John Bett joins Sylvester McCoy and Robert Picardo Star in A Joke at Edfringe
John Bett joins Sylvester McCoy and Robert Picardo star in A Joke by Dan Freeman at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe
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Tony Awards 2018 – The Winners
The Band’s Visit and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child are the major winners at the Tony Awards 2018.
Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company comes to Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Debuting at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe is ‘Art of Believing – Flamenco Guitar’ – an exciting newcomer, bringing to Edinburgh the passion and fire of a Flamenco Tablao in Spain’s Andalucía.
Tony Awards Trivia – Did you know?
As we approach the Tony Awards this year we thought we’d publish just a few interesting pieces of trivia associated with the awards. Did you know……
No Tony Awards Telecast for the United Kingdom
It’s infuriating to us here at BritishTheatre.com that the United Kingdom is not deemed worthy of a telecast of the Tony Awards YET AGAIN! London’s thriving West End is a mecca for theatre lovers. Last year alone over 15,000,000 (Figures from Society Of London Theatre) attended a show in one of the capital’s theatres. Harold Prince is famous for his mantra that “You can’t really listen to a musical unless you can look at it“, and I’m a firm believer in that statement here. Each year British tourists and hard-core theatre fans travel to New York to enjoy theatre, yet we are not afforded a chance to watch a programme that the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing proport to be Broadway’s calling-card to the world. It’s their chance to show off Broadway’s best, but you have to wonder why year after year there is no telecast for the … Read more
Our Top 10 Tony Award Performances
With the Tony Awards coming up we thought we’d nominate some of our favourite Tony Award performances from previous years. Thanks to You Tube we are able to bring you video of these great performances. Let us know your thoughts and nominate your own favourite Tony performances. In the meantime enjoy our selection. In no particular order:- Rent (1996) Newsies (2012) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Sz7_7T50Q Grand Hotel (1990) Dreamgirls (1982) Kiss Of The Spiderwoman (1993) Hamilton Evita (1980) Sweeney Todd (1979) The Phantom Of The Opera (1988) Ragtime (1998) And just to top off these incredible performances here’s Neil Patrick Harris in what must be considered the greatest (and biggest) Tony Award opening number EVER! Find out more about the Tony Awards
Millennial Romance Set In Racially Divided America Comes To Ed Fringe
Playwright Hannah Trujillo’s Man Down comes to the Edinburgh Fringe 2018 presented by CalArts Festival Theater.
Actress Sarah Gordy Awarded an MBE
Actress Sarah Gordy has been awarded an MBE in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Actress Sarah Gordy has been awarded an MBE in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Sarah, an actress with Down’s Syndrome and Mencap’s first celebrity ambassador with a learning disability was awarded the honour for ‘Services to the Arts and People with Disabilities’. Sarah said, ‘I am so surprised and thrilled to receive such an honour. I am hoping it will be an inspiration to young people with disabilities and their parents. I have been a professional actor for 17 years and I am pleased to say things are beginning to change. My industry has started to understand that diversity is an opportunity not a problem. ‘ Sarah who recently spoke at the World Down Syndrome Day events at the UN plays the lead character, Kelly in Jellyfish, a new play by Ben Weatherill at the Bush Theatre, London from 27 June. … Read more
