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Meet The Skater Punks From Punk Play

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punkplay at Southwark Playhouse

We are pleased to bring you some great images from the rehearsal room of punkplay which starts previewing at Southwark Playhouse this week ahead of its opening night on the 9th September 2016. Gregory S. Moss’s punkplay is a riot of a play told at break-neck pace with a killer soundtrack, a coming-of-age story about subcultures, friendship and not-fitting-in – all on rollerskates! There’s Duck and there’s Mickey. They’re the kids of America and it’s the 80s apocalypse. They hate their parents and there’s no point in algebra. They’re grabbing at this thing called life: guitars, girls, love, fury, heartbreak and noise noise noise. Punk is their escape from suburbia and it’s like nothing they have ever heard. It’s fast – it’s alive – it’s already dead. Photos by Mathew Foster BOOK NOW FOR PUNKPLAY

Meet The 10th Anniversary Cast Of Wicked London

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As Wicked London approaches its 10th Birthday, we are pleased to bring you this great photo gallery of the 10th Anniversary cast. From Monday 5 September 2016, Wicked will star Rachel Tucker (Elphaba), Suzie Mathers (Glinda), Oliver Savile (Fiyero), Anita Dobson (Madame Morrible), Mark Curry (The Wizard), Martin Ball (Doctor Dillamond), Katie Rowley Jones (Nessarose), Idriss Kargbo (Boq), Alice Fearn (Standby for Elphaba), Carina Gillespie (Standby for Glinda), James Darch, Kerry Enright, Freya Field, Joseph Fletcher, Fraser Fraser, David Gale, Sergio Giacomelli, Alexandra Grierson, Olivia Kate Holding, Aaron Jenkins, Claudia Kariuki, Will Lucas, Chanel Mian, Billy Mitchell, Scott Monello, Ella Nonini, Rosa O’Reilly, Julienne Schembri, Joe Sleight, Jessamy Stoddart, Paulo Teixeira, Joe Toland, Hannah Toy, Russell Walker, Sasha Wareham and Helen Woolf. The London production of Wicked will celebrate its landmark 10th birthday at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on Tuesday 27 September 2016 and is already the 8th longest-running show … Read more

REVIEW ROUND UP: Groundhog Day, Old Vic Theatre

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Book now for Groundhog Day at the Old Vic Theatre

With Groundhog Day, it looks like Tim Minchin might just repeat the huge success of his international hit musical Matilda. Groundhog Day opened last night at London’s Old Vic theatre bringing together some of the team the created Matilda. Groundhog Day stars Andy Karl as Phil, a weatherman caught in a never-ending time loop. Critics seem to have nothing but praise for Groundhog Day BOOK NOW FOR GROUNDHOG DAY Douglas Mayo, BritishTheatre.com ✭✭✭✭✭ For a 10 week trial, this production of Groundhog Day is as good or better than many shows I have seen this year. A West-end transfer must surely be on the cards and I’m sure Andy Karl would be up for a Broadway run. Just get down to the Old Vic asap to see this stunning show. Writing and production of this calibre must be seen! Ben Brantley, New York Times I grinned pretty much all the … Read more

UPCOMING: Musical Theatre For Shopkeepers

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Tomorrow Maybe a new musical

H G Wells could see into the future, and he gave us his alter ego – the ebullient draper’s boy, Kipps, who is even now, thanks to the combined efforts of Anthony Drewe, George Stiles and Julian Fellowes, dazzling his way back onto the Chichester Festival Theatre stage in the most recently refreshed version of the 1960s musical based on his adventures, David Henecker and Beverley Cross’s ‘Half A Sixpence’. But perhaps even Wells’ clairvoyance might have fallen short of grasping just what a powerful role the British fascination with trade would play in its musical theatre creations of the early 21st century. Two shows seen earlier in London (and now entertaining the crowds in Edinburgh), and another housed in a temporary space in the capital, open our eyes and ears to the powerful influence that commercial life still exerts upon national life. First, in ‘Tomorrow, Maybe‘, we pop into … Read more

FIRST LOOK: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Allegro – Southwark Playhouse

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Book now For Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro at Southwark Playhouse

Ahead of tonight’s professional European premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical Allegro, we are pleased to bring you an advance look at the production through these great photos by Scott Rylander. This new production is directed by Thom Southerland who has also worked on a new adaptation of the book. The production also features new orchestrations. In 1905 in a small Midwestern town, the wife of a local doctor gives birth to a baby boy, Joseph Taylor Jr. Allegro chronicles nearly four decades in the life of this average Joe – through his childhood, from college dorm to marriage altar, and on to his own medical career; from the tranquility of his hometown to the hectic din of big city life and a mid-life discovery of who he is and what his life is truly about, ultimately learning the most important lessons of all – the value of family, that … Read more

FIRST LOOK: Unfaithful Rehearsal Images

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Unfaithful at Found 111

Found111 has found another hit show to follow the acclaimed, sold out performances of The Dazzle. The venue will host the London premiere of Owen McCafferty’s blackly comic play Unfaithful, which stars Matthew Lewis (Harry Potter film series, The Syndicate), Niamh Cusack (Heartbeat, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time), Sean Campion (The Borgias, Stones in his Pockets), and Ruta Gedmintas (The Strain, The Tudors). Tom is enjoying a quiet pint after work. Tara lies awake whilst her boyfriend finishes his shift. When their paths cross, a chain of events is sparked that reveal the unspoken desires and regrets of two relationships on the brink. Unfaithful questions what it means to be lovers, partners and people. Unfaithful is directed by Adam Penfold. The play runs from 25 August – 8 October 2016. BOOK NOW FOR UNFAITHFUL AT FOUND 111 Photos: Marc Brenner

FIRST LOOK: No Man’s Land UK Tour

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Book now for the No Man's Land UK Tour

Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen in the highly awaited production of Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land which has now started a brief UK tour before landing at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre from 8th September 2016. This production of No Man’s Land is directed by Sean Mathias and comes to London following its season at the Cort Theatre in New York where it ran in repertory with Waiting For Godot which also starred McKellen and Stewart. We hope that you enjoy these great production photos by Johan Persson. BOOK NOW FOR THE UK TOUR OF NO MAN’S LAND

First Look: Consuming Passions, Stephen Joseph Theatre

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Alan Ayckbourn's Consuming Passions at the Stephen Joseph Theatre

BritishTheatre.com is pleased to bring you these production images from Alan Ayckbourn’s Consuming Passions which is currently playing in rep at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough. Consuming Passions is two linked single-act plays, Premonitions and Repercussions, with east lasting 45 to 50 minutes in length. Consuming Passions is performed by members of the Stephen Joseph Theatre’s Summer Festival Rep Company – Rachel Caffrey, Andy Cryer, Louise Shuttleworth and Leigh Symonds. Melanie believes she has forseen the future – but has she really? Or is it all in her mind? True or false, she has seen events which threaten the life of one she secretly loves, and whose life is in terrible danger. What can she do or say to prevent things happening – and who on earth will believe her? Consuming Passions is written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn and runs until 8 October 2016 BOOK NOW FOR CONSUMING PASSIONS … Read more