REVIEW: Student Performer of the Year and Stiles and Drewe Prize
Julian Eaves reviews the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Awards, the Stiles and Drewe Prize and the Stiles and Drewe Mentorship Award 2018
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Kinky Boots Will Play Final London Performance in January 2019
The London production of award-winning musical Kinky Boots will strut its way out of the Adelphi Theatre on 12 January 2019.
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
Marianne Elliott To Receive OBE For Services To Theatre
Director Marianne Elliott is to receive an OBE for Services to Theatre in the 2018 Queens Birthday Honours list. Marianne Elliott, who is currently in New York for the 2018 Tony Awards, where her production of Angels in America has been nominated for an unprecedented 11 awards, including Best Director and Best Revival, said: “When I was a child, growing up in Stockport, I never thought it was even possible for a young woman to become a theatre director, let alone be blessed with the career I have had. To be recognised in this way is very moving and I hope an inspiration to other young women that anything is possible.” Marianne, the first woman to win 2 Tony awards for direction, was an Associate Director at the National Theatre for 10 years where her work has included Angels in America, the multi-award winning War Horse (co-directed by Tom Morris) and … Read more
Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike Live London now open – Book Now!
Channing Tatum’s Magic Mike Live to open at London’s Hippodrome Casino this November. Now booking until 27 October 2019
Michael Longhurst Appointed Artistic Director Of Donmar Warehouse
Michael Longhurst has been appointed as new Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse with his first programming to begin in min 2019.
The Other Palace Announce Changes To Artistic Team
Paul Taylor Mills is to step down as Artistic Director in a shake up to the Artistic Team at The Other Palace.
Dreamgirls Sets West End Closing Date and Announces UK Tour
Producer Sonia Friedman has announced that the London production of Dreamgirls the musical will close in January after a run of nearly two years ahead of a UK tour.
