colm Meaney at London’s Apollo Theatre. The cast also includes Lisa Palfrey, Hayley Squires, Brian Gleeson, Richard Hansel, and Michael J Shannon. Cat On A Hot Tin Roof is directed by Benedict Andrews. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF TICKETS