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Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville to star in O’Neill’s Long Days Journey Into Night

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Jeremy Irons in Eugene O'Neill's Long Days Journey Into Night Tickets

Following its sold out run as part of Bristol Old Vic’s 250th Anniversary season, Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville reprise their roles in Richard Eyre’s acclaimed production of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterpiece, Long Day’s Journey Into Night. The Tyrones’ summer home, August 1912. Haunted by the past but unable to face the truth of the present, the Tyrones and their two sons test the bonds of a family caught in a cycle of love and resentment. As day turns to night and the family indulge in their vices, the truth unravels leaving behind a quartet of ruined lives. One of the UK’s leading and critically acclaimed actors, Academy, Golden Globe and Tony Award-winner, Jeremy Irons returns to the London stage for the first time in over ten years. He is joined by BAFTA and Olivier Award-winner Lesley Manville, one of Britain’s most respected actresses, who is reunited with director … Read more

Leading actor to become Globe artistic director

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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

FLASH SALE: The Comedy About A Bank Robbery – Save up to 51%

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Book Now for The Comedy About A Bank Robbery at the Criterion Theatre

We are pleased to bring you this great offer on The Comedy About A Bank Robbery at the Criterion Theatre. One giant diamond. Eight incompetent crooks. And a security guard asleep on the job. What could possibly go right? Written by and starring The Mischief Theatre Company who brought you the 2015 Olivier award-winning Best New Comedy The Play That Goes Wrong and Peter Pan Goes Wrong, book now to be entertained by their unique brand of humour in this hilarious new show. It would be criminal to miss it. Read our review here. The Offer Band A seats were  up to £49.50 now £29.50 (Sun Eve and Tues to Thurs Eve) Band A seats were up to £52.50 now £34.50 (Friday & Sundays) Band B seats were up to £39.50 now £19.50 (Sun Eve and Tues to Thurs Eve) Band B seats were up to £42.50 now £24.50 (Friday … Read more

Rhys Ifans to star in new version of A Christmas Carol at Old Vic

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Rhys Ifans in A Christmas Carol Tickets at Old Vic Theatre

  Rhys Ifans is to star as Ebenezer Scrooge in a new production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic Theatre in November 2017. The new adaptation is by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter And The Cursed Child) and will be directed by the  Old Vic Artistic Director Matthew Warchus. The classic Christmas tale which sees a cold-hearted miser visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve is an uplifting tale of redemption and a firm family favourite. Ifans recently performed in King Lear at the Old Vic and is perhaps best known for his film work including Snowden, Notting Hill, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, and Elizabeth – The Golden Age. A Christmas Carol will be designed by Rob Howell, lighting by Hugh Vanstone, Sound by Simon Baker and composition and arrangements by Christopher Nightingale. A Christmas Carol starts previews at The Old Vic from … Read more